Common and supporting types referenced in this specification are included here as a reference.
A.1 AbstractContentElementType
AbstractContentPackageType used as an element rather than an object, omitting RefId, SIF_Metadata and SIF_ExtendedElements.
Figure A.1-1: AbstractContentElementType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
AbstractContentElementType
AbstractContentPackageType used as an element rather than an object, omitting RefId, SIF_Metadata and SIF_ExtendedElements.
XMLData
C
Contains an arbitrary XML element, encoded in UTF-8.
<xs:any processContents="lax" />
@
Description
O
Contains an optional description of the content or a processing hint with regard to its structure (e.g. named standard, file layout or XSD).
Contents may be mandated in instances of this type, or types that follow the AbstractContentPackageType pattern.
Contains an optional description of the content or a processing hint with regard to its structure (e.g. named standard, file layout or XSD).
Contents may be mandated in instances of this type, or types that follow the AbstractContentPackageType pattern.
Contains an optional description of the content or a processing hint with regard to its structure (e.g. named standard, file layout or XSD).
Contents may be mandated in instances of this type, or types that follow the AbstractContentPackageType pattern.
Contains an optional description of the content or a processing hint with regard to its structure (e.g. named standard, file layout or XSD).
Contents may be mandated in instances of this type, or types that follow the AbstractContentPackageType pattern.
An abstract type for derived content package types, elements and objects. This structure may be used verbatim, optionally extending
with additional attributes, or may be redefined to include only a subset of child elements and/or to add validation to XML
contained in XMLData. Only one instance of XMLData, TextData, BinaryData or
Reference can occur in a single instance.
Figure A.2-1: AbstractContentPackageType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
AbstractContentPackageType
An abstract type for derived content package types, elements and objects. This structure may be used verbatim, optionally extending
with additional attributes, or may be redefined to include only a subset of child elements and/or to add validation to XML
contained in XMLData. Only one instance of XMLData, TextData, BinaryData or
Reference can occur in a single instance.
@
RefId
M
The GUID that uniquely identifies an instance of the package.
Contains an arbitrary XML element, encoded in UTF-8.
<xs:any processContents="lax" />
@
Description
O
Contains an optional description of the content or a processing hint with regard to its structure (e.g. named standard, file layout or XSD).
Contents may be mandated in instances of this type, or types that follow the AbstractContentPackageType pattern.
Contains an optional description of the content or a processing hint with regard to its structure (e.g. named standard, file layout or XSD).
Contents may be mandated in instances of this type, or types that follow the AbstractContentPackageType pattern.
Contains an optional description of the content or a processing hint with regard to its structure (e.g. named standard, file layout or XSD).
Contents may be mandated in instances of this type, or types that follow the AbstractContentPackageType pattern.
Contains an optional description of the content or a processing hint with regard to its structure (e.g. named standard, file layout or XSD).
Contents may be mandated in instances of this type, or types that follow the AbstractContentPackageType pattern.
Code that defines the location of the address. Note: A subset of specific valid values for each instance in a data object may be listed in that object.
This is the GUID generated by the Provider system. Where it is available to be provided, the globally unique identifier links together separate instances of the Address Common Element which reference the same physical address.
When it can be provided, it can be used by subscribing systems to connect addresses from different personal objects.
A list of Statistical Areas associated with an address that will be referenced back to ABS 1270. Only applicable to a physical address, e.g. not relevant for a Post Office Box.
The classification of the education agency within the geographic boundaries of a state according to the level of administrative and operational control.
Figure A.17-1: AgencyType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
AgencyType
O
The classification of the education agency within the geographic boundaries of a state according to the level of administrative and operational control.
Code
M
Code indicating the operational/administrative level.
AG assigned for a submission (they can be the same as the original submission but at the discretion of the AG). Only required to be sent if different from the initial RefId submitted.
This attribute specifies what type of alert message this is.
values:
Legal
Custody, guardian, court orders (e.g. must attend school), lawsuits, etc.
Discipline
Student is suspended, expelled, on probation, etc.
Educational
academic probation, etc.
Other
Table A.26-1: AlertMessageType
A.27 AlternateIdentificationCodeListType
A list of elements for an organization to utilize for an internal code. This may be used for an alignment schema or other purposes that are only internal for the organization.
A list of elements for an organization to utilize for an internal code. This may be used for an alignment schema or other purposes that are only internal for the organization.
A sub-element containing an authorization to use this resource. For example, this resource may be included as part of the district's standard curriculum model.
A sub-element containing an authorization to use this resource. For example, this resource may be included as part of the district's standard curriculum model.
Figure A.29-1: ApprovalType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
ApprovalType
OR
A sub-element containing an authorization to use this resource. For example, this resource may be included as part of the district's standard curriculum model.
Information describing how the day relates to attendance.
Figure A.34-1: AttendanceInfoType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
AttendanceInfoType
O
Information describing how the day relates to attendance.
CountsTowardAttendance
M
Designates whether this date should be counted toward student attendance.
values:
Yes
No
AttendanceValue
M
Amount of the school day in which the student should be in attendance (Format is x.x; a student who should be in attendance a full day would be represented as 1.0). If CountsTowardAttendance equals Yes then AttendanceValue must be greater than zero.
Base type, without attributes, for Name elements, primarily to allow structure to be leveraged with different Type attribute values.
Figure A.40-1: BaseNameType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
BaseNameType
Base type, without attributes, for Name elements, primarily to allow structure to be leveraged with different Type attribute values.
Title
O
A title or prefix associated with the name. If any of: Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss, Rev, Fr, Dr, Prof, Hon, Sir, Lord, Lady - these must be as shown, otherwise free text. Note that title is not applicable to learners.
Family name. That part of the person's name which is used to describe family, clan, tribal group, or marital association. Note that this element is required when known. However, it may not be possible to know the family name in which case you should add the available information to the FullName element.
Given name of the person. Note that this element is required if known. However, it may not be possible to know the given name in which case you should add the available information to the FullName element.
An indicator used to identify the naming conventions used by some predominantly non-European, ethnic or language groups and related to the display nature of a name.
An indicator used to identify the naming conventions used by some predominantly non-European, ethnic or language groups and related to the display nature of a name.
A free text field for the complete name for display purposes. If this is associated with a StudentPersonal,StaffPersonal or StudentContactPersonal record and the FamilyName and GivenName are not both specified, then this becomes mandatory.
Parent School Id needs to be supplied if this Campus is not the Admin Campus. This number should be the state-assigned identifier for this school or the locally-assigned identifier for this school.
Container element for location of an individual's legal residence relative to (within or outside) the boundaries of the school for this enrolment. Enrolment Catchment Status.
Figure A.45-1: CatchmentStatusContainerType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
CatchmentStatusContainerType
O
Container element for location of an individual's legal residence relative to (within or outside) the boundaries of the school for this enrolment. Enrolment Catchment Status.
Code
M
Code indicating the residency status for this enrollment. Code indicating Enrollment Catchment Status.
List of other codes or strings that crosswalk to or serve as translations of the Code element paired with this common element. If Code changes and OtherCodes are supported, both Code and all associated OtherCode elements must be present.
The major function which the staff members are spending their time performing e.g. teaching. Limited to the values of 1100 - Teacher in school n.f.d., 1103 - Principal, 1200 -Specialist support in school n.f.d., 1300 - Administration and clerical in school n.f.d., 1400 - Building Operations in school n.f.d. for Census Reporting.
Gender of staff for this cohort. Collection cohorts are male, female or other.
values:
M
Male cohort
F
Female cohort
X
Other cohort
CohortIndigenousType
M
Indigenous Indicator of the staff for this cohort.
values:
I
Person identifies as Indigenous
N
Person identifies as Non-Indigenous
NS
Not Stated
PrimaryFTE
O
For each member of the cohort, on a full-time-equivalent basis, the proportion of the staff member’s job that goes toward supporting the primary school component of the location. For staff at combined (primary and secondary) locations, this field plus the secondary FTE field equals the total FTE for the staff member’s job. (Format is x.x, with a full time workload being equal to 1 FTE. Primary FTE plus Secondary FTE should not exceed 1.
For each member of the cohort, on a full-time-equivalent basis, the proportion of the staff member’s job that goes toward supporting the primary school component of the location. For staff at combined (primary and secondary) locations, this field plus the secondary FTE field equals the total FTE for the staff member’s job. (Format is x.x, with a full time workload being equal to 1 FTE. Primary FTE plus Secondary FTE should not exceed 1.
The full-time-equivalent measure of the job for each member of the cohort. (Format is x.x, with a full time workload being equal to 1 FTE.) Note: This field is used instead of Primary FTE and Secondary FTE, where the client is a system or diocese office and is not a school location where primary or secondary education is delivered.
Gender of students for this cohort. Collection cohorts are male, female or other.
values:
M
Male cohort
F
Female cohort
X
Other cohort
CohortIndigenousType
M
Indigenous indicator of the students for this cohort.
values:
I
Person identifies as Indigenous
N
Person identifies as Non-Indigenous
NS
Not Stated
EducationMode
M
The type of education being delivered to the students for this cohort. Is this student a Boarding, Day or a Distance Education Student for Non-gov Census reporting?
values:
D
Day
B
Boarding
DE
Distance Education
StudentOnVisa
M
Students who are not Australian citizens are students on a visa.
values:
Y
Yes
N
No
OverseasStudent
M
Overseas students are students who are on a visa specifically related to studying in Australia. You must always report overseas students as students on visas.
values:
Y
Yes
N
No
DisabilityLevelOfAdjustment
M
Disability Level of Adjustment Level of adjustment for students with disability using the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on Students with Disability (NCCD) model.None if there is no adjustment.
values:
QDTP
support provided within Quality Differentiated Teaching Practice
Supplementary
Substantial
Extensive
None
DisabilityCategory
M
Category for students with disability using the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on Students with Disability (NCCD) model. None if no disability.
values:
Physical
Cognitive
Social-Emotional
Sensory
None
FTE
M
Full-time equivalent for the student cohort e.g. a cohort of students who attend 50% of time would be represented as 0.5.
Description of where ResourceComponent is located within resource or in general, i.e. "Section 4, pages 32-38," or URL string, or whatever locator is appropriate for media.
Contains Yes/No characteristics of the contact person's role. Provide a Yes value for all that apply.
At least one of the child elements of ContactFlags must have a Yes value.
Do not publish the StudentContactRelationship instance if one of the child elements does not have a Yes value.
Figure A.58-1: ContactFlagsType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
ContactFlagsType
C
Contains Yes/No characteristics of the contact person's role. Provide a Yes value for all that apply.
At least one of the child elements of ContactFlags must have a Yes value.
Do not publish the StudentContactRelationship instance if one of the child elements does not have a Yes value.
ParentLegalGuardian
C
Does the individual have parental or legal guardianship responsibility for the student?
Information about which staff member created this record.
Figure A.67-1: CreationUserType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
CreationUserType
M
Information about which staff member created this record.
@
Type
M
The role of the staff member that created this record.
values:
Office Staff
School Admin
Parent
Nurse
Teacher
Other
UserId
M
Unique identifier of the user that created the attendance record. This will depend on the user and the source. The preferred identifier would be a RefId for a StaffPersonal, StudentContact, or StudentPersonal Object. However, the user may not be associated with any of these SIF objects. In that case a unique Id given by the source should be used.
Language Background is Other Than English. (http://www.acara.edu.au/verve/_resources/DSM_1.pdf), the LBOTE metric is under review. Currently it can be derived from Student and Parents Language Background.
Based on feedback from publishers, instructional management and system integrator vendors,
EducationFilter was developed to provide the ability to tag objects with metadata that allows for categorization,
sorting, and filtering, to empower teaching and learning SIF usage. There exist two main business cases:
Content providers receiving a request for learning resources can tag content with applicable filters.
Upon receipt of SIF objects, receiving application can then read the metadata to categorize the content most appropriately.
When supported by providers, this metadata can then be utilized in queries to more precisely limit the type of content
returned to requesting applications.
The use cases for EducationFilter require a contract and choreography to be understood between both sides of
the transaction as is the case with all SIF_Metadata.
Figure A.77-1: EducationFilterType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
EducationFilterType
LearningStandardItems
O
Allows any SIF object to be correlated to learning standards.
This element represents an e-mail address of one of a number of types and occurs in objects such as
StudentPersonal, StaffPersonal, StudentContactPersonal, etc.
Figure A.81-1: EmailType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
EmailType
This element represents an e-mail address of one of a number of types and occurs in objects such as
StudentPersonal, StaffPersonal, StudentContactPersonal, etc.
If the item has a fine assessed to this person, this element will contain the information about the fine.
Figure A.94-1: FineInfoType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
FineInfoType
OR
If the item has a fine assessed to this person, this element will contain the information about the fine.
@
Type
M
Type of fine assessed to this patron and item. A corresponding ItemInfo is required for all FineInfo types except "Other" and "Refund" where it is permissible to omit the ItemInfo element if there isn't an item associated with the fine.
An application-specific reference identifier for the fine being assessed, paid, or refunded. It is intended to identify a specific fine transaction allowing consumers to include this information in Billing or Payment events sent to the library application.
The letter grade value for this grade. If this is provided, the numeric value or percentage value must also be entered in order to provide a numeric value for the grade to be utilized in any computations.
Longitudes east of the Prime Meridian in Greenwich are positive, longitudes west of the Prime Meridian are negative. The 180th meridian is negative. [ISO 6709]
SIF format for a GUID. This is different for 2.x Infrastructure and 3.x Infrastructure - 2.x xs:pattern value='[0-9A-F]{32}' 3.x - xs:pattern value="[a-fA-F0-9]{8}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-[a-fA-F0-9]{12}"
Figure A.108-1: GUIDType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
GUIDType
SIF format for a GUID. This is different for 2.x Infrastructure and 3.x Infrastructure - 2.x xs:pattern value='[0-9A-F]{32}' 3.x - xs:pattern value="[a-fA-F0-9]{8}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-[a-fA-F0-9]{12}"
List of other codes or strings that crosswalk to or serve as translations of the Code element paired with this common element. If Code changes and OtherCodes are supported, both Code and all associated OtherCode elements must be present.
GUID of a LearningStandardItem object, presenting the learning standard as part of a well-defined hierarchy (which a client would need to recover and reconstruct).
A local identifier or code allocated to the learning standard. Does not pre-suppose a machine readable representation of the framework that the learning standard is part of.
This element contains the information about the library item. Most Transaction elements will contain this element. However, certain types of fines assessed to the student like "talking in class", "running in library", etc. do not have a corresponding item so that Transaction instance would not contain an ItemInfo.
Figure A.130-1: LibraryItemInfoType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
LibraryItemInfoType
This element contains the information about the library item. Most Transaction elements will contain this element. However, certain types of fines assessed to the student like "talking in class", "running in library", etc. do not have a corresponding item so that Transaction instance would not contain an ItemInfo.
Electronic identifier associated with this Transaction.
This element will not appear if the Transaction contains a HoldInfo for an item where a specific instance of the item hasn't been assigned to fulfill the hold request (i.e. unfulfilled title hold request).
Contains information about library transactions for the referenced patron. These include items that are checked out or have fines or holds placed on them.
Contains information about library transactions for the referenced patron. These include items that are checked out or have fines or holds placed on them.
Figure A.134-1: LibraryTransactionType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
LibraryTransactionType
Contains information about library transactions for the referenced patron. These include items that are checked out or have fines or holds placed on them.
ItemInfo
O
If this transaction has an item associated with it, this element contains the information about the item. Most Transaction elements will contain this element. However, certain types of fines assessed to the student like "talking in class", "running in library", etc. do not have a corresponding item so that Transaction instance would not contain an ItemInfo.
This common metadata element describes the life cycle of the object it represents, based on the IEEE LOM LifeCycle element [LOM].
Figure A.135-1: LifeCycleType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
LifeCycleType
This common metadata element describes the life cycle of the object it represents, based on the IEEE LOM LifeCycle element [LOM].
Created
O
When the object was created by whom. This is a more persistent creation date than
the date/time in the object's SIF_Header.
Depending on the use case being implemented, this value could contain the date the data in the object first entered the zone or was actually created.
An ordered set of Modified elements describing which system modified the data, when
the modification took place, and a brief description of the modification.
A staff member, (or members), who were involved with the grading of the student, or who was responsible for any associated teacher judgement and their associated role. Must be a current member of staff.
Figure A.143-1: MarkerType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
MarkerType
OR
A staff member, (or members), who were involved with the grading of the student, or who was responsible for any associated teacher judgement and their associated role. Must be a current member of staff.
StaffPersonalRefId
O
The RefId of the staff member involved in the marking.
Extends BaseNameType to allow for one Type attribute value, indicating the name is the name of record;
serves as the primary name in some SIF objects, including StudentPersonal.
Figure A.152-1: NameOfRecordType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
NameOfRecordType
Extends BaseNameType to allow for one Type attribute value, indicating the name is the name of record;
serves as the primary name in some SIF objects, including StudentPersonal.
Code that specifies what type of name this is. Note that type "LGL" must be used here.
values:
LGL
Name of Record
Table A.152-1: NameOfRecordType
A.153 NameType
The Name element, which could belong to a student, staff member, contact, etc. This element or a form of this element with a
subset of Type values occurs within objects
such as StudentPersonal, StudentContactPersonal, StaffPersonal, etc.
Figure A.153-1: NameType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
NameType
The Name element, which could belong to a student, staff member, contact, etc. This element or a form of this element with a
subset of Type values occurs within objects
such as StudentPersonal, StudentContactPersonal, StaffPersonal, etc.
After the test has been scored, this value will indicate the correctness of the response. This element will be missing if the response has not yet been scored. For open ended items that are scored using a rubric, this value will also likely be missing. These items do not fall nicely into the right/wrong category. If the Student Response Set is empty (Sanctioned Abandonment or Refusal), set to NotAttempted.
List of other codes or strings that crosswalk to or serve as translations of the Code element paired with this common element. If Code changes
and OtherCodes are supported, both Code and all associated OtherCode elements must be present.
Figure A.175-1: OtherCodeListType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
OtherCodeListType
List of other codes or strings that crosswalk to or serve as translations of the Code element paired with this common element. If Code changes
and OtherCodes are supported, both Code and all associated OtherCode elements must be present.
Extends BaseNameType to allow for Type attribute values excluding "name of record." Used for other names to
be included in addition to the name of record in objects.
Figure A.179-1: OtherNameType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
OtherNameType
Extends BaseNameType to allow for Type attribute values excluding "name of record." Used for other names to
be included in addition to the name of record in objects.
List of other codes or strings that crosswalk to or serve as translations of the Code element paired with this common element. If Code changes and OtherCodes are supported, both Code and all associated OtherCode elements must be present. .
List of other codes or strings that crosswalk to or serve as translations of the Code element paired with this common element. If Code changes and OtherCodes are supported, both Code and all associated OtherCode elements must be present.
Information on a student's promotion, retention, or demotion related to this enrollment instance.
Figure A.203-1: PromotionInfoType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
PromotionInfoType
O
Information on a student's promotion, retention, or demotion related to this enrollment instance.
PromotionStatus
O
This value should be set if this enrollment instance is closed for an end-of-year closeout or a mid-year promotion or demotion. A value other than NA should be specified when the enrollment instance represents an end-of-year closeout or mid-year promotion/demotion.
values:
Promoted
Demoted
Retained
NA
Table A.203-1: PromotionInfoType
A.204 PublishInDirectoryType
This is a common element used to specify whether or not information (e.g., contact information) should be
published in a directory.
Figure A.204-1: PublishInDirectoryType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
PublishInDirectoryType
Indicates whether or not information should be published in a directory.
Listing of line items from original purchase order. Included to indicate any variation between the items, item cost, or item quantity ordered, and what has been delivered.
Figure A.207-1: PurchasingItemsType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
PurchasingItemsType
Listing of line items from original purchase order. Included to indicate any variation between the items, item cost, or item quantity ordered, and what has been delivered.
Indicates that the line item in the purchase order is a cancellation of a previous order, to prevent it from remaining outstanding. For example, if 10 widgets have been ordered, and only 7 widgets have been delivered, a new purchase order can be issued for 3 widgets; enabling this flag indicates that the order for the remaining 3 widgets is to be cancelled.
List of other codes or strings that crosswalk to or serve as translations of the Code element paired with this common element. If Code changes and OtherCodes are supported, both Code and all associated OtherCode elements must be present.
Type of the relationship between the current standard and the target standard. The value identifies the type of standard of the target item. The purpose of this information is to allow applications to sort/display these relationships in the appropriate context.
List of other codes or strings that crosswalk to or serve as translations of the Code element paired with this common element. If Code changes and OtherCodes are supported, both Code and all associated OtherCode elements must be present.
List of other codes or strings that crosswalk to or serve as translations of the Code element paired with this common element. If Code changes and OtherCodes are supported, both Code and all associated OtherCode elements must be present.
This package has exactly the same structure as AbstractContentPackageType. ReportPackage
can be used in addition to SIF objects specifically in reporting situations within SIF_ReportObject.
At this time, it is not a SIF object. It cannot be requested via SIF_Query or SIF_ExtendedQuery
in a ReportManifest. It may be included in SIF_ReportObject as part of an external report
definition.
Figure A.219-1: ReportPackageType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
ReportPackageType
This package has exactly the same structure as AbstractContentPackageType. ReportPackage
can be used in addition to SIF objects specifically in reporting situations within SIF_ReportObject.
At this time, it is not a SIF object. It cannot be requested via SIF_Query or SIF_ExtendedQuery
in a ReportManifest. It may be included in SIF_ReportObject as part of an external report
definition.
List of rooms in which the scheduled activity is held. Used for onsite venues which are represented in the source system as rooms. Can include large venues (ovals, library, etc), if they have been represented as rooms; source system practice varies.
Figure A.221-1: RoomListType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
RoomListType
List of rooms in which the scheduled activity is held. Used for onsite venues which are represented in the source system as rooms. Can include large venues (ovals, library, etc), if they have been represented as rooms; source system practice varies.
This flag should be used to indicate whether or not this ScheduledActivity overrides a previous ScheduledActivity. In any initial provisioning this element should NOT be provided.
Figure A.222-1: ScheduledActivityOverrideType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
ScheduledActivityOverrideType
O
This flag should be used to indicate whether or not this ScheduledActivity overrides a previous ScheduledActivity. In any initial provisioning this element should NOT be provided.
A listing of the teachers assigned to the activity, and the type of supervision they are credited with. If no teachers are listed, the activity is assumed to be unsupervised.
Figure A.223-1: ScheduledTeacherListType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
ScheduledTeacherListType
A listing of the teachers assigned to the activity, and the type of supervision they are credited with. If no teachers are listed, the activity is assumed to be unsupervised.
Substructure to allow representing instances where teachers only take subsets of an event. Most typically, this occurs with exam supervision, where each teacher gets a 1-period duty. It also happens with schools with e.g. 4 long periods per day: a period of 1hr20mins can be split into 2 halves of 40 minutes each.
List of other codes or strings that crosswalk to or serve as translations of the Code element paired with this common element. If Code changes and OtherCodes are supported, both Code and all associated OtherCode elements must be present.
This element is supported at the end of all SIF objects.
The element is used to extend existing SIF objects with locally-defined elements.
Extended elements SHOULD NOT be used to duplicate data that can be obtained from other SIF objects.
Figure A.239-1: SIF_ExtendedElementsType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
SIF_ExtendedElementsType
Allows an agent to include data not yet defined within a SIF data object as name/value pairs.
The name of the extended element. As it is possible that names for extended elements may collide from agent to agent, it is recommended that the names of extended elements be configurable in an agent, or that agents use URIs for the names of extended elements.
Allows type of element to be explicitly communicated.
@
SIF_Action
O
In a Change event, this flag can be used to indicate an element has been deleted from the parent list container. At a minimum the key for the list must also be present.
Metadata is commonly referred to as data about data and includes information such as author, grade level, or keywords relating to a learning object, as examples.
Metadata can be used to structure and contain any of this kind of information in a consistent manner.
In the context of SIF, SIF_Metadata provides a consistent structure to appropriate SIF objects for the purpose of cataloguing and object discovery,
as well as other metadata functions and purposes. One recurring use case within the SIF data model is the requirement for some form of temporal constraints and tagging
on objects (see TimeElement). Other metadata elements are based on needs brought to the Data Model Task Force.
IMPORTANT NOTE ON PERSISTENCE
This data is not designed to be permanent.
It is designed to frame an object instance and could dissolve as soon as it leaves the SIF framework for the application space.
A data warehouse could be used to store metadata for later tracking.
IMPORTANT NOTE ON USAGE
Any usage of metadata is optional unless made a requirement
within individual SIF objects, or if a SIF or local profile or zone installation mandates it. SIF_Metadata allows for the usage of metadata in agents and applications that choose to support it.
This element is designed to operate much like SIF_ExtendedElements. It is an approved common element that is part of any data object.
Figure A.240-1: SIF_MetadataType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
SIF_MetadataType
A commonly defined container for metadata elements defined within SIF.
List of other codes or strings that crosswalk to or serve as translations of the Code element paired with this common element. If Code changes and OtherCodes are supported, both Code and all associated OtherCode elements must be present.
Container for elements reflecting the most recent assignment of a staff member or information that may need to be calculated from other information.
PrimaryFTE
O
Full-time job equivalent ratio associated with teaching at the Primary level. (Format is x.xx; an employee who is full-time and who is 50% of their time on this assignment would be represented as 0.50)
Full-time job equivalent ratio associated with teaching at the Secondary level. (Format is x.xx; an employee who is full-time and who is 50% of their time on this assignment would be represented as 0.50)
Container for elements reflecting the most recent assignment of a staff member. If the staff member is currently assigned, the elements contain current information.
Figure A.248-1: StaffMostRecentContainerType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
StaffMostRecentContainerType
O
Container for elements reflecting the most recent assignment of a staff member. If the staff member is currently assigned, the elements contain current information.
SchoolLocalId
O
Local identifier representing the school in which the staff is or was most recently teaching in.
Local identifier for a specific campus Id. This may be the same as the school local Id, but is expected to be supplied only if the school does in fact have distinct campuses.
Used to describe what role this item is serving in the structure. Some documents describe their levels in terms of standard, strands, and topics. Others use standards, benchmarks, and indicators. In Australia, this is typically in terms of Course or Unit, Year Level, Outcomes. This attribute names the level of the item.
This element describes the unique identifier for each LearningStandard.
Figure A.252-1: StandardIdentifierType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
StandardIdentifierType
O
This element describes the unique identifier for each LearningStandard.
YearCreated
M
This represents the year that this specific learning standard was created. This is important to indicate as standards are updated to reflect the appropriate year it was created. This would be assigned by and unique to the standard setting body.
This is the specific number of the standard. For example, if the subject is mathematics and this standard is Patterns, Functions and Algebra, this would be StandardNumber 1. This would be assigned by and unique to the standard setting body.
This represents the grade level(s) this specific learning standard will address. This may be addressed in different ways. Some states have a grade level that covers several grades and others have just one grade. This would be assigned by and unique to the standard setting body.
This is the next level within the hierarchy of the learning standard. For example, if the subject is mathematics and the standard is algebra, this would be the next delineation - Represent an unknown quantity as a variable using a symbol, including letters. This would be assigned by and unique to the standard setting body.
This is the specific year level. This is to be utilized if the YearLevel covers several years. This would be assigned by and unique to the standard setting body.
This would be the most granular level of the learning standard associated with the grade level. Following the same example, an indicator for Algebra YearLevel 5-7, the indicator for the benchmark above at Year 6 would be to Evaluate simple expressions by replacing variables with given values, and use formulas in problem-solving situations. This would be assigned by and unique to the standard setting body.
This element is for an organization to utilize for an internal code. This may be used for an alignment schema or other purposes that are only internal for the organization.
Name of organization represented by the document, i.e., "National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)," "NSW," "ACARA." This is the name of the organization that has this AlternateIdentificationCode. This should be a text field.
A state or province code. Note: When dealing with countries other than Australia, state/province codes/values other than those referenced here can be used.
Figure A.257-1: StateProvinceType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
StateProvinceType
A state or province code. Note: When dealing with countries other than Australia, state/province codes/values other than those referenced here can be used.
A list of Statistical Areas associated with an address that will be referenced back to ABS 1270. Only applicable to a physical address, e.g. not relevant for a Post Office Box.
Figure A.258-1: StatisticalAreasType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
StatisticalAreasType
A list of Statistical Areas associated with an address that will be referenced back to ABS 1270. Only applicable to a physical address, e.g. not relevant for a Post Office Box.
The Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) has now been replaced with the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS).
The level and method that this is collected would need to be discussed as the lowest level is now a lot lower than the previous classification to allow for more accurate data analysis and reporting.
There are different levels of spatial unit references by this code set and a MeshBlock refers to the lowest level of this classification.
The spatial unit should be validated against the correct classification which is being elaborated upon. The referenced levels are coded in these volumes of ABS 1270
1270.0.55.001 - Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 1 - Main Structure and Greater Capital City Statistical Areas, July 2011
1270.0.55.002 - Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 2 - Indigenous Structure, July 2011
1270.0.55.003 - Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 3 - Non ABS Structures, July, 2012
The Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) has now been replaced with the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS).
The level and method that this is collected would need to be discussed as the lowest level is now a lot lower than the previous classification to allow for more accurate data analysis and reporting.
There are different levels of spatial unit references by this code set and a MeshBlock refers to the lowest level of this classification.
The spatial unit should be validated against the correct classification which is being elaborated upon. The referenced levels are coded in these volumes of ABS 1270
1270.0.55.001 - Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 1 - Main Structure and Greater Capital City Statistical Areas, July 2011
1270.0.55.002 - Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 2 - Indigenous Structure, July 2011
1270.0.55.003 - Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 3 - Non ABS Structures, July, 2012
Figure A.259-1: StatisticalAreaType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
StatisticalAreaType
OR
The Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) has now been replaced with the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS).
The level and method that this is collected would need to be discussed as the lowest level is now a lot lower than the previous classification to allow for more accurate data analysis and reporting.
There are different levels of spatial unit references by this code set and a MeshBlock refers to the lowest level of this classification.
The spatial unit should be validated against the correct classification which is being elaborated upon. The referenced levels are coded in these volumes of ABS 1270
1270.0.55.001 - Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 1 - Main Structure and Greater Capital City Statistical Areas, July 2011
1270.0.55.002 - Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 2 - Indigenous Structure, July 2011
1270.0.55.003 - Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 3 - Non ABS Structures, July, 2012
The locally-assigned identifier for this cohort. Generated by the school, this will be used by DESE as a reference for the payload. It will be used when identifying warnings and errors, if any, for a particular cohort.
Number of school days for the cohort in Semester 1 / Term 3 (Cohort specific).Tested against expected norms, Warnings will be given for values at the extremes of the norm. Error is given if over the extreme end of the norm.
Sum of days all students in the cohort are enrolled during the reference period. Refers to full-time students only in each Cohort. This field must not contain decimal points and must not be comma delimited.
Sum of attendance days for all students in the cohort during the reference period. Must be less than or equal to the number of Possible School Days. Can include partial attendance days. The field must not be comma delimited.
Count of full-time students in the cohort who attended school less than 90% of possible school days in the reference period. Number of students where (Attendance days ÷ Possible School Days) × 100 LT 90. The number must not be comma delimited
Count of full-time students in the cohort who attended school for 90% or more of the possible school days in the reference period. Number of students where (Attendance days ÷ Possible School Days) × 100 ≥ 90. The field must not be comma delimited.
Sum of days enrolled for Students in the cohort with attendance rates of 90% or more. A subset of ‘Possible School Days’ used to calculate Full-time equivalent estimate. This field must not contain decimal points and must not be comma delimited.
The Stats Year Level being reported on. 11MINUS was previously known as primary ungraded and 12PLUS was previously known as secondary ungraded. 11 MINUS and 12PLUS are valid entries for Special Schools only
List of other codes or strings that crosswalk to or serve as translations of the Code element paired with this common element. If Code changes and OtherCodes are supported, both Code and all associated OtherCode elements must be present.
List of other codes or strings that crosswalk to or serve as translations of the Code element paired with this common element. If Code changes and OtherCodes are supported, both Code and all associated OtherCode elements must be present.
List of other codes or strings that crosswalk to or serve as translations of the Code element paired with this common element. If Code changes and OtherCodes are supported, both Code and all associated OtherCode elements must be present.
List of other codes or strings that crosswalk to or serve as translations of the Code element paired with this common element. If Code changes and OtherCodes are supported, both Code and all associated OtherCode elements must be present.
Container for elements reflecting the most recent enrollment of a student. If the student is
currently enrolled in the district, the elements contain current information.
Figure A.278-1: StudentMostRecentContainerType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
StudentMostRecentContainerType
O
Container for elements reflecting the most recent enrollment of a student. If the student is
currently enrolled in the district, the elements contain current information.
SchoolLocalId
O
Local identifier representing the school in which the student is or was most recently enrolled in the district.
Local identifier representing the current or most recent homeroom in which the student is or was most recently assigned in the district. Use the value from RoomInfo/HomeroomNumber if supported. If not supported, use the value from RoomInfo/RoomNumber. If neither is supported, use the most appropriate value from the agent's application.
Full-time equivalent numeric value of the student's course load during this enrollment, expressed in decimal form, where 1.00 represents a full-time enrollment.
Local identifier for a specific campus Id. This may be the same as the school local Id, but is expected to be supplied only if the school does in fact have distinct campuses.
The status of an enrolment in a CRICOS course and whether the person is liable for a fee which reflects the imputed full average cost of the person's education at the school (including both recurrent and capital costs) irrespective of the actual arrangements to meet the fee.
Categorisation of a Suspension record to fall into, In School, Withdrawal, Expulsion/Exclusion etc. In School is usually NOT formally recognised by a jurisdiction but managed at a school level where the student is temporarily withdrawn from normal classes. Expulsion/Exclusion may mean the student's attendance at a school is terminated.
A List of the times where a student is to be removed or withdrawn partially for particular times in a week within the Start and End dates of the Response.
The duration of a Suspension in days 0.00 - X.xx. (Half Day = 0.5, Full Day = 1.0 or the percentage of any day.) Must be provided for a Suspension when known.
Substructure to allow representing instances where teachers only take subsets of an event. Most typically, this occurs with exam supervision, where each teacher gets a 1-period duty. It also happens with schools with e.g. 4 long periods per day: a period of 1hr20mins can be split into 2 halves of 40 minutes each.
Figure A.288-1: TeacherCoverType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
TeacherCoverType
MR
Substructure to allow representing instances where teachers only take subsets of an event. Most typically, this occurs with exam supervision, where each teacher gets a 1-period duty. It also happens with schools with e.g. 4 long periods per day: a period of 1hr20mins can be split into 2 halves of 40 minutes each.
StaffPersonalRefId
M
The Id (GUID) of the StaffPersonal record for the teacher supervising the event or event subset.
Start time for the subset of the event which the teacher supervises. If not present then we assume this teacher will be on the event for the full duration.
Finish time for the subset of the event which the teacher supervises. If not present then we assume this teacher will be on the event for the full duration. Either both or neither StartTime and FinishTime should be provided.
How the activity is credited, from the perspective of the teacher(s) supervising the event. If a teacher is substituting for the normal teacher supervising, the credit indicates how the substituting teacher is credited.
Teaching groups which are scheduled to attend the event. Not required for cyclical events, as this would be expected to be provided from TimeTableCell/TeachingGroup instead.
Figure A.290-1: TeachingGroupListType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
TeachingGroupListType
Teaching groups which are scheduled to attend the event. Not required for cyclical events, as this would be expected to be provided from TimeTableCell/TeachingGroup instead.
The GUID of the TeachingGroup as provided by the 'editor' or TT vendor. Final provider of the end point may use this as the official RefId of the publishable TeachingGroup Object.
Added to allow local implementations to filter on categories of Teaching Group. Where there is a need to filter particular groups based on their types for particular functions; group type provides the means of identifying the type of group such as roll class or subject class for instance and treat them accordingly.
A common metadata element designed to contain time data, both self-defined and by type.
Figure A.300-1: TimeElementType
Element/@Attribute
Char
Description
Type
TimeElementType
A common metadata element designed to contain time data, both self-defined and by type.
Type
M
This element is designed to contain the time period attached to an object.
Very long periods (school year, quarter, etc.) and very small periods (second, millisecond, etc.) can be defined.
This element provides a scoping description of the time metadata enclosed.
Because the educational environment varies so greatly we are including here a suggested but not prescriptive list of values.
Although there may be unique needs for values not covered here—and we may have missed a major one—a best practice would be
to utilize the examples here to enhance interoperability.
Examples
Full school year
Mini-term
Long session
Other
Semester
Trimester
Quarter
Spring Vacation
Summer Term
Intercession
Holiday
This element provides a place for the application to send structured data (code values, unique identifier, timestamps).
This code value can, depending upon the use case agreement between agents, be used to qualify the data in the Value element.
This structure duplicates much of the structure of TimeElement and is designed to represent a gap in the parent time period
defined by StartDateTime and EndDateTime above.
This element allows for the system to tag an object as being explicitly current.
Although the baseline assumption in SIF is that objects are always current (default value is typically true),
there are use cases when that is not the case.
A listing of the teachers assigned to the activity, and the type of supervision they are credited with. If no teachers are listed, the activity is assumed to be unsupervised.
List of rooms in which the scheduled activity is held. Used for onsite venues which are represented in the source system as rooms. Can include large venues (ovals, library, etc), if they have been represented as rooms; source system practice varies.
