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"O.K.I. is central to all of the systems we are developing: Segue, Concerto and Harmoni" Alex Chapin Curricular Technologist...
 
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OSID Service Bus Community Project Launched OpeniWorld 2009 at IMS Learning Impact Segue V2 Powers New O.K.I. Community Site Common Need Hosts New...
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About O.K.I.
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What is O.K.I.
The Open Knowledge Initiative (O.K.I.) develops and promotes specifications that describe how the components of a software environment communicate with...
 
What are OSIDs?
The O.K.I. project has developed and published the Open Service Interface Definitions (OSID ?s), whose design has been informed by...
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News
 
Segue V2 Powers New O.K.I. Community Site
O.K.I. launched its new community site this week using Segue v2, the curricular content management system developed at Middlebury College...
 
OSID Service Bus Community Project Launched
Last November a number of O.K.I. OSID developers gathered in Cambridge Massachusetts for an OSID V3 "Deep-Dive" meeting to review the...
 
Common Need Hosts New O.K.I. Community Site
The Open Knowledge Initiative (O.K.I.) project at MIT is excited to announce that Common Need of Washington, D.C. is providing...
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Events
 
OpeniWorld 2009 at IMS Learning Impact
This year's OpeniWorld event is part of the IMS Learning Impact global conference being hosted by the Open University of...
 
OpeniWorld/MERLOT Interoperability Summit and Workshop
We are proud to announce the OpeniWorld Interoperability Summit and Developer's Boot Camp, a pre-conference workshop and session track of...
 
OpeniWorld:Europe2008
OpeniWorld:Europe2008 "Federating Resources Through Open Interoperability" A Symposium and Workshop Lyon, France -- June 24-27, 2008 Registration for OpeniWorld:Europe2008 is now open -...
 
Repository OSID Workshop at OpeniWorld:Europe2008
If you are a software developer interested in Repository interoperability or federation among repository systems, please consider joining us for...
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Contributors
 
0 Contributions to O.K.I.
The organizations listed here are those which have contributed to the O.K.I. project at MIT.  We are thankful for their...
 
Apple Education Marketing
More information coming soon...
 
Common Need
Common Need, Inc. (commonneed.com) develops and markets mission-critical enterprise integration and social learning software that enable the creation of custom...
 
Giunti Labs
Giunti Labs Giunti Labs provides you with a wide choice of services, in response to any Content, Learning and Knowledge Management...
 
Middlebury College
Middlebury College's Curricular Technology group has been developing curricular applications since 2003 when it first released Segue as open source. ...
 
MIT
      MIT's Office of Educational Innovation and Technology works with faculty, staff and students to enable and promote the development...
 
Nolaria Consulting
 More information coming soon...
 
OnTapSolutions
OnTapSolutions is a consulting company offering a wide array of services including systems architecture, software development, systems integration, operations planning...
 
UOC
UOC, in English, Open University of Catalonia, is a completely virtual university founded in 1995. It currently has more than...
 
Verbena Consulting
Verbena Consulting is a professional services company offering a range of interoperability strategy and solution services.  We have been working...
 
O.K.I. Contributors
Apple Education Marketing Common Need Giunti Labs MIT OnTap Solutions ? UOC Verbena Consulting
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Projects
 
Overview
Listed here are projects under development by O.K.I.s contributors and affiliates that are helping to move forward the vision and...
 
O.K.I. Phase II
I. Purpose  Prepare for the transition of the Open Knowledge Initiative (O.K.I.) from a project at MIT to a sustainable...
 
The Campus Project
The CAMPUS project, promoted by the Secretaria de Telecomunicacions i Societat de la Informació (STSI) of the Generalitat de Catalunya,...
 
Harmoni
The Harmoni Project is an effort led by the Curricular Technologies group at Middlebury College to build an application framework...
 
Projects
O.K.I. Phase II The Campus Project Harmoni Digital Marketplace
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Projects (new)
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Overview
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Harmoni
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Developers
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Benefits
 
Overview
There are many educational applications and systems in the market today.  Thanks to the work of organizations like IMS Global,...
 
Conceptual Architectural Framework
At the present time the large community of educational systems and content providers and their users are having trouble understanding...
 
Access to Old O.K.I. Project Site
If there is information that you wish to access on the old O.K.I. project web site you may still visit...
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Architecture
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OSIDs
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Open Service Interface Definitions
 
Specifications
DEFINITION: O·SID [o'cid] n. O.K.I. uses the term Open Service Interface Definition (OSID) to differentiate its service based...
 
Language Bindings
There are currently two fully released language bindings for the OSIDs, one for Java and one for PHP.  Below are...
 
Types
What OKI calls "Types" are crucial to the interoperability of the OSIDs. The OSIDs themselves are written very generically. It...
 
Architecture
Although the OSIDs represent an approach to a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), it is different from the more protocol-oriented approaches and...
 
OKI V3 and the Future
See the OSID V3 section of this site for the latest developments.
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Repository
 
Repository Description
The Repository OSID covers storing and retrieving digital content, referred to as Assets, as well as information about the Assets...
 
Repository White Paper
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Authentication
 
Authentication Description
The Authentication OSID gathers required credentials from an agent, vouches for their authenticity and introduces the agent to the system...
 
Authentication White Paper
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Authorization
 
Authorization Description
The Authorization OSID allows an application to establish and query a user's privileges to view, create, or modify application data,...
 
Authorization White Paper
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Hierarchy
 
Hierarchy Description
The Hierarchy OSID manages parent-child relationships among elements. In addition to simple tree structures, the OSID supports hierarchy that are...
 
Hierarchy White Paper
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Agent
 
Agent Description
OSID use Agents to represent individuals or processes that invoke specific Services. An example of an Agent is a specific...
 
Agent White Paper
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Design Patterns
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Glossary
 
Interoperability
The measure of ease of integration between two systems or software components to achieve a functional goal. A highly interoperable...
 
Integration
The act of making two systems work together to achieve a functional goal, regardless of how difficult or expensive that...
 
O.K.I.
The Open Knowledge Initiative (O.K.I.) develops and promotes specifications that describe how the components of a software environment communicate with...
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Repository Adoption
 
Known Repository OSID Development
By far the most active development of the OSIDs over the past few years has revolved around repository interoperability with...
 
Commercial Publishers
  
 
Test
          An implementation that exposes eLibrary content has been developed as part...
 
Wiley
          An implementation has been developed as part of the California State University...
 
iChapters
          An implementation that exposes the iChapters catalog has been developed as...
 
Pearson
          An implementation has been developed as part of the California State University...
 
VitalSource
          An implementation has been developed as part of the California State University...
 
Libraries, Journals, and Related Protocols
  
 
JSTOR
          An implementation that has been developed as part of the VUE Project...
 
ExLibris
          An implementation that has been developed as part of the California State...
 
SRU
          An implementation that has been developed as part of the O.K.I. Project...
 
Z3950
          An implementation that has been developed as an experiment. prototype Matthew...
 
Open Educational Resources and Related Protocols
  
 
Connexions
          An implementation that has been developed as an exercise and is...
 
LionShare
          An implementation that has been developed by the Lionshare Project. prototype Mike...
 
MERLOT
          An implementation that has been developed by MERLOT for the MERLOT...
 
NCBI
          An implementation that has been developed as an experiment. prototype Anoop...
 
NSDL
          An implementation that has been developed by MERLOT. in limited use...
 
Open Archives Initiative
          An implementation that has been developed as an experiment. prototype Jeff...
 
MIT OCW
          An implementation that has been developed as an experiment. prototype Andrew...
 
Art and Image Content Management Systems
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ArtSTORE
          An implementation that has been developed as part of the VUE Project...
 
Cisco Media Server
          An implementation that works with the Cisco Digital Media / Video...
 
Gallery Systems
          An implementation that has been developed for the San Francisco Museum...
 
MFA
          An implementation that has been developed as part of the O.K.I. Project...
 
Tufts Digital Library
          An implementation that has been developed as part of the VUE Project...
 
Visualizing Cultures
          An implementation that has been developed as part of theVisualizing Cultures...
 
Content in Learning Systems
  
 
iTunesU
          An implementation that has been developed as an experiment. The implementation...
 
Blackboard
          There is an implementation to search any content system. This implementation...
 
Segue
          There are a number of OSID implementations developed by Middlebury College...
 
Sakai
          An implementation that has been developed as part of the VUE Project...
 
Popular Search and Content Sites
  
 
Flickr
          An implementation that has been developed as an experiment. prototype Peter...
 
Google
          There is an implementation to search any content system. This implementation...
 
Wikipedia
          An implementation that has been developed as an experiment. prototype Dan...
 
YouTube
          An implementation that has been developed as an experiment. prototype Peter...
 
Repositories and Content Management Systems
 
 
DSpace
          An implementation that has been developed at MIT. in production Andrew...
 
Equella
          An implementation was developed as part of the SOURCE Project at...
 
Giunti Labs Lobster
          An implementation that has been developed by Giunti Labs. prototype Andrea...
 
Giunti Labs Hive
          An implementation that has been developed by HarvestRoad. in production John...
 
Intrallect
          An implementation was developed as part of the SOURCE Project at...
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OSID V3
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Overview
 
Overview
  Since the introduction of the first OSID definitions in 2003, and the current version 2 OSIDs in 2004, the O.K.I...
 
Features, Benefits and New Services
Features and benefits: Improved web integration Per-User Session Management Hierarchical Typing Typing Through Interface Extensions Improved interoperability tests Interface-based search...
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Interfaces
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Interfaces
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OSID V3 Meta Package (Draft 3)
The meta package contains definitions for constructing the OSID V3 specifications.
 
OSID Package (Draft 3)
Top level definitions for the OSID V3 interfaces.
 
Authentication Package (Draft 3)
OSID V3 Authentication Service Interface Definitions.
 
Cataloging Package (Draft 3)
OSID V3 Cataloging Service Interface Definitions.
 
Dictionary Package (Draft 3)
OSID V3 Dictionary Service Interface Definitions.
 
Filing Package (Draft 3)
OSID V3 Filing Service Interface Definitions.
 
Hierarchy Package (Draft 3)
OSID V3 Hierarchy Service Interface Definitions.
 
Id Package (Draft 3)
OSID V3 Id Service Interface Definitions.
 
Locale Package (Draft 3)
OSID V3 Locale Service Interface Definitions.
 
Logging Package (Draft 3)
OSID V3 Logging Service Interface Definitions.
 
Repository Package (Draft 3)
Repository Service Interface Definitions.
 
Resource Package (Draft 3)
OSID V3 Resource Service Interface Definitions.
 
Transaction Package (Draft 3)
OSID V3 Transaction Service Interface Definitions.
 
Transport Package (Draft 3)
OSID V3 Transport Service Interface Definitions.
 
Type Package (Draft 3)
OSID V3 Type Service Interface Definitions.
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XOSID Bundle (Draft 2)
XOSID Bundle currently includes OSID, Authentication, Cataloging, Configuration, Dictionary, Filing, Hierarchy, Id, Locale, Logging, Repository, Transaction, Transport, Type.
 
OSID XOSID (Draft 2)
OSID XML Interface Definition.
 
Authentication XOSID (Draft 2)
Authentication XML Interface Definition.
 
Cataloging XOSID (Draft 2)
Cataloging XML Service Interface Definition.
 
Configuration XOSID (Draft 2)
Configuration XML Service Interface Definition.
 
Dictionary XOSID (Draft 2)
Dictionary XML Service Interface Definition.
 
Filing XOSID (Draft 2)
Filing XML Service Interface Definition.
 
Hierarchy XOSID (Draft 2)
Hierarchy XML Service Interface Definition.
 
Id XOSID (Draft 2)
Id XML Service Interface Definition
 
Locale XOSID (Draft 2)
Locale XML Service Interface Definition.
 
Logging XOSID (Draft 2)
Logging XML Service Interface Definition.
 
Repository XOSID (Draft 2)
Repository XML Service Interface Definition.
 
Transaction XOSID (Draft 2)
Transaction XML Service Interface Definition.
 
Transport XOSID (Draft 2)
Transport XML Service Interface Definition.
 
Type XOSID (Draft 2)
Type XML Service Interface Definition.
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Workbooks
 
OSID Meta Package (Draft 3)
OSID Meta Definitions Package.
 
OSID Package (Draft 3)
OSID Top-Level Interface Definitions.
 
Authentication Package (Draft 3)
Authentication Service Interface Definitions.
 
Cataloging Package (Draft 3)
Cataloging Service Interface Definitions.
 
Configuration Package (Draft 2)
Configuration Service Interface Definitions.
 
Dictionary Package (Draft 3)
Dictionary Service Interface Definitions.
 
Filing Package (Draft 3)
Filing Service Interface Definitions.
 
Hierarchy Package (Draft 3)
Hierarchy Service Interface Definitions.
 
Id Package (Draft 3)
Id Service Interface Definitions.
 
Locale Package (Draft 3)
Locale Service Interface Definitions.
 
Logging Package (Draft 3)
Logging Service Interface Definitions.
 
Repository Package (Draft 3)
Repository Service Interface Definitions.
 
Resource Package (Draft 3)
Resource Service Interface Definitions.
 
Transaction Package (Draft 3)
Transaction Service Interface Definitions.
 
Transport Package (Draft 3)
Transport Service Interface Definitions.
 
Type Package (Draft 3)
Type Service Interface Definitions.
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How it Works
 
Introduction to OSID V3 for Developers
A document describing the interface changes to OSID V3. This document is geared to those with some familiarity with using the...
 
OSID V3 Overview Presentation
This set of slide presentations provides an overview of the patterns and issues relating to the proposed OSID V3 specification.
 
OSID V3 Interface Relationships
Graphical representation of the pattern relationships among the interfaces of the typical V3 OSID definition.
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Drafts
 
Structures and Definitions of OSIDs (S-OSID)
This document is a Draft Document intended to evolve into a Proposed Specification. It describes the language of an OSID...
 
OSID Specification Framework
 
Provider
This document is a draft specification proposal and is distributed to the OKI community for early comment. The Provider OSID...
 
OSID V3 Design Goals
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Working Group
 
Links
The OSIDs sources and tracking is currently managed at assembla.com. You can go there and register for an account. Here...
 
Notes From OSID V3 Deep Dive Workshop (11/3/08)
1) Develop 2 applications interoperating with 2 implementations for    each OSID in order to properly validate the specification.   2) Develop a...
 
Norm & Tom on a draft of the Course OSID
 Some of this is obsolete.
 
OSID V3 Design Status
 
 
OSID V2 Bug Report Status
 
 
Kick-off Meeting Attendees
 
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March 2009 Meeting
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Conversations
 
Welcome to the O.K.I. Conversations Pages
Click on the links in the sidebar to visit a particular topic.  Commenting has been turned on for all of...
 
Redefining Interoperability
Redefining Interoperability (Or why the IEEE and Oxford English Dictionary have it Wrong) Jeff Merriman First of all, before I get into anything...
 
Transformation
Transformation Jeff Kahn, Scott Thorne The world is on the cusp of a major transformation in educational software and content.  A combination...
 
O.K.I. in the Enterprise
The Case for OKI in the Enterprise Realizing a Service Oriented Architecture Scott Thorne Most Enterprises today are faced with an...
 
AuthZ Service Benefits
Authorization Service Benefits Scott Thorne   Authorization is needed in most applications, but just because it’s commonly used doesn’t mean it...
 
Architectural Approaches
Where do we need choice in eLearning? Scott Thorne Introduction   “What standards do we need in e-learning?”  is a commonly...
 
Topical Blogs
Redefining Interoperability Transformation O.K.I. in the Enterprise AuthZ Service Benefits O.K.I. as Strategy Architectural Approaches
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