Schools Interoperability Framework(SIF)

The Schools Interoperability Framework, Systems Interoperability Framework(UK), 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 Australia, the UK, India and elsewhere.

The specification is composed of two parts: an XML specification for modeling educational data, and a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) specification for sharing that data between institutions.

ref:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schools_Interoperability_Framework

http://www.sifinfo.org/us/sif-certification.asp

http://certification.sifinfo.org/

http://www.opengroup.org/RI/sif.htm

http://www.opengroup.org/certification/sif-home.html

http://compliance.sifinfo.org/sifcompliance/home.jsp

http://xml.coverpages.org/sif.html