SIF Infrastructure Specification 3.6
The SIF Infrastructure is a well-defined REST API designed to deliver maximum flexibility and advanced capabilities. Maintaining interoperable designs every-step-of-the-way allows you to start small and grow without boundaries! From simple direct solutions to fully brokered ecosystems the API is highly consistent especially for Service Consumers. Adoption has shown that the most popular ecosystem design is currently the Data Hub, which includes an operational data store in the middle to seamlessly service requests and better support multiple standards.
This version provides the marketplace with several benefits:
- Transition from synchronous ecosystems to asynchronous or hybrid integrations without interruption. Regardless of the asynchronous benefit you seek, upgrading one system at a time while never losing compatibility is priceless in today’s always-on world.
- Scalable for both instant and long-running processes to work in harmony. With this release, the SIF Infrastructure architecture allows for both lightweight and larger applications to work well together. SIF Enabled cloud powered apps no longer need to be bogged down by other systems that are synchronizing data.
- Lightweight. Providers of Data no longer need to deliver a server component to any SIF ecosystems which are powered by a SIF Infrastructure Specification 3.5 capable Broker.
- Meaningful feedback. With the latest functionality, end-to-end transport status and error codes provide important feedback for users.
- Conformity to more educational institutions firewall policies. If you strive for data interoperability, but struggle with allowing access through your firewall, then this release provides a solution.
SIF Infrastructure Specification 3.6 documentation
The Standardized Infrastructure can carry any Data Model ‘On The Wire’
The globally used SIF Infrastructure defines the transport and messaging functionality over the “wire” where payloads are securely exchanged—no matter the payload/data model.
The standardized Infrastructure has been third-party ‘load tested’ and results show ‘data bottlenecks’ are not being seen. Without over-stressing a performance load test, over 200 million data messages were sent in an hour which is 286 times increase in throughput performance compared with previous models!
Privacy and the SIF Infrastucture
GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has changed the privacy landscape and the Global SIF Infrastructure has risen to the challenge by including a Privacy Obligation Document (POD) service. These PODs describe: laws, contract clauses, obligations, benchmarks, retainment rules, and key contacts. The Global SIF Infrastructure makes GDPR compliance affirmable with every exchange and key parts of it enforceable through our Data Protection Enforcer Service model.
To find additional information about the Privacy Obligation Document (POD) and the Global Education Privacy Standard (GEPS) currently being developed by the Student Data Privacy Consortium (SDPC), please click here >>
