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IMS Resource List Interoperability - Overview
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The Resource List Interoperability (RLI) specification details how structured meta-data can be exchanged between systems that store and expose resources for the purpose of creating resource lists and those that gather and organize those Resource Lists for educational or training purposes. A typical example of such a resource list is a reading list.
The specification is based on an abstract service behavior and data model that describes in generalized terms a resource at the item level, a collection of these resources (i.e., a list), and the behaviors associated with a resource list management service. The data model is then bound or expressed in XML, combining elements that primarily map to subsets of the IEEE-LOM (Learning Object Metadata) and ISO 690-2 bibliographic citation standards to describe the resource items and aggregated resource list. The abstract service interface is bound to web services expressed as WSDL. The IMS Content Packaging specification wraps the resource list to enable transfer between systems. Because the data model is generalized, other bindings may be (and it is expected, will be) added to future releases of the specification (please see Information Model for a fuller description).IMS web site |
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The Resource List Interoperability (RLI) specification details how structured meta-data can be exchanged between systems that store and expose resources for the purpose of creating resource lists and those that gather and organize those resource lists for educational or training purposes.
The initial release of the RLI specification addresses the issue of how to organize, describe and exchange traditional lists of course resources (such as bibliographies). The data model comprises a minimal set of elements for citing print publications. Nevertheless, given the simplicity, generality and design of the RLI model, materials in other media can be adequately described and included within resource lists as currently defined. Just as importantly, the model is designed so that it may be easily extended to specify different resource types in subsequent iterations.
In the future, it is highly unlikely that any one standard will be adopted to describe bibliographic resources, much less
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General Information
Title: “IMS Resource List Interoperability”
Version: 1.0
Release Date: 08 July 2004
Status: Final Specification
Authors: Alex Jackl (IMS)(Editor), Oliver Heyer (UC Berkeley), Mladen Maljkovic (WebCT)(Team Co-Leads)
The electronic version is available at IMS Web site.
Specification Documents: This version of the IMS Metadata specification is composed of four documents:- IMS Resource List Interoperability Best Practice and Implementation Guide. Electronic version of the document available in pdf and html formats.
- IMS Resource List Interoperability Information Model. Electronic version of the document available in pdf and html formats.
- IMS Resource List Interoperability XML/WSDL Binding. Electronic version of the document available in pdf and html formats.
- IMS Resource List Interoperability Conformance Requirements. Electronic version of the document available in pdf and html formats.
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Tracking of changes
- The items that were to be developed have been completed
- Some other minor changes
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Version 1.0 First Draft
IMS released the first version of the IMS Resource List Interoperability Specification to the public in May of 2003. The final specification was issued in July 2004. |
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IEEE LOM
The IEEE LOM data model standard forms the foundation of the Resource List Interoperability data model. The IEEE-LOM alone, however, is insufficient to describe the reading list resources typical of the library and publishing communities that the RLI specification addresses in particular.
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IMS Enterprise Services Specification
The RLI abstract interface defines fairly generic Create/Read/Delete operations that are paralleled in the IMS Enterprise Services Specification.
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IMS Content Packaging Specification
IMS Content Packaging is a specification for packaging learning resources (for example resource lists) for easier transport from one system to another, facilitating easier delivery, reuse, and sharing of materials.
In the context of IMS RLI an IMS Content Package contains a resource list manifest that may include individual Resources and/or other Resource Lists.
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IMS Digital Repositories Interoperability Specification
There is a strong relationship with the IMS Digital Repositories Interoperability (DRI) specification in that DRI and RLI are focused on interoperability within environments that span both online information services and e-learning provision. Both specifications are also focused on managing assets and meta-data as well as collections of information
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