Parent Interchange - v2.1
- Ian Christopher
- Becky McKnight
This interchange defines parents and captures the familial relationship between the student and the parent as well as indicators for the parent for residence, primary parental contact, and emergency contact.
Like all standard Ed-Fi interchanges, this schema references the Ed-Fi Core XSD and can be extended using the Ed-Fi Extensions Framework. See the XML Design & Implementation Guidelines for more information.
Use Cases
The Parent Interchange can be used to:
- Exchange school or LEA new or updated parent information.
- Exchange parent contact or emergency contact information.
Model Details
The following figure shows a logical view of the Parent Interchange schema:
Entities
The following table describes the primary entities of which the Parent Interchange is composed.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Parent | This entity represents a parent or guardian of a student, such as mother, father, or caretaker. |
| StudentParentAssociation | This association relates students to their parents, guardians, or caretakers. |
Extended References
This interchange includes the following Extended References.
| Extended Reference Name | Description |
|---|---|
| StudentReference (in StudentParentAssociation) | Required. The Student associated with the Parent. |
Descriptor Dependencies
This interchange references the following Ed-Fi Descriptors, thus requiring them to have been defined using the Descriptors interchange prior to this interchange. For more information on the Ed-Fi Descriptor Pattern, see the XML Design & Implementation Guidelines.
| Descriptor Name | Description |
|---|---|
| CountryDescriptor | Optional. This descriptor defines the name and code of the country. It is strongly recommended that entries use only ISO 3166 2-letter country codes. |
| LanguageDescriptor | Optional. This descriptor defines the language(s) that are spoken or written. It is strongly recommended that entries use only ISO 639-3 language codes: for CodeValue, use the 3 character code; for ShortDescription and Description use the full language name. |
The following link is a ZIP archive containing the XSD for the Parent Interchange v2.1 along with the Ed-Fi Core XSD and a Sample XML Data File:
A ZIP archive containing all v2.1 Ed-Fi Standard Interchange Schema can be found in the Download Directory.