Data Transport Specification (DTS)

PESC Approved Standard
November 1, 2007

DTS v 2.0 Approved as PESC Standard

The Board of Directors and Steering Committee of the Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council (PESC) are pleased to announce the release of the web-services based Data Transport Standard (DTS) version 2.0 as a PESC Member-Approved National Education Community Standard. This effort marks a significant milestone and achievement for the education community, the Standards Forum for Education, and for PESC.

PESC Members that approved the Data Transport 2.0 Specification as a National Education Community Standards include:

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO)
AcademyOne
California Community College System
Central Connecticut State University
Citibank
College Board
Consumer Bankers Association (CBA)
Datatel
Georgetown University
Hyland Software
Iowa State University
Law School Admission Council (LSAC)
Mapping Your Future
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)
National Association of Student Loan Administrators (NASLA)
National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs (NCHELP)
National Student Clearinghouse
Nelnet
Ontario College Application Services (OCAS)
Oracle Corporation
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Sallie Mae
Smart Catalog
SunGard Higher Education
University of Denver
University of Idaho
University of Illinois - Student Financial Services
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
University of Mississippi
University of Oklahoma
University of Texas at Austin
USA Funds
US Department of Education
Wachovia Education Finance
XAP Corporation

For any organization looking to communicate their specific use and implementation of PESC approved standards, please contact Michael Sessa directly at Michael.Sessa@PESC.org 202-261-6516.

Public Comments & Responses

Data Transport Specification version 1.0

Approved as a PESC Standard on May 19, 2006, PESC is pleased to release to the education community Data Transport Specification 1.0.

As PESC's mission is to promote the establishment and adoption of standards to improve institutional performance, lower costs, improve service, and attain system interoperability; standards approved by PESC Members and released to the education community are available free of charge to the public. Please direct questions or concerns to Michael Sessa, PESC's Executive Director, at 202-261.6516 or Michael.Sessa@PESC.org.

Data Transport Letter of Intent