TinCan/xAPI

Question 1

What does xAPI stand for ?

Answer 1

Experience API (application programming interface)

Question 2

WHY xAPI?

Answer 2

Track any experience (formal, informal, or operational)
• Platform and subject-matter agnostic
• Built upon RESTful and JSON (so it’s lightweight)
• Human (and machine) readable

Question 3

What is JSON

Answer 3

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange format. It is easy for humans to read and write. It is easy for machines to parse and generate. It is based on a subset of the JavaScript Programming Language

Question 4

What is RESTful

Answer 4

A RESTful API is a method of allowing communication between a web-based client and server that employs representational state transfer (REST) constraints.
REST technology is generally preferred to the more robust Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) technology because REST leverages less bandwidth, making it more suitable for internet usage

Question 5

What are 4 API statements ?

Answer 5

REST technology is generally preferred to the more robust Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) technology because REST leverages less bandwidth, making it more suitable for internet usage