SCORM and Arbortext

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Hi all,

I was recently introduced to SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference
Model), an international standard for creating e-learning materials.

I know SAP delivered an impressive keynote a couple years back at an AUGI,
but I don't know if that was SCORM-based or not. SAP uses Arbortext tools
to develop a variety of learning materials for various customers,
geographic regions, and languages.

Can anyone tell me if they are using Arbortext tools to produce
SCORM-compliant content? Is there a public DTD for SCORM? If so, how does
it rate compared to Docbook in terms of complexity?

Thanks for any and all input. My Internet search provided some interesting
links. I thought I'd share in case anyone else ends up in the same boat.

Regards,
Jason


SCORM wikipedia entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCORM

SCORM article on CoverPages (hosted by OASIS)
http://xml.coverpages.org/scorm.html

SCORM Authoring/Development tools directory (I see the word DocBook; I
don't see Arbortext)
http://www.conform2scorm.com/index.php?env=-inlink/index:m30-1-1-6-s&reset=1

US Government page on Advanced Distributed Learning (includes more info on
SCORM)
http://www.adlnet.gov/index.cfm

[lhales]

Jason,

I do not know that much about SCORM in operation. I do know these
tidbits.

SCORM does have XML capability.
SCORM has officially tied itself to implementations using S1000D.
SCORM seems to be the bible of many training developers, especially within
the US DOD.

With the capabilities of Epic, I do not have a doubt that Epic can deal
with SCORM material. But from what I recall, SCORM tends to be a wrapper
or addon to other tagged data.

Lynn