Data Integration Update

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Data Integration Update
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Data Integration Methods

• Download file from SWIS
• Tab Delimited
• Comma Delimited
• XML Data
• S-Dex (available now)
• SIF (not yet available)

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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

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Data Integration Update

• Missouri Oregon Examples
• SDex upload into Pentamation now Eschool PLUS
• More examples needed from other Data Information
  Systems

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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

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School Interoperability Framework (SIF)
eSIS
Agent
Zone Integration Server
Agent
Agent
SWIS
SASI
Agent
Sunguard (Pentamation, EschoolPLUS)
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• 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

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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..)

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Questions

• SWIS Facilitators contact Megan Amedo
• IT Questions forwarded to SWIS IT Staff
• SDex Seth May (sethm_at_uoregon.edu)
• SIF SIF Website (www.sifinfo.org)
• SWIS/SIF Kanchana Eramudugoda (kanchana_at_uoregon.e
  du)