At 15:57 23/11/01 +0000, George Wraith wrote:
>Dear all
>
>My concern is that there still appears to be no common agreement between all
>vendors to enable them to incorporate the IMS specifications into their
differing
>software applications, so as to allow them to interoperate with other
systems.
>The differing interpretation of the IMS specifications is now the major
problem
>within our Interoperability pilot. Without these being jointly agreed by
all parties
>involved we will more than likely just end up with separate systems that can
>exchange data, eventually but certainly not automatically. This being the
case I
>could not see the interoperability of differing systems ever getting off
the ground
>to the extent Colleges would want to buy them, and students would want to use
>them. It points most Institutions back down the path of "proprietary
lock-in".
>
This seems like a problem. It would be interesting to hear from other
interoperability pilots, and suppliers too, as to their take on this.
Geoff Minshull
Direct Learn Training
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