Abstract :
In this article, we describe TM4L, an environment for building, maintaining
and using standards-based, ontology-aware e-learning repositories. It is based
on the idea that concept-driven access to learning material implemented as a
topic map can bridge the gap between a learner and targeted knowledge. One
of the driving goals of this work is to increase the reusability of available
educational resources by enabling the use of a developed subject ontology with
courses on the same subject with different stricture. Another goal of TM4L is
to support an efficient context-based retrieval of learning content tailored to
the needs of a learner working on an educational task. The paper focuses on
three aspects of the TM4L environment: domain modelling, editing capabilities
and the interface for exploring the learning collection. The key features of the
TM4L functionality are illustrated with some examples
