<s>
ILIAS	B-Application
(	O
[	O
German	O
for	O
"	O
Integrated	O
Learning	O
,	O
Information	O
and	O
Work	O
Cooperation	O
System	O
"	O
]	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
web-based	O
learning	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
LMS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
published	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
and	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
on	O
any	O
server	O
that	O
supports	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
MySQL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ILIAS	B-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Learning	B-Application
Management	I-Application
Systems	I-Application
to	O
have	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
universities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
2	O
,	O
1998	O
,	O
version	O
1	O
of	O
the	O
LMS	O
ILIAS	B-Application
was	O
published	O
and	O
offered	O
for	O
learning	O
at	O
the	O
Cologne	O
faculty	O
of	O
business	O
administration	O
,	O
economics	O
and	O
social	O
sciences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
increasing	O
interest	O
of	O
other	O
universities	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
team	O
decided	O
to	O
publish	O
ILIAS	B-Application
as	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
2002	O
and	O
2004	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
ILIAS	B-Application
version	O
was	O
developed	O
from	O
scratch	O
and	O
called	O
"	O
ILIAS	B-Application
3	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
it	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
open-source	B-Application
LMS	O
to	O
reach	O
full	O
SCORM	O
(	O
Sharable	O
Content	O
Object	O
Reference	O
Model	O
)	O
1.2	O
compliance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
behind	O
ILIAS	B-Application
is	O
to	O
offer	O
a	O
flexible	O
environment	O
for	O
learning	O
and	O
working	O
online	O
with	O
integrated	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ILIAS	B-Application
goes	O
far	O
beyond	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
learning	O
being	O
confined	O
to	O
courses	O
as	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
other	O
LMS	O
do	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ILIAS	B-Application
can	O
rather	O
be	O
seen	O
as	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
library	O
providing	O
learning	O
and	O
working	O
materials	O
and	O
contents	O
at	O
any	O
location	O
of	O
the	O
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
offers	O
the	O
possibility	O
to	O
run	O
ILIAS	B-Application
not	O
as	O
a	O
locked	O
warehouse	O
but	O
as	O
an	O
open	O
knowledge	O
platform	O
where	O
content	O
might	O
be	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
non-registered	O
users	O
too	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ILIAS	B-Application
offers	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
features	O
to	O
design	O
and	O
run	O
online-courses	O
,	O
create	O
learning	O
content	O
,	O
offer	O
assessments	O
and	O
exercises	O
,	O
run	O
surveys	O
and	O
support	O
communication	O
and	O
cooperation	O
among	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
general	O
characteristic	O
of	O
ILIAS	B-Application
is	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
Personal	O
Desktop	O
and	O
Repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
important	O
characteristic	O
of	O
ILIAS	B-Application
is	O
the	O
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ILIAS	B-Application
could	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
like	O
a	O
kind	O
of	O
knowledge	O
base	O
or	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Access	O
to	O
all	O
repository	O
item	O
is	O
granted	O
by	O
the	O
role-based	O
access	O
control	O
(	O
RBAC	O
)	O
of	O
ILIAS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ILIAS	B-Application
offers	O
four	O
kinds	O
of	O
container	O
for	O
delivering	O
content	O
:	O
</s>
