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Specifications are the core deliverable of IMS. Specification documents listed here and will be linked for public access once approved by the IMS Technical Advisory Board. Internal Draft specifications are in the process of final refinements and/or interoperability trials, and are only available to IMS GLC Contributing Members and Affiliates.
Adoption Practices are end-user focused work that develops best practices, adoption standards and technical requirements to address key quality education and learning challenges facing higher education, K-12, and corporate sectors.
| Date | Document | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-January-5 | Interactive WhiteBoard/ Common File Format | Version 1.0 Public Draft |
| 2011-December-1 | Learning Tools Interoperability | Version 1.1 Public Draft |
| 2011-October-26 | Common Cartridge | Version 1.2 Final |
| 2011-May-10 | Common Cartridge | Version 1.1 (revised) Final |
| 2011-February-24 | Common Cartridge | Version 1.1 Final |
| 2010-December-10 | Student Induction to e-Learning | Version 1.0 Final |
| 2010-August-27 | Student Induction to e-Learning | Version 1.0 |
| 2010-May - 16 | IMS Basic Learning Tools Interoperability | Version 1.0 Final |
| 2010-May -10 | IMS Access For All | Version 2.0 Final |
| 2010-March -15 | IMS Learning Information Services | Version 2.0 Public Draft |
| 2010-February-23 | IMS Basic Learning Tools Interoperability | Version 1.0.1 Public Draft v1.0 |
| 2010-February-15 | IMS Basic Learning Tools Interoperability | Version 1.0 Public Draft v1.0 |
| 2009-October-08 | IMS GLC Content Packaging | Version 1.2 Public Draft v2 |
| 2008-October-30 | IMS GLC Common Cartridge | Version 1.0 Final |
| 2008-July-30 | IMS GLC Common Cartridge | Version 1.0 CM/DN Draft |
| 2007-March-25 | IMS GLC Content Packaging | Version 1.2 CM/DN Draft |
| 2006-August-25 | IMS Meta-data | Version 1.3 Final |
| 2006-July 20 | IMS Question and Test Interoperability | Version 2.1 Public Draft 2 |
| 2006-March 8 | IMS Tools Interoperability Guidelines | Version 1 Public |
| 2006-January 27 | IMS Question and Test Interoperability | Version 2.1 Public Draft |
| 2006-January 13 | IMS General Web Services | Version 1.0 Final |
| 2005-December-12 | IMS Content Packaging | Version 1.2 Public Draft |
| 2005-July-5 | IMS ePortfolio | Version 1.0 Final |
| 2005-March-1 | IMS General Web Services | Version 1.0.1 Public Draft |
| 2005-January-24 | IMS Question and Test Interoperability | Version 2.0 Final |
| 2005-January-17 | IMS Learner Information Package | Version 1.0.1 Final |
| 2004-November-1 | IMS Content Packaging | Version 1.1.4 Final |
| 2004-October-12 | IMS ePortfolio | Version 1.0 Public Draft |
| 2004-August-30 | IMS Resource List Interoperability | Version 1.0 Final |
| 2004-August-23 | IMS AccessForAll Meta-Data | Version 1.0 Final |
| 2004-August-24 | IMS Enterprise Services | Version 1.0 Final |
| 2004-July-30 | IMS Shareable State Persistence | Version 1.0 Final |
| 2004-June-24 | IMS Question and Test Interoperability | Version 2.0 Public Draft |
| 2004-June-14 | IMS Resource List Interoperability | Version 1.0 Public Draft |
| 2004-June-14 | IMS AccessForAll Meta-Data | Version 1.0 Public Draft |
| 2004-May-26 | IMS Meta-Data | Version 1.3 Public Draft |
| 2004-March-26 | IMS Shareable State Persistence | Version 1 Public Draft |
| 2004-March-22 | IMS Vocabulary Definition Exchange | Version 1 Final |
| 2004-February-3 | IMS Enterprise Services | Version 1 Public Draft |
| 2003-September-3 | IMS Vocabulary Definition Exchange | Version 1 Public Draft |
| 2003-July-25 | IMS Learner Information Package Accessibility for LIP | Version 1 Final |
| 2003-June-12 | IMS Content Packaging | Version 1.1.3 Final |
| 2003-April-28 | IMS Learner Information Package Accessibility for LIP | Version 1.0 Public Draft |
| 2003-March-26 | IMS Question & Test Interoperability | Version 1.2.1 Final |
| 2003-March-20 | IMS Simple Sequencing | Version 1.0 Final |
| 2003-February-13 | IMS Learning Design | Version 1.0 Final |
| 2003-January-30 | IMS Digital Repositories Specification | Version 1 Final |
| 2002-November-01 | IMS Simple Sequencing Public Draft Specification | Version 1 Public Draft |
| 2002-October-25 | IMS Reusable Definition of Competency or Educational Objective | Version 1.0 Final |
| 2002-October-18 | IMS Learning Design | Version 1.0 Public Draft |
| 2002-August-12 | IMS Digital Repositories | Version 1.0 Public Draft |
| 2002-July-16 | IMS Enterprise Specification | Version 1.1 Final |
| 2002-May-13 | IMS Simple Sequencing Public Draft Specification | Version 0.7.5 Public Draft |
| 2002-April-22 | IMS Enterprise Specification | Version 1.1 Public Draft |
| 2002-February-13 | IMS Question & Test Interoperability Specification | Version 1.2 Final |
| 2001-October-10 | IMS Question & Test Interoperability Specification | Version 1.2 Public Draft |
| 2001-October-01 | IMS Meta-data Specification | Version 1.2.1 Final |
| 2001-August-10 | IMS Content Packaging Specification | Version 1.1.2 Final |
| 2001-June-11 | IMS Meta-data Specification | Version 1.2 Final |
| 2001-May-18 | IMS Content Packaging Specification | Version 1.1.1 Update |
| 2001-May-11 | IMS Meta-data Specification | Version 1.2 Public Draft |
| 2001-April-20 | IMS Content Packaging Specification | Version 1.1 Final |
| 2001-March-18 | IMS Reusable Competencies Definition Information Model Specification | Version .01 Public Draft |
| 2001-March-18 | IMS Question & Test Interoperability Specification (Lite) | Version 1.1 Final |
| 2001-March-18 | IMS Question & Test Interoperability Specification | Version 1.1 Public Release Final |
| 2001-March-18 | IMS Learner Information Package Specification | Version 1.00 Final |
| 2000-December-21 | IMS Content Packaging Specification | Version 1.1 Draft |
| 2000-August-25 | IMS Question and Test Interoperability Specification | Version 1.01 Final |
| 2000-June-05 | IMS Content Packaging Specification | Version 1 Final |
| 2000-June-05 | IMS Question and Test Interoperability Specification | Version 1 Final |
| 2000-Mar-20 | IMS Content Packaging Specification | Version .92 Public Draft |
| 2000-May-05 | IMS Learning Resource Meta-data Specification | Version 1.1 Final |
| 2000-Feb-25 | IMS Question & Test Specification | Version 1 Public Draft |
| 2000-Feb-25 | IMS Content Packaging Specification | Version .91 Public Draft |
| 2000-Jan-12 | IMS Enterprise Specification | Version 1.01 Final |
| 1999-Nov-04 | IMS Enterprise Specification | Version 1 Final |
| 1999-Aug-20 | IMS Meta-data Specification | Version 1 Final |