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Contents 1 The Leap2A specification for e-portfolio portability 1.1 About this specification 1.2 Version 1.3 Contents 1.3.1 Examples 1.3.2 Scenarios 1.3.3 Basic concepts of Leap2A and Atom 1.3.4 Files and attachments 1.3.5 Items and their types 1.3.6 Properties and relationships 1.3.7 Categories 1.3.8 Practicalities 1.4 Common to all versions 1.5 Feedback

The Leap2A specification for e-portfolio portability

About this specification

This specification is intended to cover the representation of several kinds of information, centred around individuals, who collect, create, reflect on and use their own information for learning, development, self-presentation, or related purposes.

While much of this plays a part in the individuals' learning and development, rather than being materials authored by others, the information is typically authored, or collected, by the individuals themselves, and may cover: what they have done, made, achieved, written, or are proud of; what or who helps or has helped them; what they aspire to; what they are good at; evidence for and reflections on any of these; and perhaps input from other people.

It is not the purpose of this specification to cover information gathered by others about an individual, over which that individual has no easy access or control.

Version

This is the agreed 2010-07 version, which is currently still the 2010 development version, of the Leap2A specification. This version will be taken off the wiki and put on static pages of www.leapspecs.org, and will be licenced with the OWFA 0.9.

The history of changes to the spec is listed at 2A/spec changes. Please consult this to recognise the changes from the 2009-03 version. Here are some notes on updating Leap2A to 2010-07.

Things being actively discussed are at 2A/developments. See there for the latest news.

Some possible future developments are listed at 2A/future.

The 2009-03 version will remain on the CETIS wiki, and is licenced using the the OWFA 0.9.

Contents

All Leap2A terms are indexed in http://terms.leapspecs.org/

Examples

The Examples page holds elementary examples. More are on individual project pages.

Scenarios

• The scenarios of practice page gives ideas of the role the information plays in practice.
• The scenarios of interoperation page gives an idea of the ways in which information might be transferred.

Basic concepts of Leap2A and Atom

• Basic information structures and their correspondence with Atom: an outline introduction to how Atom is used in Leap2A.
• Atom and other elements used: a listing, with notes and links to further information.

Files and attachments

The approach to including and attaching files is explained in the Leap2A/files page.

Items and their types

See Leap2A types
Information in Leap2A is grouped into items, each represented as an Atom entry. Each item has a Leap2A type or class, and the type affects which literal attributes, relationships or categories that may be associated with the item.

Properties and relationships

Leap2A items are joined with other items, and with literal values, as properties, predicates, or "metadata".

• Literal metadata specify how to represent information tied directly to items, rather than being separate related items in their own right.
• Personal data are often found in CVs etc. As they are not related to core portfolio processes, they are given separately.
• Organizational data parallel personal data; similarly they are not related to core portfolio processes.
• Structured content relates to content that refers to, or represents, other portfolio items.
• Relationships exist between items or entries.

Categories

Leap2A categories apply to some types of item, but have no major effect on the syntax, or what relationships are expected.

There is a separate page for each of the category schemes defined, which can be found through the categories page itself.

Practicalities

Leap2A/mapping gives some short initial suggestions about mapping your information to Leap2A.

The page on Leap2A/and you gives further guidance on mapping to, exporting and packaging in, and importing from Leap2A.

Leap2A/IPR sets out the position on intellectual property rights in Leap2A.

Leap2 governance is being worked on during the lifetime of the PIOP 3 projects.

Common to all versions

• Leap2A/practice scenarios
• Leap2A/interoperation scenarios
• Leap2A/developments
• Leap2A/spec changes
• Leap2A/future
• References

Feedback

Please send and feedback, comments, or questions, to Simon Grant.

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