Designation: 1484.11.2-2003

Sponsor: Computer Society/Learning Technology Standards Committee

Title: Standard for Learning Technology - ECMAScript Application Programming Interface for Content to Runtime Services Communication

Status: Approved Publication of IEEE

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History: PAR APP: Mar 21, 2002, BD APP: Sep 11, 2003

Project scope: This Standard describes an ECMAScript application-programming interface (API) for content-to-runtime-services communication. This Standard is based on an API defined in the "CMI Guidelines For Interoperability," version 3.4, defined by the Aviation Industry CBT Committee (AICC). It defines common API services in the ECMAScript language that enable the communication of information between learning-related content and a runtime service (RTS) used to support learning management. This Standard does not address the data structures that may be transmitted, data security, or communication between an RTS and related management systems.

Project purpose: There is widespread acknowledgement that the ECMAScript API for content-to-runtime-services communication defined in the AICC "CMI Guidelines for Interoperability", version 3.4, has broad applicability to systems used for learning management. The purpose of this Standard is to build consensus around, resolve ambiguities, and correct defects in this ECMAScript API for exchanging data between learning-related content and a runtime service used to support learning management.

PAR extracted from http://standards.ieee.org/ on 2 October 2003.