Open Standards

The Open Knowledge Initiative is seeking to define and maintain interoperability specifications that allow components of the educational environment to work together, as well as with other enterprize applications.  Benefits include:

• standards for learning technology
• stability, reliability, and a smooth migration path
• Support of a range of teaching and learning requirements
• easy sharing of learning content and technology
• Lower long-term cost of software ownership

from: http://www.okiproject.org/about