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This paper presents a way to develop a modern assessment system on the Semantic Web. The system is based on the IMS QTI standard (question and test interoperability) and designed by applying the model driven architecture software engineering standards. It uses the XML meta-data interchange specification and ontologies. We propose the framework for assessment systems that is reusable, extensible, and that facilitates interoperability between its component systems. The central idea here is using description logic reasoning techniques for intelligent analysis of students’ solutions of the problems they are working on during assessment sessions with the system, in order to process open-ended questions. This innovative approach can be applied in the IMS QTI standard.
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In this example, the correspondence between the OWL models and DLs formulas means that the reasoner can be used to test the satisfiability of the questions w.r.t the OWL models too. However, this issue is beyond the scope of this paper.
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Radenković, S., Krdžavac, N., Devedžić, V. (2010). An Assessment System on the Semantic Web. In: Devedžić, V., Gaševic, D. (eds) Web 2.0 & Semantic Web. Annals of Information Systems, vol 6. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1219-0_8
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