> Please don't. I think a working open-source ZIS would be quite useful. > > I think the questions Tom has are useful to consider but for me they don't make a case against an open-source ZIS at all. > > Are the SIF schemas an ZIS communication protocol specifications proprietary or open? Open as far as I am aware. I know SIF has been released from SIIA control which is good news and is now its own non-profit org. I also know that the Department of Education has jumped into the SIF organization as well. So will probably see a push for SIF aware apps soon by the DoE. > > I do know that the development of new schemas seems to be a process limited to members ($$) of SIF. This is unfortunate. Yeah I am pondering the thought of getting together a group of open source developers and creating a non-profit that can then join the SIF working groups to attempt to let the OSS developers have a voice in this as well
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