Does the SifCommonFramework-dotNet work with US SIF Standard?

[damontorgerson]

Hi,

Thanks for creating this as its very challenging to find SIF guidance. I'm writing an agent for a US school (OpenADK). Will this framework work with the US definitions for SIF?

Thanks again,
Damon

[joerghuber]

As of May 2012 this Framework is only compiled with the 'old' Edustructures SIFWorks ADK and with the SIF AU data dictionary. We are working with the OpenADK group to enhance their .Net build process of the OpenADK which is still not fully working. Once this is solved one can use any OpenADK version with the SIFCommon Framework because the SIFCommon Framework doesn't impose data dictionary constraints. It is a pure infrastructure utility. For right now it is a bit of a challenge for you to get it to work. If you can build the OpenADK with the US Data Dictionary you should be able to build the SIFCommon Framework for your needs (namespaces in the SIFCommon Framework will change but that is it).

Cheers Joerg

[damontorgerson]

Thank you very much for your quick response Joerg. Difficult to find information on SIF in US. Almost finished my agent using OpenADK but it has been real challenge to trouble shoot why a small query request for some StudentPersonal succeeds while a query request for all students fails, so thinking of exploring alternatives.

Again, thanks for the quick response!

[rafidzal]

The SIF Common Framework has now been updated to allow the use of other data models. The data model can be set in the *.cfg file through the "sifVariant" attribute of the "agent" element. Refer to the *.cfg files in the provided demos (all based on the SIF_AU data model).