Content Packaging

SCORM Content Packaging is based on the IMS Content Packaging Specification. The specification defines a standardized set of structures to enable interoperability between content creation tools, learning management systems and run-time environments. The specification provides a common input/output format that any system can support.

The specification includes guidance in the following areas:

 

  • IMS Content Package – A package is a unit of usable (and reusable) content. A package must be able to stand alone, and therefore must contain all the information and components needed to use the contents for learning when it is unpacked.

  • Content Packaging Information Model – The information model defines the data elements available for the building of SCORM conformant packages.

  • Content Packaging XML Binding – The XML binding is a template (called a schema) for representing a SCORM content package using an XML file. An XML file is a structured text file contains information for learning management systems on how to present the content and instructions for reconstructing it at run time.