Coverage Period End Date
Definition: Coverage Period End Date is the final date of a time period reflected in the data reported for a particular collection due date. What This Means: A term that is functional for users of ESP's metadata dictionary tool, called DataSpecs. DataSpecs ...
CourseWalk
Definition: CourseWalk is a tool that facilitates the matching of local school or district course codes to state or national course codes. The tool can also be used by a state education agency to match the state's set of secondary course ...
COTS (Commercial Off-the-Shelf)
Definition: COTS refers to ready-made merchandise that is available for sale. What This Means: This term is used to describe software and hardware products. A COTS product is often used as an alternative to a product that is developed in-house. The motivation ...
Confidentiality
Definition: Confidentiality refers to the obligation not to disclose or transmit information to unauthorized parties. In technology, this refers to a designation of the security classification below secret. What This Means: In education, confidentiality is especially important with regard to individually identifiable ...
Compliance Report
Definition: Compliance or audit reports are produced to meet a mandate, to establish how funds were expended, or how program services were delivered. What This Means: Traditionally, these reports ask how many and how much, and may be simply financial audit reports, ...
Community of Practice
Definition: A community of practice are people who share data, insight, experience, tips, information, knowledge, and advice about common interests or practices. What This Means: Across education agencies, portals and web sites have connected educators who are helping to solve problems together, ...
Community of Interest
Definition: A community of interest is a group of people with a common issue, job, or interest. What This Means: Communities of interest have been created to share tacit knowledge that otherwise would never be documented and known by other users. High ...
Common Elements
Definition: Data elements that are common across multiple data objects. (As defined by the SIF Association.) What This Means: These data elements have the same definitions whenever they are used in different objects. Need another definition?
Common Data Definition
Definition: The agreed upon and vetted written description and meaning of the data element or data field. The use of common data definitions provide an additional level of interoperability. (As defined by the SIF Association.) What This Means: This is simply the ...
Committee
Definition: Working committee as defined in the SIF Association example is Membership and Marketing Committee. (As defined by the SIF Association.) What This Means: SIFA uses committees to perform tasks and make recommendations to the association for action. Need another definition?
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