Learning Information Services

 

Learning Information Services v2.0 Final

The Learning Information Services (LIS) specification is the definition of how systems manage the exchange of information that describes people, groups, memberships, courses and outcomes within the context of learning. The LIS v2.0 specification supersedes the IMS GLC Enterprise Services v1.0 specification. The LIS specification is based upon the aggregation of the Person Management, Group Management, Membership Management, Course Management, Outcomes Management and the Bulk Data Exchange Management Services specifications. The LIS v2.0 can be implemented using both a Web Services infrastructure (based upon a SOAP/HTTP transport mechanism) and the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).

 

Please post any comments on the draft specifications in the LIS Alliance forum at: http://www.imsglobal.org/community/globaladmin/updateforum.cfm?forumid=13

IMS Learning Information Services Specification - Version 2.0 Final Specification - HTML

The Learning Information Services (LIS) v2.0 specification is now in Final Release and approved for adoption. The specification document set contains information models, binding documents, best practice and implementation guidance, profile and conformance specification, and supporting files. As IMS Members and LIS Alliance participants, you have access to additional XSD and WSDL files, UML diagrams and resources, and the full set of files supporting the core profile.

To access the specification documents individually, HTML versions are available below. To download all of the specification documents, schemas, and vocabularies in a single zip file (including PDF versions of the documents) click here.

IMS Learning Information Services Overview
IMS Learning Information Services Specification
Learning Information Services Core Profile Adoption Overview
Learning Information Services Core Profile
Learning Information Services Best Practice and Implementation Guide

IMS Person Management Service Information Model
IMS Course Management Service Information Model
IMS Group Management Service Information Model
IMS Outcomes Management Service Information Model
IMS Membership Management Service Information Model
IMS Bulk Data Exchange Management Service Information Model

IMS Person Management Service WSDL/XSD Binding
IMS Course Management Service WSDL/XSD Binding
IMS Group Management Service WSDL/XSD Binding
IMS Outcomes Management Service WSDL/XSD Binding
IMS Membership Management Service WSDL/XSD Binding
IMS Bulk Data Exchange Management Service WSDL/XSD Binding

IMS Learning Information Services Specification - Version 2.0 Final Specification - - Schemas

IMS Members, including LIS Alliance participants, have access to the full set of XSDs, WSDLs, UML diagrams and resourcs, vocabularies, and the core profile files here as the LIS Design Document Set.

WSDLs/XSDs (combined into a single file):
The WSDL bindings are for a Synchronous SOAP implementation only. The WSDL files, expressed using WSDLv1.1, are combined WSDL/XSD files:

• PersonManagementServicev2p0_SyncSingle_v1p0.wsdl
• CourseManagementServicev1p0_SyncSingle_v1p0.wsdl
• GroupManagementServicev2p0_SyncSingle_v1p0.wsdl
• OutcomesManagementServicev1p0_SyncSingle_v1p0.wsdl
• MembershipManagementServicev2p0_SyncSingle_v1p0.wsdl
• BulkDataExchangeManagementServicev1p0_SyncSingle_v1p0.wsdl

WSDLs/XSDs (combined into a single file):
The WSDL bindings are for a Synchronous SOAP implementation only. The WSDL files, expressed using WSDLv1.1, are combined WSDL/XSD files and are avaiable only to LIS Alliance members:

• CourseManagementServicev1p0_CourseTemplateManagerSyncSingle_v1p0.wsdl
• CourseManagementServicev1p0_CourseOfferingManagerSyncSingle_v1p0.wsdl
• CourseManagementServicev1p0_CourseSectionManagerSyncSingle_v1p0.wsdl
• CourseManagementServicev1p0_SectionAssociationManagerSyncSingle_v1p0.wsdl
• OutcomesManagementServicev1p0_LineItemManagerSyncSingle_v1p0.wsdl
• OutcomesManagementServicev1p0_ResultManagerSyncSingle_v1p0.wsdl
• OutcomesManagementServicev1p0_ResultValueManagerSyncSingle_v1p0.wsdl

The single WSDL files (used in conjunction with the separate XSD file) are avaiable only to LIS Alliance members:

• PersonManagementServicev2p0_SyncWSDL_v1p0.wsdl
• CourseManagementServicev1p0_SyncWSDL_v1p0.wsdl
• GroupManagementServicev2p0_SyncWSDL_v1p0.wsdl
• OutcomesManagementServicev1p0_SyncWSDL_v1p0.wsdl
• MembershipManagementServicev2p0_SyncWSDL_v1p0.wsdl
• BulkDataExchangeManagementServicev1p0_SyncWSDL_v1p0.wsdl

XSDs:
The stand-alone XSDs are avaiable only to LIS Alliance members:

• PersonManagementServiceSyncXSD.xsd
• CourseManagementServiceSyncXSD.xsd
• GroupManagementServiceSyncXSD.xsd
• OutcomesManagementServiceSyncXSD.xsd
• MembershipManagementServiceSyncXSD.xsd
• BulkDataExchangeManagementServiceSyncXSD.xsd

XSDs:
The XSDs for each data structure for use with the BDEMS:

• imspms_filemodel_v2p0.xsd
• imscms_filemodel_v1p0.xsd
• imsgms_filemodel_v2p0.xsd
• imsoms_filemodel_v1p0.xsd
• imsmms_filemodel_v2p0.xsd
• imsbdemsFileData_v1p0.xsd
• imsepav1p0_v1p0.xsd

Vocabularies:

The PMS vocabularies are:

• The type of formatted name vocabulary formatnmetypevocabularyv1p0.xml;
• The type of name vocabulary nametypevocabularyv1p0.xml;
• The type of name part-name vocabulary – partnamevocabularyv1p0.xml;
• The type of address vocabulary addresstypevocabularyv1p0.xml;
• The address part vocabulary addresspartvocabularyv1p0.xml;
• The type of contact information vocabulary contactinfotypevocabularyv1p0.xml;
• The type of demographics vocabulary demographicstypevocabulartv1p0.xml;
• The type of representations vocabulary representationtypevocabularyv1p0.xml;
• The demographics information vocabulary demographicsinfovocabulartv1p0.xml;
• The type of enterprise system role vocabulary epriserolestypevocabularyv1p0.xml;
• The type of institution role vocabulary institutionroletypevocabularyv1p0.xml;
• The type of system role vocabulary systemrolevocabularyv1p0.xml;
• The enrollment information vocabulary enrollmentinfovocabularyv1p0.xml;
• The type of agent vocabulary agenttypevocabularyv1p0.xml;
• The type of event date vocabulary eventdatevocabularyv1p0.xml;
• Extension data-types vocabulary extensionvocabularyv1p0.xml;
• Language codes languagecodesvocabularyv1p0.xml. The set of codes used to identifiy the language for a string (based upon RFC4646).

The CMS vocabularies are:

• Status values vocabulary statusvocabularyv1p0.xml. The permitted statrus codes;
• Exension data-types vocabulary extensionvocabularyv1p0.xml. The set of data-types for the extensions;
• Language codes languagecodesvocabularyv1p0.xml. The set of codes used to identifiy the langage for a string (based upon RFC4646).

The OMS vocabularies are:

• Types of LineItem vocabulary lineitemtypevocabularyv1p0.xml;
• Status of Result vocabulary statusofresultvocabularyv1p0.xml;
• Replace Status Code vocabulary replacestatuscoesvocabularyv1p0.xml;
• Exension data-types vocabulary extensionvocabularyv1p0.xml;
• Language codes – languagecodesvocabularyv1p0.xml. The set of codes used to identifiy the langage for a string (based upon RFC4646).

The MMS vocabularies are:

• The set of role types that a Person can have for their Memberships vocabulary roletypevocabularyv1p0.xml;
• The set of sub-role types that a Person can have for their Memberships vocabulary subrolevocabularyv1p0.xml;
• Extension data-types vocabulary extensionvocabularyv1p0.xml;
• Language codes – languagecodesvocabularyv1p0.xml. The set of codes used to identifiy the language for a string (based upon RFC4646).

The BDEMS vocabularies are:

• Parameter types vocabulary parametertypevocabularyv1p0.xml;
• Filter types vocabulary filtertypevocabularyv1p0.xml;
• Filter types for filter objects vocabulary filtervalueobjectvocabularyv1p0.xml;
• Transaction failure status codes vocabulary transactionfailstatusvocabularyv1p0.xml;
• Announce failure reports vocabulary announcefailurereportvocabularyv1p0.xml.