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An Introduction to SCORM and Instructional Design
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There is widespread acceptance in the training industry (especially in aviation training) of a set of elements of training material. The XML schema for these elements is collected in a set of standards called SCORM. This article is a tracing of a simple learning curve of SCORM.


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What is SCORM?

We find information on Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) by simply looking up SCORM in Wikipedia:

And then we are led to the Cover Pages (background papers) on the OASIS site (which handles international standards) and find this:

While many of their links are broken, the one to the old SCORM 1.0 DTD is still valid:

And I eventually found my way to the ADLNET.org web site that has the current SCORM specs:

and a summary of that: http://www.adlnet.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=scormabt

What are the details?

(Experts, feel free to add content here.)



What about other DTDs and Schemas?

How does SCORM connect with or compare with other XML schemas and DTDs?
What if we are using DITA for our software product documentation?
What if we are using MAML for our user assistance?



Are there other resources?



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Page last modified on Wednesday, May 04, 2005 12:11:35 pm EDT by Bill Albing.

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