Posts by Ben Clark

Ben is literally one of the top experts on SCORM and xAPI in the world. Heck, he wrote the first draft of xAPI. He’s the Lead Developer for Rustici Engine and enjoys visiting us because we usually get in a Magic: The Gathering draft or game of Commander when he's here.

.xAPI.com blog xAPI turns 10

Reflecting on 10 years of xAPI

Today the eLearning specification xAPI turns 10. It’s even longer since, as part of “Project Tin Can,” I created the draft “Tin Can” specification which xAPI is based on. With the birthday and the announcement of xAPI 2.0 becoming an IEEE standard, I can’t help…

Read more
Unlock the magic of xAPI data with an LRS

Unlock the magic of xAPI data with an LRS

If you’ve thought about adding xAPI or cmi5 support into your application, you’ve probably heard that you need an LRS, but what does that mean? Overview of an LRS Let’s start with the acronym LRS, which stands for Learning Record Store. It is a place…

Read more
xAPI blog IEEE standardization progress

IEEE standardization progress on security and LRP requirements

Last year I wrote about the IEEE xAPI Base Standard working group, and how we are continuing the process of preparing the existing xAPI 1.0.3 specification to submit to a larger audience at IEEE for consideration as a standard. I recently participated in the group’s…

Read more

Preparing xAPI for IEEE standardization

A few weeks back, I went to the first in-person meeting of the IEEE xAPI Base Standard working group. We're continuing the process of preparing the existing xAPI 1.0.3 specification to submit to a larger audience at IEEE for consideration as a standard. A major…

Read more