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.