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In the next subsection a possible tagging solution, based upon the existing |
In the next subsection a possible tagging solution, based upon the existing |
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<i>ContentLevel</i> element of VOResource, but requiring a small change |
<i>ContentLevel</i> element of VOResource, but requiring a small change |
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to it is presented. The subsequent subsection describes the idea of a |
to, it is presented. The subsequent subsection describes the idea of a |
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curated registry for educational resources and the reasons for it to exist. |
curated registry for educational resources and the reasons for it to exist. |
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<ul><li>General</li><li>Research</li><li>Amateur</li></ul> |
<ul><li>General</li><li>Research</li><li>Amateur</li></ul> |
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possible values may lead to both a better description of their resources |
possible values may lead to both a better description of their resources |
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by data providers and a suitable tagging solution for a first filtering on |
by data providers and a suitable tagging solution for a first filtering on |
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differently targeted resources at client level. |
differently targeted resources at client level. Of course, the chance to |
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This change in the already existing standard will require only |
This change in the already existing standard will require only |
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a small effort to update already registered resources because 97% of |
a small effort to update already registered resources because nearly 97% of |
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them currently have ContentLevel set to <i>research</i>, 2% of them have |
them currently have ContentLevel set to <i>research</i>, about 2% of them have |
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no ContentLevel defined and only the remaining 1% have a different value |
no ContentLevel defined at all and only the remaining (about 1%) have a different value |
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(or set of values) set for this element (Appendix A details better these |
(or set of values) set for this element (Appendix A details better these |
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figures). |
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a curated registry for educational VO resources will be useful for |
a curated registry for educational VO resources will be useful for |
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educators to easily access the wanted data and services. A good example |
educators to easily access the wanted data and services. A good example |
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for this is the educational version of the Aladin sky atlas, that has a |
for this is the educational version of the Aladin sky atlas, that has a |
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built in curated set of resources suitable for educational level |
built in, curated set of resources suitable for educational level |
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tutorials. |
tutorials. |
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If such a registry were a standard local registry (<cite>[<a href="#std:RI1">std:RI1</a>]</cite>) |
If such a registry were a standard local registry (<cite>[<a href="#std:RI1">std:RI1</a>]</cite>) |
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its resources would be harvested by the full registries: this means |
its resources would be harvested by the full registries: this means |
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that any educational dedicated resource will go up to the full VO |
that any educational dedicated resource will go into the full VO |
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set of resources, which is what we don't want to happen to keep the |
set of resources, which is what we don't want to happen to keep the |
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<i>professional</i> side to be robust. |
<i>professional</i> side robust. |
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If it were to be a full registry, it will harvest itself all the existing |
If it were to be a full registry, it will harvest itself all the existing |
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<div class="section"><h2><a id="clcurrval" shape="rect"><span class="secnum">A. </span>ContentLevel values summary</a></h2> |
<div class="section"><h2><a id="clcurrval" shape="rect"><span class="secnum">A. </span>ContentLevel values summary</a></h2> |
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This appendix reports some statistics on the usage of the ContentLevel |
This appendix reports some statistics on the usage of the ContentLevel |
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element in <cite>[<a href="#std:VOR">std:VOR</a>]</cite> as of 2013-10-24, taken from the |
element in <cite>[<a href="#std:VOR">std:VOR</a>]</cite> as of 2014-01-30, taken from the |
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GAVO RegTAP endpoint |
GAVO RegTAP endpoint http://dc.g-vo.org/tap . |
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http://dc.zah.uni-heidelberg.de/__system__/tap/run/tap . |
There are 14392 useful resources (excluding authorities, standards and |
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There are 14044 useful resources (excluding authorities, standards and |
similar) that expose 26 different values as their ContentLevel. |
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In the following table these values are reported in order of count. |
In the following table these values are reported in order of count. |
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<table class="plain"><thead><tr><th rowspan="1" colspan="1">count</th><th rowspan="1" colspan="1">content_level string</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="even"><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">13623</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">research</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">279</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td></tr><tr class="even"><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">31</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">general#university#research#amateur</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">29</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">university#research</td></tr><tr class="even"><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">24</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">university</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">14</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">university#research#amateur</td></tr><tr class="even"><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">6</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">general</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">5</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">research#general</td></tr><tr class="even"><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">4</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">general#research</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">secondary education#community college#university#research#amateur</td></tr><tr class="even"><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">elementary education#middle school education#secondary education</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">research#university#community college</td></tr><tr class="even"><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">general#university#research</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">general#elementary education#middle school education#secondary education#community college#university#research#amateur#informal education</td></tr><tr class="even"><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">general#informal education</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">research#amateur#university#community college</td></tr><tr class="even"><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">research#university</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">general#university#research#informal education</td></tr><tr class="even"><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">research#university#amateur</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">university#research#general#informal education</td></tr><tr class="even"><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">general#secondary education#university#research</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">elementary education#middle school education#secondary education#community college#university#research#amateur</td></tr><tr class="even"><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">elementary education#middle school education#secondary education#community college#university#research#amateur#informal education</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">university#research#amateur#informal education</td></tr><tr class="even"><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">university#community college#research</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">general#university#research#amateur#informal education</td></tr><tr class="even"><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">elementary education#middle school education#secondary education#community college#university#research</td></tr></tbody></table> |
<table class="plain"><thead><tr><th rowspan="1" colspan="1">count</th><th rowspan="1" colspan="1">content_level string</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">13937</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">research</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">290</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">41</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">university#research</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">40</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">general#university#research#amateur</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">24</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">university</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">14</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">university#research#amateur</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">7</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">general</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">5</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">research#general</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">4</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">general#research</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">secondary education#community college#university#research#amateur</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">research#university#community college</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">elementary education#middle school education#secondary education</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">general#university#research</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">research#university</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">research#amateur#university#community college</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">general#informal education</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">general#elementary education#middle school education#secondary education#community college#university#research#amateur#informal education</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">university#community college#research</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">general#university#research#amateur#informal education</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">elementary education#middle school education#secondary education#community college#university#research</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">general#secondary education#university#research</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">university#research#general#informal education</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">research#university#amateur</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">elementary education#middle school education#secondary education#community college#university#research#amateur</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">elementary education#middle school education#secondary education#community college#university#research#amateur#informal education</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">university#research#amateur#informal education</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">general#university#research#informal education</td></tr></tbody></table> |
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This table can be easily updated from the same endpoint (or an analogue |
This table can be easily updated from the same endpoint (or an analogue |
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res_type != 'vstd:servicestandard' and |
res_type != 'vstd:servicestandard' and |
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res_type != 'vg:authority' and |
res_type != 'vg:authority' and |
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res_type != 'vstd:standard' and |
res_type != 'vstd:standard' and |
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res_type != 'va:application' and |
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res_type != 'vr:organization' |
res_type != 'vr:organization' |
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GROUP BY content_level |
GROUP BY content_level |
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ORDER BY cnt DESC |
ORDER BY cnt DESC |
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</pre> |
</pre> |
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The table shows that only about 1% of the ContentLevel values use |
The table shows that only about 1% of the ContentLevel values use |
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something different and more complex than <i>research</i>, when |
something different and more complex than <i>research</i>, when |
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the element is not empty. Morever, of this 1% (142 resources), 56 |
the element is not empty. Morever, of this 1% (165 resources), |
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include the <i>general</i> value (roughly 40% of them), 27 (19%) |
61 include the <i>general</i> value (roughly 37% of them), |
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state that are only devoted to some <i>educational</i> level, 36 (25%) |
29 (17%) state that are devoted to some <i>education</i> level only, |
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can work both in <i>research</i> and <i>education</i> and the |
while 148 (90%) state that are also devoted to some <i>education</i> level (up to <i>university</i>). |
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remaining 23 (16%) report <i>research</i>, <i>amateur</i> and some |
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level of <i>education</i> alltogether. |
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</div> <!-- end clcurrval--> |
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</div> <!-- end appendices --> |
</div> <!-- end appendices --> |