Peter Krantz This vocanulary has an associated XML Schema file showing an example serialization format for flash cards. This vocabulary describes flash cards. Flash cards are used by students in classroom drills or in private study to improve memorization. A flash card contains information such as words, numbers or images and is divided into a test and a related answer. Multiple cards belong to a stack e.g. vocabulary cards for a chapter in a foreign language textbook. Flash card ontology A related creative work like a book, a book chapter, a movie or song to which this item is relates. This property can be e.g. be used to connect a stack of flash cards to a chapter in a french language textbook. related work A short text explaning the answer in more detail. E.g. for disambiguation purposes. explanation A short text with a hint to the user about the answer. hint A text with instructions to a user of a stack of cards. It could be a e.g. a study guide or instructions for preparation. instruction Binary data for e.g. an audio file, an image or other types of media that a card requires. media A direct URL to a media file that is requred for displaying a card. media url The initial card sort order expressed as an integer value. The sort order should be used as a suggestion, e.g. when no other sort order exists, and may be ignored by users and tools. The sort order does not imply that consecutive cards have a sort order incrremented by one. sort order Text content for this object. text An answer to a related test - thing that the user is trying to memorize. Representing the back side of a physical flash card. Answer A physical or virtual card bearing information such as words, images or numbers, on either or both sides. Used in classroom drills or in private study. The card has an associated test and an answer. Card A stack represents a collection of cards and is typically used to group cards belonging to a topic being studied. E.g. a collection of cards containing vocabulary for a chapter in a language textbook. Stack Information describing a challenge for the user. E.g. it could be a word the user needs to recall in a foreign language. Representing the front side of a physical card. Test