Certifying compliance. (Update: education news from schools, business, research and).The Schools Interoperability Framework The Schools Interoperability Framework, or SIF, is a data sharing open specification for academic institutions from kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12). Until recently, it has been used primarily in the United States alone; however, it is increasingly being implemented in division of the Software and Information Industry Association According to its mission statement, "the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. recently hired The Open Group to help develop and deliver the SIF Compliance Program. The group is a vendor-neutral and technology-neutral consortium of experts in test development, automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. test generation technologies, formal testing for certification, test lab quality systems, and accreditation and operation of certification programs. The main goal is to certify cer·ti·fy v. cer·ti·fied, cer·ti·fy·ing, cer·ti·fies v.tr. 1. a. To confirm formally as true, accurate, or genuine. b. software applications as "compliant" with SIF specifications. It will assure schools and districts that the applications they buy can be used to share information between different areas of the district. |
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