Glossary

Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.

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Application Profile (Metadata Application Profile)
A customization of an existing metadata standard that selects, constrains, or extends elements to meet the requirements of a particular community or application. In accessibility, application profiles…
Exif (Exchangeable Image File Format, EXIF)
A standard metadata format embedded within image files (JPEG, TIFF, and others) that stores information about how an image was created, including camera model, date, GPS coordinates, and orientation. …
Learning Object Metadata (LOM, IEEE LOM)
A data model used to describe learning resources, standardized by IEEE (IEEE 1484.12.1). Learning Object Metadata defines a set of elements organized into categories including general, lifecycle, tech…
Linked Data (Linked Open Data, LOD)
A method of publishing structured data on the web so that it can be interlinked and queried across different sources using standard web technologies such as URIs and RDF (Resource Description Framewor…
Metadata
Data that provides structured information about other data or digital content. In accessibility, metadata plays a critical role in describing the accessibility features and characteristics of digital …
RDF (Resource Description Framework)
A W3C standard for describing resources on the web using a graph-based data model of subject-predicate-object triples. RDF provides a foundation for the Semantic Web by enabling machine-readable metad…
SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model)
A set of technical standards for e-learning software products, originally developed by the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) initiative. SCORM defines how learning content is packaged, sequenced, an…