Introduction

Write it once ... use it many times.

The previous article in this series discussed the basics of XML as it applies to learning content management. Briefly, XML is a derivative language from SGML that represents a simplified and optimized approach to creating databases. In other words, XML is an object language that allows you to create learning objects and to transform them into a variety of different forms.

Granted that this can be done, why should it be done? This article focuses on many of the methods and benefits of organizing content into repositories and the tools that can be used to create the content stored there.