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Data and Application Integration in Learning Content Management Systems: A Web Services Approach

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This paper describes a service-oriented approach for the integration of third-party external applications and resources into an existing open source e-Learning environment. We detail the architecture for creating customized learning environments composed of existing open source applications and systems. As a result, a Web services-oriented framework for e-Learning systems is proposed, providing a flexible integration model in which all the learning components and applications are loosely connected. Web services provide a suitable deployment environment to realize dynamic and interoperable e-Learning systems by facilitating application-to-application interaction.

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  1. Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Information et des Systèmes, (LSIS) – UMR CNRS 6168, Aix-Marseille Universités, Domaine Universitaire de Saint-Jérôme, Avenue Escadrille Normandie-Niemen, F-13397 Cedex 20, Marseille

    Ivan Madjarov & Omar Boucelma

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  1. L3S Research Center, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Appelstrasse 9a, 30167, Hannover, Germany

    Wolfgang Nejdl

  2. Knowledge Management Institute, Graz University of Technology, Inffeldgasse 21a/II, P.O. Box, 8010, Graz, Austria

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Madjarov, I., Boucelma, O. (2006). Data and Application Integration in Learning Content Management Systems: A Web Services Approach. In: Nejdl, W., Tochtermann, K. (eds) Innovative Approaches for Learning and Knowledge Sharing. EC-TEL 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4227. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11876663_22

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