2004 – 2005 COD Technical Reference
March 2004
Updates to COD Technical Reference
Section
Volume I –Getting Started
Volume I, Section 2 – Overview
of Changes from 2003-2004 to
2004-2005
Volume II – Common Record Full Participant Technical Reference
Volume II – Table of Contents Updated TOC to reflect changes
Volume II, Section 1 – Full
Participant Implementation
Guide
Volume II, Section 1 – Full
Participant Implementation
Guide
Volume II, Section 1 – Full
Participant Implementation
Guide
March 2004 (2004-2005)
Change Tracking Log
Change(s) Made Page(s)
Added Common Record XML Schema Award Year 1–2–8
Specific Processing section. Common Record document
responses will be returned in the latest XML schema
version that exists for that award year.
II – i
Updated TOC to reflect changes II – 1 – 3
Added Common Record XML Schema Guidelines II – 1 – 8
section.
Updated the Common Record XML Schema business
rules re:
! 2004-2005 award year Common Record II – 1 – 9
documents must conform to the XML schema
version latest release (v2.0d).
! Common Record response documents for the II – 1 – 9
2004-2005 award year will be returned in the XML
schema version latest release (v2.0d).
! 2003-2004 award year Common Record II – 1 – 9
documents can conform to the latest XML schema
version for the 2004-2005 award year (currently
v2.0d) or continue to conform to the latest XML
schema version that exists for the 2003-2004
award year (v2.0c).
! Common Record response documents for the II – 1 – 9
2003-2004 award year will be returned in the latest
XML schema version that exists for that award
year (v2.0c).
! Common Record response documents for a II – 1 – 9
Common Record submission containing multiple
award years will be returned in the latest XML
schema version used to submit records for the
highest award year contained in the document.
For example, if both 2003 – 2004 and 2004-2005
data is included in the Common Record
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March 2004

Change Tracking Log

Updates to COD Technical Reference

Section Change(s) Made Page(s)
submission, COD will return the Common Record
Response Document in the latest XML Schema
version for the 2004 – 2005 award year (2.0d).
Volume III – Pell Grant Phase-In Participant Technical Reference
Volume IV – Direct Loan Phase-In Participant Technical Reference
Volume V – Direct Loan and Pell Grant Combination System Supplement
Volume VI – Direct Loan Tools
Volume VII – School Testing Guides
Volume VIII – Appendices

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