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Smart module upload with minor changes

1 Requirements

When creating a new version of a SCORM module many authoring tools do always change the Manifest-File, no matter how slightly the update was or if there was a change at all. So for example a new object id's are randomly created or some objects (ressources) might just be sorted in a different way.

When trying to upload a new version in ILIAS, the changes in manifest prevent from doing so, no matter how irrelevant they are. This behavior leaves the user with limited choices, such as..

1. create a new ILIAS SCORM object switching the old one off, which creates a lot of issues with learning data, sessions in progress etc. or..
2. just upload the new version via filelist overwriting the previous files and risking the damage of the data in database (or doing so without any awareness of the risk in the first place).

So instead of a strict rejection of a new version because of the (mostly irrelevant) changes of the manifest a SMART VERSION UPLOAD could be implemented, which is capable to determine if the changes are negligible and an easy and proper upload of a new version is possible.

2 Additional Information

• Idea / concept: Wischniak, Stanislav [wischniak]
• Interest in funding: Possibly
• Maintainer: (will be set by Jour Fixe / maintainer)
• Implementation of the feature is done by (will be set by Jour Fixe / maintainer)
• Testcases by: (please add your name if you want to create the testcases for this feature)

Wischniak, Stanislav [wischniak] 08. Sept. 2018
Related bugs:
22920: Upload of new SCORM version fails, due to renaming (zip to ..zip.sec)
8607: 'Neue Version hochladen' funktioniert nicht.

3 Discussion

4 Implementation

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