Developers
For Data Jockeys, From Data Geeks
Our solutions for data integration are based upon open standards for the education industry. These include the Schools Interoperability Framework Association (SIFA) and the Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council (PESC). You can find more about these specifications here:
Pearson has a large and growing set of tools and training offerings for developers wishing to implement these standards in their products.
Open ADK (Agent Development Kit)
For K-12 application vendors and districts that have developed custom software applications, the ADK is the professional-grade developer's tool for creating sophisticated, robust SIF agents. By freeing software developers to concentrate on the integration logic and data management specific to their application, the ADK greatly accelerates agent development time.
Open Source, Business Friendly
The ADK is available free of charge under the Apache 2.0 software license. Businesses can build SIF Agents with the ADK and have no requirement to release their own code as open source or as free software. The ADK requires no additional third party components or external devices.
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Good for SIF, Great for You
The ADK is available for both Java and .NET developers and delivers these key benefits:
Reduced Complexity of Agent Development
The ADK is built on a high-level class framework of over 700 classes and an embedded Agent runtime. This framework allows developers to focus on the core business logic of their application -- rather than SIF infrastructure details -- when writing the SIF agent.
Robust Capabilities
The ADK includes a full suite of SIF Data Objects (SDO) classes, (both approved and draft Objects) and supports multi-zone messaging so that your agent can scale for district-wide deployments. The included capabilities of the ADK help you build highly customizable SIF Agents that can be installed in any SIF environment regardless of the other agents participating in the SIF Zone.
Support plans are available for Open ADK. Call 877-790-1261 for details.
Resources
Pearson Moves Leading SIF Agent Development Kit to Open Source Licensing
SIFWorks Agent Development Kit (ADK) moves to Launchpad.net
