[QTI] QTI 2.1 draft specification withdrawn

[Graham Smith]

Hi List:

I was dismayed to read that QTI 2.1 draft specification has been removed
from the IMS web site.

I believe that the premise upon which this action was taken, namely that
"(the specification )did not achieve sufficient implementation and  
feedback to warrant being voted on as a final specification" is  
entirely misjudged, and I urge IMS to rescind this action as a matter  
of urgency.

Just as QTI version 2.0 was a major advance on version 1.*, so is  
Version 2.1 a major improvement on version 2.0.

The view that there has been a low level of implementation is simply  
wrong, and I urge all of the many who are actively implementing the  
specification to make this known to IMS without delay.

As to the lack of feedback, I suggest that the reason is that others  
may have the same view that I have taken, namely that:

Version 2.1 is an excellent specification: there are far fewer  
infelicities to stimulate critical responses.

and, perhaps more significantly, that developers may believe, as I do,  
that reliable comment on a specification follows from its  
implementation.  Many people may have their heads down writing  
implementations, and wish to complete this task and consolidate their  
views before comment.

Perhaps I may be allowed to speak with some authority here, having  
been among the first to develop implementations, first of version 1.*,  
followed by version 2 and its later specifications.

Graham Smith



Quoting Colin Smythe <colin at dunelm.com>:

>> Hi List,
>>
>> In the last few days the QTI 2.1 draft specification has been removed
>> from the IMS website, citing a lack of participation:
>>
>> "The IMS QTIv2.1 draft specification has been removed from the IMS
>> website. Adequate feedback on the specification has not been received,
>> and therefore, the specification has been put back into the IMS
>> project group process for further work."
>>
>> I am not quite sure whether to interpret this as a sincere attempt by
>> IMS to make the specification more relevant, or as a drive for
>> additional memberships and therefore additional revenue. It does seem
>> to put a spanner in the works for the existing QTI 2.1 implementations
>> (e.g. http://www.qtitools.org/), and is is particularly annoying given
>> the number of helpful clarifications in the 2.1 draft compared to 2.0.
>>
>> I'm interested if anyone is willing to offer their thoughts on this move?
>
> Hi All,
>
> I've posted this on behalf of Rib Abel (IMS GLC CEO).
>
> Colin S.
>
> -----------------------------------------
>
> QTI v2.1 was under public review for more than 2 years and did not
> achieve sufficient implementation and feedback to warrant being voted
> on as a final specification. Therefore it has been withdrawn for
> further work by the IMS membership. IMS cannot continue to publish
> specifications that have not met the rigors of the IMS process.
>
> IMS GLC has convened a set of leading organizations to take the lead on
> this new work - which will be considered to be in the CM/DN draft phase
> in the IMS process.  Therefore, we are very encouraged and hopeful that
> a new version will be available in due time, possibly a QTI v2.2, along
> with the necessary conformance profiles. However, we cannot assume that
> it will be a linear evolution from QTI v2.1.
>
> Until that time the only version of QTI that is fully endorsed by IMS
> GLC is v1.2.1, that is supported under the Common Cartridge Alliance:
> <http://www.imsglobal.org/cc/alliance.html>http://www.imsglobal.org/cc/alliance.html . While QTI version 2.0 has been voted on as a final specification by the IMS members, it's deficiencies are well known and IMS does not recommend implementation   
> of
> it.
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