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The Verb element

The Verb element

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The Verb element

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- [Instructor] The verb element defines the action being taken by the actor in an xAPI statement. The verb itself is defined by an IRI which is the internationalized resource identifier which is a super set of the URI or the uniform resource identifier which are just fancy ways of saying that the verb will almost always be defined by a normal URL. Now this URL does not need to resolve to a working functional webpage. Although it really is a best practice and just a good idea, we'll see why in a moment. You can also list the human readable form of the verb in as many languages, English, Spanish, Swahili, as you would like to convey what that verb means. This will also make reporting much easier further down the line. Let's take a look at some examples. Here's one of the verbs we looked at before, attended. We have the keyword id and this is paired with the URL that defines this specific verb for attended that we want to use. In this case, the verb is hosted by adl. Below this is the…

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