BS ISO/IEC 24751-2:2008 - Page 2

Information technology. Individualized adaptability and accessibility in e-learning, education and training. 'Access for all' personal needs and preferences for digital delivery | Status: Current, Under review

1 Scope This part of ISO/IEC 24751 provides a common information model for describing the learner or user needs and preferences when accessing digitally delivered resources or services. This description is one side of a pair of descriptions used in matching user needs and preferences with digital delivery (as described in ISO/IEC 24751-1). This model divides the personal needs and preferences of the learner or user into three categories: a. Display: how resources are to be presented and structured; b. Control: how resources are to be controlled and operated; and, c. Content: what supplementary or alternative resources are to be supplied. This part of ISO/IEC 24751 is intended to meet the needs of learners with disabilities (as defined in ISO/IEC 24751-1) and of anyone in a disabling context. The purpose of this part of ISO/IEC 24751 is to provide a machine-readable method of stating user needs and preferences with respect to digitally based education or learning. This part of ISO/IEC 24751 can be used independently, for example to deliver the required or desired user interface to the learner/user, or in combination with ISO/IEC 24751-3 to deliver digital resources that meet a user’s needs and preferences.