TY - JOUR AB - We have proposed and implemented AgentMatcher, an architecture for match‐making in e‐Business applications. It uses arc‐labeled and arc‐weighted trees to match buyers and sellers via our novel similarity algorithm. This paper adapts the architecture for match‐making between learners and learning objects (LOs). It uses the Canadian Learning Object Metadata (CanLOM) repository of the eduSource e‐Learning project. Through AgentMatcher’s new indexing component, known as Learning Object Metadata Generator (LOMGen), metadata is extracted from HTML LOs for use in CanLOM. LOMGen semi‐automatically generates the LO metadata by combining a word frequency count and dictionary lookup. A subset of these metadata terms can be selected from a query interface, which permits adjustment of weights that express user preferences. Web‐based pre‐filtering is then performed over the CanLOM metadata kept in a relational database. Using an XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations) translator, the pre‐filtered result is transformed into an XML representation, called Weighted Object‐Oriented (WOO) RuleML (Rule Markup Language). This is compared to the WOO RuleML representation obtained from the query interface by AgentMatcher’s core Similarity Engine. The final result is presented as a ranked LO list with a user‐specified threshold. VL - 2 IS - 3 SN - 1741-5659 DO - 10.1108/17415650580000042 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/17415650580000042 AU - Boley Harold AU - Bhavsar Virendrakumar C. AU - Hirtle David AU - Singh Anurag AU - Sun Zhongwei AU - Yang Lu PY - 2005 Y1 - 2005/01/01 TI - A match‐making system for learners and learning objects T2 - Interactive Technology and Smart Education PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 171 EP - 178 Y2 - 2024/03/28 ER -