<s>
The	O
Assessment	B-Architecture
Open	I-Architecture
Service	I-Architecture
Interface	I-Architecture
Definition	I-Architecture
(	O
OSID	B-Architecture
)	O
is	O
an	O
O.K.I.	O
</s>
<s>
specification	B-Application
which	O
supports	O
creating	O
,	O
organizing	O
,	O
administrating	O
,	O
evaluating	O
,	O
storing	O
and	O
retrieving	O
assessment	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OSIDs	B-Architecture
are	O
programmatic	O
interfaces	O
which	O
comprise	O
a	O
Service	O
Oriented	O
Architecture	O
for	O
designing	O
and	O
building	O
reusable	B-Application
and	O
interoperable	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
Assessment	O
,	O
Section	O
,	O
or	O
Item	O
taken	O
by	O
an	O
Agent	B-Architecture
can	O
also	O
include	O
an	O
Evaluation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
may	O
be	O
relationships	O
between	O
this	O
OSID	B-Architecture
and	O
other	O
OSIDs	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
an	O
implementation	O
might	O
manage	O
an	O
Assessment	O
's	O
content	O
and	O
questions	O
using	O
the	O
Repository	B-Architecture
OSID	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Assessment	O
may	O
include	O
optional	O
references	O
to	O
the	O
Course	B-Architecture
Management	I-Architecture
and	O
Grading	B-Architecture
OSIDs	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
