Categories– Ed-Fi consists of a series of standard schemas, which define the structure of the JSON that transports the data between systems. The Ed-Fi categories are transparent to the user and serve as "wrappers" for publishing resources to the state Ed-Fi ODS. As each Ed-Fi implementation is unique, below are some examples of the Ed-Fi categories.
Resources – Ed-Fi resources are persons, places, events, objects, or concepts about which data can be collected. A resource provides context for a data element, for example, K12 Student, K12 Staff, School, Program, etc. To supplement the standard Ed-Fi resources, your Ed-Fi configuration may have defined custom extensions to capture additional instance-specific data. Only the resources used by your Ed-Fi instance are listed below.
|
Category |
Description |
Resource |
|---|---|---|
|
Descriptor |
The Descriptor category is used to describe metadata about the descriptors and their structure. Descriptors define enumeration vocabularies that are not fixed within the Ed-Fi schema and vary according to the specific implementation. |
descriptor |
|
Organization Setup |
The Organization Setup category captures information about the organization demographics, course catalog, programs, class periods, and locations. |
localEducationAgencies schoolsl ocations classPeriods courses programs graduationPlans |
|
Organization Calendars |
The Organization Calendars category captures information about sessions, grading periods, and calendars. |
sessions gradingPeriods calendarDates |
|
Organization Schedules |
The Organization Schedules category captures the information about course and section information for the school year. |
courseOfferings sections bellSchedules |
|
Student Demographics |
The Student category describes students and captures all their identifying information. |
students |
|
Student Enrollments |
The Student Enrollment category captures student enrollments in schools. |
studentSchoolAssociation studentEducationOrganizationAssociations |
|
Contacts |
The Contacts category captures any contacts linked to the student including their defined relationship. |
parents studentParentAssociations |
|
Staff Demographics |
The Staff Demographics category captures staff demographic data and contains identifying information. |
staffs |
|
Staff Associations |
The Staff Associations category captures staff and teacher information. It can be used to define employment, school associations, and assignments. |
staffSchoolAssociation staffEducationOrganizationAssignmentAssociation |
|
Student Teacher Sections |
The Student Teacher Sections category captures section teachers and student section enrollments. |
staffSectionAssociation studentSectionAssociation |
|
Student Programs |
The Student Programs category captures student associations and information related to programs. |
studentProgramAssociation studentSpecialEducationProgramAssociations studentTitleIPartAProgramAssociations |
|
Cohorts |
This category captures student cohorts (groups), and includes any activities and students associated with those activities. |
cohorts studentCohortAssociation staffCohortAssociation |
|
Student Discipline Data |
The Student Discipline Data category captures information about student discipline incidents and disciplinary actions. |
disciplineIncident studentDisciplineIncidentAssociation disciplineAction |
|
Attendance |
The Student Attendance Data category captures student daily and section attendance information. |
studentSchoolAttendanceEvent studentSectionAttendanceEvent sectionAttendanceTakenEvent |
|
Grades |
The Grades category captures student grades. |
grades |
|
Transcripts |
The Transcripts category captures student record and course transcript data. |
studentAcademicRecords courseTranscripts |