Packaging Considerations

IMSManifest.xml requirements for integration into Skillport include IMS Content Packaging version 1.1.2 along with IMS Metadata version 1.2.1. A properly prepared IMSManifest.xml file with a minimum of one metadata element or associated IMSMetadata.xml file is sufficient.

Metadata

Most of the SPCSF data is obtained from a single metadata or lom element in the SCORM manifest file. An SPCSF file consists of a single Block element and a single SCO sub-element, both of which can be created from a single SCORM metadata element. This metadata is Course-level metadata.

The elements parsed in the following order of preference in the manifest file for their metadata sub-element, if they have one for describing the course:

Content Package metadata - manifest file's metadata element: describes the content aggregation, the course
Default organization element's metadata
Top-level or first item element in the default organization - even if it represents a block and not an SCO
Top-level SCO item element - this is an item element in the organization element that represents a SCO, and therefore references a SCO resource element; this metadata describes the first SCO in the course
First SCO resource - content independent metadata