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The Tin Can [[API]] is an e-learning software specification that allows learning content and learning systems to speak to each other in a manner that records and tracks all types of learning experiences.<ref name="Learning Solutions Magazine">{{cite web|last=Brandon|first=Bill|title=Making History: mLearnCon 2012 Rocks Attendees|url=http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/958/|work=Making History: mLearnCon 2012 Rocks Attendees|publisher=Learning Solutions Magazine|accessdate=31 July 2012}}</ref> Learning experiences are recorded in a Learning Record Store (LRS). LRSs can exist within traditional [[Learning Management Systems]] (LMSs) or on their own.<ref name="ASTD interview with Aaron Silvers">{{cite web|last=Brusino|first=Justin|title=THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCORM: A Q&A WITH AARON SILVERS|url=http://www.astd.org/Publications/Newsletters/Learning-Circuits/Learning-Circuits-Archives/2012/06/The-Next-Generation-of-SCORM-a-Q-and-a-with-Aaron-Silvers|work=THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCORM: A Q&A WITH AARON SILVERS|publisher=American Society for Training and Development|accessdate=31 July 2012}}</ref>
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The Tin Can API is commonly referred to as "The Experience API" and "Next Generation [[SCORM]]." SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model) has been the de facto e-learning standard for packaging e-learning content to be delivered to LMSs. However, there are several drawbacks to SCORM.<ref name="The Training Business (Andy)">{{cite web|last=Whitaker|first=Andy|title=An Introduction to the Tin Can API|url=http://www.thetrainingbusiness.com/softwaretools/tin-can-api/|work=An Introduction to the Tin Can API|publisher=The Training Business|accessdate=31 July 2012}}</ref><ref name="Saltbox Developers Discuss Tin Can">{{cite web|title=Saltbox Developers Discuss Tin Can|url=http://floatlearning.com/2012/07/saltbox-developers-discuss-tin-can/|work=Saltbox Developers Discuss Tin Can|publisher=Float Mobile Learning|accessdate=31 July 2012}}</ref> The Tin Can API allows for several new capabilities that SCORM didn't, such as:
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