Zone
Definition: A SIF Zone is a grouping of software applications in which software application agents communicate with each other through the Zone Integration Server (ZIS). A zone consists of a Zone Integration Server (ZIS) and two or more PK-12 applications sharing ...
XML (Extensible Markup Language)
Definition: XML is an open standard for describing and formatting data and documents. What This Means: In the education IT world, XML has caught on as a preferred way to exchange data. SIF is XML based. PESC’s electronic student transcript standard is ...
Window
Definition: A window is a time frame, an opportunity, during which an activity may occur. What This Means: Windows are contrasted with deadlines or target dates as allowing a range of dates for performing a task. A window is defined with a ...
Web Services
Definition: A software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network. Web services are frequently just Internet application programming interfaces (API) that can be accessed over a network, such as the Internet, and executed on a remote system hosting ...
Web Analytics
Definition: The analysis and reporting of web site traffic. What This Means: Web analytics software measures such concrete details as how many people visit a site, how many of those visitors were unique visitors, how they came to the site (i.e., if ...
VSAM (Virtual Storage Access Method)
Definition: VSAM is an IBM access method for storing data, widely used in IBM mainframes. What This Means: VSAM files were common in the mainframe supremacy era. They are still used today for mainframe applications. Need another definition?
VoIP (Voice Over IP)
Definition: VoIP is a telephone service that uses the Internet as a global telephone network. What This Means: With a broadband Internet connection, all of an organization’s telecommunications can be sent using the Internet. Need another definition?
Vertical Reporting Choreography
Definition: The specific steps followed by agents regarding the movement of data in a vertical implementation. (As defined by the SIF Association.) What This Means: Vertical reporting is significant for LEA to SEA reporting. ESP's State Report Manager (SRM) is an example ...
Vertical Interoperability
Definition: The ability to move data from one entity, such as the school or district, to another entity at the same or higher level. By introducing a regional ZIS, information can move from a district implementing SIF to the State. What This ...
Version
Definition: Version is an identifier of a grouping of data (i.e. "Collection", "Repository", "Outputs and Reports") for a set of characteristics used to indicate that a change in the information has occurred from one instance to another. This user-defined text field ...
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