Bulk Data Exchange Over REST API
As of Aug 17, 2022 , this design proposal has not been implemented in any version of the Ed-Fi ODS/API software.
Goal
The RESTful ODS API, operating on a highly normalized data model, has proven inefficient for secure access to large amounts of data. Community members have also voiced interest in alternatives to the current XML specifications, both as XML is perceived as heavyweight and with a desire to re-use designs and code from current Ed-Fi REST API clients (which consume and produce JSON).
This Special Interest Group will document use cases and review design work-in-progress related to synchronization or transfer of large data sets via REST API.
This work may touch on Composites and the Change Events API; bulk input and output of JSON data through the API; and requirements for a middle tier interface for supplying to analytics systems. The SIG target completion of work by end of June 2018 and any new development projects will be targeted to API version 3.2.
Members
Ben Meyers, Double Line
Doug Quinton, PowerSchool
Geoff McElhanon, Student1
Michael Discenza, SchoolLinks
Scott Meddles, Schoolzilla
Eric Jansson, Ed-Fi Alliance, convener
Stephen Fuqua, Ed-Fi Alliance, convener