[QTI] n00b Questions

[Clarence Klopfstein]

Niall,
So my task has been changed to the latest 'final' 2.x version, best I
can tell that is 2.0 correct?

Do you know of any good resources for a C# guy?

- Clarence

On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 8:58 PM, Clarence Klopfstein
<cklopfstein at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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