This document outlines the contents and format of the Alberta Education PASI Transcript XML as delivered by the Ministry of Education, Government of Alberta.

As of April 2015, this version of the transcript is available to institutions that integrate directly with PASI for requesting transcripts. This revision of the transcript xml has the following characteristics:

• Alberta Education will refer to the transcript xml as “PASI Transcript XML” since this a version of the transcript that has been created for the purpose of electronic distribution of the transcript with the institutions.
• The content of the transcript aligns with the revised official Alberta Education High School Transcript released April 1, 2015.

This specification is intended to be used by institutions that wish to consume the PASI Transcript XML.

The following xml illustrates the PASI Transcript xml from a high level.

<AlbertaHighSchoolTranscript>
  <Identification/>
  <DeliveryAddress/>
  <IssuedOnDate/>
  <DocumentNumber/>
  <HasPendingRecalculation/>
  <TotalCredits/>
  <Credential/>
  <CourseInformation>
    <Subject>
      <SubjectName/>
      <Course/>
      <OccupationalArea>
        <Level>
          <Course/>
        </Level>
      </OccupationalArea>
    </Subject>
  </CourseInformation>
  <SchoolLegend/>
  <AdditionalCredits>
    <Subject>
      <SubjectName/>
      <Course/>
      <OccupationalArea>
        <Level>
          <Course/>
        </Level>
      </OccupationalArea>
    </Subject>
  </AdditionalCredits>
  <CredentialRequirementsExemptions/>
  <ExternalCredentials/>
  <CTSCredentialedPathways/>
  <InvalidEvaluationTranscriptMessage/>
</AlbertaHighSchoolTranscript>

This section describes the xml that is sent when sending a student’s high school transcript to a recipient Institution. The transcript supports transcripts that have been requested in English or French.

Contains the personal identifying information for the student.

Code Illustration:

<Identification>
  <StudentName>
 
  </StudentName>
  <StateProvinceId/>
  <BirthDate/>
</Identification>

The Student’s official name that is recognized by PASI.

Code Illustration:

<StudentName>
  <FirstName/>
  <MiddleName/>
  <LastName/>
  <Suffix/>
</StudentName>

Contains the recipient and delivery address that the transcript was intended to be delivered to.

The address of the destination that the transcript will be sent to may be one of:

• An address of an institution,
• One of the student’s addresses, or
• A third party address supplied through the ordering process as a one-time destination.

Code illustration:

<DeliveryAddress>
  <RecipientName/>
  <AddressLines/>
  <CityName/>
  <StateProvince/>
  <PostalCode/>
  <CountryName/>
</DeliveryAddress>

Contains the most recent credential that the student has achieved or has been awarded by Alberta Education at the time the transcript was generated.

Code illustration:

<Credential>
  <CredentialCode/>
  <CredentialName/>
  <CredentialYear/>
</Credential>

This section contains Official Marks that highlight coursework completed by the student in an Alberta accredited K-12 institution.

Official Marks with one of the following Mark Calculation Method are excluded from this section:

• Mature Prerequisite Credit
• Retroactive Credit
• Retroactive Credit - Data Conversion
• Retroactive Credit - Data Conversion No Selection
• Waived Prerequisite Credit
• Waived Prerequisite Credit - Data Conversion

Official Marks where the mark that was selected for its mark value¹⁾ is referencing an Evaluated Mark are excluded from this section, unless the Evaluated Mark has one of the following Evaluation Methods:

• Course Challenge
• Junior High

Note: As of and up to the end of the 2017/2018 school year, junior high and course challenge records will be entered as evaluated marks and course enrolments. Following the 2017/2018 school year, junior high and course challenge records will only be entered as course enrolments moving forward. From a transcript perspective, the records are reflected in the same manner on the resulting transcript, but the transcript generation logic looks at both course enrolments and evaluated mark records to find these records.

<CourseInformation>
  <Subject>
 
  </Subject>
</CourseInformation>

Note: Each Subject will contain only Course or Occupational Area segments.

Code illustration:

<Subject>
  <SubjectName/>
  <Course>
 
  </Course>
  <OccupationalArea>
 
  </OccupationalArea>
</Subject>

This contains courses where the student has done work in an Alberta accredited K-12 institution, that are not organized into Occupational Areas.

Code illustration:

<Course>
  <CourseCode/>
  <CourseDescription/>
  <SchoolYear/>
  <CourseTerm/>
  <SchoolMark>
 
  </SchoolMark>
  <Exam>
 
  </Exam>
  <CourseEquivalency>
 
  </CourseEquivalency>
  <CreditsAwarded/>
  <OfficialMarkValue/>
  <EndNote>
 
  </EndNote>
</Course>

Contains the mark achieved by a student within an Alberta accredited K-12 institution.

Code illustration:

<SchoolMark>
  <SchoolMarkValue/>
  <IsDualEnrolment/>
  <SchoolCode/>
  <InstructionalLanguage/>
</SchoolMark>

Contains the mark from a diploma exam assessment or score from a GED exam.

Code illustration:

<Exam>
  <ExamLanguage/>
  <ExamMarkValue/>
</Exam>

Contains the information that explains that the student did not receive credit for this course because the student already received credit for a credit equivalent course.

Code illustration:

<CourseEquivalency>
  <EquivalentCourseCode/>
  <EquivalentCourseDescription/>
</CourseEquivalency>

This contains courses where the student has done work in an Alberta accredited K-12 institution, organized by Occupational Area.

Code illustration:

<OccupationalArea>
  <OccupationalAreaName/>
  <Level>
 
  </Level>
</OccupationalArea>

Contains the level of instruction that the course is associated with.

Code illustration:

<Level>
  <LevelName/>
  <Course>
 
  </Course>
</Level>

This contains courses where the student has done work in an Alberta accredited K-12 institution, organized by Occupational Area.

This segment is a subset of the Course segment as described in the <CourseInformation>.<Subject>.<Course> section above. The following subset of attributes will be included in this course segment:

• CourseCode
• CourseDescription
• SchoolYear
• CourseTerm
• SchoolMark
• CourseEquivalency
• CreditsAwared
• OfficialMarkValue
• EndNote

Code illustration:

<Course>
  <CourseCode/>
  <CourseDescription/>
  <SchoolYear/>
  <CourseTerm/>
  <SchoolMark>
 
  </SchoolMark>
  <CourseEquivalency>
 
  </CourseEquivalency>
  <CreditsAwarded/>
  <OfficialMarkValue/>
  <EndNote>
 
  </EndNote>
</Course>

Contains a list of the School Codes referenced in the Course Information section.

Code illustration:

<SchoolLegend>
  <SchoolInformation>
 
  </SchoolInformation>
</SchoolLegend>

Contains a school referenced in one or more course information sections.

Code illustration:

<SchoolInformation>
  <SchoolCode/>
  <SchoolName/>
</SchoolInformation>

This section outlines two types of Official Marks:

1. Official Marks with a Mark Calculation Method of:

• Mature Prerequisite Credit
• Retroactive Credit
• Retroactive Credit - Data Conversion
• Retroactive Credit - Data Conversion No Selection
• Waived Prerequisite Credit
• Waived Prerequisite Credit - Data Conversion

2. Official Marks based on an Evaluation. An Official Mark is considered to be based on an Evaluation if it includes a selected mark that was selected for its mark value³⁾ that references an Evaluated Mark that is not one of the following Evaluation Methods:

• Course Challenge
• Junior High

Code illustration:

<AdditionalCredits>
  <Subject>
 
  </Subject>
</AdditionalCredits>

Contains the course information, grouped by subject area.

Note: The structure of this segment matches the Subject segment as described in <CourseInformation>.<Subject> section above. The descriptions differ slightly.

Note: Each Subject will contain only Course or Occupational Area segments.

Code illustration:

<Subject>
  <SubjectName/>
  <Course>
 
  </Course>
  <OccupationalArea>
 
  </OccupationalArea>
</Subject>

This contains evaluations where the student was given additional credit, for courses not organized into Occupational Areas.

This segment is a subset of the Course segment as described in <CourseInformation>.<Subject>.<Course> section above along with a few extra attributes. The following attributes are exclusive to the course segments in additional credits:

• ExternalMark

Code illustration:

<Course>
  <CourseCode/>
  <CourseDescription/>
  <ExternalMark>
 
  </ExternalMark>
  <CreditsAwarded/>
  <EndNote>
 
  </EndNote>
</Course>

This represents the mark value granted by the evaluation that was performed based on the external mark information provided by the student.

The tag is only included if the selected Evaluated Mark record meets the following additional conditions:

• Evaluation Method is “MUS”
• The Evaluated Mark record has a Mark Value that is not a PassFail.

Code illustration:

<ExternalMark>
  <EvaluationMethod/>
  <ExternalMarkValue/>
  <CreditDescription/>
</ExternalMark>

This contains evaluations where the student was given additional credit organized by Occupational Area.

This segment has the same structure as defined in the <CourseInformation>.<Subject>.<OccupationalArea> section above.

Contains the level of instruction that the evaluations are associated with.

This segment has the same structure as defined in the <CourseInformation>.<Subject>.<OccupationalArea>.<Level> section above.

This contains evaluations where the student was given additional credit for courses that have been organized into Occupational Areas.

This segment is a subset of the Course segment as described in <CourseInformation>.<Subject>.<OccupationalArea>.<Level>.<Course> section above. The following subset of attributes will be included in this course segment:

• CourseCode
• CourseDescription
• CreditsAwarded
• EndNote
• StudentHasSupportingInformation

Code illustration:

<Course>
  <CourseCode/>
  <CourseDescription/>
  <CreditsAwarded/>
  <EndNote>
 
  </EndNote>
</Course>

Contains the credential requirement exemptions that exist for a student’s achieved or awarded credential.

Code illustration:

<CredentialRequirementExemptions>
  <CredentialRequirementExemption/>
</CredentialRequirementExemptions>

Contains a list of the external credentials that have been awarded and provided by the student for their academic record.

Code illustration:

<ExternalCredentials>
  <ExternalCredential>
 
  </ExternalCredential>
</ExternalCredentials>

An external credential that have been awarded and provided by the student for their academic record.

Code illustration:

<ExternalCredential>
  <CredentialName/>
  <CredentialAwardingOrganization/>
  <CredentialAwardDate/>
</ExternalCredential>

Contains a list of the students Completed Career and Technology Studies Credentialed Pathways for their academic record.

Note: The Transcript Document Processor will not include these tags until September 1, 2017.

Code illustration:

<CTSCredentialedPathways>
  <CTSCredentialedPathway>
 
  </CTSCredentialedPathway>
</CTSCredentialedPathways>

A CTS credentialed pathway that has been completed by the student for their academic record.

Code illustration:

<CTSCredentialedPathway>
  <PathwayName/>
  <CompletedSchoolYear/>
  <ContributingCourseCodes/>
</CTSCredentialedPathway>

An invalid evaluation transcript message may be applied to a student's transcript by order of the executive director of assessment.

Code illustration:

<InvalidEvaluationTranscriptMessage>
</InvalidEvaluationTranscriptMessage>

The following table provides a list of the end notes from the Document Footnote code class that can appear on the transcripts:

• MissingMark (Document Footnote)
• MatureExamMark (Document Footnote)
• ExamExemptions (Document Footnote)
• DualEnrolment (Document Footnote)
• CourseEquivalency (Document Footnote)
• CourseChallengeEquivalency (Document Footnote)