SWE-LOM: a Swedish LOM application profile
Recently we (IML at Umeå University ) started to work on a LOM Application Profile, addressing the needs for a Swedish metadata standard for digital learning resources. The Application Profile will contain everything that is needed to add metadata and to describe Swedish digital learning resources (including vocabularies, metadata elements, best practise, etc.). Metadata is needed in order to make digital learning resources searchable and exchangeable. In addition, the SWE-LOM package will provide an optional toolkit that enables learning resource archives to be connected to national (Swedish) and European digital learning resource brokers for digital learning resource exchange.
The SWE-LOM will be made compatible with the EUN Learning Resource Exchange Application profile in order to facilitate European digital learning resource exchange.
The work is done in co-operation with the Swedish National Agency for School Improvement (MSU) and will be connected to the Swedish JTC1 SC36 workgroup TK450 at SIS . However, anyone that is interested is welcome to join the work!
A first version of the SWE-LOM will approximately be available in March 2007.
To join this work, please register at our on-line workspace at http://mjukis.skolutveckling.se/mjukis/ListActiveNews.action?container=31 It is still quite empty, but will soon be populated with information!

