Data Management Training Clearinghouse Metadata and Collection Statistics Report

This collection contains a snapshot of the learning resource metadata from ESIP's Data management Training Clearinghouse (DMTC) associated with the closeout (March 30, 2023) of the Institute of Museum and Library Services funded (Award Number: LG-70-18-0092-18) Development of an Enhanced and Expanded Data Management Training Clearinghouse project. The shared metadata are a snapshot associated with the final reporting date for the project, and the associated data report is also based upon the same data snapshot on the same date.

The materials included in the collection consist of the following:

esip-dev-02.edacnm.org.json.zip - a zip archive containing the metadata for 587 published learning resources as of March 30, 2023. These metadata include all publicly available metadata elements for the published learning resources with the exception of the metadata elements containing individual email addresses (submitter and contact) to reduce the exposure of these data.

statistics.pdf - an automatically generated report summarizing information about the collection of materials in the DMTC Clearinghouse, including both published and unpublished learning resources. This report includes the numbers of published and unpublished resources through time; the number of learning resources within subject categories and detailed subject categories, the dates items assigned to each category were first added to the Clearinghouse, and the most recent data that items were added to that category; the distribution of learning resources across target audiences; and the frequency of keywords within the learning resource collection. This report is based on the metadata for published resourced included in this collection, and preliminary metadata for unpublished learning resources that are not included in the shared dataset. 

The metadata fields consist of the following:

Fieldname
Description

abstract_data
A brief synopsis or abstract about the learning resource

abstract_format
Declaration for how the abstract description will be represented.

access_conditions
Conditions upon which the resource can be accessed beyond cost, e.g., login required.

access_cost
Yes or No choice stating whether othere is a fee for access to or use of the resource.

accessibililty_features_name
Content features of the resource, such as accessible media, alternatives and supported enhancements for accessibility.

accessibililty_summary
A human-readable summary of specific accessibility features or deficiencies.

author_names
List of authors for a resource derived from the given/first and family/last names of the personal author fields by the system

author_org
- name
- name_identifier
- name_identifier_type

- Name of organization authoring the learning resource.
- The unique identifier for the organization authoring the resource.
- The identifier scheme associated with the unique identifier for the organization authoring the resource.

authors
- givenName
- familyName
- name_identifier
- name_identifier_type

- Given or first name of person(s) authoring the resource.
- Last or family name of person(s) authoring the resource.
- The unique identifier for the person(s) authoring the resource.
- The identifier scheme associated with the unique identifier for the person(s) authoring the resource, e.g., ORCID.

citation
Preferred Form of Citation.

completion_time
Intended Time to Complete

contact
- name
- org
- email

- Name of person(s) who has/have been asserted as the contact(s) for the resource in case of questions or follow-up by resource user.
- Name of organization that has/have been asserted as the contact(s) for the resource in case of questions or follow-up by resource user.
- (excluded) Contact email address.

contributor_orgs
- name
- name_identifier
- name_identifier_type
- type
- Name of organization that is a secondary contributor to the learningresource.  A contributor can also be an individual person.
- The unique identifier for the organization contributing to the resource.
- The identifier scheme associated with the unique identifier for the organization contributing to the resource.
- Type of contribution to the resource made by an organization.

contributors
- familyName
- givenName
- name_identifier
- name_identifier_type

- Last or family name of person(s) contributing to the resource.
- Given or first name of person(s) contributing to the resource.
- The unique identifier for the person(s) contributing to the resource.
- The identifier scheme associated with the unique identifier for the person(s) contributing to the resource, e.g., ORCID.

contributors.type

Type of contribution to the resource made by a person.

created
The date on which the metadata record was first saved as part of the input workflow.

creator
The name of the person creating the MD record for a resource.

credential_status
Declaration of whether a credential is offered for comopletion of the resource.

ed_frameworks
- name
- description
- nodes.name

- The name of the educational framework to which the resource is aligned, if any.  An educational framework is a structured description of educational concepts such as a shared curriculum, syllabus or set of learning objectives, or a vocabulary for describing some other aspect of education such as educational levels or reading ability.
- A description of one or more subcategories of an educational framework to which a resource is associated.
- The name of a subcategory of an educational framework to which a resource is associated.

expertise_level
The skill level targeted for the topic being taught.

id
Unique identifier for the MD record generated by the system in UUID format.

keywords
Important phrases or words used to describe the resource.

language_primary
Original language in which the learning resource being described is published or made available.

languages_secondary
Additional languages in which the resource is tranlated or made available, if any.

license
A license for use of that applies to the resource, typically indicated by URL.

locator_data
The identifier for the learning resource used as part of a citation, if available.

locator_type
Designation of citation locatorr type, e.g., DOI, ARK, Handle.

lr_outcomes
Descriptions of what knowledge, skills or abilities students should learn from the resource.

lr_type
A characteristic that describes the predominant type or kind of learning resource.

media_type
Media type of resource.

modification_date
System generated date and time when MD record is modified.

notes
MD Record Input Notes

pub_status
Status of metadata record within the system, i.e., in-process, in-review, pre-pub-review, deprecate-request, deprecated or published.

published
Date of first broadcast / publication.

publisher
The organization credited with publishing or broadcasting the resource.

purpose
The purpose of the resource in the context of education; e.g., instruction, professional education, assessment.

rating
The aggregation of input from all user assessments evaluating  users' reaction to the learning resource following Kirkpatrick's model of training evaluation.

ratings
Inputs from users assessing each user's reaction to the learning resource following Kirkpatrick's model of training evaluation.

resource_modification_date
Date in which the resource has last been modified from the original published or broadcast version.

status
System generated publication status of the resource w/in the registry as a yes for published or no for not published.

subject
Subject domain(s) toward which the resource is  targeted. There may be more than one value for this field.

submitter_email
(excluded) Email address of person who submitted the resource.

submitter_name
Submission Contact Person

target_audience
Audience(s) for which the resource is intended.

title
The name of the resource.

url
URL that resolves to a downloadable version of the learning resource or to a landing page for the resource that contains important contextual information including the direct resolvable link to the resource, if applicable.

usage_info
Descriptive information about using the resource, not addressed by the License information field.

version
The specific version of the resource, if declared.