Bug #3768
closedfind engineering vocabulary for assessment classification
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Description
The FIRST metadata application uses one or more controlled vocabularies for classification of assessments and assessment items using domain-specific terms.
We need one or more controlled controlled vocabularies that cover the relevant engineering domains for our testbed. Multiple engineering vocabularies certainly exist, and these need to be assessed to determine if they have sufficient coverage and detail for our engineering testbed needs.
Once one or more have been identified, we need to make these available to the FIRST application. The application has an extensible interface that allows new domain-specific vocabularies to be included in the system. For simple vocabularies, this means providing the list of vocabulary terms in a standard XML format. For more complex vocabularies, such as the NBII Thesaurus, the system can be extended with adapter classes that know how to access remote vocabulary services, such as the NBII Thesaurus web service API.
TO close this RFE, we need to:
1) Identify candidate existing vocabularies and assess each for appropriateness
2) Choose one or more of those, and possibly supplement it with additional terms if deemed necessary
3) Expose the vocabulary to the FIRST application either through an XML serialization of the vocabulary (simpler, fast access) or via an adapter class that accesses the vocabulary remotely (more complex, potentially less reliable due to network issues)