The Experience API (Tin Can API) is commonlymeant consideredto the successor tosucceed [[SCORM]]., SCORMthe (Sharable Content Object Reference Model), which has been the de facto e-learning standard for packaging e-learning content to be delivered to LMSs,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Batt|first1=Brian|title=How to Explain AICC, SCORM 1.2, and SCORM 2004 to Anyone|url=http://www.elearningfreak.com/featured/how-to-explain-aicc-scorm-12-and-scorm-2004-to-anyone/|website=eFront Learning|accessdate=21 October 2015}}</ref>. but thereThere 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 new Experience API allows trainers to deploy several new capabilities that were not supported with SCORM, such as:
*Taking e-learning outside of the web browser<ref name="SFGate / eLogic Press Release">{{cite web|title=eLogic Learning Partners with Rustici Software to be an Early Adopter of the Next Generation of SCORM Standards Known as the 'Tin Can API'|url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/scorm/e-learning/prweb9610860.htm|publisher=SFGate|accessdate=31 July 2012}}</ref>
