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Introduction to v2.2 of the Ed-Fi UDM
- Ian Christopher (Deactivated)
Overview
This document provides an overview and key details about the base and supplemental domains in the Ed-Fi Unifying Data Model (UDM).
Audience
This information is intended for organizations using the Ed-Fi Data Standard. The document is written for data modelers, but should be useful to business analysts, client system developers, Local Education Agency (LEA), Regional Education Service Agency (RESA), and State Education Agency (SEA) personnel involved in exchanging education data.
Prerequisites
To gain the most benefit from this information, the reader should already be familiar with the following knowledge areas:
- Data Modeling, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_modeling
- Unified Modeling Language (UML) as applied to conceptual Data Modeling, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Modeling_Language
Purpose
The purpose of this documentation is to provide an overview of the organization and high-level design of the Ed-Fi Unifying Data Model.