IMS Question & Test Interoperability (QTI)1 is a specification for use in e-learning applications. It describes a data model for the representation of ques- tions (assessment items) and test data (assessment tests) and their corresponding result reports. When we transferred the data model to Topic Maps the need of referring from text in occurrences to topics in the topic map arose.
We created the notion of embedded topics in occurrences in order to mark the position of associations to relevant topics within the text. The presentation will explain in detail how this is modelled in the topic map, how it was solved in the authors’ interface (test editors) and the rendering of the resulting assessment items in the user interface.

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