This manual is for school administrators, Novell® eDirectoryTM administrators, and others who implement the DirXML® Driver for Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF) in a K-12 school environment.
The DirXML Driver for SIF lets you automatically provision users in eDirectory and synchronize user accounts in eDirectory with user data from a SIF-enabled student information system.
This configurable solution gives you the ability to increase productivity, streamline school processes, and reduce errors by automating the transfer of user data to eDirectory.
The guide contains the following sections:
SIF is an open standard created to allow K-12 education applications to exchange data effectively. The DirXML Driver for SIF works as a SIF Agent.
The 1.0 release of the driver conforms to SIF Implementation Specification 1.0r2. The 1.0.1 release of the driver conforms to SIF Implementation Specification 1.1. The 1.0.1 release of the driver is available as a product update. For information about the SIF specifications, see the Schools Interoperability Framework Web site.
This release supports only English versions of NetWare® and Windows*.
This guide includes information about the DirXML Driver for SIF. For information about DirXML in general, see the DirXML 1.1 Administration Guide.
For the most recent version of the DirXML Driver for Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF) Implementation Guide, see the DirXML Drivers Documentation Web Site.
The term driver refers to all components of the DirXML Driver for SIF and not to any one particular component.
In this documentation, a greater-than symbol (>) is used to separate actions within a step and items in a cross-reference path.
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We want to hear your comments and suggestions about this manual and the other documentation included with the DirXML Driver for SIF. To contact us, send e-mail to proddoc@novell.com.