Tools & Resources | Learning Resource Metadata Initiative

The Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI) is a project co-led by the Association of Educational Publishers and Creative Commons to establish a common vocabulary for describing learning resources. This project will have a huge and beneficial impact on both creators and users of educational content and products.

Visit the official site at www.LRMI.net. To subscribe to the LRMI mailing list, please email schema@AEPweb.org.

Press/Announcements

Open for Comment - Draft Specification Version 0.7 Released (Jan. 17, 2012)
LRMI Named Top 10 Ed. Story in 2011 (Dec. 22, 2011)
Open for Comment - Draft Specification Version 0.5 Released (Dec. 5, 2011)
Notes from 11/17 Advisory Group Meeting (Dec. 5, 2011)
Open for Comment - Public Draft of LRMI Specification (Oct. 21, 2011)
LRMI Website Launched (Oct. 10, 2011)
LRMI Webinar Series (Sept. 15, 2011)
LRMI Technical Working Group Announcement (Sept. 12, 2011)
AEP's Technical Working Group Reps (June 7, 2011)
Launch Announcement (June 7, 2011)

Blog Posts

Follow LRMI on Educational Publishing, the AEP blog.

AEP’s CEO Talks LRMI on Education Talk Radio (Oct. 28)
LRMI Update: Impact on the Educational Resource Community (Oct. 24)
Why Educators Should Care About Metadata (Oct. 18)
LRMI Webinar Expands on Purpose and Schedule for Metadata Framework (Sept. 23)
LRMI Phone Conference Reveals Scope, Sequence of Metadata Initiative (Sept. 21)
Learning Resource Metadata Initiative—Now’s the Time to Get Involved (Sept. 7)
Update on the Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI) (Aug. 10)

Reference

Metadata Tagging in Education—What Every Publisher and Content Developer Needs to Know (slide presentation from Sept. 23)
LRMI Google Group
Vocabulary Development Best Practices as applied to LRMI (slide presentation by Mike Linksvayer, Creative Commons)
Schema.org
Creative Commons' LRMI Wiki