So, my white paper is at a draft stage. I essentially have all the data I need to complete it but it still looks ugly. I need to clean up the graphics and make them attractive and put the paper in the correct layout. The IEEE uses a two-column format for white papers, so I will need to lay out my paper in the same format.

Essentially, I have put together a concept for SCORM sequencing that removes the burden of the sequencing engine from the LMS vendor and puts the responsibility on the content creator. Really, the LMS vendor doesn't know how the content should flow, only the content creator will know that. Instead of using some really complex XML grammar to tell the LMS sequencing engine what to do, I have proposed a JavaScript event model.

So, whenever a SCO terminates, the LMS will call the OnTerminate event for that SCO. The JavaScript code for that event is in the Manifest, so it is still outside the SCO. Being outside the SCO means that we do not break the encapsulation of that SCO and it will still be reusable. All you have to do to reuse it is build a new manifest with a different organization - which is what you would have to do in SCORM 2004 anyway!

I will have this paper out to the LETSI group soon and I will post a copy on this blog.