Source
Definition: The source is where the data we want are found. In DataSpecs, Source is a reference to an external source that controls the Option. What This Means: The source is highly important to know because there can be many sources for ...
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Defintion: Software as a Service (SaaS) is a model of software deployment whereby a provider licenses an application to customers for use as a service on demand. What This Means: SaaS is also used loosely to describe a variety of functions that ...
SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)
Definition: SOAP is a message-based standard process based on XML for accessing services on the Web. What This Means: Initiated by Microsoft, IBM and others, SOAP provides a way to communicate between applications running on different operating systems, with different technologies and ...
SOA (Service Oriented Architecture)
Definition: SOA is the modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. What This Means: SOA is a technique for presenting technology and information system components as individual services. When functions in a large application are made into stand-alone services that ...
Six Sigma
Definition: Six Sigma is a systematic approach to reduce errors, decrease waste and costs, improve customer satisfaction, and increase revenues. Six Sigma is based upon quality principles but is more structured, project oriented, and bottom-line focused. What This Means: For education, a ...
SIS (Student Information System)
Definition: A software application for educational agencies to manage student data. Student information systems provide capabilities for entering student test and other assessment scores, building student schedules, tracking student attendance, and managing many other student-related data needs in a school, college, ...
Single Sign-On
Definition: A single sign-on is a specialized form of software authentication that enables a user to authenticate once and gain access to the resources of multiple software systems. What This Means: Instead of signing on and off each time a user moves ...
SIF_Ack
Definition: The acknowledgment message used in every message exchange. The receiver of a message returns the Ack to let the sender know the message was received, or if there was an error. (As defined by the SIF Association.) What This Means: The ...
SIFA University
Definition: SIFA University is an online series of courses covering SIF theory and improving educational data that offer certificates of completion that may, in some cases, be used for professional development credit. What This Means: The SIF Association creates on-line courses that ...
SIFA (Schools Interoperability Framework Association)
Definition: As defined by SIFA, www.sifainfo.org, the SIF Association brings together the developers and vendors of school technology with the federal, state, and local educators who use that technology. To define the rules for data movement between applications efficiently, accurately and ...
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