IMS Learning Information Services - Overview 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. This specification establishes the means by
which learning management systems exchange relevant information
i.e. it defines system interoperability through a set of
identified services. IMS Global Learning Consortium IMPORTANT:
The LIS v2.0 specification supersedes the IMS GLC Enterprise
Services v1.0 specification. The specification is based upon the
concepts of: - Interoperability – LIS focuses on the exchange of
information between learning information systems e.g. student
information system, learning management system, etc. There are
no assumptions in the specification on how the data is managed
internally within a learning information system; - Service-
oriented – LIS defines the exchange of information in terms of
the services being supplied by