Content Packaging Information Model

The SCORM Content Packaging Information Model defines the data elements available for building SCORM conformant manifests. The information model features elements for describing structure and organization, listing resources, and for containing or pointing to meta-data, to give just a few examples of the more than fifty elements in the specification. The information model adheres strictly to the IMS Content Packaging Information Model but extends it to include additional elements that appeared in previous versions of the SCORM.


All elements are contained within the outermost manifest element. Nested occurrences of the manifest element are used to compartmentalize files, meta-data and organization structure. It is this nesting capability that enables aggregation, disaggregation and reuse.

The manifest, metadata, organizations and resources elements are all container elements that enclose child elements that contain the actual data.