A referatory is the name given to a web application system (also known as a database-driven website). It provides information such as the name and description, reviews, and hyperlink

Hyperlink

In computing, a hyperlink is a reference to data that the reader can directly follow, or that is followed automatically. A hyperlink points to a whole document or to a specific element within a document. Hypertext is text with hyperlinks...

s (metadata

Metadata

The term metadata is an ambiguous term which is used for two fundamentally different concepts . Although the expression "data about data" is often used, it does not apply to both in the same way. Structural metadata, the design and specification of data structures, cannot be about data, because at...

) to resources or learning objects in a Publishing Repository

Repository (publishing)

A repository in publishing, and especially in academic publishing,is a real or virtual facility for the deposit of academic publications, such as academic journal articles....

. The repository provides the actual resource files, while the referatory is a website pointing at the resources. Generally the idea of a referatory is derived from the domain of education.

External links

• Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching - Merlot
• http://resources.elearningontario.ca/Ontario Educational Resource Bank
  Ontario Educational Resource Bank
  The Ontario Educational Resource Bank is a learning object repository that has been available since December, 2006. It contains resources that match the kindergarten - grade 12 curriculum expectations. Students and teachers can search for content within it...
  
  (K-18)] (login required)
• D-Space (higher education)
• KlasCement.net, Flemish user generated Portal for Education (register for free)