[10] xAPI uses a Restful web service with JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) for its data format.
The web service allows software clients to read and write experiential data in the form of “statement” objects.
[12] In 2011 Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL), the United States Department of Defense-sponsored stewards of SCORM, recognized the need for a newer and more capable software specification than the original SCORM specification, which was then more than ten years old.
[13] Rustici Software conducted interviews with the e-learning community to determine where to make improvements, and then developed the research version of the Experience API specification.
[15] The Experience API was developed by a community working group and released as version 1.0 in April 2013.