D7.5 Report on Standardization

BEACONING is an ecosystem. It means BEACONING implements a set of components and processes that depend on each other and interact with the same unifying purpose: to drive pervasive game-based learning experiences. The core BEACONING Platform supports services and a communication framework with a focus on interoperability standards and governing industrial practices1. Around the core platform, a set of components such as the authoring tool, the game and graphics engine, the geolocation game engine and mini-games are applications that utilize a reuse-driven assets library. A set of industry standards enable the interoperability and coupling of these units. The platform integrates with learning management systems, collaborative learning platforms and context-awareness providers via a set of industry standards. Communication between the units, at data level communication rely two types of data models: standards (as ADL xAPI standard); and custom, developed within the project using JSON format for describing embedded mini-games and for describing Gamified Lesson Paths and can simply inform future standards. This document is the “Intermediate” version of the standardization in BEACONING Ecosystem, briefing the elements of interoperability and coherence among the components