[QTI] Re: QTI 2.1 draft specification withdrawn

[Sue Milne]

Hi List,

The withdrawal of the QTI v2.1 draft specification is a cause of great
concern to those of us engaged in implementing the specification and to the
many advocates of standards in e-assessment.  QTI v2.1 presents a structure
which comes close to fulfilling the requirements of the Mathematics and
Science community, for whom the "fully endorsed" QTI v1.2.1 is seriously
inadequate.

I find the lack of communication between IMS and the teams that they know
are implementing the specification frankly astonishing; action as
fundamental as this should have been preceded by well-publicised warnings
about their intentions rather than being presented as a fait accompli.

Given that there is active development in progress on implementation, it
seems contrary of IMS to move the V2 specifications back into the draft
phase, and I hope they will reconsider their action and reinstate QTI v2.1.

Best regards
Sue

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