Overview

Data Standard v3.0b is the proposed next major version of the Ed-Fi Data Standard.

This new version includes a number of revisions to the Ed-Fi Unifying Data Model (UDM). Those changes are reflected in the REST API and XML bindings for the standard. 

In 2017, the Alliance released Data Standard v2.1. Since that release was never operationalized within the Ed-Fi community (i.e., no API or bulk exchange systems were deployed that were based on the v2.1 standard), the documentation herein covers all changes since Data Standard v2.0. This allows vendors, agencies, and others to understand all changes that will impact current implementations.

To assist review, changes have been classified into major and minor, but these classifications are guidelines only. We strongly recommend reviewing Ed-Fi RFC 10 - All Individual Changes. The list of individual changes lists the change version (i.e., v2.1 or v3.0) in case that information is of interest to any community members.

• Ed-Fi RFC 10 - Major Changes
• Ed-Fi RFC 10 - Minor Changes
• Ed-Fi RFC 10 - All Individual Changes

UML

To assist with review of changes, color-coded UML diagrams in Visio format are provided: Ed-Fi Unifying Data Model UML.vsdx

In the diagrams, green represents additions only, while red is for all other changes.