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O.K.I. Update -- June 2003
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Peter Suber
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Jun 10, 2003 13:23 PDT
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An O.K.I. Update:
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Open Service Interface Definitions Released
for Educational Software and Learning Management Systems
CAMBRIDGE, MA, June 10th, 2003—The Open Knowledge Initiative (O.K.I.)
announced today the public release of its Open Service Interface
Definitions (OSIDs). These interoperability specifications have been
designed to support infrastructure level interoperability for a wide
variety of enterprise applications, particularly educational software and
learning management systems.
The Open Service Interface Definitions (OSIDs), released today as 1.0
Release Candidate 4, include services referred to as Common Services, and
specifically define how educational software may access various elements of
enterprise infrastructure. This release includes the following services:
Authentication, Authorization, Filing, DBC, SQL, Logging, Dictionary,
Hierarchy, and Shared.
These services have been defined abstractly and are provided as Java
Application Programming Interfaces, thus they are immediately available for
use by java application developers. Today’s release, version 1.0 RC4,
marks the beginning of a 60 day public comment period, during which we
encourage feedback on these OSIDs through the SourceForge discussion forums
described below.
The Common Services OSID package is available on SourceForge at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/okiproject. Software developers are
encouraged to use the SourceForge discussion forums to provide feedback and
comment.
The Common Services represent only part of the O.K.I. OSID
deliverable. Additional OSIDs that are still undergoing beta level
iteration include: Workflow, User Messaging, Scheduling, Digital
Repository, Class Admin, Assessment and Grading. These service definitions
are also available in the package currently available on SourceForge, but
they are not currently at 1.0 Release Candidate status.
More general information regarding the O.K.I. OSIDs is available at
http://web.mit.edu/oki.
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About the Open Knowledge Initiative
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The Open Knowledge Initiative (O.K.I.) is defining an open and extensible
architecture for learning technology specifically targeted to the needs of
the higher education community. O.K.I. provides detailed specifications for
interfaces among components of a learning management environment, to be
used both by commercial product vendors and by higher education product
developers. It provides a stable, scalable base that supports the
flexibility needed by higher education as learning technology is
increasingly integrated into the education process. Originally funded by
the Mellon Foundation, the project is led by the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in close collaboration with Stanford University, the University
of Michigan, Dartmouth College, North Carolina State University, the
University of Pennsylvania, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Indiana
University, and the University of Cambridge.
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An O.K.I. Update:<br>
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Open Service Interface Definitions Released <br>
for Educational Software and Learning Management Systems<br><br>
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CAMBRIDGE, MA, June 10th, 2003—The Open Knowledge Initiative (O.K.I.)
announced today the public release of its Open Service Interface
Definitions (OSIDs). These interoperability specifications have
been designed to support infrastructure level interoperability for a wide
variety of enterprise applications, particularly educational software and
learning management systems.<br><br>
The Open Service Interface Definitions (OSIDs), released today as 1.0
Release Candidate 4, include services referred to as Common Services, and
specifically define how educational software may access various elements
of enterprise infrastructure. This release includes the following
services: Authentication, Authorization, Filing, DBC, SQL, Logging,
Dictionary, Hierarchy, and Shared.<br><br>
These services have been defined abstractly and are provided as Java
Application Programming Interfaces, thus they are immediately available
for use by java application developers. Today’s release, version
1.0 RC4, marks the beginning of a 60 day public comment period, during
which we encourage feedback on these OSIDs through the SourceForge
discussion forums described below.<br><br>
The Common Services OSID package is available on SourceForge at
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/okiproject" eudora="autourl">http://sourceforge.net/projects/okiproject</a>.
Software developers are encouraged to use the SourceForge discussion
forums to provide feedback and comment. <br><br>
The Common Services represent only part of the O.K.I. OSID
deliverable. Additional OSIDs that are still undergoing beta level
iteration include: Workflow, User Messaging, Scheduling, Digital
Repository, Class Admin, Assessment and Grading. These service
definitions are also available in the package currently available on
SourceForge, but they are not currently at 1.0 Release Candidate
status.<br><br>
More general information regarding the O.K.I. OSIDs is available at
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/oki" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/oki</a>.<br><br>
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About the Open Knowledge Initiative<br>
-----------------------------------------------------<br><br>
The Open Knowledge Initiative (O.K.I.) is defining an open and extensible
architecture for learning technology specifically targeted to the needs
of the higher education community. O.K.I. provides detailed
specifications for interfaces among components of a learning management
environment, to be used both by commercial product vendors and by higher
education product developers. It provides a stable, scalable base that
supports the flexibility needed by higher education as learning
technology is increasingly integrated into the education process.
Originally funded by the Mellon Foundation, the project is led by the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in close collaboration with
Stanford University, the University of Michigan, Dartmouth College, North
Carolina State University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University
of Wisconsin-Madison, Indiana University, and the University of
Cambridge.<br><br>
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