Monthly Archives: August 2011

Making Indexes, Classification Rules and Searches Compatible

Posted on August 22, 2011 by

When creating a Lucene Index, the index compiler is presented with a number of choices about how the indexable content is to be analysed for subsequent searching and classification. So it is necessary to make a choice of analysis that … Continue reading →

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Getting the Content for Resource Description

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

Such is the immaturity of the provision of open education resources that there is currently no standard for representing the description of a resource in terms of content or syntax. As a result of this, it is often the case … Continue reading →

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WordPress for hosting and describing learning resources

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

On 5 August I gave a presentation about Delores Selections with the above title to the CETIS Advances in Open Systems for Learning Resources workshop at the Edinburgh Repository Fringe meeting. Below is the powerpoint presentation I used and the … Continue reading →

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Writing Query Rules to Classify Resources in Delores Extensions

Posted on August 8, 2011 by

The power of Waypoint comes from the fact that a set of classification facets is used to pigeon-hole individual OERs. The user can then ‘filter’ the content by selecting qualifying criteria from any number of facets. In Waypoint individual resources … Continue reading →

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