OK … I’m going to take a quick look to see how far I’ve got through the mandatory data elements. Here’s a list abstracted fron the SCORM 1.2 standard that shows (from left to right):
- if I’ve addressed it;
- the name of the data element;
- is it readable;
- is it writeable;
- the format of the data; and
- the initial value for the element.
| Done | Element Name | Read | Write | Type | Initial Value |
| Y | cmi.core._children | 
|
Str 255 |
‘student_id,student_name, lesson_location,credit, lesson_status,entry, score,exit’ |
|
| Student Information from the LMS | |||||
| Y | cmi.core.student_id |
|
Identifier | Set by LMS student registration system. | |
| Y | cmi.core.student_name |
|
Str 255 | Set by LMS student registration system. | |
| Progress and Completion Tracking | |||||
| cmi.core.lesson_location |
|
|
Str 255 | An empty string | |
| cmi.core.credit |
|
Vocab | ‘credit’ or ‘no-credit’ | ||
| cmi.core.lesson_status |
|
|
Vocab | ‘not attempted’ | |
| cmi.core.entry |
|
Vocab | ‘ab initio’ | ||
| cmi.core.exit |
|
Vocab | Initialization not required ? write-only | ||
| Seat Time | |||||
| Y | cmi.core.total_time |
|
Timespan | ‘0000:00:00.00’ | |
| Y | cmi.core.session_time |
|
Timespan | Initialization not required ? write-only | |
| Score | |||||
| Y | cmi.core.score._children |
|
Str 255 | ‘raw’ | |
| Y | cmi.core.score.raw |
|
|
Decimal/Blank | An empty string |
| Suspend & (Re-)Launch Data | |||||
| cmi.suspend_data |
|
|
Char 4096 | An empty string | |
| cmi.launch_data |
|
Char 4096 | A value read from the IMS manifest file | ||
Only 2 more areas to review – progress and completion tracking, and suspend and launch data.