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Acronym, Definitions & Standards in place or in-process ADL: Advanced Distributed Learning initiative http://www.adlnet.org ARIADNE: Alliance of remote instructional authoring and distribution networks for Europe http://ariadne.unil.ch AICC: Aviation Industry CBT Committee http://www.aicc.org ALS: Adaptive Learning Systems project of the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) http://www.atp.nist.gov/www/adv_ls/als_main.htm ATP: NIST�s Advanced Technology Project  http://www.atp.nist.gov CMI: Computer-Managed Instruction CPDT: Certified Prof. Development Trainer http://www.chauncey.com/itt/cpdt001.html CTT: Certified Technical Trainer http://www.chauncey.com/itt/cttp001.html D-Lib: The Digital Library Project http://www.DLIB.org Dublin Core Metadata Content Format (MCF): http://purl.org/metadata/dublin_core/ and http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue7/mcf/ Educom: Education through Information Technology has merged with CAUSE and is now called Educause. http://www.educause.edu EOE: Educational Object Economy (originally at Apple, but now an independant foundation) http://www.eoe.org GEM: Gateway to Educational Materials� Project of the Department of Education http://gem.syr.edu IEEE P1484: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering�s Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC) http://ltsc.ieee.org/p1484/ Summary of LTSC standards can be found at http://ltsc.ieee.org/wgs.htm. And the current Learning Objects Metadata specs are up there too. IMS: Instructional Management Systems Project http://www.imsproject.org Learning Corps (LC): http://ltsc.ieee.org/p1484/lc/lci.htm LOM Specs: Learning Objects Metadata Specifications have come out of the IEEE LTSC standards work. The 3.6 specs have been posted to http://ltsc.ieee.org/wg12.  LOMG: Learning Object Metadata Group http://sdct-ntsrv2.ncsl.nist.gov/metadata/ LTSC: Learning Technology Standards Committee otherwise known as IEEE P1484 can be found at http://ltsc.ieee.org/p1484/ Summary of LTSC standards can be found at http://ltsc.ieee.org/wgs.htm or http://members.home.net/daviesaz/ ltsc-summaries.html XMWhat? So many people have asked us about XML that we�ve provided some very interesting and informative articles for you. XML is directly related to some of the standards work such as metadata, modular content, etc. http://www.cio.com/archive/web business/060199_xml.html http://www.sciam.com/1999/059 9issue/0599bosak.html http://www.geocities.com/Silicon Valley/Peaks/5957/xml.html http://www.informationweek.com /langaletter Metadata: A simple term for a powerful concept, metadata is most easily defined as information about information. One of the most common examples is that of the information in libraryies� card catalogues. That content is metadata. Another example is the information on any packaged food item that tells you what is inside, to who makes it, and a full breakdown of every part of the contents. Metadata learning standards are for the categories or �elements� for all the information you would want for every �learning object� or content out there and having an agreed upon standard set of metadata elements so that the person or system receiving this information can read and understand. NIST: National Institute of Standards Technology NLII: National Learning Infrastructure Initiative, now part of Educause. NSSB: National Skills Standards Board http://www.nssb.org RDF: Resource Description Format http://www.w3.org/Metadata/RDF/ and http://ww.w3.org/TR/WD-rdf-syntax/ W3C:  The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) was founded in October 1994 to lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing common protocols that promote its evolution and ensure its interoperability. It has had a strong influence in the ongoing development and support of HTML and XML. XML: Extensible Markup Language http://www.w3.org/XML/