Schools Interoperability Framework

The Schools Interoperability Framework, Systems Interoperability Framework (UK), or SIF, is a data-sharing <a href="/facts/Open_standard/RGvhGQVI">open</a> <a href="/facts/Specification/xEMUsktp">specification</a> for academic institutions from kindergarten through workforce. This specification is being used primarily in the United States, Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand; however, it is increasingly being implemented in India, and elsewhere.
The specification comprises two parts: an <a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a> specification for <a href="/facts/Data_modeling/bryA2moP">modeling</a> educational data which is specific to the educational locale (such as North America, Australia or the UK), and a <a href="/facts/Service-oriented_architecture/g8krR0dk">service-oriented architecture</a> (SOA) based on both direct and brokered <a href="/facts/RESTful/Q58zfr5h">RESTful</a>-models for sharing that data between institutions, which is international and shared between the locales.
SIF is not a product, but an industry initiative that enables diverse applications to interact and share data. As of March  2007<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Schools_Interoperability_Framework&action=edit">[update]</a>, SIF was estimated[by whom?] to have been used in more than 48 US states and 6 countries, supporting five million students.
The specification was started and maintained by its <a href="/facts/Standards_organization/8o7wGeYg">specification body</a>, the <a href="/facts/Schools_Interoperability_Framework_Association/VtYFqPDX">Schools Interoperability Framework Association</a>, renamed the Access For Learning Community (A4L) in 2015.

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Schools Interoperability Framework