Technical Articles
This section contains technical articles and white papers on topics of interest to developers and implementers.
Contents
- Education Agency Business Process Security Considerations (wiki)
- Guidance on Multi-Year Data in ODS (wiki)
- Identities API (wiki)
- Key Structure in the Ed-Fi ODS / API (wiki)
- ODS / API Composite Resources Technical Approach (wiki)
- Securing OAuth Secrets (wiki)
- Unique ID System Integration (wiki)
- Working with Code Generation (wiki)
- Running the Postman Integration Tests (wiki)
- Adding Custom ODS / API Features (wiki)
- Cascading Key Updates on ODS API Resources
- Authorizing Requests Using Custom Database Views
Education Agency Business Process Security Considerations
No connected technology solution is without risk. This article provides essential
Guidance on Multi-Year Data in ODS
This article provides essential information for education agencies and other
Identities API
The Ed-Fi Identities API provides an abstraction wrapper for an optional native
Key Structure in the Ed-Fi ODS / API
Introduction
ODS / API Composite Resources Technical Approach
The Ed-Fi Alliance is phasing out support for Composite and recommends against implementing any new composites in 2026 or beyond.
Securing OAuth Secrets
A secure password storage strategy is critical to mitigating data breaches. This
Unique ID System Integration
Generally speaking, a unique ID system ensures that a person has only one unique
Working with Code Generation
The Code Generation utility is a .NET 8.0 command-line application that has been
Running the Postman Integration Tests
The Ed-Fi ODS / API includes several collections of Postman tests that can be
Adding Custom ODS / API Features
The Ed-Fi ODS / API comes with a set of configurable features that can be
Cascading Key Updates on ODS / API Resources
The Ed-Fi ODS SQL Server data store allows for the configuration of Cascading
Authorizing Requests Using Custom Database Views
The relationship-based authorization strategies used in the API are implemented