Friday, January 28, 2005

Tech Giants Push Open Standards for Health Network [Slashdot:] 10:11:07 AM      Google It!.

W3C launches Binary XML Packaging [Slashdot:] now there is an XML envelope that will be able to package and label any type of data file.  The upshot is that xml can be degraded to the level of a packing slip with the potential for as much markup "as is needed" to make the package usable.  For Learning Object Repositories this means that it is now white feasible to provide learning objects "packaged" with binary data programs to "view" the LO's in the students local environment (with optional packaging depending on the local environment).  This goes a long way to solving the legacy viewer problem as the learning object age over time in the collection.  At its worst XHTML will be able to package and transmit viruses and at its best personalized accessiblity intrefaces for persons with disabilities can be bundled in as part of the learning object package so that the learning is truly accessible to all. -- BL 9:48:10 AM      Google It!.

Open Your Eyes: Open Architecture, Open Source, Open Projects. ppt by Patricia Gertz, Princeton [Edubloggers Links Feed] 9:16:35 AM      Google It!.

Google Suggest Beta; Ideas For Making Folksonomies Work Better? By dnorman. [Edubloggers Links Feed] 9:13:26 AM      Google It!.

OLS Open Learning Support [Edubloggers Links Feed] 9:08:17 AM      Google It!.

Students Be Heard: A Look at e-Portfolios [Edubloggers Links Feed] 8:55:14 AM      Google It!.

Hacking OpenOffice [Slashdot:] 8:49:14 AM      Google It!.