Opening the Apple Learning Interchange to Federated Content Discovery and (Re)Use - Aug 07
The strength of the O.K.I. specifications, particularly the Repository OSID, is beginning to manifest an informal yet growing network effect as the number of repositories, content providers and consumers, and large education initiatives embrace OSIDs.
In fact, the informal discovery of the Mellon Funded Sophie Project and its search webservice to content repositories covered by OSID implementations made the case for moving forward with Apple Education's plans to begin opening its Apple Learning Interchange (ALI).
At the August 07 OpeniWorld conference Apple Education showcased a proof-of-concept implementation using the O.K.I. Repository OSID specification to normalize federated content discovery across heterogeneous content repositories and providers. Leveraging external content provides richer resources to the ALI community, and in turn provides an opportunity for ALI users to make their content more broadly discoverable.
Source: www.okiproject.org
