CORDRA: Content Object Repository Discovery and Registration/Resolution Architecture

International CORDRA™ workshop agenda

Day 1: February 4, 2005

08:30-09:30: Registration
09:30-12:30: Morning Session: CORDRA in Context: Introduction
- 09:30-09:45: Welcome, Dr. Neil McLean, DEST
- 09:45-10:45: An Introduction to CORDRA PowerPoint Daniel R. Rehak, William Blackmon, LSAL
  
  A description of CORDRA: its goals, assumptions, design and status.
- 10:45-11:15: Morning Break
- 11:15-12:00: The E-Learning Framework PowerPoint Wilbert Kraan, CETIS; Tish Robers, JISC and Kerry Blinco, DEST
  
  A description of the ELF and the how the ELF relates to repository initiatives.
- 12:00-12:30: Question and Answer Session, Wayne Hodgins, Moderator
  
  An open question and answer session.

12:30-13:30: Lunch

13:30-16:30: Afternoon Session: CORDRA in Context: Relationships
- 13:30-15:10 Repository and Interoperability Initiatives and How they (might) Relate to Repository Interoperability and CORDRA, Tish Roberts (JISC), Session Chair
  
  Five different projects will be described in terms of their focus and how they relate to interoperability, both in terms of technical and policy issues.
  - 13:30-13:50: Arrow, Geoff Payne
    Presentation: ARROW institutional repositories and discovery services PowerPoint
  - 13:50-14:10: Boeing, Jack White and Trey Cooper
    Presentation: TYPE 45 Chilled Water Plant: Next GenerationElectronic Performance Support System PowerPoint
  - 14:10-14:30: Globe, Erik Duval
    Presentation: GLOBE PowerPoint
  - 14:30-14:50: Jorum and Intralect, Martin Morrey
    Presentation: intraLibrary & JORUM PowerPoint
  - 14:50-15:10: NIME, Tsuneo Yamada and Makiko Miwa
    Presentation: Projects for Sharing and Re-use of Digital Learning Materials in Japan PowerPoint
- 15:10-15:30: Afternoon Break
- 15:30-16:30: Other Activities and How they (might) Relate to Repository Interoperability and CORDRA, Tish Roberts, (JISC), Session Chair
  
  Brief overviews of projects and activities: invited from the floor.

Day 2: February 5, 2005

09:00-12:30: Morning Session: Where Do We Need to Go: Interoperability Issues
- 09:00-10:30 Discussion of Technical Interoperability Issues Surrounding Learning Repositories, Lorna Campbell (CETIS) and Maxine Brodie (Macquarie University), Facilitators
  
  A facilitated discussion of technical interoperability issues surrounding CORDRA and repositories. Topic for discussion to include (but not limited to): Query, Identifiers, Search and discovery, Metadata, Packaging, Service-oriented approaches, Common repository services.
- 10:30-11:00 Morning Break
- 11:00-12:30 Discussion of Business Policy and Management Issues Surrounding Learning Repositories, Lorna Campbell (CETIS) and Maxine Brodie (Macquarie University), Facilitators
  A facilitated discussion of business and policy management issues surrounding CORDRA and repositories. Topic for discussion to include (but not limited to): Resource lifecycle and versioning, Provenance, Workflow, Rights Management, Semantics, Quality assurance, Resource classification.

12:30-13:30: Lunch

13:30-16:30 Afternoon Session: How to Get There
- 13:30-15:00: Moving Forward: Strategy Discussion, Sarah Porter (JISC), Facilitator
  A facilitated discussion of what steps, technically and organizationally, that should be undertaken to move forward.
- 15:00-15:30: Afternoon Break
- 15:30-16:30: Workshop Summary, Kerry Blinco (DEST), Lorna Campbell (CETIS), Dan Rehak (LSAL)
  A workshop summary and open discussion of next steps and possible actions.