Interesting news from the SIS front. Interoperability between an SIS and Google Maps using the Google Maps API... http://www.pearsoned.com/pr_2009/062409.htm
From SIF Developer Boot Camp II, March 2008 What is Interoperability? In order to be a great SIF developer who develops world-class SIF Agents, it is important to understand what interoperability really is and what it is not.
Most applications that use a restricted list of codes to standardize a set of values allowable for a particular field allow those codes to be modified by an end user. This customizability is often viewed as a necessary feature of the application. One question an agent developer will almost always run...
The ISTE has posted a free article from Learning & Leading on their website that compares some of the bigger SIS systems on features. One of the columns, entitled "Interoperability Standard", states whether the system supports SIF or not. From the article: Most schools are required to complete complicated...