A4L Community Newsletter - June 2016 June 2016 | Page 6
NEWSLETTER | Issue 32
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News from the North American Community
2016 Target Activities
Expanding on the (global) Technical
Roadmap, the NA Community has its
specific target activities identified for
the months ahead. The main focus is
split between two strands: existing and
new opportunities.
Existing opportunities would include
projects such as ensuring Data Model
objects are brought over from the 2.x to
the 3.x specification; supporting
community members to utilize the
existing 2.x data model using the new
SIF 3.x infrastructure; ensuring the
infrastructure
specification
was
updated in a timely fashion; and by
targeting integrators to assist with their
migration planning.
New opportunities for the Community
include xPress Roster adoption and
ensuring a SIF Certification Program
was made available at the earliest
opportunity;
creating
a
website
specifically dedicated to xPress APIs
and the user examples currently
available
in
the
marketplace;
supporting Community members in the
adoption of open APIs and supporting
messages
to
encourage
the
marketplace to choose open standards.
Countdown to
xPress Roster
Certification launch!
by John Lovell, Technology Director
The Access 4 Learning Community is
happy to announce the imminent
release of our xPress Roster Test Suite
and Certification, which is officially
being launched on Thursday July 7,
2016! This Program will add benefit to
our members by offering the ability to
test software products, with the quality
results being promoted to the market
by-way-of the SIF Certification Register.
How is xPress Roster different?
Gain access by Authenticating
with OAuth 2.
Start with Direct data access
(the Environment is optional).
Simpler flatter Data Objects.
Defined Service Paths deliver
the most common queries
dependably.
Fewer requirements on
providers.
STATS DC 2016
The Access 4 Learning Community is
delighted to be attending STATS DC
along with several of our members
again this year. Members from the NA
Community will be presenting the
following sessions during the event - we
hope to see you there!
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
9:00-10:00am
Student Data Privacy Consortium:
A Common Contract Framework
10:15-11:15am
New
Consider
upping
your
organization’s game with
membership to the A4L
Community!
RIC One Project: Roster
Standardization
4:15-5:15pm
xPress API Suite
Thursday, July 14, 2016
10:15-11:15am
IEP Standardization
11:30-12:30pm
More Eyes on the Data - Feedback
Loop Gives Data Quality
For the full conference program, please
refer to the NCES website.