[QTI] Re: QTI 2.1 draft specification withdrawn

[Graham Smith]

Hi Wilbert:

Thanks. Some years ago CETIS under the leadership of Niall Sclater  
organised a very succesful roadshows on the interoperablilty of IMS  
QTI (version 1 as it then was).

I have been muttering for some time about the desirability of  
repeating this, and now seems to be the time. I would be glad to  
participate.

Regards

Graham (Smith)

Quoting Wilbert Kraan <w.g.kraan at ovod.net>:

> Hello,
>
> In order to get QTI 2.1 finalised as a public spec, we at JISC-CETIS
> have pressed hard for the re-formation of the IMS QTI working group,
> and we participate actively in it. At no point, however, was the
> withdrawal of the current QTI 2.1 draft discussed or even mentioned.
>
> Since the public draft was approved by the IMS membership in the
> regular process, it is hard to see the reason behind the unprecedented
> withdrawal. Especially since, as some of you noted, there are many
> implementations, and little negative feedback from the implementors on
> the spec. Moreover, IMS' process suggests that a new, non-backward
> compatible version would require a new charter. No such charter exists.
>
> For those reasons, we are seeking clarification from IMS for the
> reasons behind the withdrawal.
>
> Bear in mind, however, that there is no established consensus in the
> IMS WG to make a completely new QTI spec, and that the WG operates
> under the QTI 2.1 charter. It is therefore still possible (if not
> guaranteed) that what will be finalised as a public spec is a mildly
> tweaked version of the draft.
>
> We'll certainly be working towards such a goal. I'm thinking that the
> best possible argument we could have for pursuing this line is to have
> a public demonstration of interoperability between the various existing
> QTI 2.1 implementations. We'll try to get something like that together
> as soon as we can.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wilbert
>
>
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