Technical specification for content development v4.2

The Le@rning Federation Technical Specification for Content Development refers to the standards and specifications that are to be adopted when creating content for The Le@rning Federation. This version of the specification was published July 2006.

Table of contents

1 Introduction
   1.1   Purpose
   1.2   Obligations of The Le@rning Federation
   1.3   Monitoring and usage
   1.4   Conformance
2 Principles
   2.1   Accessibility
   2.2   Useability
   2.3   Interoperability
   2.4   Flexibility
   2.5   Durability
   2.6   Scalability
3 Information model
   3.1   Learning object model
   3.2   Packaging learning objects
   3.3   Separating structure, presentation and functionality
4 Content model requirements
   4.1   Summary
   4.2   XML
   4.3   Style sheets
   4.4   Images and graphics
   4.5   Audio
   4.6   Video
   4.7   Colours
   4.8   Device independence
   4.9   Content delivery considerations
   4.10 Document formats
   4.11 Client-side Scripting
   4.12 Web applications
   4.13 Bandwidth
   4.14 Persistence
   4.15 Screen layout
   4.16 Start file
   4.17 Rights information
   4.18 Fonts
   4.19 Client software requirements
   4.20 Client hardware requirements