Transcript Data Integration Update

Data Integration Update
Data Integration Methods
 Download file from SWIS
 Tab Delimited
 Comma Delimited
 XML Data
 S-Dex (available now)
 SIF (not yet available)
S-Dex
• SDex downloads SWIS data from
all District schools
– District builds a bridge from SDex to
district database
– Data entry into district database
• Successful with Pentamation, eSchool PLUS
• S-Dex manual on SWIS website
Data Integration Update
• Missouri & Oregon Examples
– SDex upload into Pentamation; now Eschool
PLUS
• More examples needed from other Data
Information Systems
SIF (Schools Interoperability
Framework)
 Industry initiative enabling diverse
applications to interact & share data easily
 Initially started by Microsoft to create “a
blueprint for educational software
interoperability & data access”
 SWIS is in the process of SIF certification
School Interoperability Framework (SIF)
eSIS
Agent
SWIS
Agent
Zone
Integration
Server
Agent
Sunguard
(Pentamation,
EschoolPLUS)
Agent
SASI
• School Interoperability Framework
(SIF)
– Fall 2007 – SWIS will have SIF agent
– Requires District applications to have SIF
agent and State ZIS
– Download and upload from district
databases
– Anticipated to be used nationwide to link
software applications
Requirements for SIF
• Software must be SIF compliant
(eSchoolPLUS, PowerSchool, eSIS, SASI,…..)
• District must have access to Zone
Integration Server (ZIS)
– Some states have this (South Carolina)
– Some are in process (Michigan, South
Dakota, Montana…..)
Questions
• SWIS Facilitators contact Megan Amedo
• IT Questions forwarded to SWIS IT Staff
– SDex: Seth May (sethm@uoregon.edu)
– SIF: SIF Website (www.sifinfo.org)
– SWIS/SIF: Kanchana Eramudugoda
(kanchana@uoregon.edu)