Re: [seul-edu] some remarks on EDUML

[Hilaire Fernandes <hilaire@seul.org>]

Others remarks and questions. This concern the COURSE element and its
structure:

---
<COURSES>
  <COURSE id="unique course-id"> <!-- formal creditable course units -->
    <COURSE-NAME> Course Name </COURSE-NAME>
    <ROOM> room, or virtual room where students meet </ROOM>
    <START> date </START>
    <END> date </END>
    <TEACHER id="people-id" 
             start="date if diff. from course default"
             end="date if diff. from course default"> 
     <ACT id="act-id" date="YYYY/MM/DD"> 
      <COMMENT> anecdote about this educational act </COMMENT>
      <SCALE id="unique scale identifier"> performance code </SCALE>
      <MARK student="id" time="duration" marker="id">
       mark based on course's default performance coding system 
       </MARK>
      </ACT>
    </TEACHER>
     <STUDENT id="people-id" 
              start="starting-date-if different" 
	      end="end date">  
      <ACT id="plo-id" date="YYYY/MM/DD">
       <COMMENT> anecdote about this educational act </COMMENT>
       <SCALE id="unique scale identifier"> performance code </SCALE>
       <MARK student="id" time="duration" marker="id">
        mark based on performance coding system 
        </MARK>
       </ACT>
     </STUDENT>
    </COURSE>
   </COURSES>	  
---

There is some point I want to be sure about:

What is the exact meaning of the ACT element: is a test or a teaching
sequence?

In the SCALE element, the id attribute refer to a SCALE
definition. Using ref_scale will make this very clear.

What is the meaning of the STUDENT element? Is it to describe the class?
Why the ACT element is repeated there? Is not redundant?

That's all for now.

Hilaire