<s>
Ariadne	B-Protocol
(	O
named	O
for	O
the	B-Protocol
figure	I-Protocol
from	O
Greek	O
mythology	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
European	O
association	O
for	O
sharing	O
knowledge	O
and	O
fostering	O
international	O
cooperation	O
in	O
teaching	O
that	O
is	O
open	O
to	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ariadne	B-Protocol
was	O
initiated	O
in	O
1996	O
by	O
the	O
European	O
Commission	O
's	O
telematics	O
for	O
education	O
and	O
training	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
an	O
infrastructure	O
has	O
been	O
developed	O
in	O
Belgium	O
and	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
for	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
reusable	O
learning	O
content	O
,	O
including	O
distributed	O
storage	O
and	O
discovery	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
its	O
exploitation	O
in	O
structured	O
courses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java	O
applications	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
KPS	O
through	O
the	O
ARIADNE	B-Protocol
Web	O
Services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ARIADNE	B-Protocol
Web	O
Services	O
provide	O
an	O
API	O
that	O
hides	O
the	O
database	O
access	O
details	O
and	O
also	O
enables	O
interoperability	O
with	O
other	O
repositories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ARIADNE	B-Protocol
toolset	O
contains	O
the	O
following	O
components	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
LOM	O
based	O
Federated	B-Operating_System
search	I-Operating_System
engine	O
,	O
that	O
dynamically	O
searches	O
(	O
more	O
learning	O
technology	O
oriented	O
)	O
search	O
systems	O
like	O
Lionshare	O
,	O
Merlot	O
,	O
Edna	O
,	O
NIME	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
