Name

License

Path

about.license

Description

A license used within a service providing OER. The values are taken from the controlled vocabulary at https://oerworldmap.org/assets/json/licenses.json.

Use cases

• A list of services that call themselves "OER" but enable use of non-derivative (ND) licenses: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=about.license.name.@value:%22No-Derivatives%22

Coverage

• List of service without any license indicated: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=_missing_%3Aabout.license.%40id&filter.about.%40type=Service
• List of services with at least one license indicated: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=about.license.%40id:*&filter.about.%40type=Service

Name

Modification data

Path

dateModified

Description

Time stamp for the moment the latest modification of the entry was published.

Use cases

• A list of entries modified between 2017-10-19 and 2017-10-20: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=dateModified:[2017-10-19+TO+2017-10-20]
• A list of all entries modified before 2017-06-01: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=dateModified:<2017-06-01

Coverage

Every entry has information on the last modification date.

Name

Start date

Path

about.startDate

Description

The date – following ISO 8601 – when the service was launched.

Use cases

A list of services launched before 2015: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=about.startDate%3A%3C2015&filter.about.%40type=Service

Coverage

• List of services with information on start date: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=about.startDate:*&filter.about.%40type=Service
• List of services missing provider information: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=_missing_:about.startDate&filter.about.%40type=Service

Name

Identifier

Path

about.@id

Description

The ID of the described resource. OER World Map uses URN UUIDs for identifying resources as specified in RDF 4122. The URL for the associated entry is https://oerworldmap.org/resource/{id}

Use cases

You can state identity between OER World Map resources and the same resource on other platforms using sameAs.

Coverage

Every resource has an id.

Name

Name

Path

about.name

Description

The name of the resource described

Use cases

Search resources by name

Coverage

Every resource needs to have a name.

Name

Affiliated

Path

`about.member''

Description

An organization affiliated with the service

Coverage

• List of services with affiliated organizations: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=about.member.%40id%3A*&filter.about.%40type=Service
• List of services missing provider information: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=_missing_:about.member&filter.about.%40type=Service

Name

Type

Path

@type

Description

The type of all entries in the OER World Map is "WebPage".

Coverage

Every entry has the type "WebPage".

Name

Provider

Path

about.provider

Description

The provider of a service. This can be an organization or a person.

Use cases

• A list of services provided by Wikimedia: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=about.provider.name.@value:wikimedia

Coverage

• List of services with provider information: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=about.provider.%40id%3A*&filter.about.%40type=Service
• List of services missing provider information: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=_missing_:about.provider&filter.about.%40type=Service

Note:

Each controlled value has a URL as ID that points to the whole controlled vocabulary it is part of.

Note:

Values from controlled vocabularies all have the @typeConcept`.

Name

JSON-LD context (@context)

Path

@context

Description

@context is a JSON-LD keyword, specifying the JSON-LD context document. It primarily includes a mapping of JSON keys to RDF properties. Based on the JSON-LD context one can convert the data to different RDF serializations from the JSON provided.

Coverage

The JSON-LD is linked in every entry.

Use cases

• This example entry can be converted – for example using the RDF-Translator – to different RDF serializations: N3, N-Triples, RDF/XML.

Name

Primaryy sector

Path

about.primarySector

Description

The primary sector of education a resource is focused on. Values come from the sectors value list.

Use cases

Get a list of OER online services focused on higher education: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=about.primarySector.%40id%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Foerworldmap.org%2Fassets%2Fjson%2Fsectors.json%23higherEd%22&filter.about.%40type=Service

Coverage

• List of resources with information on primary sector: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=about.primarySector.@id:* -List of resources missing informaiton on primary sector: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=_missing_:about.primarySector.@id

Name

Language

Description

The @language key is always used together with the @value key. It indicates the language of the content.

Name

Value

Description

The @value key is always used together with the @language key. It contains the content of a possibly multilingual field while @language indicates the language of the content.

Name

Description

Path

about.description

Description

A short description text for the resource.

Coverage

• List of resources with a description: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=about.description.@value:*
• List of resources missing a description: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=_missing_:about.description

Name

Resource type

Path

about.@type

Description

The type of the resource described. Currently, the OER World Map supports these types:

• Organization
• Person
• Service
• Action (for projects)
• Event
• Article (for stories)
• WebPage (for publications)

Use cases

• Filter by type (click on the links above or use filters at oerworldmap.org).

Coverage

Every resource has a type.

Name

API Documentation

Path

about.availableChannel.documentation

Description

A link to the API documentation

Coverage

• List of service descriptions using this property: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=about.availableChannel.documentation:*&filter.about.%40type=Service
• List of service descriptions missing this property: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=_missing_%3Aabout.availableChannel.documentation&filter.about.%40type=Service

Name

URL

Path

about.availableChannel.serviceUrl

Description

The URL of the Web site or API.

Use cases

Coverage

Name

Languages

Path

about.availableChannel.availableLanguage

Description

The language of the resources provided by the service

Use cases

A list of services that provide resources in Spanish: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=&filter.about.availableChannel.availableLanguage=es

Coverage

List of services where the language information is missing: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=_missing_:about.availableChannel.availableLanguage&filter.about.@type=Service

Name

Service channels

Path

about.availableChannel

Description

An array with channels for a specific online OER service. Usually the are the website itself and (optional) an API as a means of interacting with it programatically.

Coverage

Every resource of type "Service" has an entry in availableChannel.serviceUrl.

Name

Tags

Path

about.keywords

Description

Tags associated with the resource.

Use cases

• A list of events in the "Year of Open 2017": https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=&filter.about.%40type=Event&filter.about.keywords=2017+year+of+open

Coverage

• All resources with at least one tag: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=about.keywords:*
• Resources without any tags: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=_missing_:about.keywords

Name

Date of creation

Path

dateCreated

Description

The point in time when the first version of the entry was published.

Use cases

• A bar chart showing the number of newly created entries per day
• A list of entries created before 2016-21-01: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=dateCreated:<2016-12-01
• A list of entries created between 2017-10-19 and 2017-10-20: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=dateCreated:[2017-10-19+TO+2017-10-20]

Coverage

Every entry has a creation date.

Name

Latest contributor

Path

contributor

Description

The last user that edited the entry.

Use cases

• Show me all entries that were last edited by Jan Neumann: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=contributor:neumann@hbz-nrw.de

Coverage

Every entry has this information.

Name

Image

Path

about.image

Description

An image (logo or profile picture) associated with a resource.

Coverage

• Resources where an image is missing: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=_missing_:about.image
• Resources with image: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=about.image:*

Name

Path

about

Description

The "about" object contains all the information about the resource (person, organization, service, project etc.) described by this entry. The information that is not inside the "about" object is about the actual description, when and by whom it was created and modified.

Coverage

Every entry contains this information.

Name

Creator

Path

author

Description

The user of created and published the first version of the entry.

Use cases

• A list of all entries created by Karin Driesen: https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=author:karin.driesen@hbz-nrw.de

Coverage

Every entry has an author/oiginal creator.