The Common Record:CommonLine initiative is overseen by the ESC Origination Standards Advisory Team.  It is their goal to design a single standard XML-based Common Record to support all financial aid programs, including FFELP and Direct Lending, eliminate multiple flat files, and provide a simplified process for the submission of financial aid data by schools and their FAMS partner.

The repository of documents  are housed in the Electronic Standards Documentation and Tools section of the NCHELP e-Library.