This archive highlights information about the PENS specification and related events from 2004, when PENS was just begining.

For additional historical information visit the archives of the AICC News blog, ADL web site, the European Institute for Elearning (EIfEL), the CEN/ISSS Learning Technology Observatory and other elearning resource sites.

Preliminary PENS Interoperability Demonstration : PENS Work Group members present proof-of-concept tools and several interoperable prototypes at AICC June 2004 Meetings in San Francisco. Vendors including Macromedia, Pathlore, Plateau, and Questionmark provide live demonstrations and presentations of product concepts.

PENS Work Group Expands : Representatives from EEDO Knowledgeware and Recombo join the work group to further refine the work group notes into a draft specification.

PENS Work Group Formed : Representatives of EMC-Documentum, Macromedia, Pathlore, Plateau and Questionmark initiate an open work group to develop a common means of exchanging standardized elearning content packages.