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Tools and guidelines to support tagging of education resources

Cataloging tools

ScOT cataloguing tools provide quality assurance and curriculum information relating to ScOT tags used in resource metadata.

Select tool:    Hierarchy checker Curriculum connect

Hierarchy checker

Results will display the hierarchy of each search term, from the term itself up to the top-level concept. Supports identification of hierarchically-associated ScOT concept pairs. Enter terms in the text box separated by semi-colons, pipes, or tabs (eg. Climate change; Habitats), with or without spaces. NOTE: Query terms will only be displayed if they are exact matches for ScOT terms, including capitalisation. Other search terms that are parent terms will be displayed in red text.

Curriculum Connect

Results will display Australian Curriculum Content descriptions associated with the input ScOT concepts and/or concepts linked via the ScOT hierarchy. Supports expansive linking between ScOT tags and curriculum. Enter terms in the text box separated by semi-colons, pipes, or tabs (eg. Climate change; Habitats), with or without spaces. NOTE: Query terms will only be displayed if they are exact matches for ScOT terms, including capitalisation.

ScOT terms: 

Advanced options

Hierarchy levels Limit search to hierarchy levels above target terms	Concept only 1 (Parents) 2 (Grandparents) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 (All possible levels)
Hierarchy weighting Weight hits exponentially according to hierarchy level	None 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 2 5
Only allow a single hit per Curriculum term Allow search terms to hit only once Weight Curriculum elements by number of Curriculum terms

Cataloguing guide

This document contains guidelines for using ScOT to describe educational resources.
ScOT cataloguing and indexing guide (PDF, 160 KB)