This documentation describes concepts and techniques necessary for a technical professional to understand and successfully implement the Ed-Fi ODS / API.

Audience

This documentation is for current and prospective ODS / API platform implementers. Implementers are generally technical professionals who work with educational database systems, including database administrators and software developers. Developers of API clients will want to check out the API Client Developers' Guide.

Prerequisites

To gain the most benefit from this documentation, the reader should already be familiar with the following knowledge areas:

• Ed-Fi technology
• Representational state transfer (REST) services, see Chapter 5 
• OAuth 2.0
• JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)