Application of Metadata
While metadata is optional, SCORM highly recommends using metadata based on the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Learning Object Metadata (LOM) Standard (http://www.ieeeltsc.org/standards/1484-12-1-2002/). Each organization should work to define their own metadata requirements that best suit the needs of their organization.
The Manifest provides a means for descibing various aspects of the Content Package. The Manifest contains five "locations" within the XML to provide metadata to describe the various aspects of the Manifest. The various levels in a Content Package that metadata can exist in are as follows, click each level to learn more.
- Content Aggregation Metadata
- Content Organization Metadata
Content Organization Metadata describes the Content Organization. The purpose of applying Content Organization Metadata is to enable discoverability within, for example, a content repository and to provide descriptive information about the content structure, as a whole, defined by the Content Organization.
- Activity Metadata
- Sharable Content Object (SCO) Metadata
- Asset Metadata.