• Metadata from IEEE and IMS
– Roughly Properties of educational objects thought of as
“documents” (author, title …)
• Course Packaging from SCORM and IMS
– How to form bigger units of instruction from smaller units
– Called Content Packaging by IMS and Course Structure Format
(CSF) by SCORM which goes in greater depth than IMS
• Tests and Quizzes from IMS
• Specialized CSF descriptors from SCORM (via CMI)
– Such as objectives, prerequisites, completion requirements
• LMS API from SCORM – I am doubtful about value
• Enterprise Properties from IMS
– Link to people and organization databases (rather incomplete at
present)