A Course management service allows applications 
or services to access and manage 
courses, modules and other units of learning.  This may be merged with Group 
management.
The key functions for a Course management 
service are:
- Support creating, reading, updating and deleting units of learning
 
- Support creating, reading, updating and deleting data regarding membership of 
units 
of learning
 
- Support creating, reading, updating and deleting people information
 
Specifications with applicability to this 
area are:
- IMS Enterprise
 
- IMS Enterprise Services (not yet available)
 
- OKI Course Management OSID
 
Related 
services are: