This standard BS 8581-1:2012 Exchanging course related information is classified in these ICS categories:
35.240.90 IT applications in education
This British Standard specifies requirements for applications that produce and aggregate XCRI-CAP documents.
It is intended for use by producers and aggregators in the dissemination of course information to prospective students.
This British Standard specifies requirements for:
policy-makers prescribing a consistent approach for product advertisement that conforms to BS EN 15982 to learning opportunity providers;
decision-makers specifying or procuring software for advertising or aggregating information about learning opportunities in a format that conforms to BS EN 15982; and
software developers writing code for advertising or aggregating information about learning opportunities in a format that conforms to BS EN 15982.