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This Version:  01/24/2004
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		<dc:title>GEMT1 Type Vocabulary</dc:title>
		<rdfs:comment>
   The GEMT1 Type Vocabulary provides a general, domain specific list of approved
   terms that may be used as values for the Resource Type element to identify
   the educational genre of a resource.
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		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
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	Last Revised:  01/24/2004 
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		<rdfs:label>Activity</rdfs:label>
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		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
   A task or exercise that students are asked to do often as part of a lesson plan or other larger unit of instruction to help them develop particular skills, knowledge, or habits of mind. Usually, the goals and outcomes are broad.
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		<rdf:type rdf:resource="&gemtypens;GEMType"/>
	</rdfs:Class>
	<!-- Description of Artifact
	Last Revised:  01/24/2004 
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		<rdfs:label>Artifact</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
  Objects produced by humans with a view to substantial use. For example, art, cultural, or historic objects such as an image of Picasso's Guernica or of a Pueblo Indian pottery bowl.
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		<rdf:type rdf:resource="&gemtypens;GEMType"/>
	</rdfs:Class>
	<!-- Description of Best practice -->
	<rdfs:Class rdf:about="&gemtypens;BestPractice">
		<rdfs:label>Best practice</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
  The processes, practices, or systems identified in public and private organizations that performed exceptionally well and are widely recognized as improving an organizations performance and efficiency in specific areas. 
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		<rdf:type rdf:resource="&gemtypens;GEMType"/>
	</rdfs:Class>
	<!-- Description of Catalog record
	Last Revised:  01/24/2004 
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		<rdfs:label>Catalog record</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
 Another metadata record describing the same educational resource.  Usually the referenced metadata record uses a different (non-GEM) metadata schema.
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		<rdf:type rdf:resource="&gemtypens;GEMType"/>
	</rdfs:Class>
	<!-- Description of Collection
	Last Revised:  01/24/2004 
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		<rdfs:label>Collection</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
  An aggregation of resources or links to other web sites that have been brought together to serve the needs of a particular community of users based on a policy that defines the nature and scope of the resources in the aggregation.
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		<rdf:type rdf:resource="&gemtypens;GEMType"/>
	</rdfs:Class>
	<!-- Description of Community -->
	<rdfs:Class rdf:about="&gemtypens;Community">
		<rdfs:label>Community</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
  Education listservs and other online community forums for exchanging ideas around particular education topics or challenges.
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		<rdf:type rdf:resource="&gemtypens;GEMType"/>
	</rdfs:Class>
	<!-- Description of Course -->
	<rdfs:Class rdf:about="&gemtypens;Course">
		<rdfs:label>Course</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
  A sequence of instructional units designed by a teacher (or a faculty or other group of teachers) to significantly advance student skills, knowledge, and habits of mind in a particular discipline and to help students meet specified requirements (as set forth in curricula or district or state policy).
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	<!-- Description of Curriculum -->
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		<rdfs:label>Curriculum</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
The knowledge, skills, and habits of mind students are expected to acquire in particular levels of education or training (or clusters of levels) and the units of instruction, often with sample lesson plans, illustrative student activities, and essential and supplementary resources that can help students reach the curriculum goals. In the United States, curriculum is often designed at the state or school district level by a team of teachers, curriculum specialists, and other experts.
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	<!-- Description of Curriculum support -->
	<rdfs:Class rdf:about="&gemtypens;CurriculumSupport">
		<rdfs:label>Curriculum support</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
The equipment, facilities, tools, materials, and personnel available for the teaching of the curriculum.
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	<!-- Description of Data set -->
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		<rdfs:label>Data set</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
A resource containing only numeric, spatial, spectral, or statistical data. A report of research containing a data set should be assigned the resource type 'Research Study.'
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	<!-- Description of Educators guide -->
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		<rdfs:label>Educators guide</rdfs:label>
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		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
  A guide intended for use by educators as a supplement to a lesson or unit plan.
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	<!-- Description of Environment -->
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		<rdfs:label>Environment</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
  Any digital, network-based environment intended for simultaneous interaction with one or more participants such as multimedia, games, chat rooms, and virtual reality.
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	<!-- Description of Event -->
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		<rdfs:label>Event</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
  A non-persistent, time-based occurrence.
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	<!-- Description of Form -->
	<rdfs:Class rdf:about="&gemtypens;Form">
		<rdfs:label>Form</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
  An online document with blank spaces for filling in information before submitting the information on the form to an online entity.
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		<rdf:type rdf:resource="&gemtypens;GEMType"/>
	</rdfs:Class>
	<!-- Description of Image set -->
	<rdfs:Class rdf:about="&gemtypens;ImageSet">
		<rdfs:label>Image set</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
  A set of images and photographs of physical objects, paintings, prints, drawings, other images and graphics, animations and moving pictures, film, diagrams, maps, and musical notation.
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		<rdf:type rdf:resource="&gemtypens;GEMType"/>
	</rdfs:Class>
	<!-- Description of Lesson plan -->
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		<rdfs:label>Lesson plan</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
  A plan for helping students learn a particular set of skills, knowledge, or habits of mind. Often includes student activities as well as teaching ideas, instructional materials, assessment instruments or activities and other resources. Is shorter (in duration) than, and often part of, a unit of instruction. Goals and outcomes are focused.
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		<rdf:type rdf:resource="&gemtypens;GEMType"/>
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	<!-- Description of Literature -->
	<rdfs:Class rdf:about="&gemtypens;Literature">
		<rdfs:label>Literature</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
  Writings in prose or verse.
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		<rdf:type rdf:resource="&gemtypens;GEMType"/>
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	<!-- Description of Project -->
	<rdfs:Class rdf:about="&gemtypens;Project">
		<rdfs:label>Project</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
  Activities organized around a particular academic topic or challenge. Goals and outcomes are broad. (Example: A semester long effort to observe, gather, and analyze data on water quality.)
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		<rdf:type rdf:resource="&gemtypens;GEMType"/>
	</rdfs:Class>
	<!-- Description of Realia -->
	<rdfs:Class rdf:about="&gemtypens;Realia">
		<rdfs:label>Realia</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
  All physical objects or encodings of physical phenomenon not produced by humans. In a sense, the universe of physical objects can be divided into realia (naturally occurring objects and phenomena) and artifacts (human made objects and phenomena). Examples might include images of a rock from Mars, trees or the recorded sound of ocean waves.
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		<rdf:type rdf:resource="&gemtypens;GEMType"/>
	</rdfs:Class>
	<!-- Description of Reference -->
	<rdfs:Class rdf:about="&gemtypens;Reference">
		<rdfs:label>Reference</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
  A comprehensive, systematically organized collection of information such as a dictionary, encyclopedia, or almanac.
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	<!-- Description of Research study -->
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		<rdfs:label>Research study</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
  A resource that reports the results of research. A resource containing only a data set resulting from research should be assigned the resource type Data Set.
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		<rdf:type rdf:resource="&gemtypens;GEMType"/>
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	<!-- Description of Secondary source -->
	<rdfs:Class rdf:about="&gemtypens;SecondarySource">
		<rdfs:label>Secondary source</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
  Secondary sources are written in response to a primary source. Secondary sources are usually criticism, reviews, or are based on another book or journal.
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		<rdf:type rdf:resource="&gemtypens;GEMType"/>
	</rdfs:Class>
	<!-- Description of Serial
		Last Revised:  01/24/2004 
	-->
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		<rdfs:label>Serial</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
  Publications in any medium issued in successive parts bearing numerical or chronological designations and intended to be continued indefinitely. Serials include periodicals, newspapers, annuals (reports, yearbooks, etc.), the journals, memoirs, proceedings, transactions, etc. of societies, and numbered monographic series. (AACR2)
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	<!-- Description of Service
		Last Revised:  01/24/2004 
	-->
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		<rdfs:label>Service</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
  Any online service and/or assistance that functions either as an intermediary between the user and online data and information (e.g., an online question and answer service such as AskNSDL) or as a non intermediary service (e.g., an online service that monitors and reports on some aspect of education or other activities having an impact on education.)
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		<rdf:type rdf:resource="&gemtypens;GEMType"/>
	</rdfs:Class>
	<!-- Description of Story -->
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		<rdfs:label>Story</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
  A fictional narrative which is shorter than a novel.
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		<rdf:type rdf:resource="&gemtypens;GEMType"/>
	</rdfs:Class>
	<!-- Description of Study guide
		Last Revised:  01/24/2004 
	-->
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		<rdfs:label>Study guide</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
 A guide created to provide students with hints, techniques, or management ideas for learning in a particular area.
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		<rdf:type rdf:resource="&gemtypens;GEMType"/>
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	<!-- Description of Tool
		Last Revised:  01/24/2004 
	-->
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		<rdfs:label>Tool</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://purl.oclc.org/gem/gemtype/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
  The resource being described is some kind of instrument, tool or other device used in instruction or learning that may, or may not, be directly accessible over the Internet.
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	<!-- Description of Study guide -->
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		<rdfs:label>Unit of instruction</rdfs:label>
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		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
 A sequence of lesson plans designed to teach a set of skills, knowledge, and habits of mind.
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		<rdf:type rdf:resource="&gemtypens;GEMType"/>
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	<!-- Description of Primary source -->
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		<rdfs:label>Primary source</rdfs:label>
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		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://geminfo.org/Workbench/Metadata/Vocab_Type.html"/>
		<rdfs:comment>
Person, place, or thing that provides first-hand information about something. Examples include oral histories, letters and other original documents.  </rdfs:comment>
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