Export IDs for Learning Module Pages

1 Description

To facilitate the export of ILIAS learning module being used for technical documentation used in machines, exported learning module pages must be distinctly identifiable by externals systems. Example: The external system must be able to refer to a manual error page, that is called when the error occurs on the machine. The IDs must be kept when new versions of the manual are created through copying them in ILIAS.
Export IDs are maintained in the metadata section of learning module pages. Every copy process has to check, whether the ID already exists. If this is the case, the ID of the copied page will be reset to an empty value. This means that copying a page within the same learning module will always produce an empty value. This also means that when a whole learning module is copied, all export IDs will be kept.
When an HTML export of a learning module is done, the export IDs will be used in the file names of the single pages.

The same procedure would also be needed for an online help system that uses ILIAS learning modules (exported as HTML) as documentation basis. ILIAS needs to be able to refer these pages and their names should not be modified due to content changes in the learning modules.

2 Implementation in 4.2

The feature is activated in: Administration -> Learning Resources -> HTML Export IDs.

This will add a new sub-tab in the edit mode of ILIAS learning modules under: All Pages -> HTML Export IDs.

If an export ID "a100" is specified for a page, it will be exported as "lm_pg_a100.html".

3 Status

4 Additional Information

5 Discussion

M. Kunkel, A. Killing, 4 Apr 2011: We confirm the feature for 4.2.

6 Follow-up