- WSRP 2.0 Advances to OASIS Standard
- W3C Launches Mobile Web For Social Development (MW4D) Interest Group
- DMTF Releases WS-CIM Mapping Specification as a Final Standard
- LETSI Issues Call for SCORM 2.0 White Papers
- OAI Announces Object Reuse and Exchange (ORE) Beta Release
- IETF Internet Draft: NETCONF Event Notifications
- OASIS Announces Discussion List for New ODF Implementation, Interoperability, and Conformance (IIC) Technical Committee
WSRP 2.0 Advances to OASIS Standard
LETSI Issues Call for SCORM 2.0 White Papers
Staff, Learning-Education-Training Systems Interoperability Announcement
LETSI (Learning Education Training Systems Interoperability), the international, nonprofit federation dedicated to improving individual and organizational learning, has taken on the task of developing the next generation of SCORM, the Sharable Content Object Reference Model. As part of this initiative, LETSI is soliciting White Papers from all stakeholders interested in shaping the future direction of SCORM and the implementation of learning systems technology. Stakeholders in all parts of the education and training world are invited to submit White Papers concerning the technical and pedagogical requirements for future learning systems interoperability. The deadline for submission is August 15, 2008. The open solicitation was announced May 28, 2008 at the SCORM Technical Working Group meeting, hosted by the Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative in Alexandria, VA, USA. The development of the next SCORM, the Sharable Content Object Reference Model, has been tasked to LETSI, a new international federation for Learning-Education-Training Systems Interoperability. LETSI's goal is to advance innovation and adoption of learning technology across all market sectors and to support the use of open software standards in learning technology... SCORM 2.0 will include specifications and standards created and managed using open, transparent processes that are not encumbered by patents, licenses or restrictions that would impinge on its availability to the global LET community. LETSI will create an open source software community to support SCORM adopters and product developers. LETSI itself does not develop the component standards that go into SCORM. SCORM 2.0 will have a modular, extensible architecture that will allow specific communities of practice to adapt and extend the model with functionality and innovations that are important for their particular situation (e.g., a new medical simulation standard or aviation-industry specific metadata). LETSI will play the leadership role in publicizing such extensions and will consider them for future inclusion in SCORM.
Members of the IETF Network Configuration (NETCONF) Working Group have published at updated Internet Draft for the "NETCONF Event Notifications" specification. The NETCONF WG was chartered to produce a protocol suitable for network configuration, using XML for data encoding purposes. The "NETCONF Event Notifications" document defines mechanisms that provide an asynchronous message notification delivery service for the NETCONF protocol. Specifically, it defines a mechanism whereby the NETCONF client indicates interest in receiving event notifications from a NETCONF server by creating a subscription to receive event notifications. The NETCONF server replies to indicate whether the subscription request was successful and, if it was successful, begins sending the event notifications to the NETCONF client as the events occur within the system. These event notifications will continue to be sent until either the NETCONF session is terminated or the subscription terminates for some other reason. The event notification subscription allows a number of options to enable the NETCONF client to specify which events are of interest. These are specified when the subscription is created. Note that a subscription cannot be modified once created. Section 4 provides the XML Schema for Event Notifications.
OASIS anounced that members have requested the creation of a new discussion list to support a possible new OASIS Technical Committee: "ODF Implementation, Interoperability and Conformance (IIC)." Proposers include representatives from Ars Aperta, IBM, and Novell; Rob Weir of IBM is designated as the discussion leader. According to the text of the proposal, the new TC would provide a means for software implementors and service providers to create applications which adhere to the ODF specification and are able to interoperate. As such, the purpose of the IIC TC includes: (1) Publication of test suites of ODF for applications of ODF to check their conformance with the Standard and to confirm their interoperability; (2) Providing feedback, where necessary, to the ODF TC on ways in which the standard could improve interoperability; (3) Production of a set of implementation guidelines; (4) Defining interoperability with related standards by the creation of profiles or technical reports; (5) Coordination of OASIS Interoperability demos related to ODF, in conjunction with the ODF Adoption TC. The ODF IIC TC may also liaise with other standard bodies whose work is leveraged in present or future ODF specifications. These include, but are not limited to, the W3C and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34. The discussion list is governed by Section 2.1 of the OASIS TC Process, and may last up to 90 days. Typically, participants in the list will determine whether there is sufficient interest to form an OASIS TC, and then collaborate on a draft TC charter for submission.