CWA 14928:2004

Review on SIF Infrastructure, Architecture, Message Processing and Transport Layer CWA 14928:2004

Scope

The purpose of this CWA is to review several parts of the SIF specification: Message Passing, Architecture,
Infrastructure and the transport layer. Based on this analysis a set of recommendations are proposed to
enable de development of interoperability frameworks for exchange of information between diverse
management systems.
Although most of the outcomes from this CWA are applicable in a worldwide context, special emphasis was
put to meet the particular needs of a European context and assure that the latest technical standards are
taken into account.
This work will support the outputs of the OASIS (Open Architecture and Schools in Society) project that
enable different applications and systems to share information. This CWA is intended to be used by OASIS
and other initiatives worldwide which would like to localise the SIF specification in their particular contexts,
and to develop their own interoperability frameworks, taking into account standards/specifications that may
be reused and the latest technologies available.
Other people and organizations that may be affected by the recommendations made in this report are
schools, teachers, software enterprises developing SIF-compliant software and software managers in
schools.