Editing Common Education Data Standards (CEDS) (section)

=== The Domain Entity Schema (DES) ===
The DES provides a user-friendly structure to easily identify elements organized by domain and entity. The domains for CEDS version 11 include:
* Early Learning
* Elementary and Secondary Education (abbreviated as K12)
* Postsecondary
* Career and Technical
* Adult Education
* Workforce
* Assessments
* Credentials
* Competencies
* Learning Resources
* Facilities
* Implementation Variables
* Authentication and Authorization

Later releases of CEDS will expand the domains and add additional elements and content within the current domains.
Entities are commonly thought of as persons, places, events, objects, or concepts about which data can be collected. An entity provides context for a data element. Some examples of entities are Early Learning Child, K12 Student, K12 Staff, Postsecondary Student, Postsecondary Institution, etc. There are over 70 entities in the DES.

Helpful links to explore CEDS Entities and the Domain Entity Schema:
* [https://ceds.ed.gov/dataModelEntities.aspx Entities]
* [https://ceds.ed.gov/domainEntitySchema.aspx Domain Entity Schema]