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• 17:59, 15 March 2023 User account Keith.Farrugia talk contribs was created
• 19:55, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page About Us (Created page with "== The P-20W+ Community of Innovation (COI) Overview == The Community's goal is to accelerate the progress states are making to modernize their systems that securely manage data, from preschool through K-12, and into college and/or the workforce. Effective state data systems can present a fuller picture of student and worker experiences and outcomes, giving state leaders solid data to inform decisions for improvement. The Community of Innovation unifies voices, state...")
• 19:33, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page 1EdTech (Created page with "== Community == 1EdTech is a member-based nonprofit community partnership of educational providers, state and national departments of education, and education technology suppliers working to accelerate open standards and innovation from learning environments to digital curriculum to assessment to insightful data to digital credentials. Formerly known as IMS Global Learning Consortium, 1EdTech is funded through memberships. To learn more, see [https://www.1edtech.org/ 1...")
• 17:28, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page XML - Extensible Markup Language (Created page with "== Overview == XML is a software and hardware independent markup language used for storing and transporting data. XML is self-descriptive and readable by both humans and machines.")
• 17:28, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Use Case (Created page with "== Overview == Use case is an example of how a piece of software might be used. It could be as granular as how a feature might be used, or as general as how an entire application might be leveraged. Typically, good use cases include information like “how a specific challenge or pain point can be addressed.” ([https://www.usertesting.com/glossary/u/use-case usertesting.com])")
• 17:27, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Unified Modeling Language (UML) (Created page with "== Overview == [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Modeling_Language#:~:text=The%20Unified%20Modeling%20Language%20(UML,the%20design%20of%20a%20system Wikipedia] describes UML as “a general-purpose, developmental modeling language in the field of software engineering that is intended to provide a standard way to visualize the design of a system.” To learn more, see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Modeling_Language#:~:text=The%20Unified%20Modeling%20Langua...")
• 17:25, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Standards Organization (Created page with "== Overview == According to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standards_organization Wikipedia], a standards organization’s primary goal is to develop and steward a technical standard for a particular part of government and or industry. The organization might do such work as “funding, developing, revising, documenting, and communicating a set of standards.” ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standards_organization Wikipedia]) Category:Data Standard")
• 17:23, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Standards Compliance (Created page with "== Overview == Standards compliance encompasses the work and business processes required to maintain alignment and fidelity with a given technical standard in a particular context. It can be a daunting task to implement a standard, but it will provide considerable efficiencies over the long run as it will insulate against vendor lock-in and provide durability where bespoke products can introduce brittleness in a data system. Category:Data Standard")
• 17:23, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Serialization (Created page with "== Overview == [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serialization#:~:text=In%20computing%2C%20serialization%20(or%20serialisation,and%20reconstructed%20later%20(possibly%20in Wikipedia] describes serialization as: “The process of translating a data structure or object state into a format that can be stored (for example, in a file or memory data buffer) or transmitted (for example, over a computer network) and reconstructed later (possibly in a different computer environment...")
• 16:31, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Shareable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) (Created page with "== Overview == SCORM is the most common standard followed for learning management systems (LMS). Created by the Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative in 2000 ([https://adlnet.gov/past-projects/scorm/]). The ADL Initiative is “is a government program reporting to the Defense Human Resources Activity (DHRA), under the Director, DHRA … and is one of nine functional mission areas of the Defense Support Services Center (DSSC).” ([https://adlnet.gov/about/]). The...")
• 16:28, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page School Courses for the Exchange of Data (SCED) (Created page with "== Overview == SCED codes were developed by the NCES. They are stewarded by “a working group of federal, state, and local education agency representatives who receive suggestions and assistance from a wide network of subject matter experts at the national, state, and local levels.” ([https://nces.ed.gov/forum/sced.asp NCES]) This means that SCED can be adjusted to meet the needs of its users. SCED represents a “voluntary, common classification system for prior...")
• 16:27, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page REST (REpresentational State Transfer) API (Created page with "== Overview == Created by computer scientist Roy Fielding, REST is an API that conforms to the architectural style constraints of uniform interface, client-server decoupling, statelessness, cacheability, and layered system architecture. ([https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/api/what-is-a-rest-api#rest]) There is also an optional constraint of code on demand. To learn more about REST, see the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer full Wikipedia ar...")
• 16:26, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Project Unicorn (Created page with "== Initiative == Project Unicorn is an effort to support the education technology arena in adopting industry interoperability standards. By supporting and helping expand how interoperability is understood and implemented, schools, districts and states in the K-12 sector can connect their various applications and use their data more effectively. This work also helps “empower … districts and states to be smart consumers in their procurement of technology.” ([https:/...")
• 15:56, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council (PESC) (Created page with "== Community == PESC describes the community as “an open standards-development and open standards-setting body for Admissions, Financial Aid, and Registrar Offices, governed by a voluntary, consensus-based model, funded independently by annual membership dues, meetings, and sponsorships. In fulfilling its non-profit mission, PESC makes all PESC approved standards and technical information available to the education community online free of charge.” To learn more a...")
• 15:50, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Parquet (Created page with "== Overview == Parquet is a language-independent, open-source file format designed with a columnar structure to optimize querying and aggregation of specific fields. The columnar design also facilitates more efficient file compression, which allows for ease of storage for large volumes of data. Parquet files also include self-describing metadata, embedding the format and meaning within the data itself.")
• 15:50, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page P-20W+ (Created page with "P-20W+ refers to state data and systems from prekindergarten and early childhood programs, K-12, and postsecondary, through postgraduate education, along with workforce and other outcomes (e.g., public assistance and corrections). The specific agencies and other organizations that participate in a P-20W+ initiative or system vary from state to state.")
• 15:49, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Open Source (Created page with "== Tools == Open source refers to free products or software that include permission to use, modify, and share the source code, design documents, or content of the product. The products often have a community of users who share practices, code, and approaches to modifying and maintaining those products.")
• 15:48, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page On Prem or On Premise (Created page with "On premise or on prem refers to the practice of implementing a database, application, or other technology within the physical plant of an organization.")
• 15:48, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Operational Data Store (ODS) (Created page with "An ODS is a central database that provides a snapshot of the latest available data from multiple transactional systems. An ODS enables organizations to combine data from various sources into a single repository to make it available for operational use.")
• 15:47, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) (Created page with "== Organization == NCSER is an Institute of Educational Sciences (IES) center that “supports rigorous research on infants, toddlers, children, and youth with, and at risk for, disabilities through advancing the understanding of, and practices for, teaching, learning, and organizing education systems.” ([https://ies.ed.gov/ncser/aboutus/ NCSER])")
• 15:45, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) (Created page with "== Organization == NCES is an Institute of Educational Sciences (IES) center that “serves as the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations. NCES is located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences. NCES fulfills a Congressional mandate to collect, collate, analyze, and report complete statistics on the condition of American education; conduct and publish report...")
• 15:44, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page National Center for Education Research (NCER) (Created page with "== Organization == NCER is an Institute of Educational Sciences (IES) center that “supports research activities to improve the quality of education and thereby, increase student academic achievement, reduce the achievement gap between high-performing and low-performing students, and increase access to and completion of postsecondary education. NCER also funds predoctoral and postdoctoral research training programs to invest in the training and development of the n...")
• 15:42, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE) (Created page with "== Organization == NCEE is an Institute of Educational Sciences (IES) center focused on federal program evaluation, synthesizing, and disseminating information from evaluation and research, and providing technical assistance to states, districts, colleges, and other stakeholders to improve student outcomes. NCEE conducts “unbiased, large-scale evaluations of education programs supported by federal funds; provides technical assistance; and supports the development...")
• 15:40, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Microservice (Created page with "Microservice is an architectural and organizational approach to software development. The hallmark of microservices is that they are “small, independent services … that communicate over well-defined APIs.” This kind of architecture “makes applications easier to scale and faster to develop, enabling innovation, and accelerating time-to-market for new features.” ([https://aws.amazon.com/microservices/ AWS]) Microservices also make applications tougher to break b...")
• 15:38, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Markup Language (Created page with "Markup is a language formulated by annotating text in a document. Tags are used for annotation and function in unique ways in different markup languages. For example, in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), the tags instruct how text should display, while in Extensible Markup Language (XML), the tags are used to define the data being stored or transmitted. For more on Markup, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markup_language#:~:text=Markup%20language%20refers%20to%20a,content%...")
• 15:37, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Learning Management System (LMS) (Created page with "LMS refers to software applications designed to manage and deliver educational courses or training programs.")
• 15:36, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) (Created page with "According to Wikipedia.org, JSON is “an open standard file format and data interchange format that uses human-readable text to store and transmit data objects consisting of attribute–value pairs and arrays (or other serializable values). It is a common data format with diverse uses in electronic data interchange, including that of web applications with servers. JSON is a language-independent data format. It was derived from JavaScript, but many modern programming lan...")
• 15:35, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) (Created page with "== Organization == ISTE describes itself as “home to a passionate community of global educators who believe in the power of technology to transform teaching and learning, accelerate innovation and solve tough problems in education.” “ISTE inspires the creation of solutions and connections that improve opportunities for all learners by delivering: practical guidance, evidence-based professional learning, virtual networks, thought-provoking events and the ISTE Stan...")
• 15:33, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Interoperability (Created page with "Interoperability is the seamless, secure, and controlled exchange of data between applications. Interoperability refers to how data can move between or through various source and housing components of a data infrastructure so they can be used by different parts of a data stack.")
• 15:32, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Integration (Created page with "Data integration refers to processes and actions taken to bring data together from multiple sources or systems into a combined, functional set or data model. Integration can also refer to how your data can be brought together to be housed as part of your data infrastructure, ready for use downstream in the data lifecycle.")
• 15:30, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Institute of Educational Sciences (IES) (Created page with "== Organization == IES defines itself as “The independent, non-partisan, statistics, research, and evaluation arm of the U.S. Department of Education. IES was created by the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA). ESRA also provides the legislative authority for most IES programs and for the four IES Centers: *The National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE) *The National Center for Education Research (NCER) *The National Center for...")
• 15:28, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) (Created page with "ETL is the process of: *Extracting data from a source such as a database, csv file, or EXCEL file. *Transforming the data if necessary (i.e., formatting to CEDS, converting number to text, performing a lookup and replacement, etc.). *Loading the data into a database or exporting to a data file (i.e., .csv, .xlsx).")
• 15:27, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) (Created page with "EBS is an integration architecture defined by the concept of a communication bus that sits between applications and allows the applications to talk to each other. This architecture fosters decoupling of systems and relieves the inefficiencies and problems of point-to-point integration. To learn more about ESBs, see the full article from Wikipedia here: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_service_bus].")
• 15:24, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Encryption (Created page with "Encryption is the formulaic or algorithmic process of converting data from a human or machine-readable format to a format that cannot be understood until the same or similar process is run on the data to decrypt them. Data are often encrypted when exchanged to ensure privacy of the data if intercepted during the exchange. For more information on encryption, check out the [https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/cryptographic-standards-and-guidelines National Institute for Standar...")
• 15:16, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Ed-Fi (This page creates the Ed-Fi page.)
• 15:04, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Data Standards United (This page creates Data Standards United)
• 15:00, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Data Standards Framework (This page creates a data standards framework page.)
• 14:57, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Data Standards (This page creates a data standards page)
• 14:52, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page MediaWiki:Sidebar (Created page with " * navigation ** mainpage|mainpage-description ** Data Standards | Category:Data Standards ** recentchanges-url|recentchanges ** randompage-url|randompage ** helppage|help-mediawiki * SEARCH * TOOLBOX * LANGUAGES")
• 14:47, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Category:Data Standard (This page creates the Data Standard Category.)
• 14:46, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs deleted page Data Standard (content was: "== Overview == According to [https://resources.data.gov/ resources.data.gov], a data standard is “a technical specification that describes how data should be stored or exchanged for the consistent collection and interoperability of those data across different systems, sources, and users. Data standards are typically made up of discrete data standards ‘componen...", and the only contributor was "WendyGeller" (talk))
• 14:41, 7 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Data Standard (This page describes what a data standard is.)
• 21:08, 6 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs protected Making a new page [Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) (hist)
• 20:59, 6 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs protected Main Page [Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) (hist)
• 18:51, 2 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) (This page gives an overview of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) and directs users to other sites to learn more.)
• 18:47, 2 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Common Education Data Standards (CEDS) (This article describes the Common Education Data Standards (CEDS) and refers readers to helpful links to learn more.)
• 18:36, 2 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Blockcerts (This article provides a quick overview of Blockcerts and directs readers to more extensive articles on other sites.)
• 18:31, 2 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Application Programming Interface (API) (This article provides a quick overview of APIs and directs readers to more extensive articles on other sites.)
• 18:18, 2 March 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Access 4 Learning (A4L) (This article describes the community and standards related to Access 4 Learning (A4L))
• 20:53, 28 February 2023 WendyGeller talk contribs created page Making a new page (This page tells users how to use the wiki)