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2013

May 9, 2013
LRMI Gets Grant Funding for Phase III Work

Learning Resource Metadata Initiative

The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) has been awarded a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to continue its efforts as co-leader of the Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI). Phase III focuses on building a community of support around the new LRMI metadata specification, which was recently adopted by Schema.org.

Specific Phase III projects include:

  • Developing an online LRMI knowledge base
  • Organizing a series of workshops on LRMI implementation
  • Providing support for organizations developing tools and services around LRMI tagging
  • Facilitating communication around LRMI between content creators and states and districts
  • Developing a long-term vision for the LRMI specification and its community of users

To read more, please follow: http://www.lrmi.net/lrmi-gets-grant-funding-for-phase-iii-work