GEM Documentation

GEM 2.0: Application Profiles by Ryan Laundry — last modified 2006-11-01 10:05

Application profiles for GEM 2.0 including GEM (in general), Gateway Lite and Gateway Full

GEM 2.0: Element Descriptions by Ryan Laundry — last modified 2006-08-21 09:49

Descriptions of metadata elements used in GEM including encoding schemes (XML and RDF/XML) and "best practices" in their use.

Controlled Vocabularies by Ryan Laundry — last modified 2006-08-21 09:49

GEM Consortium has developed a series of controlled vocabularies that it recommends be used for a number of elements in the GEM element set. While use of these vocabularies is recommended, use of other non-GEM controlled vocabularies is encouraged where needed to serve the needs of a specific metadata collection.

Metadata Schemas by Ryan Laundry — last modified 2006-08-21 09:49

RDF (Resource Description Framework) metadata schemas in XML used by GEM in producing descriptions of educational resources. The various metadata schemas are combined into an application profile.

Application Profiles by Ryan Laundry — last modified 2006-08-21 09:49

GEM uses application profiles to manage the element sets that the project uses in describing educational resources and in configuring metadata tools.

Metadata Preparation for the Gateway to Educational Materials by Ryan Laundry — last modified 2006-08-21 09:49

An overview of the steps required to prepare metadata records for inclusion in the Gateway.

GEM Element Descriptions (Archive) by Ryan Laundry — last modified 2006-08-21 09:49

Archive of GEM element descriptions

Development Environment by Ryan Laundry — last modified 2006-08-21 09:49

This document describes the application development environment for software used in the GEM project.