Unifying Data Model - Domains, Entities, and Associations

This page lists the domains, entities, and associations found in the Ed-Fi Unifying Data Model (UDM).

Domains

The Ed-Fi UDM is organized into domains. Domains serve to provide overlapping views of the data model and assist in its understanding and application. The following are the Ed-Fi Data Standard v2.1 domains:

Alternative/Supplemental Services
Assessment
Bell Schedule
Discipline
Education Organization
Enrollment
Finance
Graduation

Intervention
School Calendar
Staff
Student Academic Record
Student Attendance
Student Cohort
Student Identification and Demographics
Teaching and Learning

The following additional subdomains reflect specializations of Alternative/Supplemental Services:

Career and Technical Education
Migrant Education

Special Education
Title I Part A Services

These domains are organized into the 64 different domain entities and 23 associations listed below.

Domain Entities

The Ed-Fi UDM defines the following domain entities, each easily identified in the education domain.

Academic Week
Account
Accountability Rating
Actual
Assessment
Assessment Item
Bell Schedule
Budget
Calendar
Calendar Date
Class Period
Cohort
Community Organization
Community Provider
Community Provider License
Competency Objective
Contracted Staff
Course
Course Offering
Course Transcript
Credential
Discipline Action
Discipline Incident
Education Content
Education Organization
Education Organization Network
Education Service Center
Grade
Gradebook Entry
Grading Period
Graduation Plan
Intervention

Intervention Prescription
Intervention Study
Learning Objective
Learning Standard
Local Education Agency
Location
Objective Assessment
Open Staff Position
Parent
Payroll
Post-Secondary Event
Program
Report Card
Restraint Event
School
Section
Section Attendance Taken Event
Session
Staff
Staff Absence Event
Staff Leave
State Education Agency
Student
Student Academic Record
Student Assessment
Student Competency Objective
Student Gradebook Entry
Student Intervention Attendance Event
Student Learning Objective
Student Program Attendance Event
Student School Attendance Event
Student Section Attendance Event

Associations

The Ed-Fi UDM defines the following associations that have attributes.

Education Organization Intervention Prescription Association
Education Organization Network Association
Education Organization Peer Association
Feeder School Association
Staff Cohort Association
Staff Education Organization Assignment Association
Staff Education Organization Contact Association
Staff Education Organization Employment Association
Staff Program Association
Staff School Association
Staff Section Association
Staff Cohort Association

Student CTE Program Association
Student Discipline Incident Association
Student Education Organization Association
Student Intervention Association
Student Migrant Education Program Association
Student Parent Association
Student Program Association
Student School Association
Student Section Association
Student Special Education Program Association
Student Title I Part A Program Association