Credential Transparency Description Language

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Credential Transparency Description Language by Credential Engine is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

About This Schema

This is the primary schema of the Credential Engine.

11/29/2019 Release

This is the November 2019 CTDL Release

How to Read These Tables

This page displays the Credential Transparency Description Language schema in an RDF-centric format. Below you will find every class, property, concept scheme, and concept for this schema, each with a thorough description and connections to other terms. For an object-oriented view of this schema, use the Mapping Guidance page.

The following tables use a common set of attributes to describe each Term. Not all terms will have all attributes.

AttributeDescription
URIUnique Resource Identifier used to identify the term. It consists of a full namespace (such as https://purl.org/ceterms/terms) followed by the term itself. This URI can uniquely identify the term in various contexts, including those where multiple namespaces are used.
Shorthand URIEquivalent to the URI, but using a shorter namespace prefix (such as ceterms) followed by : and then by the term itself. Use the References table to determine which prefix is associated with which full URI namespace.
LabelA human-readable label assigned to the term. In applications, this may be substituted for any label that is suitable for that application. May be represented in multiple languages.
DefinitionThe normative definition for the term. The definition field controls the true meaning of the term regardless of its URI or its Label. May be represented in multiple languages.
CommentAdditional non-normative descriptive text to aid in understanding the intended meaning and/or purpose of the term. May be represented in multiple languages.
Usage NoteAdditional non-normative descriptive text to aid in understanding the intended usage of the term. May be represented in multiple languages.
Type of TermIndicates the type of term: Class, Property, Concept Scheme, or Concept.
StatusIndicates the current status of the term: Stable, Unstable, Pending, or Deprecated.
Subclass OfIndicates that this class is a more narrowly-focused variant of the referenced class.
Subproperty OfIndicates that this property is a more narrowly-focused variant of the referenced property.
Subconcept OfIndicates that this concept is a more narrowly-focused variant of the referenced concept.
Equivalent ToLists the terms, often from other namespaces, that have the same (or nearly the same) semantic meaning as this term.
PropertiesLists the properties that belong to this class (as defined by the properties' "Domain Includes" data).
In Range OfLists the properties whose value may be an instance of this class (as defined by the properties' "Range Includes" data).
Domain IncludesLists the classes to which this property belongs.
Range IncludesLists the classes or value types that may be used as a value for this property.
CER Target SchemeLists the concept schemes that are intended to ultimately be used as values for this term, either directly or indirectly.
ConceptsLists the terms that may be considered concepts for this concept scheme.
CER Scheme ForLists the terms that are intended to reference terms from this scheme, either directly or indirectly.
In SchemeLists the concept schemes in which this concept appears.
SerializationProvides links to serializations (in JSON-LD and Turtle) for this term.
HistoryProvides links to the schema update history for this term.

References

In the tables below, the following prefixes refer to the following schema sources:

General References
PrefixVocabulary NameVocabulary Title
asnhttp://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Achievement Standards Network
ceasnhttps://purl.org/ctdlasn/terms/CTDL Profile of Achievement Standards Network Description Language
cedshttps://ceds.ed.gov/element/Common Education Data Standards (CEDS) Schema Elements
cetermshttps://purl.org/ctdl/terms/Credential Transparency Description Language
cshttp://vocab.org/changeset/schema#Change Set
dchttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, Version 1.1
dcthttp://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMI Metadata Terms
foafhttp://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Friend of a Friend
lrmihttp://purl.org/dcx/lrmi-terms/Learning Resource Metadata Initiative
metahttp://credreg.net/meta/terms/Credential Engine Meta Terms
obihttps://w3id.org/openbadges#Open Badges Technical Specification (Schema)
owlhttp://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Ontology Web Language
rdfhttp://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Resource Description Framework
rdfshttp://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#RDF Schema 1.1
schemahttp://schema.org/Schema.org
skoshttp://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Simple Knowledge Organization System
vannhttp://purl.org/vocab/vann/Web Annotation Vocabulary
vshttps://www.w3.org/2003/06/sw-vocab-status/ns#Term-centric Semantic Web Vocabulary Annotations
xsdhttp://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#XML Schema Definition
Controlled Vocabulary Concepts References (SKOS)
PrefixVocabulary NameVocabulary Title
actionStathttps://purl.org/ctdl/vocabs/actionStat/Action Status Type Concept Scheme
agentSectorhttps://purl.org/ctdl/vocabs/agentSector/Agent Sector Type Concept Scheme
assessMethodhttps://purl.org/ctdl/vocabs/assessMethod/Assessment Method Type Concept Vocabulary
assessUsehttps://purl.org/ctdl/vocabs/assessUse/Assessment Use Type Concept Scheme
audiencehttps://purl.org/ctdl/vocabs/audience/Audience Type Concept Scheme
audLevelhttps://purl.org/ctdl/vocabs/audLevel/Audience Level Type Concept Scheme
claimTypehttps://purl.org/ctdl/vocabs/claimType/Claim Type Concept Scheme
costTypehttps://purl.org/ctdl/vocabs/costType/Cost Type Concept Scheme
credentialStathttps://purl.org/ctdl/vocabs/credentialStat/Credential Status Type Concept Scheme
creditUnithttps://purl.org/ctdl/vocabs/creditUnit/Credit Unit Type Concept Scheme
deliveryTypehttps://purl.org/ctdl/vocabs/deliveryType/Delivery Type Concept Scheme
Financial Aid Concept Schemehttps://purl.org/ctdl/vocabs/financialAid/Financial Aid Concept Scheme
inputTypehttps://purl.org/ctdl/vocabs/inputType/External Input Type Concept Scheme
learnMethodhttps://purl.org/ctdl/vocabs/learnMethod/Learning Method Type Concept Scheme
orgTypehttps://purl.org/ctdl/vocabs/orgType/Organization Type Concept Scheme
Intended Purpose Concept Schemehttps://purl.org/ctld/vocabs/purpose/Intended Purpose Concept Scheme
residencyhttps://purl.org/ctdl/vocabs/residency/Residency Type Concept Scheme
scorehttps://purl.org/ctdl/vocabs/score/Scoring Method Type Concept Scheme
serviceTypehttps://purl.org/ctdl/vocabs/serviceType/Agent Service Type Concept Scheme

Classes

Properties

accreditedBy accreditedIn accredits actingAgent actionStatusType address addressCountry addressLocality addressRegion administrationProcess advancedStandingFrom affiliatedAgent affiliation agentPurpose agentPurposeDescription agentSectorType agentType alignmentDate alignmentType alternateName alternativeCondition alternativeIdentifier alternativeRuleSet appealProcess approvedBy approvedIn approves assertedBy assesses assessmentDeliveryType assessmentExample assessmentExampleDescription assessmentMethodType assessmentOutput assessmentUseType audienceLevelType audienceType availabilityListing availableAt availableOnlineAt broadAlignment codedNotation commonConditions commonCosts complaintProcess componentCategory condition conditionManifestOf contactType copyrightHolder corequisite costDetails costManifestOf credentialId credentialingAction credentialStatusType credentialType creditUnitTypeDescription creditValue ctid currency dateEffective degreeConcentration degreeMajor degreeMinor deliveryType deliveryTypeDescription demographicInformation department description description developmentProcess directCostType duns earnings email employee employmentOutcome endDate endTime entryCondition estimatedCost estimatedDuration evidenceOfAction exactAlignment exactDuration experience externalInputType externalResearch familyName faxNumber fein financialAssistance financialAssistanceType foundingDate framework frameworkName geoURI givenName globalJurisdiction hasAlignmentMap hasCondition hasConditionManifest hasCostManifest hasDestinationComponent hasGroupEvaluation hasGroupParticipation hasPart hasStatement hasVerificationService highEarnings holderMustAuthorize holders honorificSuffix identifierType identifierValueCode image inAlignmentMap industryType inLanguage instructionalProgramType instrument ipedsID isAdvancedStandingFor isDestinationComponentOf isicV4 isPartOf isPreparationFor isProctored isRecommendedFor isRequiredFor isSimilarTo jobsObtained jurisdiction jurisdictionException keyword latestVersion latitude learningDeliveryType learningMethodType leiCode longitude lowEarnings mainJurisdiction maintenanceProcess majorAlignment maximumDuration maxValue medianEarnings minimumAge minimumDuration minorAlignment minValue missionAndGoalsStatement missionAndGoalsStatementDescription naics name narrowAlignment ncesID nextVersion numberAwarded object occupationType offeredBy offeredIn offers opeID ownedBy owns parentOrganization participant paymentPattern pointValue postalCode postOfficeBoxNumber postReceiptMonths precedes preparationFrom prerequisite previousVersion price processFrequency processingAgent processMethod processMethodDescription processStandards processStandardsDescription programTerm qualityAssuranceTargetType recognizedBy recognizedIn recognizes recommends region regulatedBy regulatedIn regulates relatedAction renewal renewalFrequency renewedBy renewedIn renews requiredNumber requires residencyType residentOf resultingAward reviewProcess revocation revocationCriteria revocationCriteriaDescription revocationProcess revokedBy revokedIn revokes ruleSetUsed sameAs scoringMethodDescription scoringMethodExample scoringMethodExampleDescription scoringMethodType serviceType socialMedia source sourceData spatialCoverage startDate startTime streetAddress subject subjectWebpage submissionOf submissionOfDescription subOrganization supersededBy supersedes targetAssessment targetCompetency targetCompetencyFramework targetComponent targetContactPoint targetCredential targetLearningOpportunity targetLearningResource targetNode targetNodeDescription targetNodeName targetPathway targetTask taskDetails teaches telephone temporalCoverage unitText value verificationDirectory verificationMethodDescription verificationService verifiedClaimType versionIdentifier weight worksFor yearsOfExperience additionalCondition agent assessmentProfiled conditionProfiled contactOption contactPoint credentialAlignment credentialProfiled creditHourType creditHourValue creditUnitType creditUnitValue learningOpportunityOffered learningOpportunityProfiled learningResource partOfIdentifierValueSet processMethodType taskProfiled trainingOffered url

Concept Schemes

Concepts

AccreditService Active ActiveActionStatus AdvancedLevel AggregateCost Application Applied ApproveService Artifact AssessmentBody Assistantship AssociatesDegreeLevel Associations BachelorsDegreeLevel BackgroundCheck BadgeClaim BeginnerLevel BlendedDelivery Business Business BusinessAssociation BusinessAssociation CertificateCredit CertificationBody Citizen Collaborative CompletedActionStatus Consumers ContinuingEducationUnit CoordinatingBody CriterionReferenced CurrentMilitary CurrentMilitaryDependent CurrentMilitarySpouse CurrentStudent DegreeCredit Deprecated DoctoralDegreeLevel DoDTuitionAssistance EducationAdministrators Educators EnrollmentFee Exam Experts FailedActionStatus FederalScholarship FederalSubsidizedLoan FederalUnsubsidizedLoan FederalWorkStudy Formative FormerMilitary FormerMilitaryDependent FormerMilitarySpouse FormerStudent FourYear FullTime Gaming General Government Governments GraduationFee Guardians HighSchool InPerson InState InstitutionalGrant InstitutionalLoan InstitutionalScholarship IntermediateLevel International InternationalBodies Laboratory LaborUnion LearningResource Lecture Local Magnet MastersDegreeLevel Meals Member Military MixedFees NonCitizen NonMember NonResident NonTraditional NormReferenced OfferService OnlineOnly OptionalCharges OtherFederalGrant OtherGrant OtherLoan OtherOnCampusWork OtherScholarship OutOfState ParentPLUSLoan PartTime PellGrant Performance Post911GIBill Postsecondary PostSecondaryLevel PotentialActionStatus Practitioners PrimarilyOnline PrivateEmployee PrivateForProfit PrivateGrant PrivateLoan PrivateNonProfit PrivateScholarship Probationary ProcessingFee ProfessionalAssociation ProgramSpecificFee Public Public PublicEmployee QualityAssurance QualityAssuranceClaim RecognizeService ReexaminationFee Regional RegulateService RenewalFee RenewService ReschedulingFee Resident RevokeService RoomOrResidency ScoringFee SecondaryDiplomaCredit SecondaryLevel SecondarySchool SelfPaced Seminar StandaloneAssessment StateLoan StateLocalGrant StateLocalScholarship StateWork Students StudentServicesFee Summative Suspended Technical TechnologyFee TrainingProvider TranscriptClaim Tuition TwoYear Vendor VerifiedClaim Veteran WorkBased ElectronicMediaBased Superseded Verifiedclaim

Groups

These groups are not truly part of the schema; however, they are useful for discussion and conceptualization of how different elements of the schema relate to each other in ways that may not be obvious from the documentation above.

Info and Statistics

Below is key information for the 11/29/2019 Release of Credential Transparency Description Language:

Credential Transparency Description Language

Schema ID: ctdl
Schema Prefix: ceterms
Release ID: 20240223
Release Date: 11/29/2019
Release Status: vs:stable

Totals

Use the options below to determine the totals to include for the selected schemas. For each schema, you can also opt to include counts for terms that that schema borrows:

  • From other Credential Engine schemas (e.g., CTDL-ASN borrows ceterms:industryType from CTDL for its ceasn:CompetencyFramework class)
  • From non-Credential Engine schemas (e.g., CTDL borrows schema:QuantitativeData from schema.org for its ceterms:financialAssistanceValue property)

Terms will not be counted twice regardless of which combination of options you select.

Term TypeStableUnstablePendingDeprecatedTotal by Type
Class
Property
Concept Scheme
Concept
Total by Status