This glossary will provide definitions of specialized terms and acronyms associated with learnings objects and learning objects repositories.

IEEE Standards-“Abbreviation of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, pronounced I-triple-E. Founded in 1884 as the AIEE, the IEEE was formed in 1963 when AIEE merged with IRE. IEEE is an organization composed of engineers, scientists, and students. The IEEE is best known for developing  standards for the computer and electronics industry. In particular, the IEE 802 standards for local area networks are widely followed”. (www.webopedia.com/TERM/I/IEEE_802_standards.html)

SCORM Standards-SCORM, the dominant e-learning standard, is a collection of specifications that enable interoperability, accessibility, and reusability of Web-based learning content. This standard is important because it prevents; (a)“lock-in with a proprietary courseware, delivery platforms, or authoring tools, (b)ensures the compatibility of e-learning courseware, delivery platforms, and other enterprise systems., (c)s implifies courseware management and updating., (d) allows in-house developers to leverage best practices” (http://www.digitalthink.com/dtfs/scorm/).

Metatdata, " is information about other information. A good example of metadata is a library catalog card for a book about dogs. It provides information about the format, contents and location of the book. When applied to Web pages, the term describes the content, format, and contents of the information contained on the Web page. "Metatags" are individual fields of metadata in document headers that provide specific information about the Web document. metadata, as part of HTML code, is not visible to viewers, although it is used by many commercial search engines and by more specialized engines, such as Yeehaw" (http://gils.utah.gov/bestpractices.htm).