Question and Test Interoperability (QTI): Assessment, Section and Item XML Binding

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Document Name: IMS Question and Test Interoperability (QTI): Assessment, Section and Item XML Binding v3.0

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This document is the core part the IMS Global Question and Test Interoperability (QTI) v3.0 specification. This document describes the binding of QTI Assssment, Section and Items (ASI), as described in [QTI, 20a], in the eXtensible Markup Language (XML)

The IMS QTI specification describes a data model for the representation of question (qti-assessment-item) and test (qti-assessment-test) data and their corresponding results reports. Therefore, the specification enables the exchange of this item, test and results data between authoring tools, item banks, test constructional tools, learning systems and assessment delivery systems. The data model is described abstractly, using the Unified Modeling Language (UML) to facilitate binding to a wide range of data-modelling tools and programming languages. However, for interchange between systems a binding is provided to the industry standard XML and use of this binding is required for IMS certification. The IMS QTI specification has been designed to support both interoperability and innovation through the provision of well-defined extension points. These extension points can be used to wrap specialized or proprietary data in ways that allows it to be used alongside items that can be represented directly.

When exchanging QTI instances, this is achieved by using a zip file. The format of this zip file is based upon the QTI profile of the IMS Content Packaging 1.2 specification [CP, 12]. This profile of Content Packaging is described in this document and its usage is required for certification. The zip file contains all of the QTI XML files, the associated assets and the 'imsmanifest.xml' file. The way in which the zip file is exchanged is beyond the scope of this specification.

Date Issued:	14th September, 2020
Latest version:	http://www.imsglobal.org/qti/

IMS Question and Test Interoperability (QTI): Assessment, Section and Item XML Binding Version 3.0

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