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The Ed-Fi Resources API, based on the Ed-Fi Data Standard, provides fine-grain access to educational data, modeled largely on the common denominators of the source systems that provide the data. For applications that consume data from an Ed-Fi API, this can result in a very “chatty” application integration: the consumer must make large numbers of calls over the network to retrieve the required data.
Furthermore, the authorization model in an Ed-Fi API is designed for client-server interactions, not for user interactions. Thus, the Ed-Fi API should not be used directly from a user interface.
In this article, we will explore patterns for building
Define the problem:
Course-grained access to fine-grained resources (“chattiness”)
Network latency
Getting rid of composites
Alternate security protocols
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