[Athen] Common Cartridge Alliance[?]

[Robert Martinengo]

So what exactly is a cartridge, and how does it relate to actual
educational content (words, pictures, that kind of stuff)?
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/01/prweb606161.htm

Learning Industry Leaders Agree to be Initial Investors in Testing
Platform for Open Standards-based Digital Learning Materials
IMS Global Learning Consortium announces development of community
source software for testing content in the Common Cartridge format.

Lake Mary, FL (PRWEB) January 22, 2008 -- The IMS Global Learning
Consortium (IMS GLC) today announced the launch of a new project that
will produce a community source testing tool for the Common Cartridge
(CC) format. Nine industry-leading organizations have agreed to be the
anchor investors in the project, sponsored by the Common Cartridge
Alliance. Those organizations include: ANGEL Learning, eCollege, JISC,
McGraw-Hill, Microsoft, The Open University United Kingdom, Pearson
Education and Ucompass.com. [...]