Technical specification for content development v5.1

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 May 2007.

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 Performance
   4.14 Persistence
   4.15 Screen layout
   4.16 Directory structure
   4.17 Rights information
   4.18 Fonts
   4.19 Client software requirements
   4.20 Client hardware requirements