The JISC IE in terms of the E-Learning Framework

The E-Learning Framework (ELF) is an initiative by JISC, DEST, Carnegie Mellon Learning Services Architecture Lab and others to build a common approach to Service Oriented Architectures for education. The ELF is the result of a shared conviction that exposing functionality and learning content as simple services rather than as features locked up inside monolithic systems offers institutions more flexibility, more scope for pedagogic innovation and better return on present and future investment. The ELF is not an architecture itself. Rather, it captures a common way of factoring functionality across different components and their scope and definition. With these components, institutions or groups of institutions can define their own architectures and instantiate them on their networks.

The JISC Information Environment (JISC IE) reference model specifies a set of standards and protocols that allow the end-user to discover, access, use and publish digital and physical resources as part of their learning and research activities. The key standards and protocols specified in the reference model are listed in the JISC IE Architecture Standards Framework. A view of the functioinality supported by the JISC IE is presented in the JISC IE Functional Model.

This page provides a view of the services that make up the JISC IE in terms of the ELF.