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Re: [school-discuss] Student Information Systems



I could help out as well being the OpenZIS developer so can help on
working in SIF if you are interested in the whole SIF thing. I know SIF
will move forward faster now with the dept. of edu in on it now. 


On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 15:28, James Smyth wrote:
> Seems reasonable to me.
> 
> Jim Smyth
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tim Mansfield" <tim.mansfield@aspirepublicschools.org>
> To: <schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net>
> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 2:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [school-discuss] Student Information Systems
> 
> 
> > I think we should collectively develop a specification for what an open
> > source Student Information System should do.
> >
> > Les Richardson is working on "Open Admin for Schools".  James Smyth is
> > working on "District DNA".  I'm working on a project that needs to have
> some
> > SIS functionality as a supporting layer.  It's fine of course for everyone
> > to be working on their own thing, but it seems to me that we should be
> > pooling our efforts on a common specification.
> >
> > We could set up a website to do this requirements capture -- for starters,
> > maybe it'd be just a wiki, some doc archival facility, and some mailing
> > lists.  Representatives from all the stakeholder groups -- teachers,
> > administrators, office managers, students, parents, superintendents, tech
> > coordinators, developers, etc. -- would use the site to collectively
> develop
> > the spec, with moderation/coordination from some core volunteers.  (These
> > core volunteers would probably emerge from Schoolforge.)  Both functional
> > and non-functional requirements would be captured.
> >
> > As this spec developed, then we could talk knowledgably, consistently, and
> > actionably about the extent to which the systems out there currently meet
> or
> > plan to meet the standard.  The coverage charts could include both open
> > source and commercial packages, so people like Doug Coats can make the
> best,
> > informed decision.
> >
> > The spec would help developers like Les, James, myself, and whoever else,
> > understand what the market wants.  It would help adopters like Doug do due
> > diligence and get what they need.
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > --Tim
> >
> >
>