[QTI] n00b Questions

[Clarence Klopfstein]

Niall, that link rocks.

Thanks for your help.

On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Niall Barr <niall at nbsoftware.com> wrote:
> The item bank element is objectbank
>  (http://qtitalk.nbsoftware.com/element.php?name=objectbank)
>
>  I think that the best way to recognize an item bank is to assume any
>  file that has an objectbank node, or has multiple items directly
>  contained inside the questestinterop node is an item bank.
>
>  I think most of the people on the list are more involved with QTI 2.*,
>  but it's not usually a busy list.
>
>  Niall.
>
>
>
>  Clarence Klopfstein wrote:
>  > Do you know what the node is that says its explicitly an item bank?
>  >
>  > I guess a better question is, what is the best practice for
>  > determining what is and what isn't an item bank?
>  >
>  > And thanks for your quick help!  Is this list not very active?
>  >
>  > - Clarence
>  >
>  > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Niall Barr <niall at nbsoftware.com> wrote:
>  >
>  >> If there's no assessment node it is usually either an item bank or an
>  >>  individual item, although it could be a section of an assessment. There
>  >>  is an objectbank node available to explicitly say that it is an item bank.
>  >>
>  >>  QTI 2 was a complete rewrite, but also benefits from the experience of
>  >>  working with 1.2. The basic concepts are similar however QTI 2.* is
>  >>  closely tied to XHTML and removes almost all the ambiguities that caused
>  >>  problems in 1.2.1.
>  >>
>  >>  Niall
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>  Clarence Klopfstein wrote:
>  >>  > Well that helps!  At least I now know its not me and it is the
>  >>  > specification.  So if it doesn't have an assessment node, that means
>  >>  > we are dealing with a question bank instead?
>  >>  >
>  >>  > Also, what are teh big differences between 1.2 and 2.0?
>  >>  >
>  >>  > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 4:44 AM, Niall Barr <niall at nbsoftware.com> wrote:
>  >>  >
>  >>  >> Hi,
>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  Unfortunately a big problem with version 1.2 was that the specification
>  >>  >>  was very open to interpretation. When writing a converter, it is
>  >>  >>  probably best to look at the items you are converting, and work from them.
>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  The assessment node indicates that the items are organized into a test
>  >>  >>  rather than just being a collection of items without context.
>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  Niall
>  >>  >>
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