IEEE , Platform and Media Profiles, F. Farance, ©2000 Edutool.Com 1 Platform and Media Profiles Presentation Frank Farance, , a division of Farance Inc. Presentation to LTSC Platform and Media Profiles WG (IEEE )

IEEE , Platform and Media Profiles, F. Farance, ©2000 Edutool.Com 2 Agenda Summary Review of PAR Sample profiles Discussion on useful profiles

IEEE , Platform and Media Profiles, F. Farance, ©2000 Edutool.Com 3 PAR Scope This standard profile will identify existing standards and specifications of learning technology platforms and their content. Several standards profiles will be developed for several operating scenarios, such as "browser platform", "workstation platform", "web media types". The standard profile will not specify the technical details, but limitations and enhancements to these standards and specifications. It is expected that these profiles will be updated and amended often enough to track current technology.

IEEE , Platform and Media Profiles, F. Farance, ©2000 Edutool.Com 4 PAR Purpose Many systems require compatibility for common suite of features such as browsers, operating systems, and content. A standard profile would specify functionality (e.g., Java 1.1, JPEF, GIF-89, C95,...) rather than implementations (e.g., Netscape 4.0, Windows 95, Adobe PDF plug-in). A specification based on functionality allows consumers and vendors a wider range of implementations that are conforming. Since many standards and specifications may be implied by compatibility, a standard profile would allow consumers and vendors to point to a single document that references the collection of features.

IEEE , Platform and Media Profiles, F. Farance, ©2000 Edutool.Com 5 Simplified Description A “standards profile” points to other stds Other standards/specifications included: –Normative references to standards: Include stds bibliographic info –Normative references to specifications: Use ISO/IEC JTC1 N4046 “The Normative Referencing of Specifications other than International Standards in JTC 1 International Standards - Guidelines for JTC 1 SCs”

IEEE , Platform and Media Profiles, F. Farance, ©2000 Edutool.Com 6 An Example Profile For A Browser, e.g. PMP-1 ISO/IEC stds: –Languages: JavaScript, SGML –Characters: ASCII, , IETF RFCs: IP, TCP, FTP, SMTP, DNS, HTML, HTTP W3C: HTML, HTTP Other: Java, GIF89 Miscellaneous: Other wording

IEEE , Platform and Media Profiles, F. Farance, ©2000 Edutool.Com 7 An Example Of A Browser + PDF and MPEG, e.g. PMP-2 Include: PMP-1 ISO stds: MPEG Other: PDF

IEEE , Platform and Media Profiles, F. Farance, ©2000 Edutool.Com 8 What Profiles Do We Need?