ISO/IEC TECHNICAL REPORT TR 29163-2 First edition 2009-12-15 Information technology Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM?) 2004 3rd Edition - Part 2: Content Aggregation Model Version 1.1 Technologies del'information- -Modelede referenced'objetde contenupartageable(ScORM?)20043eédition Partie 2: Modele d'agregation de contenu Version 1.1 Reference number ISO/IEC TR29163-2:2009(E) IEC ISO @ISO/IEC 2009 ational Organization for Standardization ISO/IECTR29163-2:2009(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 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 COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ?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, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either isO at the address below or Iso's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Casepostale56.CH-1211Geneva20 Tel. + 4122 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail copyright@iso.org Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ISO/IEC2009-Allrightsreserved without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO/IECTR29163-2:2009(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the International Electrotechnical 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 technical committees collaborate infields of mutual interest.Other international organizations,governmental 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. InternationalStandardsaredrafted inaccordancewiththerulesgivenintheIsO/lECDirectives,Part2. Standardsadoptedbythejointtechnicalcommitteearecirculatedtonationalbodiesforvoting.Publicationas 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). they can be transformed into International Standards. Technical Reports of type 3 do not necessarily have to Attention isdrawntothepossibilitythat someof theelementsof this document maybethe subjectof patent rights. IsO and IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO/IEC TR29163-2, which is a Technical Report of type3,was prepared by the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative (as SCORM? 2004 3rd Edition Content Aggregation Model Version 1.1) and was adopted,under a special“fast-track procedure",by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology, in 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 ContentObjectReferenceModel(SC