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Attention Metadata
Management
In order to create a feedback loop that enables learning from the
way people actually use new technologies and tools for learning, it is essential
to track the behavior of users and learners. Users usually interact with a wide
variety of tools that use learning objects in one way or another. Attention
metadata given to learning objects in those tools can be tracked merged and
analyzed to facilitate providing users with their relevant objects.
We have been developing a Contextualized Attention Metadata framework (CAMf) that intended to track users attention given to learning objects in
different tools they may use. This framework (see figure below) should allow the
exchange and merge of attention metadata with various applications. Attention
metadata is captured through the server-side logging facilities of the various
systems. The information is provided through web service interfaces (WS) on
request by the client-side merger application.
Conceptual representation of CAM framework
3 April 2007 - CAMs v1.5
The attention metadata is represented in Contextualized Attention Metadata schema (CAMs) format. The schema structure and its associated elements and value spaces is available at CAMs Conceptual Base Schema.
The XML schema document (xsd) file is available here.
CAM schema is an extended version of AttentionXML
specification.
Previous versions of CAM schema:
28 July 2006 - CAMs v1.0
- CAMs Conceptual Base Schema V1.0.
- XML schema document (xsd) v1.0
- is documentation version of the xsd_v1.0.
4 May 2006 - CAMs v.0.9
xsd file, 4 May 2006.
xsd schema documentation, 4 May 2006.
diagram of schema, 4 May 2006.
XML instance examples of user attention in CAMs, May 4, 2006:
- Attention of one user in Mozila FireFox, File. In this example date is generated using FireFox slogger then transformed into CAMs.
- Attention of the same user in MS powerPoint, File. In this example data is generated using ALOCoM add-in
- General attention stream of the same user in firefox and powerpoint, file; attention streams of firefox and powerpoint are merged in one stream.
Attention related activities:
- International ACM Workshop on Contextualized Attention Metadata: Collecting, Managing and Exploiting of Rich Usage Information.
Last updated: July 31, 2006
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