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hied-course-brainstorming

2009-08-14T17:34:32Z

CtkJose: Suggested entities for a microformat

=Brainstorming on Course format=

==Contributors==
* Jose Cuevas

==See Also==
* [[hied-course-examples]]
* [[hied-course-formats]]
* [[hied-course-brainstorming]]

==What is happening?==
* Course information is available in disparate formats which makes it hard to compare information, extract information and find information.
* Students Information Systems lack proper data exchange schemes and standards.
* No data syndication of course information among campuses.

==Why would it help?==
* A community format allows the use and sharing of course data commonly publish on the web.
* Provides semantics to academic information.
* Provides means to mechanically operate on web content for data that otherwise is published on PDF, printed, published with proprietary EDI or XML interfaces or worst jailed in a Student Information System.

==Course entity analysis==
There are various attempts to produce an schema or data model for Course information.

In 2005 [http://middleware.internet2.edu/MACE/ MACE] and the [http://middleware.internet2.edu/courseid/ Course Working Group] published the first schema for [http://middleware.internet2.edu/courseid/docs/internet2-mace-dir-courseid-educourse-ldap-200507.html eduCourse]. eduCourse was largely centered to an LDAP Schema and the eduPerson efforts. The primary motivation of the Course WG was the access to on-line e-learning materials. (IMHO!)

The UK oriented [http://www.xcri.org/ eXchange of Course-Related Information] is geared for course advertising. The XCRI was built thinking about automation of course catalogs and RSS aggregation of course data which are more aligned with the notion of Microformats.

While XCRI and eduCourse are great advances they fall short of providing a standard that is widely supported agreed upon or used. In the absence of a single agreed-upon international standard we should attempt to provide a basic and flexible schema. We should attempt to look at the common denominators from all of these efforts and review the use-cases to identify priorities and needs.

===Barriers===
1. Exchange or semantics for course data requires to standardize many properties and enumerations. Its going to be a while before the international community settles on a standard.

There seems to be a clear pattern on what the common elements are among the available standards. The sheer number of course catalog's published online by university helps identify the common need and use.

The [http://www.pesc.org/ Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council] has an approved standard for EDI and [http://www.pesc.org/library/docs/standards/College%20Transcript/XMLCollegeTranscriptImplementationGuideV1.0.0.pdf XML Transcripts] which already offers a basic data model for Courses in the academic history. The standards of the PESC are supported by many of the mayor HiEd ERP vendors. ([https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/macedir/eduCourse+and+IMS+Enterprise+Services+Spec+2.0+draft interesting])

The british eXchange of Course-Related Information, is an approved standard which is gaining good visibility among UK schools, even within the PESC.

===Normalizing available standards===

====Comparison of fields supported among standards====

1.1. '''Title''' A human-readable title of the course.
*PSEC: 'CourseTitle', one language supported.
*XCRI: title, multiple languages using the 'xml:lang' attribute.
*eduCourse: N/A

1.2. '''Description''' A human-readable description of the course.
*PSEC: N/A.
*XCRI: description
*eduCourse: N/A

1.3. '''Institution''' 
*PSEC: CourseInstructionSite, CourseInstructionSiteName
*XCRI: relation? url?
*eduCourse: N/A

1.4. '''Identifier''' Course identifier, particular to the university, call-number
*PSEC: OriginalCourseID
*XCRI: identifier, not clear how is this used in the scope of a course ID or is it just a reference id.
*eduCourse: courseID

1.5. '''Offering''' A unit/class section.
*PSEC: CourseSectionNumber, CourseBeginDate, CourseEndDate
*XCRI: presentation
*eduCourse: sectionID, type, rendezvous

1.6. '''Credits''' Eg Credit hours.
*PSEC: CourseCreditBasis, CourseCreditUnits, CourseCreditLevel, CourseCreditValue
*XCRI: Credit
*eduCourse: N/A

1.7. '''Level'''
*PSEC: CourseCreditLevel
*XCRI: qualification, level
*eduCourse: N/A

1.8. '''Requisites''' Registration/Enrollment requirements.
*PSEC: N/A
*XCRI: N/A
*eduCourse: N/A

===Suggested entities for a microformat===
This section attempts to summarize the observations made and the result of a survey of course catalogs, course listings and course information published on the web.

'''Course''' 
The course itself is used as a "academic activity" that belongs in a "Degree"/"Programe". It is an entity of transcripts and academic history and enrollment offerings.

Common core attributes of a course are:
*Title. A human readable title. May appear in multiple languages. Short/abbreviated and long forms.
*Description. A human readable description of the academic activity. Course requirements are often part of the description. While for must part enrollment requirements are listed separately.
*Course ID. A unique identifier of the course. Particular to the institution. Format varies. Usually a structured nomenclature is used. Used by information systems during enrollment and another system tasks as an ID.
*Enrollment requirements. Criteria needed to enroll in the course. Commonly known as pre-requirements, etc. Different from course requirements.
*Credits/Credit-Hours. Unit of effort required to complete the course and at the same time earned. The notion of credits hours are standard in the US and its territories (PR, GUAM, Virgin Island).
*Level. Is it a Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional, etc. Commonly associated to the level of the degree for which this course is a requirement.

'''Course Offering''' 
A course offering is the actual teaching section of a course. A course may have multiple teaching sections.

Common core attributes of a course offering are:
*Section ID. A unique identifier for the teaching section. Commonly used along the Course ID. Important for enrollment. Particular to the institution.
*Meetings. Times/dates in which the section meets. Commonly on week basis for the duration of a particular term. Seldom listed as absolute dates, instead most sites list them as reoccurring day and time events.
*Meeting modality. Is it a lab, lecture, field practice, online
*Professor. Who is teaching the course section. [http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard hCard]!
*Location. Commonly a classroom and building. Must of the time the location is paired to a meeting. [http://microformats.org/wiki/adr adr], [http://microformats.org/wiki/geo geo]!
*Term. The actual value ranges from textual values, to structured identifiers. Particular to an institution. Things commonly used are Summer, Spring, Fall and the year or academic year.

'''Course Catalog''' 
A listing of courses available at a institution.

'''Degree''' 
An academic program that needs to be completed to earn a degree. Includes courses as requirements.

===Existing Microformats===
Other microformats approved or in draft that could help a new Course microformat.

[http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard hCard] 
All people references must be in hCard. Eg professor.

[http://microformats.org/wiki/adr adr], [http://microformats.org/wiki/geo geo] 
Location references must use geo and adr. Yet not quite sure if "adr" is suitable because must of the time locations are listed as building and room number.

[http://microformats.org/wiki/hCalendar hCalendar] 
Seems a perfect candidate for meeting times, yet given that meetings are listed as reoccurring events on particular days and times this may not quite fit.

[http://microformats.org/wiki/hlisting hListing] 
There is good potential to make course catalogs and course listings a hListing. At first glance this may require to broaden the scope of hListing.

hied-course-brainstorming

2009-08-14T17:33:23Z

CtkJose: Existing Microformats

=Brainstorming on Course format=

==Contributors==
* Jose Cuevas

==See Also==
* [[hied-course-examples]]
* [[hied-course-formats]]
* [[hied-course-brainstorming]]

==What is happening?==
* Course information is available in disparate formats which makes it hard to compare information, extract information and find information.
* Students Information Systems lack proper data exchange schemes and standards.
* No data syndication of course information among campuses.

==Why would it help?==
* A community format allows the use and sharing of course data commonly publish on the web.
* Provides semantics to academic information.
* Provides means to mechanically operate on web content for data that otherwise is published on PDF, printed, published with proprietary EDI or XML interfaces or worst jailed in a Student Information System.

==Course entity analysis==
There are various attempts to produce an schema or data model for Course information.

In 2005 [http://middleware.internet2.edu/MACE/ MACE] and the [http://middleware.internet2.edu/courseid/ Course Working Group] published the first schema for [http://middleware.internet2.edu/courseid/docs/internet2-mace-dir-courseid-educourse-ldap-200507.html eduCourse]. eduCourse was largely centered to an LDAP Schema and the eduPerson efforts. The primary motivation of the Course WG was the access to on-line e-learning materials. (IMHO!)

The UK oriented [http://www.xcri.org/ eXchange of Course-Related Information] is geared for course advertising. The XCRI was built thinking about automation of course catalogs and RSS aggregation of course data which are more aligned with the notion of Microformats.

While XCRI and eduCourse are great advances they fall short of providing a standard that is widely supported agreed upon or used. In the absence of a single agreed-upon international standard we should attempt to provide a basic and flexible schema. We should attempt to look at the common denominators from all of these efforts and review the use-cases to identify priorities and needs.

===Barriers===
1. Exchange or semantics for course data requires to standardize many properties and enumerations. Its going to be a while before the international community settles on a standard.

There seems to be a clear pattern on what the common elements are among the available standards. The sheer number of course catalog's published online by university helps identify the common need and use.

The [http://www.pesc.org/ Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council] has an approved standard for EDI and [http://www.pesc.org/library/docs/standards/College%20Transcript/XMLCollegeTranscriptImplementationGuideV1.0.0.pdf XML Transcripts] which already offers a basic data model for Courses in the academic history. The standards of the PESC are supported by many of the mayor HiEd ERP vendors. ([https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/macedir/eduCourse+and+IMS+Enterprise+Services+Spec+2.0+draft interesting])

The british eXchange of Course-Related Information, is an approved standard which is gaining good visibility among UK schools, even within the PESC.

===Normalizing available standards===

====Comparison of fields supported among standards====

1.1. '''Title''' A human-readable title of the course.
*PSEC: 'CourseTitle', one language supported.
*XCRI: title, multiple languages using the 'xml:lang' attribute.
*eduCourse: N/A

1.2. '''Description''' A human-readable description of the course.
*PSEC: N/A.
*XCRI: description
*eduCourse: N/A

1.3. '''Institution''' 
*PSEC: CourseInstructionSite, CourseInstructionSiteName
*XCRI: relation? url?
*eduCourse: N/A

1.4. '''Identifier''' Course identifier, particular to the university, call-number
*PSEC: OriginalCourseID
*XCRI: identifier, not clear how is this used in the scope of a course ID or is it just a reference id.
*eduCourse: courseID

1.5. '''Offering''' A unit/class section.
*PSEC: CourseSectionNumber, CourseBeginDate, CourseEndDate
*XCRI: presentation
*eduCourse: sectionID, type, rendezvous

1.6. '''Credits''' Eg Credit hours.
*PSEC: CourseCreditBasis, CourseCreditUnits, CourseCreditLevel, CourseCreditValue
*XCRI: Credit
*eduCourse: N/A

1.7. '''Level'''
*PSEC: CourseCreditLevel
*XCRI: qualification, level
*eduCourse: N/A

1.8. '''Requisites''' Registration/Enrollment requirements.
*PSEC: N/A
*XCRI: N/A
*eduCourse: N/A

===Suggested entities for a microformat===
This section attempts to summarize the observations made and the result of a survey of course catalogs, course listings and course information published on the web.

'''Course''' 
The course itself is used as a "academic activity" that belongs in a "Degree"/"Programe". It is an entity of transcripts and academic history and enrollment offerings.

Common core attributes of a course are:
*Title. A human readable title. May appear in multiple languages. Short/abbreviated and long forms.
*Description. A human readable description of the academic activity. Course requirements are often part of the description. While for must part enrollment requirements are listed separately.
*Course ID. A unique identifier of the course. Particular to the institution. Format varies. Usually a structured nomenclature is used. Used by information systems during enrollment and another system tasks as an ID.
*Enrollment requirements. Criteria needed to enroll in the course. Commonly known as pre-requirements, etc. Different from course requirements.
*Credits/Credit-Hours. Unit of effort required to complete the course and at the same time earned. The notion of credits hours are standard in the US and its territories (PR, GUAM, Virgin Island).
*Level. Is it a Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional, etc. Commonly associated to the level of the degree for which this course is a requirement.

'''Course Offering''' 
A course offering is the actual teaching section of a course. A course may have multiple teaching sections.

Common core attributes of a course offering are:
*Section ID. A unique identifier for the teaching section. Commonly used along the Course ID. Important for enrollment. Particular to the institution.
*Meetings. Times/dates in which the section meets. Commonly on week basis for the duration of a particular term. Seldom listed as absolute dates, instead most sites list them as reoccurring day and time events.
*Meeting modality. Is it a lab, lecture, field practice, online
*Professor. Who is teaching the course section. [http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard hCard]!
*Location. Commonly a classroom and building. Must of the time the location is paired to a meeting. [http://microformats.org/wiki/adr adr], [http://microformats.org/wiki/geo geo]!
*Term. The actual value ranges from textual values, to structured identifies. Particular to an institution. Things commonly used are Summer, Spring, Fall and the year or academic year.

'''Course Catalog''' 
A listing of courses available at a institution.

'''Degree''' 
An academic program that needs to be completed to earn a degree. Includes courses as requirements.

===Existing Microformats===
Other microformats approved or in draft that could help a new Course microformat.

[http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard hCard] 
All people references must be in hCard. Eg professor.

[http://microformats.org/wiki/adr adr], [http://microformats.org/wiki/geo geo] 
Location references must use geo and adr. Yet not quite sure if "adr" is suitable because must of the time locations are listed as building and room number.

[http://microformats.org/wiki/hCalendar hCalendar] 
Seems a perfect candidate for meeting times, yet given that meetings are listed as reoccurring events on particular days and times this may not quite fit.

[http://microformats.org/wiki/hlisting hListing] 
There is good potential to make course catalogs and course listings a hListing. At first glance this may require to broaden the scope of hListing.

User:CtkJose

2009-08-14T17:29:22Z

CtkJose: New page: ===Jose Cuevas=== Director of Internet Strategies and Development University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez t: 1-787-832-4040 EXT 2055

===Jose Cuevas===
Director of Internet Strategies and Development
University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
t: 1-787-832-4040 EXT 2055

hied-course-brainstorming

2009-08-14T17:07:11Z

CtkJose: More analysis

=Brainstorming on Course format=

==Contributors==
* Jose Cuevas

==See Also==
* [[hied-course-examples]]
* [[hied-course-formats]]
* [[hied-course-brainstorming]]

==What is happening?==
* Course information is available in disparate formats which makes it hard to compare information, extract information and find information.
* Students Information Systems lack proper data exchange schemes and standards.
* No data syndication of course information among campuses.

==Why would it help?==
* A community format allows the use and sharing of course data commonly publish on the web.
* Provides semantics to academic information.
* Provides means to mechanically operate on web content for data that otherwise is published on PDF, printed, published with proprietary EDI or XML interfaces or worst jailed in a Student Information System.

==Course entity analysis==
There are various attempts to produce an schema or data model for Course information.

In 2005 [http://middleware.internet2.edu/MACE/ MACE] and the [http://middleware.internet2.edu/courseid/ Course Working Group] published the first schema for [http://middleware.internet2.edu/courseid/docs/internet2-mace-dir-courseid-educourse-ldap-200507.html eduCourse]. eduCourse was largely centered to an LDAP Schema and the eduPerson efforts. The primary motivation of the Course WG was the access to on-line e-learning materials. (IMHO!)

The UK oriented [http://www.xcri.org/ eXchange of Course-Related Information] is geared for course advertising. The XCRI was built thinking about automation of course catalogs and RSS aggregation of course data which are more aligned with the notion of Microformats.

While XCRI and eduCourse are great advances they fall short of providing a standard that is widely supported agreed upon or used. In the absence of a single agreed-upon international standard we should attempt to provide a basic and flexible schema. We should attempt to look at the common denominators from all of these efforts and review the use-cases to identify priorities and needs.

===Barriers===
1. Exchange or semantics for course data requires to standardize many properties and enumerations. Its going to be a while before the international community settles on a standard.

There seems to be a clear pattern on what the common elements are among the available standards. The sheer number of course catalog's published online by university helps identify the common need and use.

The [http://www.pesc.org/ Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council] has an approved standard for EDI and [http://www.pesc.org/library/docs/standards/College%20Transcript/XMLCollegeTranscriptImplementationGuideV1.0.0.pdf XML Transcripts] which already offers a basic data model for Courses in the academic history. The standards of the PESC are supported by many of the mayor HiEd ERP vendors. ([https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/macedir/eduCourse+and+IMS+Enterprise+Services+Spec+2.0+draft interesting])

The british eXchange of Course-Related Information, is an approved standard which is gaining good visibility among UK schools, even within the PESC.

===Normalizing available standards===

====Comparison of fields supported among standards====

1.1. '''Title''' A human-readable title of the course.
*PSEC: 'CourseTitle', one language supported.
*XCRI: title, multiple languages using the 'xml:lang' attribute.
*eduCourse: N/A

1.2. '''Description''' A human-readable description of the course.
*PSEC: N/A.
*XCRI: description
*eduCourse: N/A

1.3. '''Institution''' 
*PSEC: CourseInstructionSite, CourseInstructionSiteName
*XCRI: relation? url?
*eduCourse: N/A

1.4. '''Identifier''' Course identifier, particular to the university, call-number
*PSEC: OriginalCourseID
*XCRI: identifier, not clear how is this used in the scope of a course ID or is it just a reference id.
*eduCourse: courseID

1.5. '''Offering''' A unit/class section.
*PSEC: CourseSectionNumber, CourseBeginDate, CourseEndDate
*XCRI: presentation
*eduCourse: sectionID, type, rendezvous

1.6. '''Credits''' Eg Credit hours.
*PSEC: CourseCreditBasis, CourseCreditUnits, CourseCreditLevel, CourseCreditValue
*XCRI: Credit
*eduCourse: N/A

1.7. '''Level'''
*PSEC: CourseCreditLevel
*XCRI: qualification, level
*eduCourse: N/A

1.8. '''Requisites''' Registration/Enrollment requirements.
*PSEC: N/A
*XCRI: N/A
*eduCourse: N/A

===Suggested entities for a microformat===
This section attempts to summarize the observations made and the result of a survey of course catalogs, course listings and course information published on the web.

'''Course''' 
The course itself is used as a "academic activity" that belongs in a "Degree"/"Programe". It is an entity of transcripts and academic history and enrollment offerings.

Common core attributes of a course are:
*Title. A human readable title. May appear in multiple languages. Short/abbreviated and long forms.
*Description. A human readable description of the academic activity. Course requirements are often part of the description. While for must part enrollment requirements are listed separately.
*Course ID. A unique identifier of the course. Particular to the institution. Format varies. Usually a structured nomenclature is used. Used by information systems during enrollment and another system tasks as an ID.
*Enrollment requirements. Criteria needed to enroll in the course. Commonly known as pre-requirements, etc. Different from course requirements.
*Credits/Credit-Hours. Unit of effort required to complete the course and at the same time earned. The notion of credits hours are standard in the US and its territories (PR, GUAM, Virgin Island).
*Level. Is it a Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional, etc. Commonly associated to the level of the degree for which this course is a requirement.

'''Course Offering''' 
A course offering is the actual teaching section of a course. A course may have multiple teaching sections.

Common core attributes of a course offering are:
*Section ID. A unique identifier for the teaching section. Commonly used along the Course ID. Important for enrollment. Particular to the institution.
*Meetings. Times/dates in which the section meets. Commonly on week basis for the duration of a particular term. Seldom listed as absolute dates, instead most sites list them as reoccurring day and time events.
*Meeting modality. Is it a lab, lecture, field practice, online
*Professor. Who is teaching the course section. [http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard hCard]!
*Location. Commonly a classroom and building. Must of the time the location is paired to a meeting. [http://microformats.org/wiki/adr adr], [http://microformats.org/wiki/geo geo]!
*Term. The actual value ranges from textual values, to structured identifies. Particular to an institution. Things commonly used are Summer, Spring, Fall and the year or academic year.

'''Course Catalog''' 
A listing of courses available at a institution.

'''Degree''' 
An academic program that needs to be completed to earn a degree. Includes courses as requirements.

===Existing Microformats===
Seems clear that there is a great deal of work already done with microformats approved and in draft that could help a new Course microformat.

[http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard hCard] 
All people references must be in hCard. Eg professor.

[http://microformats.org/wiki/adr adr], [http://microformats.org/wiki/geo geo] 
Location references must use geo and adr. Yet not quite sure if "adr" is suitable because must of the time locations are listed as building and room number.

[http://microformats.org/wiki/hCalendar hCalendar] 
Seems a perfect candidate for meeting times, yet given that meetings are listed as reoccurring events on particular days and times this may not quite fit.

[http://microformats.org/wiki/hlisting hListing] 
There is good potential to make course catalogs and course listings a hListing. At first glance this may require to broaden the scope of hListing.

hied-course-brainstorming

2009-08-14T16:51:06Z

CtkJose: More analysis

=Brainstorming on Course format=

==Contributors==
* Jose Cuevas

==See Also==
* [[hied-course-examples]]
* [[hied-course-formats]]
* [[hied-course-brainstorming]]

==What is happening?==
* Course information is available in disparate formats which makes it hard to compare information, extract information and find information.
* Students Information Systems lack proper data exchange schemes and standards.
* No data syndication of course information among campuses.

==Why would it help?==
* A community format allows the use and sharing of course data commonly publish on the web.
* Provides semantics to academic information.
* Provides means to mechanically operate on web content for data that otherwise is published on PDF, printed, published with proprietary EDI or XML interfaces or worst jailed in a Student Information System.

==Course entity analysis==
There are various attempts to produce an schema or data model for Course information.

In 2005 [http://middleware.internet2.edu/MACE/ MACE] and the [http://middleware.internet2.edu/courseid/ Course Working Group] published the first schema for [http://middleware.internet2.edu/courseid/docs/internet2-mace-dir-courseid-educourse-ldap-200507.html eduCourse]. eduCourse was largely centered to an LDAP Schema and the eduPerson efforts. The primary motivation of the Course WG was the access to on-line e-learning materials. (IMHO!)

The UK oriented [http://www.xcri.org/ eXchange of Course-Related Information] is geared for course advertising. The XCRI was built thinking about automation of course catalogs and RSS aggregation of course data which are more aligned with the notion of Microformats.

While XCRI and eduCourse are great advances they fall short of providing a standard that is widely supported agreed upon or used. In the absence of a single agreed-upon international standard we should attempt to provide a basic and flexible schema. We should attempt to look at the common denominators from all of these efforts and review the use-cases to identify priorities and needs.

===Barriers===
1. Exchange or semantics for course data requires to standardize many properties and enumerations. Its going to be a while before the international community settles on a standard.

There seems to be a clear pattern on what the common elements are among the available standards. The sheer number of course catalog's published online by university helps identify the common need and use.

The [http://www.pesc.org/ Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council] has an approved standard for EDI and [http://www.pesc.org/library/docs/standards/College%20Transcript/XMLCollegeTranscriptImplementationGuideV1.0.0.pdf XML Transcripts] which already offers a basic data model for Courses in the academic history. The standards of the PESC are supported by many of the mayor HiEd ERP vendors. ([https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/macedir/eduCourse+and+IMS+Enterprise+Services+Spec+2.0+draft interesting])

The british eXchange of Course-Related Information, is an approved standard which is gaining good visibility among UK schools, even within the PESC.

===Normalizing available standards===

====Comparison of fields supported among standards====

1.1. '''Title''' A human-readable title of the course.
*PSEC: 'CourseTitle', one language supported.
*XCRI: title, multiple languages using the 'xml:lang' attribute.
*eduCourse: N/A

1.2. '''Description''' A human-readable description of the course.
*PSEC: N/A.
*XCRI: description
*eduCourse: N/A

1.3. '''Institution''' 
*PSEC: CourseInstructionSite, CourseInstructionSiteName
*XCRI: relation? url?
*eduCourse: N/A

1.4. '''Identifier''' Course identifier, particular to the university, call-number
*PSEC: OriginalCourseID
*XCRI: identifier, not clear how is this used in the scope of a course ID or is it just a reference id.
*eduCourse: courseID

1.5. '''Offering''' A unit/class section.
*PSEC: CourseSectionNumber, CourseBeginDate, CourseEndDate
*XCRI: presentation
*eduCourse: sectionID, type, rendezvous

1.6. '''Credits''' Eg Credit hours.
*PSEC: CourseCreditBasis, CourseCreditUnits, CourseCreditLevel, CourseCreditValue
*XCRI: Credit
*eduCourse: N/A

1.7. '''Level'''
*PSEC: CourseCreditLevel
*XCRI: qualification, level
*eduCourse: N/A

1.8. '''Requisites''' Registration/Enrollment requirements.
*PSEC: N/A
*XCRI: N/A
*eduCourse: N/A

===Suggested entities for a microformat===
This section attempts to summarize the observations made and the result of a survey of course catalogs, course listings and course information published on the web.

'''Course''' 
The course itself is used as a "academic activity" that belongs in a "Degree"/"Programe". It is an entity of transcripts and academic history and enrollment offerings.

Common core attributes of a course are:
*Title. A human readable title. May appear in multiple languages. Short/abbreviated and long forms.
*Description. A human readable description of the academic activity. Course requirements are often part of the description. While for must part enrollment requirements are listed separately.
*Course ID. A unique identifier of the course. Particular to the institution. Format varies. Usually a structured nomenclature is used. Used by information systems during enrollment and another system tasks as an ID.
*Enrollment requirements. Criteria needed to enroll in the course. Commonly known as pre-requirements, etc. Different from course requirements.
*Credits/Credit-Hours. Unit of effort required to complete the course and at the same time earned. The notion of credits hours are standard in the US and its territories (PR, GUAM, Virgin Island).
*Level. Is it a Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional, etc. Commonly associated to the level of the degree for which this course is a requirement.

'''Course Offering''' 
A course offering is the actual teaching section of a course. A course may have multiple teaching sections.

Common core attributes of a course offering are:
*Section ID. A unique identifier for the teaching section. Commonly used along the Course ID. Important for enrollment. Particular to the institution.
*Meetings. Times/dates in which the section meets. Commonly on week basis for the duration of a particular term. Seldom listed as absolute dates, instead most sites list them as reoccurring day and time events.
*Meeting modality. Is it a lab, lecture, field practice, online
*Professor. Who is teaching the course section. [http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard hCard]!
*Location. Commonly a classroom and building. Must of the time the location is paired to a meeting. [http://microformats.org/wiki/adr adr], [http://microformats.org/wiki/geo geo]!
*Term. The actual value ranges from textual values, to structured identifies. Particular to an institution. Things commonly used are Summer, Spring, Fall and the year or academic year.

'''Course Catalog''' 
A listing of courses available at a institution.

'''Degree''' 
An academic program that needs to be completed to earn a degree. Includes courses as requirements.

hied-course-brainstorming

2009-08-14T16:06:52Z

CtkJose: Normalizing available standards

hied-course-brainstorming

2009-08-14T14:21:46Z

CtkJose: More analysis

hied-course-brainstorming

2008-03-19T18:30:29Z

CtkJose: /* Brainstorming on Course format */

=Brainstorming on Course format=

==Contributors==
* Jose Cuevas

==What is happening?==
* Course information is available in disparate formats which makes it hard to compare information, extract information and find information.
* Students Information Systems lack proper data exchange schemes and standards.
* No data syndication of course information among campuses.

==Why would it help?==
* A community format allows the use and sharing of course data commonly publish on the web.
* Provides semantics to academic information.
* Provides means to mechanically operate on web content for data that otherwise is published on PDF, printed, published with proprietary EDI or XML interfaces or worst jailed in a SIS database.

==See Also==
* [[hied-course-examples]]
* [[hied-course-formats]]
* [[hied-course-brainstorming]]

hied-course-examples

2008-03-19T18:30:14Z

CtkJose: /* Course examples */

=Course examples=

Examples of published course listings and catalogs to support the proposed Higher Education course microformat.

== Contributors ==
* [http://www.uprm.edu/ Jose Cuevas]
* [[User:CtkJose|Jose Cuevas]]

==Examples==
=== NC State U. ===
* http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/reg_records/crs_cat/ACC.html#ACC330
<pre><nowiki>
<tr><td><a name="ACC200">ACC 200</a></td><td>Introduction to Managerial Accounting</td>
<td>3(3-0-1) F, S, Sum</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=3>
Analysis of accounting data that are useful in managerial decision making and in the control and evaluation of the
decisions made within business organizations. An introduction to basic models, financial statement analysis, cost behavior analysis and
cost control procedures.
</td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td colspan=1 align=left>Course Offerings:
<a href="http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/reg_records/tracs_bk/fall/courses/ACC.html#ACC200">fall</a>
<a href="http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/reg_records/tracs_bk/sum1/courses/ACC.html#ACC200">sum1</a>
<a href="http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/reg_records/tracs_bk/sum2/courses/ACC.html#ACC200">sum2</a>
<a href="http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/reg_records/tracs_bk/sprg/courses/ACC.html#ACC200">sprg</a> </td><td align=left>
<a href="http://courses.ncsu.edu/acc200/">WolfWare Info</a></td></tr>
</nowiki></pre>
=== MIT ===
* http://student.mit.edu/catalog/m1a.html
<pre><nowiki>
<a name="1.00"></a>
1.00
Introduction to Computers and Engineering Problem Solving
 <img alt="______" src="/icns/hr.gif"> 
<img title="Undergrad" src="/icns/under.gif"> (<img title="Fall" src="/icns/fall.gif">,
<img title="Spring" src="/icns/spring.gif">)
<img src="/icns/rest.gif" alt="Rest Elec in Sci & Tech" title="Rest Elec in Sci & Tech" width="16" height="16" align="bottom">
 (Subject meets with <A HREF="m1a.html#1.001">1.001</A>)
 Prereq: <a href="m18a.html#18.01">18.01</a>
 Units: 5-1-6
 <a href="editcookie.cgi?add=1.00">
<img align="bottom" border=1 width=16 height=16 alt="Add to schedule" title="Add to schedule" src="/icns/button1.gif">
</a> Lecture: MWF3-4.30 (<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=26">26-100</a>) Recitation: M10 (
<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=1">1-273</a>) or M11 (<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=1">1-371</a>) or
M12 (<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=1">1-132</a>, <a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=1">1-371</a>) or M1 (
<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=1">1-375</a>) or M2 (<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=1">1-379</a>,
<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=5">5-134</a>) or T10 (<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=1">1-132</a>) or
T11 (<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=1">1-371</a>) or T12 (<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=5">5-217</a>) or
T1 (<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=5">5-217</a>) or T2 (<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=1">1-242</a>,
<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=1">1-379</a>) or T3 (<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=5">5-234</a>,
<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=3">3-442</a>) or T4 (<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=5">5-234</a>) or M10
(<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=1">1-242</a>) or T12 (<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=1">1-242</a>) +final
 <img alt="______" src="/icns/hr.gif">
 Fundamental software development and computational methods for engineering, scientific and managerial applications.
Emphasis on object-oriented software design and development. Active learning using laptop computers (available on loan).
Assignments cover programming concepts, graphical user interfaces, numerical methods, data structures, sorting and searching,
computer graphics and selected advanced topics. The Java programming language is used.
 Fall: S. R. Lerman, V. J. Harward Spring: G. Kocur

</nowiki></pre>
=== Berkeley ===
* http://sis.berkeley.edu/catalog/gcc_list_crse_req?p_dept_name=Electrical+Engineering&p_dept_cd=EL+ENG&p_path=l
<pre><nowiki>

20N.  Structure and Interpretation of Systems and Signals. (4)  
Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: Mathematics 1B.
Mathematical modeling of signals and systems. Continous and discrete signals, with applications to audio, images, video,
communications, and control. State-based models, beginning with automata and evolving to LTI systems. Frequency domain
models for signals and frequency response for systems, and sampling of continuous-time signals. A Matlab-based laboratory
is an integral part of the course.
(F,SP)
Ayazibar
</nowiki></pre>
=== Oregon State University ===
* http://catalog.oregonstate.edu/bcc.aspx
<pre><nowiki>
<h3>
<img alt="Course" src="images/icon/courselg.gif" border="0" style="font-weight: bold" />
HHS 231.LIFETIME FITNESS FOR HEALTH(2).<img border=0 src='images/cap.gif' alt='Is Baccalaureate Core Course'></h3>
Physical activity and positive health behaviors in human health; topics include physical fitness, nutrition, weight control,
stress management, addictive behaviors, and sexually transmitted infections. (Bacc Core Course)
 
<table id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_CourseAttributeDataList" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;">
<tr><td>
 
<h6>
Course Attributes:</h6>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td style="font-size:X-Small;white-space:nowrap;">
Core, Skills, Fitness
</td>
</tr>
</table>

</nowiki></pre>
=== More examples ===
* http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=site:edu+course+catalog&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

==See Also==
* [[hied-course-examples]]
* [[hied-course-formats]]
* [[hied-course-brainstorming]]

hied-course-formats

2008-03-19T18:29:50Z

CtkJose: /* Existing hied course formats */

=Existing hied course formats=

==Contributors==
*Jose Cuevas

==Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council XML Standards Format for the College Academic Record (Transcript)==
* Current Version: 1.1.0
* Published: January 2007
* http://www.fsaxmlregistry.ed.gov/XMLRegistry/MessageSpecification.do
=== Student.AcademicRecord.AcademicSession.Course Entity ===
Describes different properties used to define an academic course, the format to use and possible and acceptable values.

==Course Applicability System==
* Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) developed the Course Applicability System (CAS) as an online tool that serves as a gateway to participating institutions' automated degree audit and transfer articulation systems.
* http://www.dars.muohio.edu/confluence/display/CAS/About+CAS
* http://transfer.org/cas/CASv30-SISImport_Specs.pdf
* http://www.dars.muohio.edu/confluence/display/CAS/Admin+Help#AdminHelp-CourseCatalog

==eduCourse==
* http://middleware.internet2.edu/courseID/
* http://middleware.internet2.edu/courseid/docs/internet2-mace-dir-courseID-eduCourse-200507.html

==See Also==
* [[hied-course-examples]]
* [[hied-course-formats]]
* [[hied-course-brainstorming]]

hied-course-brainstorming

2008-03-19T18:29:09Z

CtkJose:

exploratory-discussions

2008-03-19T18:15:32Z

CtkJose: /* solo pursuits */

<h1>Exploratory Discussions</h1>
{{TOC-right}}
Per the microformats [[process]]: research and analysis of real-world [[examples]], existing formats, and brainstorming to motivate the microformat. Please check [[rejected-formats]] before making additions.


==Active==

The following exploratory discussions are being actively pursued (generally, edited in the last month, or with an active community member (named in parentheses) having expressed an interest in pursuing them)

=== media related ===
Media related efforts are very active in the microformats community and thus have been grouped here for convenience
* [[audio-info]] ([[audio-info-examples|examples]], [[audio-info-formats|formats]], [[audio-info-brainstorming|brainstorming]], [[audio-info-proposal|proposal]], [[audio-info-issues|issues]], [[haudio|specification]]) - Marking up information and metadata related to audio (speech, music, and sound in general). ([[User:ManuSporny | Manu Sporny]])
** music [[music-examples|music examples]]
* audio-album (see [[audio-info]] pages for examples, formats, brainstorming. [[audio-album-proposal]], [[audio-album-issues]]) - Marking up information and metadata related to audio albums/collections. ([[User:ManuSporny | Manu Sporny]])
* broadcast: Internet Radio & TV: [[broadcast-examples]], [[broadcast-brainstorming]] ([[User:Chris Newell|Chris Newell]])
* [[media-info]] ([[media-info-examples|media-info examples]], [[media-info-formats|media-info formats]], [[media-info-brainstorming|media-info brainstorming]])
* photo note [[photo-note-examples|photo note examples]]
* show [[show-examples]], [[show-formats]], [[show-brainstorming|show brainstorming]] (see also [[media-info]])
* showroll [[showroll-examples]], [[showroll-formats]], [[showroll-brainstorming]]
* video-info ([[video-info-examples|examples]], [[video-info-formats|formats]], [[video-info-brainstorming|brainstorming]], [[video-info-proposal|proposal]], [[video-info-issues|issues]]) - Marking up information and metadata related to video (video clips, movies, television, and video multimedia presentation in general). ([[User:ManuSporny | Manu Sporny]])

=== other active ===
* alternates [[alternates-brainstorming|alternates brainstorming]], [[alternates-examples|alternates examples]] ([[User:JeffMcNeill|Jeff McNeill]])
* [[currency]]; [[currency-examples]]; [[currency-formats]]; [[currency-brainstorming]]; [[currency-proposal]]; [[currency-issues]] ([[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]])
* figures [[figure]], [[figure-examples|figure examples]], [[figure-formats]], [[figure-brainstorming|figure brainstorming]]
* group [[group-examples|group examples]], [[group-formats]], [[group-brainstorming|group brainstorming]]
* items [[items-examples|items examples]], [[items-formats]], [[items-brainstorming|items brainstorming]]
* job listing [[job-listing-examples|job listing examples]], [[job-listing-formats]], [[job-listing-brainstorming|job listing brainstorming]] ([[User:DarrenBounds|Darren Bounds]])
* measures and measurement units [[measure]], [[measure-examples]], [[measure-formats]] [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
* receipt ([[receipt-examples|examples]], [[receipt-formats|formats]], [[receipt-brainstorming|brainstorming]], [[receipt-proposal|proposal]]) - Marking up information and metadata related to purchase receipts. (Leif Arne Storset)
* recipe [[recipe-examples|recipe examples]], [[recipe-formats]], [[recipe-brainstorming]] ([[User:Phae | Frances Berriman]])
* [[species]] - for the marking up of the scientific names of living things: [[species-examples]], [[species-formats]], [[species-brainstorming]] ([[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]) 
* syllabus [[syllabus-examples]], [[syllabus-formats]], [[syllabus-brainstorming]] {{NewMarker}}
* [[uid]] - see also [[representative-hcard]]
* bank account [[bankaccount-brainstorming]], [[bankaccount-examples]]

=== solo pursuits ===
The following active exploratory discussions are primarily pursued by a single individual and thus have not generated widespread interest in the community yet.

* geo extensions ([[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]])
** [[geo-elevation-examples]], [[geo-elevation-formats]] - extend geo for representing altitude
** [[geo-waypoint-examples]], [[geo-waypoint-formats]] - extend geo for representing routes and boundaries, using waypoints
** [[geo-extension-examples]], [[geo-extension-formats]], [[geo-extension-brainstorming]], [[geo-extension-strawman]] - extend geo for moons, other planets, etc.
* learning ([[learning-examples|examples]], [[learning-formats|formats]], [[learning-brainstorming|brainstorming]], [[learning-proposal|proposal]], [[learning-issues|issues]]) - a microformat for microlearning ([[User:KirkMcMurray|Kirk McMurray]])
* [[off|OFF]]
* [[xmdp-brainstorming|XMDP brainstorming]] (see also [[xmdp-faq]])
* higher education academic information ([[User:CtkJose|Jose Cuevas]])
** [[hied-course-examples]], [[hied-course-formats]], [[hied-course-brainstorming]] - an academic course activity

==Current==
The following exploratory discussions are less actively pursued, but may still be developed.

* citation [[citation|citation effort]], [[citation-examples|citation examples]], [[citation-formats|citation formats]], [[citation-brainstorming|citation brainstorming]], and [[citation-faq|citation FAQ]] ([[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]])
* genealogy [[genealogy-examples]], [[genealogy-formats|genealogy formats]] ([[User:Bob_Jonkman|Bob Jonkman]])
* listing / hListing [[hlisting-proposal|hListing proposal]], and [[hlisting-feedback|hListing feedback]]
** based on listing [[listing-examples|examples]], [[listing-formats|formats]], and [[listing-brainstorming|brainstorming]]
* [[mfo-examples|MFO examples]]
* task [[htask|task effort]], [[task-examples| task examples]], [[task-formats|task formats]], [[task-brainstorming|task brainstorming]], and [[task-faq|task FAQ]]

==Moribund==
The following exploratory discussions are believed moribund, or superseded; or are simply not being maintained due to the absence of the interested party or shortage of volunteer effort. Work may well resume in the future. Please feel free to move them to one of the above sections if you are interested in developing them, and append your name in parentheses, or move them to "Abandoned" or "Archived", if that is more appropriate.

*[[attention]]
* blog description [[blog-description-examples|blog description examples]]
* blog info [[blog-info-examples|blog info examples]]
* book [[book-examples|book examples]], [[book-formats|book formats]], and [[book-brainstorming|book brainstorming]]
* chat [[chat-examples|chat examples]], [[chat-formats|chat formats]], and [[chat-brainstorming|chat brainstorming]]
* code [[code-examples|code examples]], [[code-formats]], [[code-brainstorming|code brainstorming]]
* comment [[comment-problem|comment problem]], [[comment-examples|comment examples]], and [[comments-formats|comment formats]] (Some stuff needs to be extracted from [[comments-formats]], [[hcomment]] and [[mfcomment]])
* [[collection-description|collection description]] - for describing collections in libraries
* [[course-catalog]]; [[course-catalog-examples]]
* [[definition-examples]]
* [[depend-examples]]: examples of dependency graphs, especially as they relate to software
* [[digital-signatures]]: incorporation of digital signatures in Microformatted data; ([[digitalsignature-examples|digital-signature examples]], [[digitalsignature-formats]], [[digitalsignature-brainstorming|digital-signatures brainstorming]])
* directions [[directions-examples|directions examples]]
* distributed conversation [[distributed-conversation|distributed conversation overview]], [[distributed-conversation-examples|distributed conversation examples]], [[distributed-conversation-formats|distributed conversation formats]], [[distributed-conversation-brainstorming|distributed conversation brainstorming]]
* [[downloads]] [[downloads-examples|downloads examples]], [[downloads-formats|downloads formats]], [[downloads-brainstorming|downloads brainstorming]]
* [[error-message]] [[error-message-examples|error message examples]], [[error-message-formats]], [[error-message-brainstorming|error message brainstorming]]
* file-format ([[file-format-examples|examples]], formats, brainstorming) - for the mark-up of file format information (size, type, codecs, bitrate, etc.) - should this be merged with [[downloads]] ?
* forms [[forms-examples|forms examples]]
* grouping ([[grouping-examples|examples]], [[grouping-formats|formats]], [[grouping-brainstorming|brainstorming]], [[grouping-proposal|proposal]]) - Metadata markup of items that should be grouped together.
* hash [[hash-examples|hash examples]] (see also [[downloads]])
* [[journal-brainstorming]]
* last modified [[last-modified-examples|last modified examples]], [[last-modified-formats|last modified formats]], and [[last-modified-brainstorming|last modified brainstorming]]
* meeting minutes [[meeting-minutes-examples|meeting minutes examples]], [[meeting-minutes-formats|meeting minutes formats]], and [[meeting-minutes-brainstorming|meeting minutes brainstorming]]
* metalink [[metalink-examples|metalink examples]]
* news [[news-examples|news examples]]
* [[operating-hours]]: [[operating-hours-examples]] ..of stores, restaurants, etc.
* [[page-summary]] [[page-summary-examples]], [[page-summary-formats]]
* [[payment]]
* [[product]] - [[product-examples]], [[product-formats]], [[product-brainstorming]].
* [[question-answer]], [[question-answer-examples]], [[question-answer-formats]], [[question-answer-brainstorming]]
* [[realestate-propertydetail]], [[realestate-propertydetail-examples]], [[realestate-propertydetail-formats]], [[realestate-propertydetail brainstorming]]
* requirements testing [[requirements-testing|requirements testing overview]], and [[requirements-testing-examples|requirements testing examples]]
* [[rest-examples|REST examples]] (see also [[rest]])
* search results [[search-results-example|search results example]]
* table [[table-examples|examples]]
* tagspeak [[tagspeak-examples|tagspeak examples]]
* tagcloud [[tagcloud-examples|tagcloud examples]], [[tagcloud-formats]], and [[tagcloud-brainstorming|tagcloud brainstorming]].
* [[to-do-examples]]
* transit table [[transit-table-examples|transit table examples]]
* [[widget]], [[widget-examples|widget examples]], [[widget-formats]], [[widget-brainstorming|widget brainstorming]]
* [[wiki-formats|wiki formats]]
* [[wishlist]], [[wishlist-examples]]
* work of art [[work-of-art|work of art overview]], [[workofart-examples|work of art examples]], [[workofart-formats|work of art formats]], and [[workofart-brainstorming|work of art brainstorming]]
* [[xpn-examples]] - proposal to extend (or replicate) XFN for business (or professional - hence X'''P'''N) relationships

==Abandoned==
The following exploratory discussions are confirmed as abandoned:
*...

==Archive==

The following exploratory discussions resulted in a microformat, or have been superseded by later developments, but are kept here for historical interest:

* blog post [[blog-post-examples|examples]], [[blog-post-formats|blog post formats]], and [[blog-post-brainstorming|blog post brainstorming]] (yielded the [[hatom|hAtom]] draft)
* directory inclusion [[directory-inclusion-examples|directory inclusion examples]], [[directory-inclusion-formats|directory inclusion formats]]. (yielded the [[rel-directory]] microformat)
* location [[location-examples]], [[location-formats|location formats]]. (see also [[adr]], [[geo]], [[hcard|hCard]])
* resume [[resume-examples]], [[resume-formats|resume formats]], [[resume-brainstorming|resume brainstorming]] yielded the [[hresume|hResume]] draft.
* review [[review-examples|review examples]], and [[review-formats|review formats]] yielded the [[hreview|hReview]] draft

hied-course-formats

2008-03-19T18:13:16Z

CtkJose:

exploratory-discussions

2008-03-19T17:49:32Z

CtkJose: /* solo pursuits */

<h1>Exploratory Discussions</h1>
{{TOC-right}}
Per the microformats [[process]]: research and analysis of real-world [[examples]], existing formats, and brainstorming to motivate the microformat. Please check [[rejected-formats]] before making additions.


==Active==

The following exploratory discussions are being actively pursued (generally, edited in the last month, or with an active community member (named in parentheses) having expressed an interest in pursuing them)

=== media related ===
Media related efforts are very active in the microformats community and thus have been grouped here for convenience
* [[audio-info]] ([[audio-info-examples|examples]], [[audio-info-formats|formats]], [[audio-info-brainstorming|brainstorming]], [[audio-info-proposal|proposal]], [[audio-info-issues|issues]], [[haudio|specification]]) - Marking up information and metadata related to audio (speech, music, and sound in general). ([[User:ManuSporny | Manu Sporny]])
** music [[music-examples|music examples]]
* audio-album (see [[audio-info]] pages for examples, formats, brainstorming. [[audio-album-proposal]], [[audio-album-issues]]) - Marking up information and metadata related to audio albums/collections. ([[User:ManuSporny | Manu Sporny]])
* broadcast: Internet Radio & TV: [[broadcast-examples]], [[broadcast-brainstorming]] ([[User:Chris Newell|Chris Newell]])
* [[media-info]] ([[media-info-examples|media-info examples]], [[media-info-formats|media-info formats]], [[media-info-brainstorming|media-info brainstorming]])
* photo note [[photo-note-examples|photo note examples]]
* show [[show-examples]], [[show-formats]], [[show-brainstorming|show brainstorming]] (see also [[media-info]])
* showroll [[showroll-examples]], [[showroll-formats]], [[showroll-brainstorming]]
* video-info ([[video-info-examples|examples]], [[video-info-formats|formats]], [[video-info-brainstorming|brainstorming]], [[video-info-proposal|proposal]], [[video-info-issues|issues]]) - Marking up information and metadata related to video (video clips, movies, television, and video multimedia presentation in general). ([[User:ManuSporny | Manu Sporny]])

=== other active ===
* alternates [[alternates-brainstorming|alternates brainstorming]], [[alternates-examples|alternates examples]] ([[User:JeffMcNeill|Jeff McNeill]])
* [[currency]]; [[currency-examples]]; [[currency-formats]]; [[currency-brainstorming]]; [[currency-proposal]]; [[currency-issues]] ([[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]])
* figures [[figure]], [[figure-examples|figure examples]], [[figure-formats]], [[figure-brainstorming|figure brainstorming]]
* group [[group-examples|group examples]], [[group-formats]], [[group-brainstorming|group brainstorming]]
* items [[items-examples|items examples]], [[items-formats]], [[items-brainstorming|items brainstorming]]
* job listing [[job-listing-examples|job listing examples]], [[job-listing-formats]], [[job-listing-brainstorming|job listing brainstorming]] ([[User:DarrenBounds|Darren Bounds]])
* measures and measurement units [[measure]], [[measure-examples]], [[measure-formats]] [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
* receipt ([[receipt-examples|examples]], [[receipt-formats|formats]], [[receipt-brainstorming|brainstorming]], [[receipt-proposal|proposal]]) - Marking up information and metadata related to purchase receipts. (Leif Arne Storset)
* recipe [[recipe-examples|recipe examples]], [[recipe-formats]], [[recipe-brainstorming]] ([[User:Phae | Frances Berriman]])
* [[species]] - for the marking up of the scientific names of living things: [[species-examples]], [[species-formats]], [[species-brainstorming]] ([[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]) 
* syllabus [[syllabus-examples]], [[syllabus-formats]], [[syllabus-brainstorming]] {{NewMarker}}
* [[uid]] - see also [[representative-hcard]]
* bank account [[bankaccount-brainstorming]], [[bankaccount-examples]]

=== solo pursuits ===
The following active exploratory discussions are primarily pursued by a single individual and thus have not generated widespread interest in the community yet.

* geo extensions ([[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]])
** [[geo-elevation-examples]], [[geo-elevation-formats]] - extend geo for representing altitude
** [[geo-waypoint-examples]], [[geo-waypoint-formats]] - extend geo for representing routes and boundaries, using waypoints
** [[geo-extension-examples]], [[geo-extension-formats]], [[geo-extension-brainstorming]], [[geo-extension-strawman]] - extend geo for moons, other planets, etc.
* learning ([[learning-examples|examples]], [[learning-formats|formats]], [[learning-brainstorming|brainstorming]], [[learning-proposal|proposal]], [[learning-issues|issues]]) - a microformat for microlearning ([[User:KirkMcMurray|Kirk McMurray]])
* [[off|OFF]]
* [[xmdp-brainstorming|XMDP brainstorming]] (see also [[xmdp-faq]])
* higher education academic information ([[User:CtkJose|Jose Cuevas]])
** [[hied-course-examples]], [[hied-course-formats]] - an academic course activity

==Current==
The following exploratory discussions are less actively pursued, but may still be developed.

* citation [[citation|citation effort]], [[citation-examples|citation examples]], [[citation-formats|citation formats]], [[citation-brainstorming|citation brainstorming]], and [[citation-faq|citation FAQ]] ([[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]])
* genealogy [[genealogy-examples]], [[genealogy-formats|genealogy formats]] ([[User:Bob_Jonkman|Bob Jonkman]])
* listing / hListing [[hlisting-proposal|hListing proposal]], and [[hlisting-feedback|hListing feedback]]
** based on listing [[listing-examples|examples]], [[listing-formats|formats]], and [[listing-brainstorming|brainstorming]]
* [[mfo-examples|MFO examples]]
* task [[htask|task effort]], [[task-examples| task examples]], [[task-formats|task formats]], [[task-brainstorming|task brainstorming]], and [[task-faq|task FAQ]]

==Moribund==
The following exploratory discussions are believed moribund, or superseded; or are simply not being maintained due to the absence of the interested party or shortage of volunteer effort. Work may well resume in the future. Please feel free to move them to one of the above sections if you are interested in developing them, and append your name in parentheses, or move them to "Abandoned" or "Archived", if that is more appropriate.

*[[attention]]
* blog description [[blog-description-examples|blog description examples]]
* blog info [[blog-info-examples|blog info examples]]
* book [[book-examples|book examples]], [[book-formats|book formats]], and [[book-brainstorming|book brainstorming]]
* chat [[chat-examples|chat examples]], [[chat-formats|chat formats]], and [[chat-brainstorming|chat brainstorming]]
* code [[code-examples|code examples]], [[code-formats]], [[code-brainstorming|code brainstorming]]
* comment [[comment-problem|comment problem]], [[comment-examples|comment examples]], and [[comments-formats|comment formats]] (Some stuff needs to be extracted from [[comments-formats]], [[hcomment]] and [[mfcomment]])
* [[collection-description|collection description]] - for describing collections in libraries
* [[course-catalog]]; [[course-catalog-examples]]
* [[definition-examples]]
* [[depend-examples]]: examples of dependency graphs, especially as they relate to software
* [[digital-signatures]]: incorporation of digital signatures in Microformatted data; ([[digitalsignature-examples|digital-signature examples]], [[digitalsignature-formats]], [[digitalsignature-brainstorming|digital-signatures brainstorming]])
* directions [[directions-examples|directions examples]]
* distributed conversation [[distributed-conversation|distributed conversation overview]], [[distributed-conversation-examples|distributed conversation examples]], [[distributed-conversation-formats|distributed conversation formats]], [[distributed-conversation-brainstorming|distributed conversation brainstorming]]
* [[downloads]] [[downloads-examples|downloads examples]], [[downloads-formats|downloads formats]], [[downloads-brainstorming|downloads brainstorming]]
* [[error-message]] [[error-message-examples|error message examples]], [[error-message-formats]], [[error-message-brainstorming|error message brainstorming]]
* file-format ([[file-format-examples|examples]], formats, brainstorming) - for the mark-up of file format information (size, type, codecs, bitrate, etc.) - should this be merged with [[downloads]] ?
* forms [[forms-examples|forms examples]]
* grouping ([[grouping-examples|examples]], [[grouping-formats|formats]], [[grouping-brainstorming|brainstorming]], [[grouping-proposal|proposal]]) - Metadata markup of items that should be grouped together.
* hash [[hash-examples|hash examples]] (see also [[downloads]])
* [[journal-brainstorming]]
* last modified [[last-modified-examples|last modified examples]], [[last-modified-formats|last modified formats]], and [[last-modified-brainstorming|last modified brainstorming]]
* meeting minutes [[meeting-minutes-examples|meeting minutes examples]], [[meeting-minutes-formats|meeting minutes formats]], and [[meeting-minutes-brainstorming|meeting minutes brainstorming]]
* metalink [[metalink-examples|metalink examples]]
* news [[news-examples|news examples]]
* [[operating-hours]]: [[operating-hours-examples]] ..of stores, restaurants, etc.
* [[page-summary]] [[page-summary-examples]], [[page-summary-formats]]
* [[payment]]
* [[product]] - [[product-examples]], [[product-formats]], [[product-brainstorming]].
* [[question-answer]], [[question-answer-examples]], [[question-answer-formats]], [[question-answer-brainstorming]]
* [[realestate-propertydetail]], [[realestate-propertydetail-examples]], [[realestate-propertydetail-formats]], [[realestate-propertydetail brainstorming]]
* requirements testing [[requirements-testing|requirements testing overview]], and [[requirements-testing-examples|requirements testing examples]]
* [[rest-examples|REST examples]] (see also [[rest]])
* search results [[search-results-example|search results example]]
* table [[table-examples|examples]]
* tagspeak [[tagspeak-examples|tagspeak examples]]
* tagcloud [[tagcloud-examples|tagcloud examples]], [[tagcloud-formats]], and [[tagcloud-brainstorming|tagcloud brainstorming]].
* [[to-do-examples]]
* transit table [[transit-table-examples|transit table examples]]
* [[widget]], [[widget-examples|widget examples]], [[widget-formats]], [[widget-brainstorming|widget brainstorming]]
* [[wiki-formats|wiki formats]]
* [[wishlist]], [[wishlist-examples]]
* work of art [[work-of-art|work of art overview]], [[workofart-examples|work of art examples]], [[workofart-formats|work of art formats]], and [[workofart-brainstorming|work of art brainstorming]]
* [[xpn-examples]] - proposal to extend (or replicate) XFN for business (or professional - hence X'''P'''N) relationships

==Abandoned==
The following exploratory discussions are confirmed as abandoned:
*...

==Archive==

The following exploratory discussions resulted in a microformat, or have been superseded by later developments, but are kept here for historical interest:

* blog post [[blog-post-examples|examples]], [[blog-post-formats|blog post formats]], and [[blog-post-brainstorming|blog post brainstorming]] (yielded the [[hatom|hAtom]] draft)
* directory inclusion [[directory-inclusion-examples|directory inclusion examples]], [[directory-inclusion-formats|directory inclusion formats]]. (yielded the [[rel-directory]] microformat)
* location [[location-examples]], [[location-formats|location formats]]. (see also [[adr]], [[geo]], [[hcard|hCard]])
* resume [[resume-examples]], [[resume-formats|resume formats]], [[resume-brainstorming|resume brainstorming]] yielded the [[hresume|hResume]] draft.
* review [[review-examples|review examples]], and [[review-formats|review formats]] yielded the [[hreview|hReview]] draft

hied-course-examples

2008-03-19T17:48:36Z

CtkJose: /* Elevation examples */

hied-course-examples

2008-03-19T17:24:18Z

CtkJose: /* Contributors */

=Elevation examples=

Examples of published course listings and catalogs to support the proposed Higher Education course microformat.

== Contributors ==
* [http://www.uprm.edu/ Jose Cuevas]
* [[User:CtkJose|Jose Cuevas]]

==Examples==
* http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/reg_records/crs_cat/ACC.html#ACC330
* http://student.mit.edu/catalog/m1a.html
* http://sis.berkeley.edu/catalog/gcc_list_crse_req?p_dept_name=Electrical+Engineering&p_dept_cd=EL+ENG&p_path=l
* http://catalog.oregonstate.edu/bcc.aspx

hied-course-examples

2008-03-19T17:19:19Z

CtkJose:

== Contributors ==
* [http://www.uprm.edu/ Jose Cuevas]
* [[User:CtkJose|Jose Cuevas]]

exploratory-discussions

2008-03-19T17:18:19Z

CtkJose: /* solo pursuits */

<h1>Exploratory Discussions</h1>
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Per the microformats [[process]]: research and analysis of real-world [[examples]], existing formats, and brainstorming to motivate the microformat. Please check [[rejected-formats]] before making additions.


==Active==

The following exploratory discussions are being actively pursued (generally, edited in the last month, or with an active community member (named in parentheses) having expressed an interest in pursuing them)

=== media related ===
Media related efforts are very active in the microformats community and thus have been grouped here for convenience
* [[audio-info]] ([[audio-info-examples|examples]], [[audio-info-formats|formats]], [[audio-info-brainstorming|brainstorming]], [[audio-info-proposal|proposal]], [[audio-info-issues|issues]], [[haudio|specification]]) - Marking up information and metadata related to audio (speech, music, and sound in general). ([[User:ManuSporny | Manu Sporny]])
** music [[music-examples|music examples]]
* audio-album (see [[audio-info]] pages for examples, formats, brainstorming. [[audio-album-proposal]], [[audio-album-issues]]) - Marking up information and metadata related to audio albums/collections. ([[User:ManuSporny | Manu Sporny]])
* broadcast: Internet Radio & TV: [[broadcast-examples]], [[broadcast-brainstorming]] ([[User:Chris Newell|Chris Newell]])
* [[media-info]] ([[media-info-examples|media-info examples]], [[media-info-formats|media-info formats]], [[media-info-brainstorming|media-info brainstorming]])
* photo note [[photo-note-examples|photo note examples]]
* show [[show-examples]], [[show-formats]], [[show-brainstorming|show brainstorming]] (see also [[media-info]])
* showroll [[showroll-examples]], [[showroll-formats]], [[showroll-brainstorming]]
* video-info ([[video-info-examples|examples]], [[video-info-formats|formats]], [[video-info-brainstorming|brainstorming]], [[video-info-proposal|proposal]], [[video-info-issues|issues]]) - Marking up information and metadata related to video (video clips, movies, television, and video multimedia presentation in general). ([[User:ManuSporny | Manu Sporny]])

=== other active ===
* alternates [[alternates-brainstorming|alternates brainstorming]], [[alternates-examples|alternates examples]] ([[User:JeffMcNeill|Jeff McNeill]])
* [[currency]]; [[currency-examples]]; [[currency-formats]]; [[currency-brainstorming]]; [[currency-proposal]]; [[currency-issues]] ([[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]])
* figures [[figure]], [[figure-examples|figure examples]], [[figure-formats]], [[figure-brainstorming|figure brainstorming]]
* group [[group-examples|group examples]], [[group-formats]], [[group-brainstorming|group brainstorming]]
* items [[items-examples|items examples]], [[items-formats]], [[items-brainstorming|items brainstorming]]
* job listing [[job-listing-examples|job listing examples]], [[job-listing-formats]], [[job-listing-brainstorming|job listing brainstorming]] ([[User:DarrenBounds|Darren Bounds]])
* measures and measurement units [[measure]], [[measure-examples]], [[measure-formats]] [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
* receipt ([[receipt-examples|examples]], [[receipt-formats|formats]], [[receipt-brainstorming|brainstorming]], [[receipt-proposal|proposal]]) - Marking up information and metadata related to purchase receipts. (Leif Arne Storset)
* recipe [[recipe-examples|recipe examples]], [[recipe-formats]], [[recipe-brainstorming]] ([[User:Phae | Frances Berriman]])
* [[species]] - for the marking up of the scientific names of living things: [[species-examples]], [[species-formats]], [[species-brainstorming]] ([[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]) 
* syllabus [[syllabus-examples]], [[syllabus-formats]], [[syllabus-brainstorming]] {{NewMarker}}
* [[uid]] - see also [[representative-hcard]]
* bank account [[bankaccount-brainstorming]], [[bankaccount-examples]]

=== solo pursuits ===
The following active exploratory discussions are primarily pursued by a single individual and thus have not generated widespread interest in the community yet.

* geo extensions ([[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]])
** [[geo-elevation-examples]], [[geo-elevation-formats]] - extend geo for representing altitude
** [[geo-waypoint-examples]], [[geo-waypoint-formats]] - extend geo for representing routes and boundaries, using waypoints
** [[geo-extension-examples]], [[geo-extension-formats]], [[geo-extension-brainstorming]], [[geo-extension-strawman]] - extend geo for moons, other planets, etc.
* learning ([[learning-examples|examples]], [[learning-formats|formats]], [[learning-brainstorming|brainstorming]], [[learning-proposal|proposal]], [[learning-issues|issues]]) - a microformat for microlearning ([[User:KirkMcMurray|Kirk McMurray]])
* [[off|OFF]]
* [[xmdp-brainstorming|XMDP brainstorming]] (see also [[xmdp-faq]])
* higher education academic information ([[User:CtkJose|Jose Cuevas]])
** [[hied-course-examples]] - an academic course activity

==Current==
The following exploratory discussions are less actively pursued, but may still be developed.

* citation [[citation|citation effort]], [[citation-examples|citation examples]], [[citation-formats|citation formats]], [[citation-brainstorming|citation brainstorming]], and [[citation-faq|citation FAQ]] ([[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]])
* genealogy [[genealogy-examples]], [[genealogy-formats|genealogy formats]] ([[User:Bob_Jonkman|Bob Jonkman]])
* listing / hListing [[hlisting-proposal|hListing proposal]], and [[hlisting-feedback|hListing feedback]]
** based on listing [[listing-examples|examples]], [[listing-formats|formats]], and [[listing-brainstorming|brainstorming]]
* [[mfo-examples|MFO examples]]
* task [[htask|task effort]], [[task-examples| task examples]], [[task-formats|task formats]], [[task-brainstorming|task brainstorming]], and [[task-faq|task FAQ]]

==Moribund==
The following exploratory discussions are believed moribund, or superseded; or are simply not being maintained due to the absence of the interested party or shortage of volunteer effort. Work may well resume in the future. Please feel free to move them to one of the above sections if you are interested in developing them, and append your name in parentheses, or move them to "Abandoned" or "Archived", if that is more appropriate.

*[[attention]]
* blog description [[blog-description-examples|blog description examples]]
* blog info [[blog-info-examples|blog info examples]]
* book [[book-examples|book examples]], [[book-formats|book formats]], and [[book-brainstorming|book brainstorming]]
* chat [[chat-examples|chat examples]], [[chat-formats|chat formats]], and [[chat-brainstorming|chat brainstorming]]
* code [[code-examples|code examples]], [[code-formats]], [[code-brainstorming|code brainstorming]]
* comment [[comment-problem|comment problem]], [[comment-examples|comment examples]], and [[comments-formats|comment formats]] (Some stuff needs to be extracted from [[comments-formats]], [[hcomment]] and [[mfcomment]])
* [[collection-description|collection description]] - for describing collections in libraries
* [[course-catalog]]; [[course-catalog-examples]]
* [[definition-examples]]
* [[depend-examples]]: examples of dependency graphs, especially as they relate to software
* [[digital-signatures]]: incorporation of digital signatures in Microformatted data; ([[digitalsignature-examples|digital-signature examples]], [[digitalsignature-formats]], [[digitalsignature-brainstorming|digital-signatures brainstorming]])
* directions [[directions-examples|directions examples]]
* distributed conversation [[distributed-conversation|distributed conversation overview]], [[distributed-conversation-examples|distributed conversation examples]], [[distributed-conversation-formats|distributed conversation formats]], [[distributed-conversation-brainstorming|distributed conversation brainstorming]]
* [[downloads]] [[downloads-examples|downloads examples]], [[downloads-formats|downloads formats]], [[downloads-brainstorming|downloads brainstorming]]
* [[error-message]] [[error-message-examples|error message examples]], [[error-message-formats]], [[error-message-brainstorming|error message brainstorming]]
* file-format ([[file-format-examples|examples]], formats, brainstorming) - for the mark-up of file format information (size, type, codecs, bitrate, etc.) - should this be merged with [[downloads]] ?
* forms [[forms-examples|forms examples]]
* grouping ([[grouping-examples|examples]], [[grouping-formats|formats]], [[grouping-brainstorming|brainstorming]], [[grouping-proposal|proposal]]) - Metadata markup of items that should be grouped together.
* hash [[hash-examples|hash examples]] (see also [[downloads]])
* [[journal-brainstorming]]
* last modified [[last-modified-examples|last modified examples]], [[last-modified-formats|last modified formats]], and [[last-modified-brainstorming|last modified brainstorming]]
* meeting minutes [[meeting-minutes-examples|meeting minutes examples]], [[meeting-minutes-formats|meeting minutes formats]], and [[meeting-minutes-brainstorming|meeting minutes brainstorming]]
* metalink [[metalink-examples|metalink examples]]
* news [[news-examples|news examples]]
* [[operating-hours]]: [[operating-hours-examples]] ..of stores, restaurants, etc.
* [[page-summary]] [[page-summary-examples]], [[page-summary-formats]]
* [[payment]]
* [[product]] - [[product-examples]], [[product-formats]], [[product-brainstorming]].
* [[question-answer]], [[question-answer-examples]], [[question-answer-formats]], [[question-answer-brainstorming]]
* [[realestate-propertydetail]], [[realestate-propertydetail-examples]], [[realestate-propertydetail-formats]], [[realestate-propertydetail brainstorming]]
* requirements testing [[requirements-testing|requirements testing overview]], and [[requirements-testing-examples|requirements testing examples]]
* [[rest-examples|REST examples]] (see also [[rest]])
* search results [[search-results-example|search results example]]
* table [[table-examples|examples]]
* tagspeak [[tagspeak-examples|tagspeak examples]]
* tagcloud [[tagcloud-examples|tagcloud examples]], [[tagcloud-formats]], and [[tagcloud-brainstorming|tagcloud brainstorming]].
* [[to-do-examples]]
* transit table [[transit-table-examples|transit table examples]]
* [[widget]], [[widget-examples|widget examples]], [[widget-formats]], [[widget-brainstorming|widget brainstorming]]
* [[wiki-formats|wiki formats]]
* [[wishlist]], [[wishlist-examples]]
* work of art [[work-of-art|work of art overview]], [[workofart-examples|work of art examples]], [[workofart-formats|work of art formats]], and [[workofart-brainstorming|work of art brainstorming]]
* [[xpn-examples]] - proposal to extend (or replicate) XFN for business (or professional - hence X'''P'''N) relationships

==Abandoned==
The following exploratory discussions are confirmed as abandoned:
*...

==Archive==

The following exploratory discussions resulted in a microformat, or have been superseded by later developments, but are kept here for historical interest:

* blog post [[blog-post-examples|examples]], [[blog-post-formats|blog post formats]], and [[blog-post-brainstorming|blog post brainstorming]] (yielded the [[hatom|hAtom]] draft)
* directory inclusion [[directory-inclusion-examples|directory inclusion examples]], [[directory-inclusion-formats|directory inclusion formats]]. (yielded the [[rel-directory]] microformat)
* location [[location-examples]], [[location-formats|location formats]]. (see also [[adr]], [[geo]], [[hcard|hCard]])
* resume [[resume-examples]], [[resume-formats|resume formats]], [[resume-brainstorming|resume brainstorming]] yielded the [[hresume|hResume]] draft.
* review [[review-examples|review examples]], and [[review-formats|review formats]] yielded the [[hreview|hReview]] draft