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Standards Incorporate Consensus and Create Value (continued)
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| ADL |
Advanced Distributed |
Development of distributed learning architecture that services US online instructional requirements, particularly for military and paramilitary stakeholders. Key output has been the collection of specifications known as SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model). | ||
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| AICC |
Aviation Industry |
Aviation industry technology-based training professionals. Develops guidelines in the development, delivery, and evaluation of Computer Based Training (also, ‘Computer Managed Instruction’) and related training technologies. | ||
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| ALIC |
Advanced Learning Infrastructure Consortium |
Consortium of public and private organizations focused on the development and promotion of e-learning infrastructure in Japan. | ||
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| CEN/ISSS WS-LT |
Comité Européen de |
“Learning Technology” standardization in Europe. Its early focus was primarily on the developing and promoting standards for metadata, taxonomies, vocabularies, and copyright. | ||
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| DCMI |
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative |
Promoting the widespread (international) adoption of interoperable metadata standards and developing specialized metadata vocabularies for describing resources that enable more intelligent information discovery systems. | ||
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| DLF |
Digital Library Federation |
A consortium of (primarily university) libraries and related agencies formed for the purpose of extending their services and collections through the application of information technologies. Identifies standards and best practices for managing networked access to diverse digital resource collections. Also defines and develops prototype systems and components. | ||
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| GGF |
Global Grid Forum |
Community of scientific researchers and practitioners developing open-source distributed computing (“grid”) architectures, applications, guidelines, and standards. | ||
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| GKEC |
Global Knowledge Economics Council |
A broad consortium including representatives from various governments, academic institutions, and many of the Fortune 500 industrial firms. It focuses on issues concerning knowledge management and the growth of knowledge markets. GKEC also aims to develop knowledge economics policies, programs, and funds to assist developing countries close the knowledge divide. | ||
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| HR-XML |
HR-XML Consortium |
Develops specifications aimed at producing industry (XML-based) standard vocabularies relevant to human resources (e.g., recruitment, staffing, competencies). | ||
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