<s>
Authoring	B-Application
Instructional	I-Application
Materials	I-Application
(	O
AIM	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
management	O
system	O
consisting	O
of	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
commercial	O
and	O
government	O
software	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Navy	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
and	O
design	O
of	O
training	O
curricula	O
and	O
instructional	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AIM	O
comprises	O
the	O
toolsets	O
AIM	B-Application
I	I-Application
and	O
AIM	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
which	O
were	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Personal	O
Performance	O
Profile	O
approach	O
and	O
the	O
Task	O
Based	O
approach	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AIM	B-Application
II	I-Application
stores	O
training	O
content	O
on	O
a	O
SQL	B-Language
server	O
,	O
serving	O
as	O
a	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
for	O
managing	O
the	O
relationships	O
between	O
instructional	O
material	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PDF	B-Application
,	O
XML	B-Protocol
and	O
HTML	B-Language
are	O
available	O
as	O
content	O
outputs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Newer	O
versions	O
of	O
AIM	O
include	O
the	O
Content	B-Application
Planning	I-Application
Module	I-Application
(	O
CPM	O
)	O
and	O
Learning	O
Object	O
(	O
LO	O
)	O
Module	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
toolsets	O
AIM	B-Application
I	I-Application
and	O
AIM	B-Application
II	I-Application
were	O
first	O
released	O
between	O
1987	O
and	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
