1. XCRI-CAP eXchanging Course Related Information with associated Course Advertising Profile

2. XCRI-CAP is an information standard which specifies the structure and definitions of programme marketing information XCRI-CAP produces a live XML feed about programmes, available via a URL to outside users XCRI-CAP takes its information automatically from internal data sources, ensuring that it is up-to-date and accurate What is XCRI-CAP?

3. Promoted by JISC (used to be short for Joint Information Systems Committee) – ‘the UK’s expert on digital technology for education and research’ JISC ran an XCRI-CAP project Jan 2012 – Mar 2013 including 93 higher education institutions All signed up to producing a XCRI-CAP compliant XML feed of some or all of their programmes Where did the idea of XCRI-CAP come from?

4. Better information for prospective students – ‘Students at the heart of the system’ Data interoperability, i.e. to enable information to be shared efficiently between the computerised information systems – enter once use many times Efficiency Consistency Quality control Why adopt XCRI-CAP?

5. Course search websites Internal uses, e.g. links to the the HEAR (Higher Education Achievement Report) Potentially in the future: UCAS and other bodies needing programme information How will XCRI-CAP be used?

6. How did the University of Greenwich implement XCRI-CAP?

7. JISC XCRI-CAP feed manager: http://coursedata.k-int.com/FeedManager/ JISC demonstrator aggregator: http://coursedata.k-int.com/discover/ University of Greenwich XML feed: http://w2.gre.ac.uk/data/courses.xml What does an XCRI-CAP feed look like in practice?

9. JISC demonstrator aggregator: http://coursedata.k-int.com/FeedManager/

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14. JISC briefing: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/publications/briefing paper/2012/Sharing_and_managing_course_data.pdf JISC contact: Ruth Drysdale r.drysdale@jisc.ac.ukr.drysdale@jisc.ac.uk University of Greenwich XCRI material: http://www.gre.ac.uk/offices/pas/xcri Further information