ISO/IEC TECHNICAL REPORT TR 29163-1 First edition 2009-12-15 Information technology Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) 2004 3rd Edition - Part 1: Overview Version 1.1 Technologies de I'information Modele de reference d'objet de contenu partageable (ScORM?) 2004 3e édition - Partie 1: Exposé géneral Version 1.1 Reference number ISO/IEC TR 29163-1:2009(E) IEC @ ISO/IEC 2009 y IHS under ted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO/IEC TR 29163-1:2009(E) PDFdisclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this file, parties accept therein the responsibility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy. The IsO Central Secretariat accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by IsO member bodies. In the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below COPYRIGHT PROTECTED DOCUMENT ISO/IEC2009 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, isO's memberbody in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 . CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ISO/IEC2009-All rights reserved py IHS unde I without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO/IEC TR29163-1:2009(E) Foreword Commission) form the specialized system for worldwide standardization. National bodies that are members of Iso or IEc participate in the development of International Standards through technical committees and non-governmental, in liaison with IsO and IEC, also take part in the work. In the field of information technology, ISO and IEC have established a joint technical committee, ISO/IEC JTC 1. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2. Standards adopted by the joint technical committee are circulated to national bodies for voting. Publication as In exceptional circumstances, the joint technical committee may propose the publication of a Technical Report of one of the following types: type 1, when the required support cannot be obtained for the publication of an International Standard, despite repeated efforts; type 2, when the subject is still under technical development or where for any other reason there is the future but not immediate possibility of an agreement on an International Standard; type 3, when the joint technical committee has collected data of a different kind from that which is normally published as an International Standard ("state of the art", for example). Technical Reports of types 1 and 2 are subject to review within three years of publication, to decide whether they can be transformed into International Standards. Technical Reports of type 3 do not necessarily have to Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. ISO and IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO/IEC TR 29163-1, which is a Technical Report of type 3, was prepared by the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative (as SCORM? 2004 3rd Edition Overview Version 1.1) and was adopted, under a parallel with its approval by the national bodies of ISO and IEC. ISO/EC TR 29163 consists of the following parts, under the general title Information technology — Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM?) 2004 3rd Edition: