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This paper will discuss a perspective on how to structure 'metadata and ontology' curriculum in Library and Information Science (LIS) education. This curriculum is composed of three sequel classes that deal with major concepts and technologies related to this field: 1) Metadata Basics; 2) Metadata Schema Design; and 3) Ontology Modeling and Design. The first class covers topics such as XML namespaces, uniform resource identifiers (URI), standard metadata schemas and application profiles, and metadata registries. The second class deals with design principles of metadata schemas and application profiles, and provides students with knowledge of how to implement application profiles using XML technology. The major focus of the second class is to achieve syntactic interoperability among diverse metadata schemas and application profiles. The third class focuses its attention to semantic interoperability among different metadata and ontology. It builds on the previous two classes and further elaborates on concepts and technology such as RDF, RDF Schema, Web Ontology Language (OWL), and Topic Maps. The ontology design is viewed as a way to achieve advanced and semantic data modeling of complex data that exist in the real world. Successful completion of these classes will provide students with competency in designing metadata and ontology. The recommended tools for these classes are XMLSpy for designing metadata schemas and application profiles, Protégé for designing RDF/OWL ontology, and Ontopoly for designing Topic Map ontology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A repository of learning materials is being developed with a view to facilitate sharing of teaching resources among LIS education programs in Asia. Issues involved in developing such a repository are discussed with a focus on content creation, management and organization, as well as accessibility and usability of resources in the repository. Consideration for developing guidelines on metadata, vocabulary & taxonomy, and repository system and accessibility mechanisms are described. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A key component for the successful preservation of digital resources is going to be the metadata that enables automated preservation processes to take place. The number of digital items will preclude human handling and the fact that these resources are electronic makes them logical for computer driven preservation activities. Over the last decade there have been a number of digital repository experiments that took different approaches, developed and used different data models, and generally moved our understanding forward. This paper reports on a recent initiative, PREMIS, that builds upon concepts and experience to date. It merits careful testing to see if the metadata identified can be used generally and become a foundation for more detailed metadata. And how much more will be needed for preservation activities? Initiatives for additional technical metadata and document format registries are also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]