not for profit 1 founded 23 april 2003 headquarters washington d.c. usa website www.a4l.org the access for learning community or a4l is a global not for profit corporation committed to providing solutions in the education data space and supporting the use of standards by schools districts states countries and education vendors . it was formerly known as the schools interoperability framework association or sifa . the name was changed in may 2015 . 3 4 a4l members collaborate on a variety of technical standards sometimes collectively known as the schools interoperability framework . a4l publishes these standards and advocates their adoption and provides training and support services . it also offers an sif certification trademark licensing program administered on its behalf by the open group . 5 the organization includes more than 1000 members as of 2015 including government agencies school districts public advocacy organization and vendors of schools interoperability framework products . contents 1 history 2 organization 3 members 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit founded as a working group for schools interoperability framework in 1997 by vendors under the auspices of the software and information industry association . in april 2003 sifa was incorporated and activities within sif project of the siia were transferred to the current corporation . 6 on may 20 2015 the name of the organization was changed to the access for learning community . organization edit a4l members elect officials every year for terms on the association s board of directors . each regional technical board is composed of the lead of each a4l project team and task force and four members elected at large by the membership . the a4l technical board members serve a one year term . 7 members edit a4l members collaborate on a variety of technical standards sometimes collectively known as the schools interoperability framework or sif . see also edit schools interoperability framework references edit sif trademark license agreement archived june 9 2007 at the wayback machine . tess error introducing the a4l community pdf press release . may 20 2015 . retrieved november 4 2015 . sif association remakes itself . the journal . june 2 2015 . retrieved january 13 2016 . sif certification archived december 24 2007 at the wayback machine . http prnwire.com cgi bin stories.pl acct 104 & story www story 04 24 2003 00019 32919 & edate pr newswire press release dated 24 april 2003 retrieved on 9 december 2007 http www.sifinfo.org organization sif.asp external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title access for learning community & oldid 742360236 categories standards organizationshidden categories articles with wayback machine linkspages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 october 2016 at 06 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view