The XML structure of eLML in detail

The described ECLASS model was mapped to an XML structure and named eLML, the eLesson Markup Language. In the following illustration the blue "lesson" element is the root element and the yellow elements are the ones after which the ECLASS model was named:

The elements listed here are described in detail in the top level elements page. The subelements that can be used to format your content are described in the content elements chapter.

Interactive content is mainly created using Flash and SVG. To prepare the content for common Internet browsers, the XML files are transformed using XSLT provided by eLML. The final user interface is determined by easy-to-maintain eLML layout templates (mostly created using the eLML Template Builder) and served both as XHTML and as PDFor other output formats. Most authors use CVS to store and update the lessons on the central eLML repository server.

Thanks to the use of standards like XML, XSLT and SVG eLML lessons can be viewed with any web browser (see image below) on any platform and are totally software independent. But because eLML supports both the IMS Content Package and as of 2006 the SCORM standard, the content can easily be imported into any modern Learning Management System like OLAT, Blackboard or Moodle. Please refer to the output formats chapter for more technical background information.