Reusable Information Object Strategy: Definition, Creation Overview, and Guidelines
http://www.ditausers.org/history/CiscoClarkRIO.pdf

Cisco Systems
1999

Abstract:

Cisco Systems recognizes a need to move from creating and delivering large inflexible training courses, to database driven objects that can be reused, searched, and modified independent of their delivery media. This effort is called the Reusable Information Object Strategy. This strategy defines the standards and process for designing and developing Reusable Information Objects (RIOs) at Cisco Systems.