Re: [seul-edu] Gradebook Architecture

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@jump.net>]

"David C. Moore" wrote:
> I've taken a long look at SIF (http://www.schoolsinterop.org) and decided
> that I like it very much.  It is just a specification for message passing
> between applications based on XML.  It requires a central server (the ZIS)
> to mediate the transmission of the messages from application to
> application.  Code for such a server has been written by Microsoft for NT,
> but it should not be difficult to code our own for Linux, since we have
> the specs, and do not need to use any MS code.

Reading the license for the ZIS, I think we even _could_ use the MS
code, if it would be helpful.  The license looks like the closest thing
to the GPL that could ever come out of Redmond.   :)

I'm glad you like SIF - some heavy hitters in the commercial world have
signed on to it, and frankly, I think that if we go off and design our
own architecture (unrelated to SIF) we'll likely get left in the dust.

Ok, I'm going to go read your spec now.  :)

-Eric