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Is it possible to use a standardized set of term identifiers? #7

Closed wrygiel closed 8 years ago

wrygiel commented 8 years ago

Would it be safe to assume that all the partners and all the HEIs use semesters only (and don't use trimesters nor quarters) to partition their academic years? (My guess is no.)

georgschermann commented 8 years ago

some of our customers use trimesters, whole years, short terms like summer classes, etc. but don't know how relevant all of them are for erasmus also start/end dates differ between nearly all HEIs

wrygiel commented 8 years ago

some of our customers use trimesters, whole years, short terms like summer classes

Oh, even summer classes. Didn't even think of that. Do all these terms have separate IDs in your system?

This question is interesting in context of the model for the IMA (Interinstitutional Mobility Agreement = Bilateral Agreement). As far as I know, these agreements refer to academic terms in some ways. Could these agreements work if - for example - these academic terms were replaced with start/end dates?

vickalaser commented 8 years ago

Almost all UK HEIs are trimester with the last term dedicated mainly but not wholly to examinations.

georgschermann commented 8 years ago

all these terms have seperate ids start and end dates may be subject to change and therefor not the best identifier

wrygiel commented 8 years ago

Would it be safe to assume that all the partners and all the HEIs use semesters only (and don't use trimesters nor quarters) to partition their academic years? (My guess is no.)

I think it's now quite clear that the answer to this question is no. :)