License

SDI is open. The specification and its schemas are licensed so any vendor can implement, embed, and build on them — while the SDI name and certification mark stay governed by the steward so “SDI” keeps meaning one thing.

Specification text

This site — the SDI standard and the Provider Implementation Guide — is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). You may share and adapt the text, including commercially, provided you give attribution to “SDI — Student Data Interoperability, stewarded by Admissio.”

JSON Schemas

The normative JSON Schemas served under /schemas/1.0/ are released under the MIT License so you can embed them directly in your implementation with no friction. Retain the copyright notice; otherwise use them freely.

Name, logo, and certification mark

The open license above covers copyright in the text and schemas. It does not grant trademark rights.

“SDI”, “Student Data Interoperability”, and the SDI logo are trademarks of Admissio. You may use the “Supports SDI” badge to indicate your product implements the standard — see the brand guidelines.
“SDI Certified” is a governed certification mark. Per §15.2, it may be used only by Providers that have passed the conformance suite. Certification is optional and is never a precondition for two systems interoperating.