This is a multi-part standard that specifies learning object metadata. This part specifies a conceptual data schema that defines the structure of a metadata instance for a learning object. For this standard, a learning object is defined as any entity, —digital or non-digital, —that is may be used for learning, education, or training.
For this standard, a metadata instance for a learning object describes relevant characteristics of the learning object to which it applies. Such characteristics can may be regrouped grouped in general, life cycle, meta-metadata, educational, technical, educational, rights, relation, annotation, and classification categories.
