Contains one of the SIF message types. The version of the SIF Implementation Specification that defines this message's XML structure. For this version of the specification, the value of this attribute is 2.4. This attribute can be used by ZIS and agent implementations to choose schema files to validate the message's XML. Header information associated with a message. SIF_MsgId is a globally unique message identifier from the Agent or ZIS that sends out the message. Timestamp of when the message was sent. The SIF_SourceId is the Id of the originator of the message. Each source needs to have a zone unique case-sensitive identifier. This element represents the Id of the recipient of the message and may be present as follows: The minimum level of encryption required by the message originator to be considered a secure channel upon message delivery to other agents. No encryption required Symmetric key length of at least 40 bits is to be used Symmetric key length of at least 56 bits is to be used Symmetric key length of at least 80 bits is to be used Symmetric key length of at least 128 bits is to be used The minimum level of authentication required by the message originator to be considered a secure channel upon message delivery to other agents. No authentication required and a valid certificate does not need to be presented. A valid certificate must be presented. A valid certificate from a trusted certificate authority must be presented. A valid certificate from a trusted certificate authority must be presented and the CN field of the certificate's Subject entry must match the host sending the certificate. A list of SIF contexts that applies to a message or operation. Typically where used as an optional element, the omission of this element implies the SIF_Default context applies. The name of a SIF Context that applies to a message or operation. Contains protocol information regarding a ZIS or Agent. This element is required if the protocol is HTTPS or HTTP. It contains the https or http URL for contacting the agent. Property name. Property value. The type of protocol to use (HTTPS, HTTP or an implementation-defined protocol). Whether the protocol provides a secure channel. This element is used to signal a successful response. An optional textual description/equivalent of SIF_Code. Optional element to hold data related to a successful operation. This data is currently limited to a SIF_Message returned by the ZIS in response to a Pull-Mode Agent's SIF_GetMessage, SIF_AgentACL returned by the ZIS in response to SIF_Register and SIF_GetAgentACL, and SIF_ZoneStatus returned by the ZIS in response to SIF_GetZoneStatus. This element is used to signal an unsuccessful response. See Error Codes. A simple, easy to understand, description of the error. The primary consumer of this message is the application user. Example: "Unable to open database." An optional error description that is more complete and technical in nature. It is to be used as a diagnostic message in trouble-shooting procedures. Example: "The 'Students' table is opened in exclusive mode by user 'ADM1' (dbm.cpp, line 300)." SIF's default query mechanism. Individual elements/attributes being requested of matching object. See SIF_Element Syntax below. If specified, only the elements/attributes requested are returned in the SIF_Response (with any parent elements/attributes); otherwise, all elements supported by the provider's object are returned. The actual name of the object that is being queried for. This is the element/attribute being queried. See below for syntax. The comparison operator for the condition. Equals Less Than Greater Than Less Than Or Equals Greater Than Or Equals Not Equals SIF_Value is the data that is used to compare with the value of the element or attribute. The boolean operator for joining conditions (SIF_Condition elements) within this element. Note that None should be used if there is only one SIF_Condition element. The Boolean operator for joining conditions (SIF_Conditions elements) within this element. Note that None should be used if there is only one SIF_Conditions element. An example SIF object that serves as a template for matching objects. There is an implied EQ operator for every element/attribute value present and an implied And group of all resulting conditions. Currently this is an experimental feature and limited to use with select objects; wider use may be considered in future versions of this specification. SIF's default query mechanism for SIF_Request, SIF_Query, has several limitations that limit its usefulness when creating reporting applications that process data from a SIF zone. SIF_Query is limited to matching only one object type per query, requiring applications to manually join together results as needed for reporting and general data processing. SIF_ExtendedQuery is designed to allow for joins on object identifiers/RefIds and to allow retrieval of data in a row/column fashion similar to SQL. Each returned column may contain hierarchical XML elements/objects. While envisioned as the primary mechanism for SIF-based ReportManifests, Providers and Responders in a Zone may support SIF_ExtendedQuery in addition to SIF_Query. Support for SIF_ExtendedQuery can be declared in and retrieved from the Zone is various Infrastructure messages and objects. If no SIF_DestinationId applies to the request and this element is supplied, the Requester specifies that the extended query be routed to the Provider on record for the given object name. If this element is omitted and no SIF_DestinationId applies to the request, the ZIS routes the request to the Provider on record for the object name in SIF_From. Indicates the element/attribute to return as a column. Contents can be left empty to return the whole object specified in ObjectName, or * can be designated to return all attributes and immediate child elements of the object specified in ObjectName, or SIF_Element Syntax can be specified, relative to the object specified in ObjectName. Requested attributes are to be returned as the text value of the corresponding attribute, elements as a copy of the XML element itself including attributes if they exist. Optional caption for the column. The name of the object from which to retrieve element/attributes. Specifies whether query results should return all rows (false) or just distinct ones (true). Rows are distinct if at least one column differs between them. The maximum number of rows to return. If All, return all rows, otherwise return the top rows up to the maximum row count indicated. Specifies the left-side element/attribute on which to constrain the join. Currently only support for keys/RefIds/RefId references is required. Name of the object that contains the element/attribute. Specifies right left-side element/attribute on which to constrain the join. Currently only support for keys/RefIds/RefId references is required. Name of the object that contains the element/attribute. Type of relational join. The name of the object to query. This is the element/attribute being queried. The name of the object containing the element/attribute. The comparison operator for the condition. Equals Less Than Greater Than Less Than Or Equals Greater Than Or Equals Not Equals SIF_Value is the data that is used to compare with the value of the element or attribute. The boolean operator for joining conditions (SIF_Condition elements) within this element. Note that None should be used if there is only one SIF_Condition element. The Boolean operator for joining conditions (SIF_Conditions elements) within this element. Note that None should be used if there is only one SIF_Conditions element. Indicates the element/attribute by which to sort. The name of the object containing the element/attribute. Whether to order the element/attribute in ascending or descending order. This element provides a wrapper for data returned in response to a SIF_ExtendedQuery. Used in SIF_Response and SIF_ReportObject. The element/attribute specified for the column in SIF_ExtendedQuery. The object in which the element/attribute occurs. The caption for the column, if specified in SIF_ExtendedQuery. Contains the value of each column specified in SIF_ExtendedQuery/SIF_Select. The order of the columns must correspond to the order of the elements as requested in SIF_ExtendedQuery. Note the number of columns may be expanded from the requested columns if * is indicated one or more times in the SIF_Select clause. This message is used as an acknowledgement to an infrastructure message. The SIF_SourceId of the infrastructure message for which the SIF_Ack serves as a response. The SIF_MsgId of the infrastructure message for which the SIF_Ack message serves as a response. SIF_Event is used to deliver event objects as defined in SIF. Contains the actual object (partial or whole) that is being added, changed or deleted. This is the name of the object being added, changed or deleted. This is the action associated with the object that is being conveyed by this SIF_Event. The SIF_Provide message is used for advertising the provision of data objects. Whether or not the Agent supports SIF_ExtendedQuery for this object. The actual name of the object that is being provided. Once registered, this message allows an agent to announce to the ZIS the functionality the agent will provide. The ZIS compares the functionality to its access control list and either returns a failure or a success. Upon success, the ZIS performs an atomic update of its provide/subscribe database entries for the agent to match the objects listed in this message and atomically updates other stored settings for the agent. A ZIS must not allow an agent to perform operations that it did not successfully announce. Agents should be aware that if the access control list changes after a successful SIF_Provision, some operations may still be rejected with access control errors. Whether or not SIF_ExtendedQuery is supported with regard to this object. The name of each object. The name of each object. The name of each object. The name of each object. The name of each object. Optionally specify whether or not SIF_ExtendedQuery may be sent in requests for this object. The name of each object. Whether or not SIF_ExtendedQuery is supported with regard to this object. The name of each object. The name of the SIF Zone Service as defined by a SIF Zone Service specification The name of the SIF Zone Service as defined by a SIF Zone Service specification A specific method that the agent invokes the specified SIF Zone Service The name of the SIF Zone Service as defined by a SIF Zone Service specification A specific event that the agent desires to subscribe to The name of the SIF Zone Service as defined by a SIF Zone Service specification SIF_Register is the message for registering an agent with a ZIS. This is the descriptive name of the agent that is registering (i.e. Ramsey Media Center). Specifies the SIF Implementation Specification version(s) defining messages the agent can receive. If the ZIS cannot communicate in this format, it should reject the request. Specifies the maximum size of a packet to be returned by the ZIS. The ZIS may return packets smaller than, or equal to, the maximum value. Specifies the communication mode (Pull or Push) as chosen by the message sender. The vendor of the SIF agent. The agent version number. The format of this field is undefined, but it should match the format used in the agent's conformance statement, if the agent is SIF Certified. The name of the company of the product that this agent supports. The name of the product that this agent supports. The version of the product. This field is informative only. HTTP URL referencing an icon for graphical representation of the application/agent. Should range from 16x16 pixels to 128x128 pixels and be of an image MIME type commonly supported by Web browsers (e.g. PNG, JPEG, GIF). Agents may optionally follow the more restrictive guidelines at [FAVICON]. SIF_Request is used to request information in SIF data objects from other SIF nodes. Specifies which SIF Implementation Specification version should be used when returning the response data; wildcards are allowed. The responding agent SHOULD return data using the highest version it supports that falls within the specified versions. Specifies the maximum size of a response packet to be returned to the requester. The responder may return packets smaller than, or equal to, the maximum value. To guarantee delivery of response packets, requesting agents must not specify a SIF_MaxBufferSize greater than its registered SIF_Register/SIF_MaxBufferSize. SIF_Response is used to respond to a SIF_Request message. This is the message Id of the SIF_Request message being processed. It provides a unique match between a SIF_Response and a previous SIF_Request. Since the Id of each message from an agent is unique, the receiver of a SIF_Response message will be able to relate the SIF_Response to a SIF_Request that it sent out previously. This element represents the index of the SIF_Response message in the sequence of packets that make up a complete response. Its value must be in the range of 1 through n, with n equal to the total number of packets that make up a response. This element provides an indication as to whether there are more packets besides this one to make up a complete response. The SIF_ObjectData element contains the data objects matching the supplied criteria in the SIF_Request message if the SIF_Request contained SIF_Query. If the SIF_Request contained SIF_ExtendedQuery, include SIF_ExtendedQueryResults. This message is used to subscribe to event objects that are contained in this message. The actual name of the object that is being subscribed to. All valid SIF_Events for this object will be routed to the subscriber. This message is designed to control the flow of data an agent and ZIS or vice-versa, and to synchronously retrieve data available from the ZIS. This element holds the sub-message being sent. This sub-message detects if an a Push-Mode Agent or ZIS is ready to receive and process messages. This sub-message tells a receiver not to send any more messages to the sender. This message tells a receiver that the sender is able to process messages. This message tells the ZIS to return the first available message to the agent, subject to Selective Message Blocking. This message tells the ZIS to return the current SIF_ZoneStatus in a SIF_Ack. This message tells the ZIS to return the Agent's ACL permissions in a SIF_Ack. This sub-message asks a receiver (ZIS or Push-Mode Agent) to cancel the specified SIF_Requests, pending or in process. ZIS will send a "final" SIF_Response for each cancelled SIF_Request. No further SIF_Responses for these requests will be placed in the Agent's queue. This is the The SIF_SystemControl message is already part of the SIF Infrastructure. This messages allows for synchronous communication between an agent and a ZIS. The SIF_SystemControl - SIF_CancelServiceInputs allows an agent or ZIS to notify the other party that the specified SIF_ServiceInput should be cancelled. ZIS will send a "final" SIF_ServiceOutput for each cancelled SIF_ServiceInput. No further SIF_ServiceOutputs for these requests will be placed in the Agent's queue. This is the This message performs the opposite function of SIF_Provide. The actual name of the object that is being removed. This message is used to unregister an agent from a Zone. This message is used to unsubscribe from SIF_Events. The actual name of the object from which the agent should be unsubscribed. Events pertaining to this object published after successful unsubscription will no longer be queued for delivery to the agent. Events already queued for delivery to the agent prior to unsubscription will be delivered. SIF_ServiceInput is used to invoke a method that is exposed by a SIF Zone Service. The name of the SIF Zone Service that is being invoked. This is the name of the service operation that is being invoked. The unique Id of this service request invocation. Multiple SIF_ServiceInput packets may be sent with this same SIF_ServiceMsgId Specifies which SIF Specification version should be used when returning the response data. If a responder cannot return response data in this format, it should reject the SIF_ServiceInput. It is recommended that clients use a wildcard version for the “minor” portion of the version, such as "2.*". Specifies the maximum size of a response packet to be returned to the requester. The responder may return packets smaller than, or equal to, the maximum value. If the maximum size is too small to contain a single whole response object, the responder should send an error back to the requester that the SIF_MaxBufferSize isn't supported. To guarantee delivery of response packets, requesting agents must not specify a SIF_MaxBufferSize greater than its registered SIF_Register/SIF_MaxBufferSize. This element represents the index of the SIF_ServiceInput message in the sequence of packets that make up a complete response. Its value must be in the range of 1 through n, with n equal to the total number of packets that make up a response. This element provides an indication as to whether there are more packets besides this one to make up a complete service request. The value of this element can only be "Yes" or "No". SIF_ServiceOutput is used to respond to a SIF_ServiceInput message. This element represents the value of the SIF_ServiceMsgId that was sent as part of the original SIF_ServiceInput message stream, and should contain the same value to allow the client and the ZIS to associate each SIF_ServiceOutput packet with the SIF_ServiceInput message stream. This value uniquely identifies the entire set of SIF_ServiceInput and SIF_ServiceOutput messages involved in a single invocation of a SIF Zone Service method. This element represents the index of the SIF_ServiceOutput message in the sequence of packets that make up a complete response. Its value must be in the range of 1 through n, with n equal to the total number of packets that make up a response. This element provides an indication as to whether there are more packets besides this one to make up a complete response. The value of this element can only be "Yes" or "No". SIF_ServiceNotify is used to deliver notifications to service clients that some state associated with the service has changed. The name of the SIF Zone Service that initiated the event The name of the notification message being sent A GUID that has been assigned to this series of messages. All SIF_ServiceNotify messages that contain this Id correspond to the same event instance. This element represents the index of the SIF_ServiceNotify message in the sequence of packets that make up a complete notification message stream. Its value must be in the range of 1 through n, with n equal to the total number of packets that make up the message stream. This element provides an indication as to whether there are more packets besides this one to make up a complete notification message stream. The value of this element can only be "Yes" or "No". This object provides an Agent its access control list (ACL) settings in the Zone. The name of each object. The name of each object. The name of each object. The name of each object. The name of each object. The name of each object. The name of each object. The name of the SIF Zone Service as defined by a SIF Zone Service specification The name of the SIF Zone Service as defined by a SIF Zone Service specification A specific operation that the agent has permission to invoke or subscribe to The name of the SIF Zone Service as defined by a SIF Zone Service specification A specific operation that the agent has permission to invoke or subscribe to The name of the SIF Zone Service as defined by a SIF Zone Service specification This object provides an Agent its access control list (ACL) settings in the Zone. The name of each object. The name of each object. The name of each object. The name of each object. The name of each object. The name of each object. The name of each object. The name of the SIF Zone Service as defined by a SIF Zone Service specification The name of the SIF Zone Service as defined by a SIF Zone Service specification A specific operation that the agent has permission to invoke or subscribe to The name of the SIF Zone Service as defined by a SIF Zone Service specification A specific operation that the agent has permission to invoke or subscribe to The name of the SIF Zone Service as defined by a SIF Zone Service specification This object captures an occurrence within a SIF node (ZIS or agent)—error, warning or information—for storage in an optionally provided zone log. SIF_LogEntry Adds are reported and are used to post new log entries to the provider of the log. Of course, subscribing agents may also filter incoming Adds as part of their own logging mechanism. Any Change or Delete SIF_Events should be ignored at the agent level, but should be routed by the ZIS (though this should not be necessary). Use of the log is optional and voluntary, except where noted as mandatory in this specification. Nodes may post as much or as little log data as required with the expectation that if there is a provider of SIF_LogEntry that the logged entries be available for a provider-defined amount of time subject to provider-defined restrictions on the quantity of data logged by any given node. A SIF_LogEntry category. May be omitted for informational-type postings, where typically a textual description will suffice. Success Data Issues with Success Result Data Issues with Failure Result Error Conditions A SIF_LogEntry code with regard to SIF_Category above. May be omitted for informational-type postings, where typically a textual description will suffice. If a SIF_Code is included, SIF_Category must be included as well. An error code specific to the application posting the entry. Can be used by vendors to query log entries for errors specific to their applications. If a SIF_ApplicationCode is included, SIF_Category must be included as well; i.e., application-specific error codes should fall within one of the defined log entry categories. A textual description of the error. Any extended error description. The SIF node that logged this entry. The level of the log entry herein described. This object captures an occurrence within a SIF node (ZIS or agent)—error, warning or information—for storage in an optionally provided zone log. SIF_LogEntry Adds are reported and are used to post new log entries to the provider of the log. Of course, subscribing agents may also filter incoming Adds as part of their own logging mechanism. Any Change or Delete SIF_Events should be ignored at the agent level, but should be routed by the ZIS (though this should not be necessary). Use of the log is optional and voluntary, except where noted as mandatory in this specification. Nodes may post as much or as little log data as required with the expectation that if there is a provider of SIF_LogEntry that the logged entries be available for a provider-defined amount of time subject to provider-defined restrictions on the quantity of data logged by any given node. A SIF_LogEntry category. May be omitted for informational-type postings, where typically a textual description will suffice. Success Data Issues with Success Result Data Issues with Failure Result Error Conditions A SIF_LogEntry code with regard to SIF_Category above. May be omitted for informational-type postings, where typically a textual description will suffice. If a SIF_Code is included, SIF_Category must be included as well. An error code specific to the application posting the entry. Can be used by vendors to query log entries for errors specific to their applications. If a SIF_ApplicationCode is included, SIF_Category must be included as well; i.e., application-specific error codes should fall within one of the defined log entry categories. A textual description of the error. Any extended error description. The SIF node that logged this entry. The level of the log entry herein described. The SIF_ZoneStatus object is an object that is implicitly provided by all Zone Integration Servers to provide information about the ZIS. Zone Integration Servers MUST provide this object. The descriptive name for the zone. HTTP URL referencing an icon for graphical representation of the ZIS/Zone. Should range from 16x16 pixels to 128x128 pixels and be of an image MIME type commonly supported by Web browsers (e.g. PNG, JPEG, GIF). Agents may optionally follow the more restrictive guidelines at [FAVICON]. The name of the company that wrote the ZIS. The product name assigned by the vendor to identify this ZIS. The version of the vendor's product—not necessarily the SIF version. The name of the object being provided by this SIF node. The identifier of the SIF node that is providing objects. This is the agent or ZIS identifier that would appear in the SIF_SourceId field of any SIF_Header created by the SIF node. The name of the object being subscribed to by this SIF node. The identifier of the SIF node that is subscribing to the object events. This is the agent or ZIS identifier that would appear in the SIF_SourceId field of any SIF_Header created by the SIF node. The name of the object being published by this agent. The identifier of the SIF node that can publish the SIF_Event. This is the agent identifier that would appear in the SIF_SourceId field of any SIF_Header created by the agent. The name of the object being published by this agent. The identifier of the SIF node that can publish the SIF_Event. This is the agent identifier that would appear in the SIF_SourceId field of any SIF_Header created by the agent. The name of the object being published by this agent. The identifier of the SIF node that can publish the SIF_Event. This is the agent identifier that would appear in the SIF_SourceId field of any SIF_Header created by the agent. The name of the object for which the agent can respond to requests. The identifier of the SIF node that can respond. This is the agent identifier that would appear in the SIF_SourceId field of any SIF_Header created by the agent. The name of the object being requested by this agent. The identifier of the SIF node that can request an object. This is the agent identifier that would appear in the SIF_SourceId field of any SIF_Header created by the agent. The descriptive name of the SIF node (i.e. Ramsey Food Services). HTTP URL referencing an icon for graphical representation of the application/agent. Should range from 16x16 pixels to 128x128 pixels and be of an image MIME type commonly supported by Web browsers (e.g. PNG, JPEG, GIF). Agents may optionally follow the more restrictive guidelines at [FAVICON]. The vendor of the SIF agent. The agent version number. The format of this field is undefined, but it should match the format used in the agent's conformance statement, if the agent is SIF Certified. The name of the company of the product that this agent supports. The name of the product that this agent supports. The version of the product. This field is informative only. The agent or ZIS identifier. This is the same value that the SIF node would place in any SIF_Header that it would create. Specifies the communication mode (Pull or Push) as chosen by the message sender. This is the version or versions of the SIF Implementation Specification that define(s) the messages the SIF node can receive. For agents, this information was communicated when the SIF node registered with the ZIS. Specifies that the ZIS should never send packets larger than this value. Query responses from other providers are controlled by the SIF_MaxBufferSize attribute in the SIF_Request message. This element shows whether the SIF node is ready to process messages. The SIF node is ready to process messages The SIF node is sleeping and cannot process messages The type of the node registered with the ZIS. Note that ZIS is forward-looking and not used currently; all information about this Zone/ZIS is contained outside SIF_SIFNodes. Describes a particular authentication protocol supported. Lists a specific SIF Implementation Specification version. Should a ZIS vendor provide an administration interface for the zone via a URL, the ZIS can make the URL available in SIF_ZoneStatus. Agent administrators can use the URL to access zone administration features, should they have permission to do so. The name of the SIF Zone Service as defined by a SIF Zone Service specification The identifier of the SIF node that is providing SIF Services. This is the agent or ZIS identifier that would appear in the SIF_SourceId field of any SIF_Header created by the SIF node. The name of the SIF Zone Service as defined by a SIF Zone Service specification The identifier of the SIF node that is providing SIF Services. This is the agent or ZIS identifier that would appear in the SIF_SourceId field of any SIF_Header created by the SIF node. A specific operation with a SIF Zone Service that the agent will invoke. The name of the SIF Zone Service as defined by a SIF Zone Service specification The identifier of the SIF node that will respond to SIF_ServiceInput messages. This is the agent or ZIS identifier that would appear in the SIF_SourceId field of any SIF_Header created by the SIF node. A specific notification message that the agent is subscribed to The name of the SIF Zone Service as defined by a SIF Zone Service specification The identifier of the SIF node that is providing SIF Services. This is the agent or ZIS identifier that would appear in the SIF_SourceId field of any SIF_Header created by the SIF node. The identifier for this Zone. It is the same as the SIF_SourceId that the ZIS would place in any SIF_Header that it creates. The SIF_ZoneStatus object is an object that is implicitly provided by all Zone Integration Servers to provide information about the ZIS. Zone Integration Servers MUST provide this object. The descriptive name for the zone. HTTP URL referencing an icon for graphical representation of the ZIS/Zone. Should range from 16x16 pixels to 128x128 pixels and be of an image MIME type commonly supported by Web browsers (e.g. PNG, JPEG, GIF). Agents may optionally follow the more restrictive guidelines at [FAVICON]. The name of the company that wrote the ZIS. The product name assigned by the vendor to identify this ZIS. The version of the vendor's product—not necessarily the SIF version. The name of the object being provided by this SIF node. The identifier of the SIF node that is providing objects. This is the agent or ZIS identifier that would appear in the SIF_SourceId field of any SIF_Header created by the SIF node. The name of the object being subscribed to by this SIF node. The identifier of the SIF node that is subscribing to the object events. This is the agent or ZIS identifier that would appear in the SIF_SourceId field of any SIF_Header created by the SIF node. The name of the object being published by this agent. The identifier of the SIF node that can publish the SIF_Event. This is the agent identifier that would appear in the SIF_SourceId field of any SIF_Header created by the agent. The name of the object being published by this agent. The identifier of the SIF node that can publish the SIF_Event. This is the agent identifier that would appear in the SIF_SourceId field of any SIF_Header created by the agent. The name of the object being published by this agent. The identifier of the SIF node that can publish the SIF_Event. This is the agent identifier that would appear in the SIF_SourceId field of any SIF_Header created by the agent. The name of the object for which the agent can respond to requests. The identifier of the SIF node that can respond. This is the agent identifier that would appear in the SIF_SourceId field of any SIF_Header created by the agent. The name of the object being requested by this agent. The identifier of the SIF node that can request an object. This is the agent identifier that would appear in the SIF_SourceId field of any SIF_Header created by the agent. The descriptive name of the SIF node (i.e. Ramsey Food Services). HTTP URL referencing an icon for graphical representation of the application/agent. Should range from 16x16 pixels to 128x128 pixels and be of an image MIME type commonly supported by Web browsers (e.g. PNG, JPEG, GIF). Agents may optionally follow the more restrictive guidelines at [FAVICON]. The vendor of the SIF agent. The agent version number. The format of this field is undefined, but it should match the format used in the agent's conformance statement, if the agent is SIF Certified. The name of the company of the product that this agent supports. The name of the product that this agent supports. The version of the product. This field is informative only. The agent or ZIS identifier. This is the same value that the SIF node would place in any SIF_Header that it would create. Specifies the communication mode (Pull or Push) as chosen by the message sender. This is the version or versions of the SIF Implementation Specification that define(s) the messages the SIF node can receive. For agents, this information was communicated when the SIF node registered with the ZIS. Specifies that the ZIS should never send packets larger than this value. Query responses from other providers are controlled by the SIF_MaxBufferSize attribute in the SIF_Request message. This element shows whether the SIF node is ready to process messages. The SIF node is ready to process messages The SIF node is sleeping and cannot process messages The type of the node registered with the ZIS. Note that ZIS is forward-looking and not used currently; all information about this Zone/ZIS is contained outside SIF_SIFNodes. Describes a particular authentication protocol supported. Lists a specific SIF Implementation Specification version. Should a ZIS vendor provide an administration interface for the zone via a URL, the ZIS can make the URL available in SIF_ZoneStatus. Agent administrators can use the URL to access zone administration features, should they have permission to do so. The name of the SIF Zone Service as defined by a SIF Zone Service specification The identifier of the SIF node that is providing SIF Services. This is the agent or ZIS identifier that would appear in the SIF_SourceId field of any SIF_Header created by the SIF node. The name of the SIF Zone Service as defined by a SIF Zone Service specification The identifier of the SIF node that is providing SIF Services. This is the agent or ZIS identifier that would appear in the SIF_SourceId field of any SIF_Header created by the SIF node. A specific operation with a SIF Zone Service that the agent will invoke. The name of the SIF Zone Service as defined by a SIF Zone Service specification The identifier of the SIF node that will respond to SIF_ServiceInput messages. This is the agent or ZIS identifier that would appear in the SIF_SourceId field of any SIF_Header created by the SIF node. A specific notification message that the agent is subscribed to The name of the SIF Zone Service as defined by a SIF Zone Service specification The identifier of the SIF node that is providing SIF Services. This is the agent or ZIS identifier that would appear in the SIF_SourceId field of any SIF_Header created by the SIF node. The identifier for this Zone. It is the same as the SIF_SourceId that the ZIS would place in any SIF_Header that it creates. GUID that identifies the RequestIdentifier operation. Identification of the agency and/or location requesting the state Id. Optional because the SIF zone infrastructure may provide adequate information for the state to ascertain the origin of the request. The functional level of the requesting agency. Educational Services Agency Local Educational Agency (District) School States may choose to allow requesting agencies to indicate the minimum confidence level to associate with the request (see Match/Confidence for more information). Characteristics of the student identified by the district which the state uses to perform its matching logic. This element is used with the Student Identifier Service. Characteristics of the staff person identified by the district which the state uses to perform its matching logic. This element is used with the Staff Identifier Service. GUID that identifies the RequestIdentifier operation. The identified state student Id. Must be empty when there are no matches (a single Match marked Ambiguous). Confidence score. The main use of this element is when IdStatus equals "Ambiguous" and the state returns one or more* candidate matches. The interpretation is that the information populated in each returned object matches the information in the request to the extent expressed in this score. The matching/scoring algorithms (and resultant values) are defined by the particular state. Characteristics of the student identified by the district which the state uses to perform its matching logic. This element is used with the Student Identifier Service. Characteristics of the staff person identified by the district which the state uses to perform its matching logic. This element is used with the Staff Identifier Service. Status of the match. Marks a response from the state with a valid StateProvinceId. If the request included Characteristics/StateProvinceId, the value of StateProvinceId in the response could be different. Marks a response where the state couldn't uniquely identify the student based on the information provided. The state may respond to the request with a single Match marked "Ambiguous" and an empty StateProvinceId. Alternatively, the state response may include one or more Match elements with candidate matches. Each of these elements would be marked "Ambiguous," and populated per the particular state's policies. StateProvinceId should not be empty in these elements. GUID that identifies the RequestIdentifier operation. Identification of the agency and/or location requesting the state Id. Optional because the SIF zone infrastructure may provide adequate information for the state to ascertain the origin of the request. The functional level of the requesting agency. Educational Services Agency Local Educational Agency (District) School Echoes the cancelled TransactionId when successful. GUID that identifies the operation. Identification of the agency and/or location requesting the state Id assignment. Optional because the SIF zone infrastructure may provide adequate information for the state to ascertain the origin of the request. The functional level of the requesting agency. Educational Services Agency Local Educational Agency (District) School GUID that identifies the operation. The assigned state student Id. The state may return any identified characteristics of the student as it sees fit. This element is used with the Student Identifier Service. The state may return any identified characteristics of the staff person as it sees fit. This element is used with the Staff Identifier Service. GUID that identifies the operation. Identification of the agency and/or location requesting the state Id resolution. Optional because the SIF zone infrastructure may provide adequate information for the state to ascertain the origin of the request. The functional level of the requesting agency. Educational Services Agency Local Educational Agency (District) School The state Id to associate with the student identified by Characteristics. Characteristics of the student identified by the district which the state uses to perform its matching logic. This element is used with the Student Identifier Service. Characteristics of the staff person identified by the district which the state uses to perform its matching logic. This element is used with the Staff Identifier Service. GUID that identifies the operation. Echoes the supplied StateProvinceId. The state may return any identified characteristics of the student as it sees fit. This element is used with the Student Identifier Service. The state may return any identified characteristics of the staff person as it sees fit. This element is used with the Staff Identifier Service. Identification of the agency and/or location requesting the student be disassociated with the agency. Optional because the SIF zone infrastructure may provide adequate information for the state to ascertain the origin of the request. The functional level of the requesting agency. Educational Services Agency Local Educational Agency (District) School The state Id of the student that has left the district. Echoes the supplied StateProvinceId. The state may return any identified characteristics of the student as it sees fit. This element is used with the Student Identifier Service. The state may return any identified characteristics of the staff person as it sees fit. This element is used with the Staff Identifier Service. IdRefType of item to be scored by the targeted APS. Optional demographic information about the student at the time of the assessment. True or false (boolean) return value indicating whether the assessment processing service has accepted the task. If accepted, a confirmation token, such as a confirmation number. Description of additional information regarding the acceptance of this AssessmentAdministration. Optional demographic information about the student at the time of the assessment. True or false (boolean) return value indicating whether the Online Assessment System has accepted the results. If accepted, a confirmation token, such as a confirmation number. Description of additional information regarding the acceptance of these scores. The StateProvinceId of the student The StateProvinceId of the sending agency The StateProvinceId of the receiving agency Optional list of additional implementation-dependent parameters The StateProvinceId of the student. In the case where a SIF_ServiceInput message spans multiple packets, each packet must provide this element. The StateProvinceId of the sending agency. In the case where a SIF_ServiceInput message spans multiple packets, each packet must provide this element. The StateProvinceId of the receiving agency. In the case where a SIF_ServiceInput message spans multiple packets, each packet must provide this element. Optional list of additional implementation-dependent parameters This object is empty. The StateProvinceId of the student. In the case where a SIF_ServiceInput message spans multiple packets, each packet must provide this element. The StateProvinceId of the sending agency. In the case where a SIF_ServiceInput message spans multiple packets, each packet must provide this element. The StateProvinceId of the receiving agency. In the case where a SIF_ServiceInput message spans multiple packets, each packet must provide this element. Optional list of additional implementation-dependent parameters This object is empty. The StateProvinceId of the student. In the case where a SIF_ServiceInput message spans multiple packets, each packet must provide this element. The StateProvinceId of the sending agency. In the case where a SIF_ServiceInput message spans multiple packets, each packet must provide this element. The StateProvinceId of the receiving agency. In the case where a SIF_ServiceInput message spans multiple packets, each packet must provide this element. Optional list of additional implementation-dependent parameters This object is empty. The StateProvinceId of the student. In the case where a SIF_ServiceInput message spans multiple packets, each packet must provide this element. The StateProvinceId of the sending agency. In the case where a SIF_ServiceInput message spans multiple packets, each packet must provide this element. The StateProvinceId of the receiving agency. In the case where a SIF_ServiceInput message spans multiple packets, each packet must provide this element. Optional list of additional implementation-dependent parameters This object is empty. A common metadata element designed to contain time data, both self-defined and by type. 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. 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 Contains a human-readable description of the value in Contains the human-readable value. 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 This common metadata element describes the life cycle of the object it represents, based on the IEEE LOM LifeCycle element [LOM]. Human-readable name of the data's creator. If the object contains system-generated data, the name should identify the creating service or application. Unique identifier of the creator. An email address or URI could be used here. Identifier of the system or person that modified the data. The date/time the modification occurred. Human readable description of the data modifications. A common metadata element designed to carry any intellectual property or copyright information, based on the IEEE LOM Rights element [LOM]. A description of the fee structure for this resource. Some resources may be licensed differently depending upon their context. For example, a content provider might charge one fee structure for resources used in the classroom and a separate fee for those resources available to parents from home. Applicable grade levels as defined by SIF. The title of the content. A summary of the content. Person's proficiency in English. The code representing the specific language that an individual uses to communicate.  An indication of the function and context in which an individual uses a language to communicate. Specific dialect of a person's language. Is this the person's primary assignment? Previous, alternate or other names or aliases associated with a person. Name of the person. Note: Type value of 04 may not occur here. 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. The student's planned level of participation in statewide assessments. Identifies source of value provided. e.g. district-specific Exceptionality description/code which identifies the exceptionality or areas of need of the student. Not all programs require identification of an exceptionality. If required for this program type, must have at least one element with ExceptionalityPriority value of Primary. Other (not valid for special education) Identifies priority of the exceptionality. "Primary" is the first and is required even if only one exceptionality is specified. "Secondary", etc. are of lower priority. Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary must be specified before "Additional" is used. Identifies relative severity of disability - only one can be primary Identifies relative severity of disability - only one can be secondary Identifies relative severity of disability - only one can be tertiary Multiple disabilities can be identified as "Additional" The current status of the student's program participation. Referred Eligible Not Eligible Active Exited Withdrew/refused Other Identifies the individualized program for which the student's participation is described in this instance. Supplemental education services Early intervening services Individual learning / graduation plan Exchange program - foreign student attending district school Exchange program - district student attending foreign school Home schooling Early childhood full-day program for 3-year-old students Early childhood full-day program for 4-year-old students Early childhood half-day program for 3-year-old students Early childhood half-day program for 4-year-old students Kindergarten full-day program Kindergarten half-day program Neglected and Delinquent (ESEA I-D) Reading First (Title I-B-1 and I-B-2) Education for homeless children and youths (MVHAA Title VII-B) Rural education (ESEA VI-B) Does the state require that the course be completed for graduation? A list of subject areas. Code for session type. A list of contact persons associated with a school. Indicates whether or not this school contact's information should be published in a directory of school information. URL for a school. Name of Local Education Agency. A person's last name. A person's first name. A person's middle name or initial. Social Security Number Is the student IDEA-eligible ("special education")? (Mutually exclusive with Section 504 classification.) Is this a migrant student? Is the student in Title 1 programs? Is the student in Gifted/Talented programs? Does the student meet the State criteria for classification as having an economic disadvantage? Is the student an English Language Learner under Title 3? Is the student homeless? Is the student a qualified individual under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act? (Mututally exclusive with IDEA classification.) Does the student meet the State criteria for classification as a vocational concentrator? Does the student meet the State criteria for classification as being an immigrant? Is the student participating in programs for neglected, delinquent, or at risk children? School-defined local code for a course. State-defined standard course code used to report information about courses. A district course code. Title of a course. Other identification information associated with a school or LEA. Code indicating which identification system is used. The number of credits awarded upon course completion. The type of credit offered. An indication of the general nature and difficulty of instruction provided. Code representing the general nature and difficulty of instruction provided. A list of Address elements. 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. This element contains address data. Address line 1. Address line 2. Address line 3. Name of the complex. The address number assigned to the building. Street prefix like NE The name of the street. The type of street. For example, Lane, Blvd., Ave., etc. Street suffix like SW. Type of apartment, for example, Suite. Apartment number prefix. The number of the apartment. Apartment number suffix. The city part of the address. The county part of the address. The ZIP/postal code. The location of the address. 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. A state or province code. Note: When dealing with countries other than the United States or Canada, state/province codes/values other than those referenced here can be used. A country code. Number for the US congressional district. While typically numerical, this element does allow for text values to cover exceptions, e.g. to indicate an "at-large" district as in Wyoming. Common element used to supply information for a contact person at a school, LEA, or other institution. A prefix associated with the name like Mr., Ms., etc. The last name. The first name. The middle name or initial. Generation of suffix like II, Jr., etc. This is a name that the person prefers to be called by. This is the name to be used for sorting purposes. A free text field for the complete name. Mandatory if LastName and FirstName are omitted. Code that specifies what type of name this is. If unsure, use 04. Given Name (Name at Birth) Current Legal Alias Name of Record Previous Name (sometimes called Maiden Name of Female Persons) Married Name Professional Name The contact person's position title. Role played by this contact in this instance. Address of the contact. List of Email elements. List of PhoneNumber elements. An indication that the individual traces his or her origin or descent to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central or South America, or other Spanish cultures, regardless of race. Name of the location. RefId of the location object if the location is a SIF Object such as Type of SIF Object The general racial category which reflects the individual's recognition of his or her community or with which the individual most identifies. Asian (deprecated) Hispanic (deprecated) A percentage associated with the race. A person's gender. Male Female Unknown A person's date of birth. Demographics information about the student, contact, staff member, etc. This element occurs within objects such as StudentPersonal, StudentContact, etc. Person's gender. The person's date of birth. Means by which the person's birth date was validated. The person's place of birth—like village, town, city etc. The county in which the person was born. The person's state of birth. The person's country of birth. A person's country of citizenship. A person's country of residence. Date the person first arrived in the country. The person's citizenship status. Person's proficiency in English. List of languages an individual uses to communicate. Code representing the setting/environment in which the person resides The person's marital status. A code representing the highest level of education completed by a person. A list of electronic identifiers associated with an entity. Common element used to specify entity identifiers that are read by electronic equipment. It is used in objects such as StudentPersonal, StaffPersonal, and LibraryPatronStatus. Electronic Id type. A list of e-mail addresses associated with an individual. 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. This element represents an e-mail address of one of a number of types and occurs in objects such as StudentPersonal, StaffPersonal, StudentContact, etc. This attribute specifies the type of e-mail address. The first date on which a student enters. The date on which a student exits. Grade or academic level. Code representing the grade level. Pre-Kindergarten/Preschool Kindergarten Postgraduate/Adult Ungraded This is a common element used to specify a collection of grade levels supported. It is used in SchoolInfo and assessment-related objects. Date student officially graduated from secondary education. Currently projected graduation year (CCYY). First projected graduation year, usually determined when student is accepted into 9th grade (CCYY). This element contains a map location. The GridLocation element is utilized within other objects and elements, such as BusStopInfo and Address, etc. Latitude in decimal degrees. Longitude in decimal degrees. Common element used to specify the locally-defined number or identifier for a homeroom. It is used in objects such as RoomInfo and StudentSnapshot. This is a common element used to define the locally assigned identifier associated with an entity. It is used in StudentPersonal, StaffPersonal, SchoolInfo, and other objects. This element represents the meeting times and periods for a course, and occurs within objects such as SectionInfo and StudentSectionEnrollment. Locally defined rotation cycle day code when the section meets (e.g., in a two day schedule, valid values would be "A" and "B," or "1" and "2"). The period within the day when this section takes place (e.g., "0" through "7"). The Name element, which could belong to a student, staff member, contact, etc. This element or a form with a subset of Type values occurs within objects such as StudentPersonal, StudentContact, StaffPersonal, etc. Code that specifies what type of name this is. If unsure, use 04. Given Name (Name at Birth) Current Legal Alias Name of Record Previous Name (sometimes called Maiden Name of Female Persons) Married Name Professional Name This is a common element used to define the identifier assigned by the National Center for Education Statistics that is associated with an entity. It is used in SchoolInfo, LEAInfo, and other objects. Operational condition of an institution. An "other" identifier associated with a person. This element occurs in objects such as StudentPersonal and StaffPersonal, etc. Code that defines the type of this other Id. Note: A subset of valid values may be specified in data objects. Lists phone numbers associated with an entity. 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. This element represents a phone number and occurs within objects such as StudentPersonal, StaffPersonal, etc. Phone number. Free-form, but typical U.S. formats include: Phone number extension. Indicates whether or not the phone number is available to the public. Code that specifies what type of phone number this is. Note: A subset of valid values may be specified in data objects. Program value. The type of the program. Type identifies the list of values. Code from the NCES Handbook Code defined by the State Department of Education Locally-defined code Textual description Indicates whether or not information should be published in a directory. Code that defines the relationship of one person to another. Code representing the relationship. The name of the school. School year for which this information is applicable, expressed as the four-digit year in which the school year ends (e.g., "2004" for the 2003-04 school year). Course code from the School Codes for the Exchange of Data that describe the content of the course. Five-digit number. Subject areas are represented by the first two digits, the last three digits specify a particular course within the subject area. Conveys the level of the course. Basic or remedial General or regular Enriched or advanced Honors Identifies the amount of credit available to a student who successfully meets the objectives of the course, measured in Carnegie units (9.99 format). One-digit number describing where a specific course lies when it is part of a consecutive sequence of courses described by the same general course description. One-digit number representing the total number of courses in the consecutive sequence described by the same general course description. The identifier for this entity as assigned by the state or province. This is a common element used to designate the subject area of a course or other learning materials, or a department. It is used in SchoolCourseInfo and learning-related objects. The subject area code (i.e., the first two digits of the course classification code). 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. A state/province code, local code, other code or a text string that crosswalks to or serves as a translation of an associated Code element. Describes the OtherCode element content as either a state/province code, a local code, other code, or text string. This gives information about a student's meal status. Date on which meal status became effective (inclusive). Date on which meal status was last in effect, if in the past. This element can't exist without a StartDate. School year for which the information is applicable, expressed as the four-digit year in which the school year ends (e.g., 2004 for the 2003-04 school year). Meal status type. This gives information about a staff member's meal status. Date on which earned status became effective (inclusive). Date on which earned status was last in effect. This attribute is conditional upon the StartDate element. It exists only if the StartDate element exists. Earned status type. This gives information about a meal type. Common XML structure for a list of other Ids related to the object. A wrapper element for information that describes a generic person. This element may be used as a basic building block for person-type objects. The locally-assigned identifier for this person. Note: LocalId may be used as a unique person identifier rather than a unique contact identifier. In this case there may be more than one object instance with the same LocalId. Lists all "other" identifiers associated with the person. The name of the person. Note: Type attribute value of 04 must be used here. Previous, alternate or other names or aliases associated with the person. This element contains information related to person's demographics. The person's address(es). The person's phone number(s). The person's e-mail address(es). A list of operating system, network, and other technical requirements. an operating system, network, or other technical requirement. Contains information about required software. This is the title of the specific software. This does not include the vendor. For example, Flash not Adobe. This includes the version of the specific software. This is the vendor of the specific software. For example, Adobe. This is the operating system and version. For example, Macintosh OS X 1.4. A list of ExtendedParameter elements The name of the parameter The value of the parameter The StudentRecordExchange object set for the student and sending agency that was requested by the GetStudentRecordExchange method. The object set is contained in a composite StudentRecordExchangeData object. To allow for packetizing of StudentRecordExchange object sets, there should be one instance of the StudentRecordExchangeData object for each object it contains. The StudentDemographicRecord object referenced by the StudentRecordExchange/Records/StudentDemographicRecordRefId element. At most one of this or one of the other Conditional elements must be provided in a StudentRecordExchangeData instance. The StudentAcademicRecord object referenced by the StudentRecordExchange/Records/StudentAcademicRecordRefId element. At most one of this or one of the other Conditional elements must be provided in a StudentRecordExchangeData instance. The StudentSpecialEducationRecord object referenced by the StudentRecordExchange/Records/StudentSpecialEducationRecordRefId element. At most one of this or one of the other Conditional elements must be provided in a StudentRecordExchangeData instance. A StudentRecordPackage object referenced by the StudentRecordExchange/Records/OtherRecords element. At most one of this or one of the other Conditional elements must be provided in a StudentRecordExchangeData instance. A commonly defined container for metadata elements defined within SIF. Allows an agent to include data not yet defined within a SIF data object as name/value pairs. A name/value pair, the name being contained in the Name attribute, the value being the element content. 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. 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. This object is designed to facilitate the transfer of State Education Agency (SEA) directory information to the Department of Education (USED) through the Education Data Exchange Network (EDEN). The locally-assigned identifier for this SEA. The NCES-assigned identifier for this SEA. The full legally accepted name of the SEA. URL for the SEA. Chief State School Officer contact information. Indicates whether or not this SEA contact's information should be published in a directory of SEA information. The SEA's phone number(s). The SEA's address(es). Operational condition of an SEA. The two-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Code for the State, District of Columbia, and the possessions and freely associated areas of the United States (e.g. Puerto Rico). A number used in EDEN to uniquely uniquely identify state agencies. The GUID of the SEA whose information this is. The purpose of the StudentLEARelationship object is to represent the current information available regarding a single student's relationship/affiliation to a single LEA for a specific school year as of the time a SIF_Event or SIF_Response is generated by the system of record. This object is not designed to operate on a historical/longitudinal basis in the default context. The type of this affiliation as it relates to the LEA identified in LEAInfoRefId. The LEA is responsible for reporting the student's membership/child accounting information. The LEA is not the primary reporting unit for the student's membership/child accounting information. A summer school enrollment, not part of the regular school year. An instance of the OrganizationRelationshipType common element that describes the details of the student's affiliation with the LEA. The date from when this affiliation is valid. Code indicating the type of entry for this affiliation. The last school calendar day (membership day) the student was affiliated with the LEA (inclusive). Code indicating the type of exit for this affiliation. Code indicating the exit status for this affiliation. Indicates the reason that the student has an affiliation with this LEA if the student is a not a resident of the LEA. The grade or academic level of the student. The unique identifier for a particular affiliation between a student and a LEA. The SIF RefId of the StudentPersonal object to which this instance of StudentLEARelationship refers. The SIF RefId of the LEAInfo object to which this instance of StudentLEARelationship refers. Contains the SIF school year to which this instance of StudentLEARelationship applies. StudentLEARelationship must not span multiple school years. This object defines the data that is being aggregated as well as the type of measurement that is being performed. Name of Aggregate Statistic Rule for calculating the aggregate statistic Date for which the statistic is initially valid Date after which the statistic is no longer valid Rule for which statistic may not be reported System providing the data: i.e., SIS, Transportation, Effective date of the statistic Discontinue date of the statistic Name of the location RefId of the location object if the location is a SIF object such as SchoolInfo. Type of SIF object Location points to. Type of the statistic. Key This object defines the attribute of a group of objects that implicitly or explicitly defines a subset of the group. Describes the supercategory of the characteristic described in the Definition element below. Defines the aggregate characteristic information. Reference to SIF elements or external authority (e.g., StudentPersonal/Gender). Key for aggregate characteristic information. This object is the actual value of the measurement. It is always associated with one statistic and one or more characteristics. Reference to statistic defined by Reference to an AggregateCharacteristicInfo object. Value of the fact. This object communicates the current meal/account status of a given student. The student's current meal status. Date of the last reimbursable breakfast served. Date of the last reimbursable lunch served. The GUID of the student to whom this object is linked. Description of Item Electronic identifier(s) associated with this item. The category is derived from the Child Nutrition Database's food category codes/names (Source: Food Category Name File [CNDB]). Agents may use the actual codes or a district's local definition of the names associated with the codes. The Child Nutrition Database [CNDB] is updated on a yearly basis by the USDA. GUID that identifies this item This object describes the unit for an item. GUID that identifies related item Description of unit ("cup", "teaspoon", etc.) Child Nutrition Database [CNDB] standard code describing unit.  The database is updated on a yearly basis by the USDA. Gram weight of this item in terms of MeasureDescriptionCode GUID that identifies this unit This object describes a certain amount for a specific item unit. GUID that identifies related item portion Quantity of item portion (number of units) Type of item unit Optional description of amount GUID that identifies this item's portion This object describes the federal, state, local and other reimbursement rates for a school. GUID that identifies the school. Effective start date for the reimbursement rates Effective end date for the reimbursement rates The name of the reimbursing agency. This element is to be used when the Type is set as Other. The rate value Severe need identifier for the rate. When SevereNeed is Yes then the rate shown is the combined rate. For certain programs the severe need identifier does not apply. In such cases the value NA should be used. Type of the reimbursing agency. GUID that identifies this object. This object is a site's meal prices for each grade program, meal status, meal type and grade level. GUID that identifies the school this meal price belongs to The price value GUID that identifies this meal price. This object communicates the current meal status and account status of a given staff member. This object indicates whether the staff member is entitled to earn meals. Last breakfast served date Last lunch served date The GUID of the staff to whom this object is linked. This object communicates food service transaction information. This is the key object that will be present for every food service transaction. GUID that identifies the school/site of account transaction Date of transaction Time of transaction. Type of transaction The GUID of the customer doing the transaction. SIF customer type. Amount of tax. Description of the Transaction This flag tells us if the transaction is voided. GUID that identifies food service transaction This object gives the transaction distribution for food service transactions of type other than Purchase. So, this object can be requested for transactions of type Prepayment, Repayment, Refund, Adjustment. GUID that identifies food service transaction This amount refers to the funds being directed inwards to/outwards from the customer's account. That is: these amounts reflect the changes to the account balances. Description GUID that identifies transaction details This object communicates the funding for a given transaction. By the term funding we refer to the form of payment that is made for the transaction. GUID that identifies food service transaction This amount is the form of the incoming funds for this transaction. For example; the payment can be made by a credit card. This refers to the way the payment was made. GUID that identifies the payment This object communicates the daily sales information. School for which the sales object applies Date on which the sales occurred. Monetary value Type of SalesAmount. This denotes the form of incoming funds for the sales done. Type of account to which sales amounts apply. This is set to NA when Type is set as Earned. GUID that identifies the daily meal sales object This object gives the sales details for the items sold for a specified date. GUID that identifies the school for this object Date of sales The value of item quantity The cost (monetary value) of the item sold. GUID of FoodserviceItemPortion object GUID that identifies this object This object communicates the foodservice menu plan for a school site for a given meal program, grade level range and date. GUID that identifies the school for this menu plan Date of menu plan Description of menu plan Feeding figure projected Quantity of item in this menu plan Item portion amount GUID that identifies this menu plan This object communicates the daily milk sales at a school. School for which the sales object applies Date on which the sales occurred. The quantity sold. Unit of Sale Charge to child per unit GUID that identifies the daily milk sales object If a food service transaction is of type Purchase then this object can give the details of the purchase. This object does not exist for other transaction types. GUID that identifies food service transaction in which this purchase was made The value of quantity Foodservice Item Portion Identifies whether the item being purchased is earned i.e., at no cost to the buyer. It is used when FoodserviceTransaction object's TransactionType element has the value "Purchase". GUID that identifies purchase transaction This object communicates the staff enrollment for a specified date. Reference to SchoolInfo Date the count is taken. This object communicates the daily staff sales. School for which the sales object applies Date on which the sales occurred. GUID that identifies the daily meal sales object This object communicates the student enrollment for a specified date. Reference to SchoolInfo Date the count is taken. This object communicates the daily student sales. School for which the sales object applies Date on which the sales occurred. GUID that identifies the daily meal sales object This object contains references to the set of records associated with and available for a given student. A unique student identifier outside of SIF. A locally-defined student identifier. An associated StudentPersonal object. The GUID that uniquely identifies an instance of this object. Conveys a student's demographic data for student record exchange and transcript purposes. The date this record was prepared. Lists an "other" identifier associated with the student. Code that defines the type of this other Id. Name of the student. Note: Type value of 04 must be used here. Previous, alternate or other names or aliases associated with the student. Person's proficiency in English. List of languages an individual uses to communicate. Code representing the setting/environment in which the person resides The address of the student. The Id (GUID) of this record. The GUID of an associated object, either StudentRecordExchange or StudentPersonal. The associated object type. This object conveys a student's academic record data for student record exchange and transcript purposes. The date this record was prepared. References the school of record for the student (see SchoolAttended). The date the student originally enrolled in the district of the school of record. Accrediting body for the school. The text name of the value list ("Letter Grades", "Letter Grades (+/-)", "ESU", "Pass/Fail", "Override Grades", "Citizenship Comment Codes", etc.). The minimum percent value accepted for this mark. If present, the publisher of this object is required to ensure that any values present in the StudentSectionMarks object will not be lower than this value. The maximum percent value accepted for this mark. If present, the publisher of this object is required to ensure that any values present in the StudentSectionMarks object will not be higher than this value. Number of significant digits. Number of decimal places. Lowest Mark in the range (e.g., 98, 3.95). Highest Mark in the range (e.g., 100, 4.0). String representing the actual Mark that would appear on the report card (e.g., "A+", "I", "100"). Numeric equivalent for the Mark (e.g., 100, 4.0). The description for this code. (e.g. "Excellent", "Participates in Class", "Incomplete", etc...). An integer value representing the maximum number of Unicode characters for the narrative, the UTF-8 encoding of which may be longer. Id used internally to StudentAcademicRecord to link marks to their marking systems. Id used internally to StudentAcademicRecord to avoid duplication of school-related data. Note: Mandatory if student exited school. Code indicating the type of entry for this enrollment Grade or academic level of student. Code indicating the exit status for this enrollment. Code indicating the type of exit for this enrollment. The type of this affiliation as it relates to the LEA identified. The LEA is responsible for reporting the student's membership/child accounting information. The LEA is not the primary reporting unit for the student's membership/child accounting information. A summer school enrollment, not part of the regular school year. An instance of the OrganizationRelationshipType common type that describes the details of the student's affiliation with the LEA. The type of this affiliation as it relates to the school identified. The LEA is responsible for reporting the student's membership/child accounting information. The LEA is not the primary reporting unit for the student's membership/child accounting information. A summer school enrollment, not part of the regular school year. Code indicating the residency status for this enrollment. If the school represented by this enrollment is outside of the student's usual attendance area (as indicated in the ResidencyStatus element), this element indicates the reason that the student attends this school. Reference to SchoolAttended. Reference to the school of record for the courses being taken (see SchoolAttended). Reference to the school where the course is being taken (see SchoolAttended); may be omitted if the school is the same as the school of record. Date course section started. Date course section ended, or will end. Student's grade level at time of course. The percent score for this mark (0.00 - 100.00). The raw numeric score for this mark. The letter grade for this mark. The free form text narrative for this mark. Reference to marking system at school of record. Number of course credits attempted. Reference to the school of record for the time span (see SchoolAttended). Reference to the school where the course was taken (see SchoolAttended); may be omitted if the school is the same as the school of record. Date course section started. Date course section ended. Reference to the school where student took the course during the marking period, if different from schools above. Student's grade level at time of course. The percent score for this mark (0.00 - 100.00). The raw numeric score for this mark. The letter grade for this mark. The free form text narrative for this mark. Reference to marking system at school of record. Number of course credits attempted. Number of course credits earned. Type of credit. Flag indicating that the student was excessively absent from the class. Number of days absent. Number of days present. Code representing the medium of instruction. Student's grade level at time. Number of credits attempted. Number of credits earned. Number of GPA credits attempted. Number of GPA credits earned. Number of GPA points received. Grade point average for term. Weighted grade point average for term. Number of days absent. Number of days present. Total credits attempted during academic career. Total credits earned during academic career. Cumulative number of GPA credits earned during academic career. Cumulative number of grade points earned during academic career. Cumulative grade point average for academic career. Brief name/description of type of GPA. Student's rank in graduating class. Total number of students in student's graduating class. Date class ranking was determined. Projected graduation date. Note: Mandatory if graduated. Graduation date. Note: Mandatory if graduated. Type of diploma earned. An indication of the general nature and difficulty of instruction provided throughout a course. A code to depict the focus of the educational program (replaces deprecated AcademicTrack.