This Draft for Development specifies the development of learner
information packages used to join up separate records of learning in
order to establish lifelong learner profiles within the UK centred upon
the needs of the learner.
The standard meets a new requirement for Lifelong Learning. While it
offers a specification on which developers can build, it does not
attempt to cover all possible scenarios.
The standard specifies the extensions that are used in developing a
lifelong learner profile.
The standard establishes the basis for interoperability in the exchange
of learner information between communicating systems. It makes no
comment on how the data might be stored in the communicating
systems once the exchange has occurred.
The standard describes the information model for the learner
information. It does not address behavioural models for the learner
information nor does it describe the mechanisms used for the
electronic exchange of the information.
The standard contains an information model, which is incomplete. It is
not a definitive model of all the possible information that could be
exchanged between systems that conform to with this standard.
Instead it describes many of the common data structures and provides
several extension features to be used to tailor the standard for a
particular implementation.
The standard does not address requests for learner information or the
exchange transaction mechanism.
While this Draft for Development defines structures that could be used
to assist mechanisms for maintaining privacy and protecting the
integrity of the data that comprises learner information, it does not
specify the form, format, or type of these mechanisms or policies for
their use.
This Draft for Development provides a structured information model.
While it includes an XML binding, this does not exclude the use of
other bindings. The information model contains both data and
metadata about that data. The model defines fields for the data and
the type of data that can be put into these fields.
This Draft for Development does not address means to achieve
interoperability with learner information systems beyond the UK
within the European Education Area, but has taken account of the
need for interoperability beyond the UK in the future.