<s>
TAO	B-Protocol
is	O
the	O
French	O
acronym	O
for	O
Testing	O
Assisté	O
par	O
Ordinateur	O
(	O
Computer	O
Based	O
Testing	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TAO	B-Application
framework	I-Application
provides	O
an	O
open	O
architecture	O
for	O
computer-assisted	O
test	O
development	O
and	O
delivery	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
potential	O
to	O
respond	O
to	O
the	O
whole	O
range	O
of	O
evaluation	O
needs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TAO	B-Application
platform	I-Application
is	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
EMACS	O
research	O
unit	O
of	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Luxembourg	O
and	O
the	O
SSI	O
department	O
of	O
the	O
Centre	O
de	O
Recherche	O
Public	O
Henri	O
Tudor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TAO	B-Application
framework	I-Application
is	O
an	O
open-source	O
project	O
which	O
provides	O
a	O
very	O
general	O
and	O
open	O
architecture	O
for	O
computer-assisted	O
test	O
development	O
and	O
delivery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
upcoming	O
evaluation	O
needs	O
will	O
imply	O
the	O
collaboration	O
among	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
stakeholders	O
situated	O
at	O
different	O
institutional	O
levels	O
and	O
with	O
very	O
different	O
needs	O
for	O
assessment	O
tools	O
,	O
the	O
TAO	B-Application
framework	I-Application
has	O
the	O
ambition	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
modular	O
and	O
versatile	O
framework	O
for	O
collaborative	O
distributed	O
test	O
development	O
and	O
delivery	O
with	O
the	O
potential	O
to	O
be	O
extended	O
and	O
adapted	O
to	O
virtually	O
every	O
evaluation	O
purpose	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
handled	O
by	O
the	O
means	O
of	O
computer-based	O
assessment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
TAO	B-Protocol
architecture	O
should	O
fit	O
into	O
many	O
different	O
use	O
cases	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
central	O
node	O
in	O
the	O
system	O
(	O
the	O
whole	O
network	O
of	O
TAO	B-Protocol
nodes	O
is	O
an	O
open-system	O
with	O
no	O
global	O
consistency	O
)	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
assumed	O
that	O
there	O
cannot	O
be	O
an	O
a	O
priori	O
model	O
for	O
each	O
data	O
domain	O
that	O
reaches	O
consensus	O
within	O
all	O
the	O
actors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
support	O
this	O
model	O
diversity	O
,	O
TAO	B-Protocol
modules	O
are	O
equipped	O
with	O
advanced	O
modelling	O
functionalities	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
build	O
dynamically	O
their	O
own	O
model	O
and	O
share	O
data	O
organized	O
according	O
to	O
different	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TAO	B-Application
platform	I-Application
should	O
be	O
considered	O
as	O
a	O
particular	O
instantiation	O
(	O
for	O
a	O
particular	O
purpose	O
)	O
of	O
a	O
more	O
general	O
platform	O
dedicated	O
to	O
the	O
collaborative	O
and	O
distributed	O
management	O
of	O
web	O
resources	O
and	O
of	O
the	O
ontologies	O
describing	O
these	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TAO	B-Application
platform	I-Application
consists	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
interconnected	O
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TAO	B-Protocol
is	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
modular	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TAO	B-Protocol
provides	O
the	O
following	O
Item	O
templates	O
(	O
types	O
of	O
items	O
)	O
:	O
</s>
