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	<field name="Audience" language="en-us" metaFormat="news_opps" metaVersion="1.0.00" path="/news-oppsRecord/audiences/audience">
		<definition>the intended consumer of the information in the news, event or opportunity</definition>
		<vocabLevels number="1">
			<levelAndDeftn level="1" levelName="Audience" levelDeftn="the intended consumers of the information in the news, event or opportunity"/>
		</vocabLevels>
		<terms>
			<termAndDeftn vocab="Developer">anyone who designs, produces, implements, maintains or tests learning resources, software, collections, tools or data sources</termAndDeftn>

			<termAndDeftn vocab="Educator">anyone who provides learning opportunities in a structured environment at any educational level, both formal and informal</termAndDeftn>

			<termAndDeftn vocab="General public">anyone in the general population who has an interest in or might participate in the news, event or opportunity</termAndDeftn>

			<termAndDeftn vocab="Information specialist">anyone who catalogs, manages, or acts as a resource about a particular collection of objects</termAndDeftn>

			<termAndDeftn vocab="Manager">anyone who supervises individuals, large projects or budgets within an organization</termAndDeftn>

			<termAndDeftn vocab="Researcher">anyone who investigates topics, problems, issues or events in order to advance knowledge of a field</termAndDeftn>

			<termAndDeftn vocab="Student">anyone who investigates topics, problems, issues or events in order to advance their own knowledge, skills or understanding; often in a structured learning environment or through self-study</termAndDeftn>

	</terms>

		<bestPractices>
			<dos>
				<practice status="current" originDate="2004-08-20">Choose at least one audience term.</practice>
				<practice status="current" originDate="2004-08-31" link1="Information specialist" style1="bold">Use the term Information specialist for librarians or library media specialists.</practice>
				<practice status="current" originDate="2005-01-31" link1="Educator" style1="bold" link2="Researcher" style2="bold">For faculty positions (e.g. assistant professor in an atmospheric science department), check to see if both the Educator and Researcher terms are applicable audiences.</practice>
			</dos>

			<donts>
				<practice status="current" originDate="2005-01-31" link1="Student" style1="bold">For jobs that say a PhD must be completed by the start date, do not include Student as an audience term.</practice>
				<practice status="current" originDate="2004-08-20">Do not choose more than 1-2  audience terms. Most items really only address one to perhaps two appropriate audiences.</practice>

			</donts>

			<otherPractices>
				<otherPractice header="More information about using the General public term">
					<practice status="current" originDate="2004-08-20" link1="General public" style1="bold">If the item seems to be appropriate for many audiences (more than 3), choose the General public audience term.</practice>
				</otherPractice>
			</otherPractices>
		</bestPractices>

		<documentation>
			<obligation>required</obligation>
			<min>1</min>
			<max>unbounded</max>
			<XMLdataTypes>
				<XMLdataType>string</XMLdataType>
			</XMLdataTypes>
			<domain>controlled vocabulary</domain>
			<example>Developer</example>
		</documentation>
	</field>
</metadataFieldInfo>
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