ISO/IEC 19788-7:2019

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 19788-7
First edition
2019-04
Information technology — Learning,
education and training — Metadata
for learning resources —
Part 7:
Bindings
Technologies de l'information — Apprentissage, éducation et
formation — Métadonnées pour ressources d'apprentissage —
Partie 7: Liaisons
Reference number
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Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 2
4 Symbols and abbreviated terms . 6
5 IRIs/URIs for ISO/IEC 19788 entities. 7
5.1 MLR identifiers . 7
5.2 RFC 5141-based identifier for ISO/IEC 19788 standard identifiers . 8
5.3 HTTP URIs for MLR entities . 9
5.4 Non-linguistic persistent canonical HTTP URIs for MLR entities .10
5.4.1 MLR entities other than vocabulary terms .10
5.4.2 MLR vocabulary terms .11
5.4.3 Prefixes for MLR entities non-linguistic persistent canonical HTTP URIs .11
5.5 Linguistic persistent canonical HTTP URIs for MLR entities .11
5.5.1 General.11
5.5.2 Linguistic identifier for DESs .12
5.5.3 Linguistic identifier for RCs .15
5.5.4 Linguistic identifier for vocabularies .16
5.5.5 Linguistic identifier for vocabulary terms .16
5.5.6 Linguistic identifier for PRSs .17
5.5.7 Linguistic identifier for DEGSs .17
5.5.8 Linguistic identifier for APs .18
6 Data elements: From MLR to RDF .18
6.1 General .18
6.1.1 Data elements .18
6.1.2 From MLR to RDF: At a glance .20
6.1.3 Mapping of MLR literal content.20
6.1.4 Prefixes .21
6.2 Data element with literal content .21
6.2.1 Literal content data elements .21
6.2.2 Linguistic MLR data element .21
6.2.3 Non-linguistic data element .23
6.3 Data element with non-literal content .25
6.3.1 Non-literal content data elements .25
6.3.2 MLR data element .26
6.3.3 RDF 1.1 data model .26
6.3.4 Serialization using Turtle 1.1 concrete syntax .26
7 OWL ontology for the ISO/IEC 19788 series .27
7.1 General .27
7.2 OWL 2 DL ontology for the MLR: MLROnt .27
7.2.1 MLROnt ontology expressed using the Manchester syntax .27
7.2.2 Rendering of the MLROnt ontology .31
7.2.3 MLROnt class diagram .35
7.3 Localized versions of the MLROnt ontology .36
7.3.1 English localized version of the MLR ontology .36
7.3.2 French localized version of the MLR ontology .38
8 MLR record .40
8.1 General .40
8.2 RDF dataset encoding of an MLR record .40
8.3 Example: An MLR record and its TriG serialization .41
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8.4 Application profile record .47
9 MLR vocabularies — SKOS .49
9.1 MLR vocabularies .49
9.2 SKOS binding .50
9.2.1 IRIs for vocabularies .50
9.2.2 IRIs for concepts in a vocabulary .50
9.3 From MLR vocabularies to SKOS .51
9.3.1 General.51
9.3.2 Example: The MLR vocabulary “ISO _IEC _19788 -5:2012: V0200” (A udience
role) .51
9.4 Extension of an MLR vocabulary .54
9.5 MLR vocabulary dataset.55
9.5.1 General.55
9.5.2 TriG representation of the MLR vocabulary dataset .56
Annex A (informative) Globally unique identifiers for resources .58
Annex B (normative) Canonical MLR identifiers .60
Annex C (informative) Description of a learning resource: An example .67
Annex D (informative) MLR identifiers and the Web architecture.87
Annex E (informative) Bounded description of a learning resource .91
Annex F (informative) Examples of SPARQL requests against the MLR vocabulary dataset .93
Annex G (informative) Interrelations of MLR with other metadata standards and within
MLR itself .105
Bibliography .111
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