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IMS Enterprise Services - Summary
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The IMS Enterprise Services specification identifies a set of abstract services to manage the exchange of information that describes people, groups and memberships within the context of learning.
A schematic representation of the services identified in the IMS Enterprise Services specification is given in Figure 1. Only those services that are shown in grey are defined in the specification. The core enterprise services are:- Person Management Service - This service encapsulates the methods for the management of information about individuals who are undertaking some form of study and/or group related activity e.g., they are members of a particular course. The person record is designed to be a data model for all of the personal information to be exchanged about an individual.
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- Group Management Service - This service encapsulates the methods for the management of information about a collection of objects related to learning activities or individuals. The group is a generic container used to define any set of related activities e.g., a tutor group, a class, a curriculum, etc. There is no restriction on how the Group and sub-group structures can be used with respect to containing other groups, persons, etc.
- Membership Management Service - This service encapsulates the methods for the management of information about the membership of people or groups in groups. A Group or Person can be a member of any number of groups.
Figure 1. Enterprise Services domain model.
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| Two other Enterprise Services have been identified: Gradebook Management Service and Course Catalog Management Service. These will not be defined as part of the V1.0 information model but may be included in later releases. |
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