Rustici Software excels in standardizing learning content and systems. Standardization is all we do and what we do best. Over the years we have learned that to deliver truly effective solutions we need to go above and beyond basic conformance and focus on true interoperability. The philosophies that follow guide our solution development and seek to achieve our goal of true interoperability.

• Abstract Complexities.   Our most important philosophy is to create standardized products for our clients in the easiest, most cost-effective manner. Our clients should not have to learn the intricate details of standards. All of our products contain a proprietary API that reflects real-world terms and concepts familiar to e-learning developers. The APIs translate these concepts into the language of the various standards behind the scenes without adding any unnecessary complexity.  [More]

• Bend, but don’t break, to accommodate varying interpretations.   Learning standards are an excellent base from which to bring together content and learning management systems. They do not, however, solve every problem. Integration problems are inevitable. When we encounter a compatibility issue, our primary goal is to solve the problem in a constructive manner. Rather than bickering with another vendor about whose solution is "most correct," we engage in a constructive effort to identify the problem and a feasible solution. Whenever possible, we will improve our products to accommodate any legitimate interpretation of the standards.  [More]

• Constantly improve.   We strive to create solutions that go beyond the standards and overcome our clients’ problems. Every vendor has slightly different interpretations and implementations of the standards. When we encounter incompatible interpretations, we create workarounds and integrate them into our common code base. In this way, we constantly improve and leverage our clients' collective experience to produce the most interoperable products.  [More]

• Consolidate standards support using a single code base.   Standardization should make things simpler, not more complex. Standards should be transparent to the user and there is no need to use separate code bases or versions for different standards. Our products handle all the crosswalks between standards automatically. Should a client wish to go beyond the basics, we always provide full access to source code and as much training as is desired to give our clients in-depth knowledge and best practice examples.  [More]

• Provide extensibility to accommodate outliers.   Standards are great, but companies still need to differentiate themselves. Since our products interface through high-level learning concepts, we are easily able to extend them to support new functionality or proprietary standards as needed.  [More]