Credential Transparency Description Language Mapping Guidance

Organization or person performing an action.

Entity describing the current disposition or standing of an action; select from an existing enumeration of such types.

Statement, characterization or account of the entity.

Date some event or activity ends.

Entity that proves that the action occured or that the action continues to be valid.

The evidence verifies the information in the action and is particular to it. It is not a directory of such evidentiary entities or a description of how such verifications might generically be characterized.

Object that helped the agent perform the action. e.g. John wrote a book with a pen.

A credential or other instrument whose criteria was applied in executing the action.

Object upon which the action is carried out, whose state is kept intact or changed.

Co-agents that participated in the action indirectly.

Awarded credential resulting from an action.

An awarded credential is of the type ceterms:CredentialAssertion.

Date the validity or usefulness of the information in this resource begins.

Organization or person performing an action.

Entity describing the current disposition or standing of an action; select from an existing enumeration of such types.

Statement, characterization or account of the entity.

Date some event or activity ends.

Entity that proves that the action occured or that the action continues to be valid.

The evidence verifies the information in the action and is particular to it. It is not a directory of such evidentiary entities or a description of how such verifications might generically be characterized.

Object that helped the agent perform the action. e.g. John wrote a book with a pen.

A credential or other instrument whose criteria was applied in executing the action.

Object upon which the action is carried out, whose state is kept intact or changed.

Co-agents that participated in the action indirectly.

Date the validity or usefulness of the information in this resource begins.

Currency in which the monetary amount is expressed in 3-letter ISO 4217 format such as "USD".

Effective date of the content of a credential, assessment or learning opportunity.

Aggregate data or summaries of statistical data relating to the population of credential holders including data about gender, geopolitical regions, age, education levels, and other categories of interest.

Statement, characterization or account of the entity.

Date beyond which the resource is no longer offered or available.

Previously earned, completed, or attained resources may still be valid even if they are no longer offered.

Upper interquartile earnings.

Number of jobs obtained in the region during a given timeframe.

Geographic or political region in which the credential is formally applicable or an organization has authority to act.

Lower interquartile earnings.

Median earnings.

Name or title of the resource.

Number of credentials awarded.

Number of months after earning a credential when employment and earnings data is collected.

Number of months usually range between 3 months (one quarter) to ten years.

Authoritative source of an entity's information.

Citation or description of an authoritative souce from which information or description has been derived.

Data Set on which earnings or employment data is based.

Alignment assertion belonging to the alignment map.

Quality assurance organization that provides official authorization to, or approval of, a credential, organization, assessment, or learning opportunity.

Region or political jurisdiction such as a state, province or locale in which the credential, learning opportunity or assessment is accredited.

Entity describing the process by which a credential, assessment, organization, or aspects of it, are administered.

Processes described include the execution of events and the development of resources in the lifecycle of a credential or organization, such as the process for the proctoring of assessments.

Credential that has its time or cost reduced by another credential, assessment or learning opportunity.

Statistical information about the resource.

Alias for the entity including acronyms, alpha-numeric notations, and other forms of name abbreviations in common use such as PhD, MA, and BA.

Formal process for objecting to decisions of the organization regarding credentials, assessments or processes.

Organization that pronounces favorable judgment for this credential, assessment, learning opportunity, or organization.

Region or political jurisdiction such as a state, province or locale in which an organization pronounces favorable judgment for this credential, assessment, learning opportunity, or organization.

Delivery type for the assessment for the credential.

Indicates the delivery type for the assessment for the credential.

Type of level indicating a point in a progression through an educational or training context, for which the credential is intended; select from an existing enumeration of such types.

Best practice is to use terms from the CTDL Audience Level vocabulary.

The type of audience for which the resource is applicable, intended, or useful; select from an existing enumeration of such types.

Best practice for developing credential descriptions for the Credential Engine Registry is to use the ceterms:Audience vocabulary.

Listing of online and/or physical locations where a credential can be pursued.

Physical location where the credential, assessment, or learning opportunity can be pursued.

Online location where the credential, assessment, or learning opportunity can be pursued.

Item that covers all of the relevant concepts in the item being described as well as additional relevant concepts.

Set constraints, prerequisites, entry conditions, or requirements that are shared across an organization, organizational subdivision, set of credentials, or category of entities and activities.

Set of costs maintained at an organizational or sub-organizational level, which apply to this credential, assessment, or learning opportunity.

Process for handling complaints about a credential, or aspects of it including related learning opportunities and assessments.

Person or organization holding the rights in copyright to entities such as credentials, learning opportunities, assessments, competencies or concept schemes.

Credentials that must be pursued concurrently.

Includes dual (double) degrees that cannot be earned independently of each other.

Globally unique identifier by which the creator, owner or provider of a credential recognizes that credential in transactions with the external environment (e.g., in verifiable claims involving the credential).

The identifier may take the form of a URN, UUID, ARK, DOI, INFO or any other publicly recognized, globally unique identifier scheme.

Best practice for descriptions intended for the Credential Engine Registry is to use the ceterms:ctid property for this purpose; ceterms:ctid is declared as a subproperty of ceterms:credentialId.

Type of official status of the credential; select from an enumeration of such types.

Best practice for developing credential descriptions for the Credential Engine Registry is to use the ceterms:CredentialStatus vocabulary.

Globally unique Credential Transparency Identifier (CTID) by which the creator, owner or provider of a resource recognizes it in transactions with the external environment (e.g., in verifiable claims involving the resource).

The CTID is the equivalent of a version identifier for the resource. Different versions of a resource are considered distinct expressions and each must be assigned its own CTID. Each version of a resource can have only one CTID assigned. However, a single version of a resource may have distinct identifier values for both the ctid property and the credentialId property. In such a case both identifiers will be recognized by the resource creator/owner/provider in transactions with the external environment.

Effective date of the content of a credential, assessment or learning opportunity.

Statement, characterization or account of the entity.

Entity describing the process by which a credential, or aspects of it, were created.

Entity describing aggregate credential holder earnings data.

The use of ceterms:aggregateData instead of this property is strongly recommended.

Entity describing aggregate data on jobs obtained with the credential by occupation and industry for a given period of time in a specific region.

The use of ceterms:aggregateData instead of this property is strongly recommended.

Estimated cost of a credential, learning opportunity or assessment.

Estimated time it will take to complete a credential, learning opportunity or assessment.

Relevant concepts in two entities being compared are coextensive.

Date beyond which the resource is no longer offered or available.

Previously earned, completed, or attained resources may still be valid even if they are no longer offered.

Entity that describes financial assistance for which this credential, assessment, or learning opportunity qualifies.

Whether the financial aid in question is associated with a credential, an assessment, or a learning opportunity is dependent on context.

Indicates a separately identifiable and independently useful component of the entity.

Such partitive components can frequently be used in more than one context.

Entity describing the number and characteristics of credentialed individuals and their geographic location.

The use of ceterms:aggregateData instead of this property is strongly recommended.

Alphanumeric token that identifies this resource and information about the token's originating context or scheme.

Where a specific property for the originating context or scheme exists, such as ceterms:opeID, ceterms:ncesID, ceterms:leiCode, etc., use that property instead of this one. Where the identifier has no nameable originating context or scheme other than that of the resource being identified, ceterms:codedNotation may be used.

Image, icon or logo that represents the entity including registered trade or service marks.

Type of industry; select from an existing enumeration of such types such as the SIC, NAICS, and ISIC classifications.

Best practice in identifying industries for U.S. resources is to provide the NAICS code using the ceterms:naics property. Other resources may use the ceterms:industrytype property and any framework of the class ceterms:IndustryClassification.

The primary language or languages of the entity, even if it makes use of other languages; e.g., a course offered in English to teach Spanish would have an inLanguage of English, while a credential in Quebec could have an inLanguage of both French and English.

Type of instructional program; select from an existing enumeration of such types.

For U.S. credentials, best practice is to use a framework such as the CIP (Classification of Instructional Programs). Other credentials may use any framework of the class CTDL InstructionalProgramClassification.

This credential, assessment, or learning opportunity reduces the time or cost required to earn or complete the referenced credential, assessment, or learning opportunity.

A third-party credential agent claiming that its credential provides advanced standing for the credential of another credential agent should consider using ceterms:recommendedFor instead of ceterms:advancedStandingFor in the absence of an explicit and verifiable agreement on advanced standing between the agents of the two credentials.

The International Standard of Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 4 code for a particular organization, business person, or place.

Indicates another entity of which this entity is a component.

Covers partitive notions such as "embedded".

This credential, assessment, or learning opportunity provides preparation for the credential, assessment, or learning opportunity being referenced.

It is recommended to earn or complete this credential, assessment, or learning opportunity before attempting to earn or complete the referenced credential, assessment, or learning opportunity.

This credential, assessment, or learning opportunity must be earned or completed prior to attempting to earn or complete the referenced credential, assessment, or learning opportunity.

Geographic or political region in which the credential is formally applicable or an organization has authority to act.

Keyword or key phrase describing relevant aspects of an entity.

Use the keyword property to enter free text keywords. A subject concept in a controlled vocabulary should use the subject property.

Latest version of the credential.

Delivery type for the learning opportunity for the credential.

Indicates the delivery type for the learning opportunity for the credential.

Entity describing the process by which the credential is maintained including review and updating.

Such maintenance does not include renewal of a credential by an individual holder.

Major overlap of relevant concepts between the two resources being compared.

Minor overlap of relevant concepts between the two credentials being compared.

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code of an organization or business person.

Name or title of the resource.

Credential covers all of the relevant concepts in another credential as well as relevant concepts not found in the other credential.

Version of the resource that immediately follows this version.

Type of occupation; select from an existing enumeration of such types.

For U.S. resources, best practice is to identify an occupation using a framework such as the ONet. Other resources may use any framework of the class ceterms:OccupationClassification, such as the EU's ESCO, ISCO-08, and SOC 2010.

Agent that offers the resource.

Region or political jurisdiction such as a state, province or locale where the credential, learning resource or assessment is offered.

Organization or person with an enforceable claim or legal title to the resource.

Agent includes credentialing organizations, quality assurance organizations and persons. It does not not include credential holders.

Another credential, learning opportunity or assessment that provides preparation for this credential, learning opportunity or assessment.

Version of the resource that immediately precedes this version.

Webpage or online document that describes the criteria, standards, and/or requirements used with a process.

Textual description of the criteria, standards, and/or requirements used with a process.

Agent that acknowledges the validity of the credential, learning opportunity of assessment.

Region or political jurisdiction such as a state, province or locale in which the credential, learning resource, or assessment has been publicly recommended, acknowledged or endorsed.

Recommended credential, learning opportunity or assessment.

Entity that describes the longitude, latitude and other location details of an area.

Quality assurance organization that enforces the legal requirements of the credential, learning resource or assessment.

Region or political jurisdiction such as a state, province or locale in which the credential, learning opportunity or resource is regulated.

Action related to the credential.

Entity describing the constraints, prerequisites, entry conditions, or requirements necessary to maintenance and renewal of an awarded credential.

Generally, renewal applies to certifications and licenses; however, it may occasionally apply to other types of credentials.

Frequency with which the credential needs to be renewed.

Organization or person that handles the renewal of the credential.

Region or political jurisdiction such as a state, province or locale in which the credential is renewable.

Requirement or set of requirements for this resource.

Entity that describes the process by which the credential, or aspects of it, are reviewed.

Entity that describes the processes and criteria for ending (revoking) the validity or operation of an awarded credential.

Generally, revocation applies to certifications and licenses; however, it may also apply to other types of credential under extraordinary circumstances.

Entity describing the process by which the credential is revoked.

Organization or person that handles revocation of an awarded credential due to violations or failure to renew.

Region or political jurisdiction such as a state, province or locale in which the credential can be revoked.

Another source of information about the entity being described.

Other sources may include descriptions of entities in open databases such as DBpedia, Wikidata, the Credential Engine Registry, or other platforms.

Words or brief phrases describing the topicality of the entity; select subject terms from an existing enumeration of such terms.

Use the subject property to reference a concept in a controlled vocabulary. Free text subjects should use the keyword property.

Webpage that describes this entity.

The web page being referenced describes the entity. The value of subjectWebpage is an authoritative location for information about the subject but should not assumed to be a persistent identifier of the subject.

Resource that replaces this resource.

For example, a credential that outright replaces the credential being described, and is not simply a newer version of the same credential (the two credentials have different CTIDs).

Resource that this resource replaces.

For example, the credential that is outright replaced by the credential being described, and is not simply an older version of the same credential (the two credentials have different CTIDs).

Pathway in which this resource is a potential component.

Alphanumeric identifier of the version of the credential that is unique within the organizational context of its owner.

The credential version captured here is any local identifier used by the credential owner to identify the version of the credential in the its local system.

Locally unique identifiers are acceptable; however, globally unique URI or GUID/UUID are preferred.

The referenced resource is lower in some arbitrary hierarchy than this resource.

This property identifies a child node in the downward path in the chain of resources in a taxon path.

The referenced resource is higher in some arbitrary hierarchy than this resource.

Label identifying the category to further distinguish one component from another as designated by the promulgating body.

Examples may include "Required", "Core", "General Education", "Elective", etc.

Globally unique Credential Transparency Identifier (CTID) by which the creator, owner or provider of a resource recognizes it in transactions with the external environment (e.g., in verifiable claims involving the resource).

The CTID is the equivalent of a version identifier for the resource. Different versions of a resource are considered distinct expressions and each must be assigned its own CTID. Each version of a resource can have only one CTID assigned. However, a single version of a resource may have distinct identifier values for both the ctid property and the credentialId property. In such a case both identifiers will be recognized by the resource creator/owner/provider in transactions with the external environment.

Statement, characterization or account of the entity.

Resource referenced defines the conditions by which a rule set is satisfied.

Alphanumeric token that identifies this resource and information about the token's originating context or scheme.

Where a specific property for the originating context or scheme exists, such as ceterms:opeID, ceterms:ncesID, ceterms:leiCode, etc., use that property instead of this one. Where the identifier has no nameable originating context or scheme other than that of the resource being identified, ceterms:codedNotation may be used.

Pathway for which this resource is the goal or destination.

Indicates another entity of which this entity is a component.

Covers partitive notions such as "embedded".

Name or title of the resource.

Points associated with this resource, or points possible.

Resource that logically comes after this resource.

The ceterms:precedes property indicates a simple or suggested ordering of resources; if a required ordering is intended, use ceterms:prerequisite instead.

Resource that is required as a prior condition to this resource.

Structured data representing the resource.

The preferred data serialization is JSON-LD or some other serialization of RDF.

Webpage that describes this entity.

The web page being referenced describes the entity. The value of subjectWebpage is an authoritative location for information about the subject but should not assumed to be a persistent identifier of the subject.

Quality assurance organization that provides official authorization to, or approval of, a credential, organization, assessment, or learning opportunity.

Region or political jurisdiction such as a state, province or locale in which the credential, learning opportunity or assessment is accredited.

Entity describing the process by which a credential, assessment, organization, or aspects of it, are administered.

Processes described include the execution of events and the development of resources in the lifecycle of a credential or organization, such as the process for the proctoring of assessments.

Credential that has its time or cost reduced by another credential, assessment or learning opportunity.

Organization that pronounces favorable judgment for this credential, assessment, learning opportunity, or organization.

Region or political jurisdiction such as a state, province or locale in which an organization pronounces favorable judgment for this credential, assessment, learning opportunity, or organization.

Competency evaluated through the assessment.

Example assessment or assessment item.

Text of an example assessment or assessment item.

Description of the methods used to conduct assessment.

Type of method used to conduct an assessment; select from an existing enumeration of such types.

Best practice for developing credential descriptions for the Credential Engine Registry is to use the ceterms:AssessmentMethod vocabulary.

Description of the assessment artifact, performance or examination.

Type of intended use of the assessment; select from an existing enumeration of such types.

Best practice for developing credential descriptions for the Credential Engine Registry is to use the ceterms:AssessmentUse vocabulary.

Type of level indicating a point in a progression through an educational or training context, for which the credential is intended; select from an existing enumeration of such types.

Best practice is to use terms from the CTDL Audience Level vocabulary.

The type of audience for which the resource is applicable, intended, or useful; select from an existing enumeration of such types.

Best practice for developing credential descriptions for the Credential Engine Registry is to use the ceterms:Audience vocabulary.

Listing of online and/or physical locations where a credential can be pursued.

Physical location where the credential, assessment, or learning opportunity can be pursued.

Online location where the credential, assessment, or learning opportunity can be pursued.

Set constraints, prerequisites, entry conditions, or requirements that are shared across an organization, organizational subdivision, set of credentials, or category of entities and activities.

Set of costs maintained at an organizational or sub-organizational level, which apply to this credential, assessment, or learning opportunity.

Credentials that must be pursued concurrently.

Includes dual (double) degrees that cannot be earned independently of each other.

Detailed description of credit unit type.

A credit-related value.

Globally unique Credential Transparency Identifier (CTID) by which the creator, owner or provider of a resource recognizes it in transactions with the external environment (e.g., in verifiable claims involving the resource).

The CTID is the equivalent of a version identifier for the resource. Different versions of a resource are considered distinct expressions and each must be assigned its own CTID. Each version of a resource can have only one CTID assigned. However, a single version of a resource may have distinct identifier values for both the ctid property and the credentialId property. In such a case both identifiers will be recognized by the resource creator/owner/provider in transactions with the external environment.

Effective date of the content of a credential, assessment or learning opportunity.

Type of means by which a learning opportunity or assessment is delivered to credential seekers and by which they interact; select from an existing enumeration of such types.

Best practice is to use concepts from a controlled vocabulary such as the ceterms:DeliveryType vocabulary.

Detailed description of the delivery type of an assessment or learning opportunity.

Statement, characterization or account of the entity.

Entity describing the process by which a credential, or aspects of it, were created.

Prerequisites for entry into a credentialing program, a learning opportunity or an assessment including transcripts, records of previous experience, and lower-level learning opportunities.

Estimated cost of a credential, learning opportunity or assessment.

Estimated time it will take to complete a credential, learning opportunity or assessment.

Date beyond which the resource is no longer offered or available.

Previously earned, completed, or attained resources may still be valid even if they are no longer offered.

Research that supports or validates one or more aspects of the entity.

Entity that describes financial assistance for which this credential, assessment, or learning opportunity qualifies.

Whether the financial aid in question is associated with a credential, an assessment, or a learning opportunity is dependent on context.

Whether or not the assessment activity is scored as a group.

Whether or not two or more participants are required to complete the assessment activity.

Alphanumeric token that identifies this resource and information about the token's originating context or scheme.

Where a specific property for the originating context or scheme exists, such as ceterms:opeID, ceterms:ncesID, ceterms:leiCode, etc., use that property instead of this one. Where the identifier has no nameable originating context or scheme other than that of the resource being identified, ceterms:codedNotation may be used.

Type of industry; select from an existing enumeration of such types such as the SIC, NAICS, and ISIC classifications.

Best practice in identifying industries for U.S. resources is to provide the NAICS code using the ceterms:naics property. Other resources may use the ceterms:industrytype property and any framework of the class ceterms:IndustryClassification.

The primary language or languages of the entity, even if it makes use of other languages; e.g., a course offered in English to teach Spanish would have an inLanguage of English, while a credential in Quebec could have an inLanguage of both French and English.

Type of instructional program; select from an existing enumeration of such types.

For U.S. credentials, best practice is to use a framework such as the CIP (Classification of Instructional Programs). Other credentials may use any framework of the class CTDL InstructionalProgramClassification.

This credential, assessment, or learning opportunity reduces the time or cost required to earn or complete the referenced credential, assessment, or learning opportunity.

A third-party credential agent claiming that its credential provides advanced standing for the credential of another credential agent should consider using ceterms:recommendedFor instead of ceterms:advancedStandingFor in the absence of an explicit and verifiable agreement on advanced standing between the agents of the two credentials.

This credential, assessment, or learning opportunity provides preparation for the credential, assessment, or learning opportunity being referenced.

Whether or not the assessment is supervised or monitored by an agent.

Such supervision or proctoring includes: (1) guaranteeing of the identities of the examinees; (2) the conditions of the examination including instructions, time, materials, equipment and completion, and (3) completed without unauthorized assistance.

It is recommended to earn or complete this credential, assessment, or learning opportunity before attempting to earn or complete the referenced credential, assessment, or learning opportunity.

This credential, assessment, or learning opportunity must be earned or completed prior to attempting to earn or complete the referenced credential, assessment, or learning opportunity.

Geographic or political region in which the credential is formally applicable or an organization has authority to act.

Keyword or key phrase describing relevant aspects of an entity.

Use the keyword property to enter free text keywords. A subject concept in a controlled vocabulary should use the subject property.

Description of the methods used to conduct learning.

Entity describing the process by which the credential is maintained including review and updating.

Such maintenance does not include renewal of a credential by an individual holder.

Name or title of the resource.

Type of occupation; select from an existing enumeration of such types.

For U.S. resources, best practice is to identify an occupation using a framework such as the ONet. Other resources may use any framework of the class ceterms:OccupationClassification, such as the EU's ESCO, ISCO-08, and SOC 2010.

Agent that offers the resource.

Region or political jurisdiction such as a state, province or locale where the credential, learning resource or assessment is offered.

Organization or person with an enforceable claim or legal title to the resource.

Agent includes credentialing organizations, quality assurance organizations and persons. It does not not include credential holders.

Another credential, learning opportunity or assessment that provides preparation for this credential, learning opportunity or assessment.

Webpage or online document that describes the criteria, standards, and/or requirements used with a process.

Textual description of the criteria, standards, and/or requirements used with a process.

Agent that acknowledges the validity of the credential, learning opportunity of assessment.

Region or political jurisdiction such as a state, province or locale in which the credential, learning resource, or assessment has been publicly recommended, acknowledged or endorsed.

Recommended credential, learning opportunity or assessment.

Entity that describes the longitude, latitude and other location details of an area.

Quality assurance organization that enforces the legal requirements of the credential, learning resource or assessment.

Region or political jurisdiction such as a state, province or locale in which the credential, learning opportunity or resource is regulated.

Requirement or set of requirements for this resource.

Another source of information about the entity being described.

Other sources may include descriptions of entities in open databases such as DBpedia, Wikidata, the Credential Engine Registry, or other platforms.

Textual description of the method used to score the assessment.

Webpage or online document providing an example of the method or tool used to score the assessment.

Textual example of the method or tool used to score the assessment.

Type of method used to score the assessment; select from an existing enumeration of such types.

Best practice for U.S. credentials and for submission to the Credential Engine Registry, is to use concepts from the ceterms:ScoringMethod vocabulary.

Words or brief phrases describing the topicality of the entity; select subject terms from an existing enumeration of such terms.

Use the subject property to reference a concept in a controlled vocabulary. Free text subjects should use the keyword property.

Webpage that describes this entity.

The web page being referenced describes the entity. The value of subjectWebpage is an authoritative location for information about the subject but should not assumed to be a persistent identifier of the subject.

Assessment that provides direct, indirect, formative or summative evaluation or estimation of the nature, ability, or quality for an entity.

Learning object or resource that is used as part of an learning activity.

Examples include a textbook or lesson plan that describes or records the educational activity (e.g. an audio- or video-recording of a lesson).

Pathway in which this resource is a potential component.

Alphanumeric identifier of the version of the credential that is unique within the organizational context of its owner.

The credential version captured here is any local identifier used by the credential owner to identify the version of the credential in the its local system.

Locally unique identifiers are acceptable; however, globally unique URI or GUID/UUID are preferred.

Quality assurance organization that provides official authorization to, or approval of, a credential, organization, assessment, or learning opportunity.

Region or political jurisdiction such as a state, province or locale in which the credential, learning opportunity or assessment is accredited.

Entity describing the process by which a credential, assessment, organization, or aspects of it, are administered.

Processes described include the execution of events and the development of resources in the lifecycle of a credential or organization, such as the process for the proctoring of assessments.

Credential that has its time or cost reduced by another credential, assessment or learning opportunity.

Statistical information about the resource.

Alias for the entity including acronyms, alpha-numeric notations, and other forms of name abbreviations in common use such as PhD, MA, and BA.

Formal process for objecting to decisions of the organization regarding credentials, assessments or processes.

Organization that pronounces favorable judgment for this credential, assessment, learning opportunity, or organization.

Region or political jurisdiction such as a state, province or locale in which an organization pronounces favorable judgment for this credential, assessment, learning opportunity, or organization.

Delivery type for the assessment for the credential.

Indicates the delivery type for the assessment for the credential.

Type of level indicating a point in a progression through an educational or training context, for which the credential is intended; select from an existing enumeration of such types.

Best practice is to use terms from the CTDL Audience Level vocabulary.

The type of audience for which the resource is applicable, intended, or useful; select from an existing enumeration of such types.

Best practice for developing credential descriptions for the Credential Engine Registry is to use the ceterms:Audience vocabulary.

Listing of online and/or physical locations where a credential can be pursued.

Physical location where the credential, assessment, or learning opportunity can be pursued.

Online location where the credential, assessment, or learning opportunity can be pursued.

Item that covers all of the relevant concepts in the item being described as well as additional relevant concepts.

Set constraints, prerequisites, entry conditions, or requirements that are shared across an organization, organizational subdivision, set of credentials, or category of entities and activities.

Set of costs maintained at an organizational or sub-organizational level, which apply to this credential, assessment, or learning opportunity.

Process for handling complaints about a credential, or aspects of it including related learning opportunities and assessments.

Person or organization holding the rights in copyright to entities such as credentials, learning opportunities, assessments, competencies or concept schemes.

Credentials that must be pursued concurrently.

Includes dual (double) degrees that cannot be earned independently of each other.

Globally unique identifier by which the creator, owner or provider of a credential recognizes that credential in transactions with the external environment (e.g., in verifiable claims involving the credential).

The identifier may take the form of a URN, UUID, ARK, DOI, INFO or any other publicly recognized, globally unique identifier scheme.

Best practice for descriptions intended for the Credential Engine Registry is to use the ceterms:ctid property for this purpose; ceterms:ctid is declared as a subproperty of ceterms:credentialId.

Type of official status of the credential; select from an enumeration of such types.

Best practice for developing credential descriptions for the Credential Engine Registry is to use the ceterms:CredentialStatus vocabulary.

Globally unique Credential Transparency Identifier (CTID) by which the creator, owner or provider of a resource recognizes it in transactions with the external environment (e.g., in verifiable claims involving the resource).

The CTID is the equivalent of a version identifier for the resource. Different versions of a resource are considered distinct expressions and each must be assigned its own CTID. Each version of a resource can have only one CTID assigned. However, a single version of a resource may have distinct identifier values for both the ctid property and the credentialId property. In such a case both identifiers will be recognized by the resource creator/owner/provider in transactions with the external environment.

Effective date of the content of a credential, assessment or learning opportunity.

Focused plan of study within a college or university degree such as a concentration in Aerospace Engineering within an Engineering degree.

Where possible, values should be taken from published frameworks defining degree majors, minors, and concentrations such as the U.S. National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP).

Primary field of study of a degree-seeking student.

Where possible, values should be taken from published frameworks defining degree majors, minors, and concentrations such as the U.S. National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP).

Optional, secondary field of study of a degree-seeking student.

Where possible, values should be taken from published frameworks defining degree majors, minors, and concentrations such as the U.S. National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP).

Statement, characterization or account of the entity.

Entity describing the process by which a credential, or aspects of it, were created.

Entity describing aggregate credential holder earnings data.

The use of ceterms:aggregateData instead of this property is strongly recommended.

Entity describing aggregate data on jobs obtained with the credential by occupation and industry for a given period of time in a specific region.

The use of ceterms:aggregateData instead of this property is strongly recommended.

Estimated cost of a credential, learning opportunity or assessment.

Estimated time it will take to complete a credential, learning opportunity or assessment.

Relevant concepts in two entities being compared are coextensive.

Date beyond which the resource is no longer offered or available.

Previously earned, completed, or attained resources may still be valid even if they are no longer offered.

Entity that describes financial assistance for which this credential, assessment, or learning opportunity qualifies.

Whether the financial aid in question is associated with a credential, an assessment, or a learning opportunity is dependent on context.

Indicates a separately identifiable and independently useful component of the entity.

Such partitive components can frequently be used in more than one context.

Entity describing the number and characteristics of credentialed individuals and their geographic location.

The use of ceterms:aggregateData instead of this property is strongly recommended.

Alphanumeric token that identifies this resource and information about the token's originating context or scheme.

Where a specific property for the originating context or scheme exists, such as ceterms:opeID, ceterms:ncesID, ceterms:leiCode, etc., use that property instead of this one. Where the identifier has no nameable originating context or scheme other than that of the resource being identified, ceterms:codedNotation may be used.

Image, icon or logo that represents the entity including registered trade or service marks.

Type of industry; select from an existing enumeration of such types such as the SIC, NAICS, and ISIC classifications.

Best practice in identifying industries for U.S. resources is to provide the NAICS code using the ceterms:naics property. Other resources may use the ceterms:industrytype property and any framework of the class ceterms:IndustryClassification.

The primary language or languages of the entity, even if it makes use of other languages; e.g., a course offered in English to teach Spanish would have an inLanguage of English, while a credential in Quebec could have an inLanguage of both French and English.

Type of instructional program; select from an existing enumeration of such types.

For U.S. credentials, best practice is to use a framework such as the CIP (Classification of Instructional Programs). Other credentials may use any framework of the class CTDL InstructionalProgramClassification.

This credential, assessment, or learning opportunity reduces the time or cost required to earn or complete the referenced credential, assessment, or learning opportunity.

A third-party credential agent claiming that its credential provides advanced standing for the credential of another credential agent should consider using ceterms:recommendedFor instead of ceterms:advancedStandingFor in the absence of an explicit and verifiable agreement on advanced standing between the agents of the two credentials.

The International Standard of Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 4 code for a particular organization, business person, or place.

Indicates another entity of which this entity is a component.

Covers partitive notions such as "embedded".

This credential, assessment, or learning opportunity provides preparation for the credential, assessment, or learning opportunity being referenced.

It is recommended to earn or complete this credential, assessment, or learning opportunity before attempting to earn or complete the referenced credential, assessment, or learning opportunity.

This credential, assessment, or learning opportunity must be earned or completed prior to attempting to earn or complete the referenced credential, assessment, or learning opportunity.

Geographic or political region in which the credential is formally applicable or an organization has authority to act.

Keyword or key phrase describing relevant aspects of an entity.

Use the keyword property to enter free text keywords. A subject concept in a controlled vocabulary should use the subject property.

Latest version of the credential.

Delivery type for the learning opportunity for the credential.

Indicates the delivery type for the learning opportunity for the credential.

Entity describing the process by which the credential is maintained including review and updating.

Such maintenance does not include renewal of a credential by an individual holder.

Major overlap of relevant concepts between the two resources being compared.

Minor overlap of relevant concepts between the two credentials being compared.

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code of an organization or business person.

Name or title of the resource.

Credential covers all of the relevant concepts in another credential as well as relevant concepts not found in the other credential.

Version of the resource that immediately follows this version.

Type of occupation; select from an existing enumeration of such types.

For U.S. resources, best practice is to identify an occupation using a framework such as the ONet. Other resources may use any framework of the class ceterms:OccupationClassification, such as the EU's ESCO, ISCO-08, and SOC 2010.

Agent that offers the resource.

Region or political jurisdiction such as a state, province or locale where the credential, learning resource or assessment is offered.

Organization or person with an enforceable claim or legal title to the resource.

Agent includes credentialing organizations, quality assurance organizations and persons. It does not not include credential holders.

Another credential, learning opportunity or assessment that provides preparation for this credential, learning opportunity or assessment.

Version of the resource that immediately precedes this version.

Webpage or online document that describes the criteria, standards, and/or requirements used with a process.

Textual description of the criteria, standards, and/or requirements used with a process.

Agent that acknowledges the validity of the credential, learning opportunity of assessment.

Region or political jurisdiction such as a state, province or locale in which the credential, learning resource, or assessment has been publicly recommended, acknowledged or endorsed.

Recommended credential, learning opportunity or assessment.

Entity that describes the longitude, latitude and other location details of an area.

Quality assurance organization that enforces the legal requirements of the credential, learning resource or assessment.

Region or political jurisdiction such as a state, province or locale in which the credential, learning opportunity or resource is regulated.

Action related to the credential.

Entity describing the constraints, prerequisites, entry conditions, or requirements necessary to maintenance and renewal of an awarded credential.

Generally, renewal applies to certifications and licenses; however, it may occasionally apply to other types of credentials.

Frequency with which the credential needs to be renewed.

Organization or person that handles the renewal of the credential.

Region or political jurisdiction such as a state, province or locale in which the credential is renewable.

Requirement or set of requirements for this resource.

Entity that describes the process by which the credential, or aspects of it, are reviewed.

Entity that describes the processes and criteria for ending (revoking) the validity or operation of an awarded credential.

Generally, revocation applies to certifications and licenses; however, it may also apply to other types of credential under extraordinary circumstances.

Entity describing the process by which the credential is revoked.

Organization or person that handles revocation of an awarded credential due to violations or failure to renew.

Region or political jurisdiction such as a state, province or locale in which the credential can be revoked.

Another source of information about the entity being described.

Other sources may include descriptions of entities in open databases such as DBpedia, Wikidata, the Credential Engine Registry, or other platforms.

Words or brief phrases describing the topicality of the entity; select subject terms from an existing enumeration of such terms.

Use the subject property to reference a concept in a controlled vocabulary. Free text subjects should use the keyword property.

Webpage that describes this entity.

The web page being referenced describes the entity. The value of subjectWebpage is an authoritative location for information about the subject but should not assumed to be a persistent identifier of the subject.

Resource that replaces this resource.

For example, a credential that outright replaces the credential being described, and is not simply a newer version of the same credential (the two credentials have different CTIDs).

Resource that this resource replaces.

For example, the credential that is outright replaced by the credential being described, and is not simply an older version of the same credential (the two credentials have different CTIDs).

Pathway in which this resource is a potential component.

Alphanumeric identifier of the version of the credential that is unique within the organizational context of its owner.

The credential version captured here is any local identifier used by the credential owner to identify the version of the credential in the its local system.

Locally unique identifiers are acceptable; however, globally unique URI or GUID/UUID are preferred.

Quality assurance organization that provides official authorization to, or approval of, a credential, organization, assessment, or learning opportunity.

Region or political jurisdiction such as a state, province or locale in which the credential, learning opportunity or assessment is accredited.

Entity describing the process by which a credential, assessment, organization, or aspects of it, are administered.

Processes described include the execution of events and the development of resources in the lifecycle of a credential or organization, such as the process for the proctoring of assessments.

Credential that has its time or cost reduced by another credential, assessment or learning opportunity.

Statistical information about the resource.

Alias for the entity including acronyms, alpha-numeric notations, and other forms of name abbreviations in common use such as PhD, MA, and BA.

Formal process for objecting to decisions of the organization regarding credentials, assessments or processes.

Organization that pronounces favorable judgment for this credential, assessment, learning opportunity, or organization.

Region or political jurisdiction such as a state, province or locale in which an organization pronounces favorable judgment for this credential, assessment, learning opportunity, or organization.

Delivery type for the assessment for the credential.

Indicates the delivery type for the assessment for the credential.

Type of level indicating a point in a progression through an educational or training context, for which the credential is intended; select from an existing enumeration of such types.

Best practice is to use terms from the CTDL Audience Level vocabulary.

The type of audience for which the resource is applicable, intended, or useful; select from an existing enumeration of such types.

Best practice for developing credential descriptions for the Credential Engine Registry is to use the ceterms:Audience vocabulary.