Overview

This standard provides bulk XML specifications to exchange K–12 data. XML files validated against this specification can also can be used to populate an Ed-Fi ODS / API compatible with the Ed-Fi Technical Suite 3 generation of technology.

The Ed-Fi Bulk Data Exchange for XML contains a set of twenty-one XML schemas. The specifications in this standard are XSD files, all of which use the domain entities and other types defined in the Ed-Fi Data Standard v3.1. Through field-testing, the standard Ed-Fi schema definitions provide a rigorous structure for data, but allow a reasonable degree of flexibility to account for different levels of source data availability.

Use Cases

The Ed-Fi Standard Interchange Schema handle a number of common data exchange use cases such as the reporting of test results, gradebook information, student transcript information, and more.

The following use cases are supported by this standard:

• Exchange of student assessments, assessment results, and academic standards.
• Exchange of student grades and gradebook entries.
• Exchange of educational organization information and hierarchy.
• Exchange of calendar and schedule information for an education organization.
• Exchange of student and educator attendance information.
• Exchange of student discipline incidents and discipline incident responses.
• Exchange of student enrollment and class assignment information.
• Exchange of parental contact information and student-parent relationships.
• Exchange of student transcript information.
• Initial population of an Ed-Fi ODS / API.
• Periodic bulk data loading of an Ed-Fi ODS / API.

Contents

The specifications included in the Ed-Fi Bulk Data Exchange for XML are:

• Assessment Metadata Interchange
• Descriptors Interchange
• Education Organization Interchange
• Education Organization Calendar Interchange
• Finance Interchange
• Master Schedule Interchange
• Parent Interchange
• PostSecondary Event Interchange
• Staff Association Interchange
• Standards Interchange
• Student Interchange
• Student Assessment Interchange
• Student Attendance Interchange
• Student Cohort Interchange
• Student Discipline Interchange
• Student Enrollment Interchange
• Student Grade Interchange
• Student Gradebook Interchange
• Student Intervention Interchange
• Student Program Interchange
• Student Transcript Interchange

References

• The XSD files are designed per the Ed-Fi XSD Design & Implementation Guidelines (PDF download).
• Provide feedback about this standard https://tracker.ed-fi.org/projects/DATASTD/issues/.
• See the Ed-Fi Technical Suite Version Matrix for a complete listing of products with which this standard is compatible.