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Technical implementation of GITTA using XML

Techniques for the development of common agreed module content had to be elaborated to avoid gaps as well as redundancies within the course materials. Therefore we mapped the termECLASS concept into an termXML structure which since 2004 is known under the name termeLML, the eLesson Markup Language:

The first three levels of the eLML structure in detail. The yellow elements gave the ECLASS model its name.  The blue "lesson" element is the root element of eLML.The first three levels of the eLML structure in detail. The yellow elements gave the ECLASS model its name. The blue "lesson" element is the root element of eLML.

Interactive content is mainly created using Adobe Flash and termSVG. To prepare the content ready for common internet browsers the XML files are transformed using termXSLT provided by eLML. The final user interface is determined by easy to maintain eLML layout templates (mostly based on CSS) and served both as XHTML and as PDF. Within the GITTA community, the authors use termCVS to store and update the lessons on the central GITTA server.

Thanks to the use of standards like termXML, termXSLT or termSVG GITTA lessons can be viewed with any web-browser (see image below) on any platform and are totally software-independent. But because termeLML supports both the termIMS Content Package and since 2006 the termSCORM standard, the content can easily be imported into any modern termLearning Management System like WebCT or termOLAT. Please refer to the download page for some installation movies or to the eLML website for more technical background information.

The same GITTA lesson in different layouts using eLML layout templates (click on image for large view)The same GITTA lesson in different layouts using eLML layout templates (click on image for large view)
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