Progression Level
Identifiable point along a developmental progression of competence, achievement or temporal position.
Progression Model
Model of identifiable points along a developmental progression including increasing levels of competence, achievement or temporal position (e.g., "Second Quarter").
Competency
Measurable or observable knowledge, skill, or ability necessary to successful performance of a person.
Competency is broadly defined to include assertions of academic, professional, occupational, vocational and life goals, outcomes, and standards, however labeled.
Competency Framework
Entity comprised of a logically related set of competencies.
A competency framework serves a container object for a set of competencies.
Criterion Level
An individual component or specific element within a criterion that defines a particular aspect or standard for evaluation.
Proficiency Scale
The class of structured profiles describing discrete levels of expertise and performance mastery.
Proficiency scales define levels of performance (what a person does) as distinct from knowledge of specific information (what a person knows) and outline tasks a person can manage and the skills necessary to progressively accomplish explicit competencies at increasing levels of complexity. Proficiency scales: (1) assist in making judgments about the kinds of tasks related to a competency that a person is able to perform; and (2) to compare the abilities of different persons with regard to achievement of those competencies at different levels.
Rubric
A structured and systematic evaluation tool used to assess performance, quality, and/or criteria.
Rubric Criterion
Resource providing explicit criteria for ensuring specific and measurable evaluation.
Rubric Level
Level or quality indicator used with Rubric Criteria.
Concept
Term in a controlled vocabulary.
Concept Scheme
A controlled vocabulary.
Has Progression Level
Reference to a specific point in a progression model.
Has Progression Model
Reference to a progression model used.
Ability Embodied
Enduring attributes of the individual that influence performance are embodied either directly or indirectly in this resource.
The abilityEmbodied property may referenced a defined ability in an ontology such as O*NET or an existing competency defined in a competency framework.
Align From
A competency framework or competency from which this competency framework or competency is aligned.
An alignment is an assertion of some degree of equivalency between the subject and the object of the assertion.
Align To
A competency framework or competency to which this competency framework or competency is aligned.
Alternative Coded Notation
An alphanumeric notation or ID code identifying this competency in common use among end-users.
Unlike the codedNotation property, the value for the altCodedNotation property need not be an official identifier created by the promulgating agency. It must be an identifier in common use among end-users of the competency. This property should be seldom used and only with a clear demonstration of need (i.e., in common use). For example, in the Common Core State Standards (Math) in the U.S., the official codedNotation of "CCSS.Math.Content.1.NBT.C.4" is abbreviated in common use by end-users to the unofficial altCodedNotation of "1.NBT.4".
Author
A person or organization chiefly responsible for the intellectual or artistic content of this competency framework or competency.
Benchmark Label
Label for the level achieved as defined by the Rubric Criterion.
Benchmark Text
Description of the level achieved as defined by the Rubric Criterion.
Broad Alignment
The referenced competency covers all of the relevant concepts in this competency as well as relevant concepts not found in this competency.
Coded Notation
An alphanumeric notation or ID code as defined by the promulgating body to identify this resource.
This property should be used only for codes created by the promulgating body. For alternative competency notations in common use in the community of practice, but not endorsed by the promulgating body, the altCodedNotation property can be used (sparingly on clear evidence of common use and need).
Comment
Supplemental text provided by the promulgating body that clarifies the nature, scope or use of this resource.
Use this property when the text provides useful context for this resource.
Competency Category
The textual label identifying the category of the competency as designated by the promulgating body.
This property points to a class, not to instances of that class. For example, where two competencies in a competency framework have been identified respectively by the promulgating agency as "Strand: Renaissance" and "Strand: Social history", the statementLabel for both these competencies is "Strand".
Competency Label
Short identifying phrase or name applied to a competency by the creator of the competency framework.
Where such a label is the sole expression of the competency, enter the text as competencyText as opposed to competencyLabel.
Competency Text
The text of the competency.
This property should be used to provide the actual text of the competency statement. To provide information about the competency other than the text itself, use the comment property.
Complexity Level
The expected performance level of a learner or professional as defined by a competency.
Comprised Of
This competency includes, comprehends or encompasses, in whole or in part, the meaning, nature or importance of the referenced competency.
Concept Keyword
A word or phrase used by the promulgating agency to refine and differentiate individual resources contextually.
This property should be used judiciously and in moderation. This property should be used only if an appropriate term does not exist in a controlled vocabulary.
Concept Term
A term drawn from a controlled vocabulary used by the promulgating agency to refine and differentiate individual resources contextually.
Note: Topic terms can include relevant people, places, things, and events.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making this resource.
The creator property is used with non-canonical statements created by a third party.
Cross-Subject Reference
A relationship between this competency and a competency in a separate competency framework.
An interdisciplinary statement reference.
Date Copyrighted
Date of a statement of copyright for this resource, such as ©2017.
Date Created
Date of creation of this resource.
The dateCreated property is used for non-canonical statements created by a third party.
Date Modified
The date on which this resource was most recently modified in some way.
Date Valid From
Beginning date of validity of this resource.
Where the resource is valid for a given period of time, use both the dateValidFrom and dateValidUntil properties.
Date Valid Until
End date of validity of this resource.
Derived From
The entity being described has been modified, extended or refined from the referenced resource.
Description
A short description of this resource.
Education Level Type
A general statement describing the education or training context. Alternatively, a more specific statement of the location of the audience in terms of its progression through an education or training context.
Best practice is to use terms from the http://purl.org/ctdl/terms/AudienceLevel concept scheme.
Evaluator Type
Type of evaluator; select from an existing enumeration of such types.
Exact Alignment
The relevant concepts in this competency and the referenced competency are coextensive.
Feedback
Predefined feedback text for the benefit of the subject being evaluated.
This may include guidance and suggestions for improvement or development.
Has Child
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.
Has Criterion Category
Indicates a Concept for clustering logical sets of Rubric Criteria.
Has Criterion Category Set
Indicates the Concept Scheme for clustering logical sets of Rubric Criteria.
Has Criterion Level
Criterion Level for this resource.
Has Rubric Criterion
Explicit criterion for ensuring specific and measurable evaluation.
Has Rubric Level
Resource describing a level or quality indicator used with Rubric Criteria.
Has Scope
Description of what the rubric's creator intended to assess or evaluate.
Has Top Child
Top-level child competency of a competency framework.
Identifier
An alternative URI by which this competency framework or competency is identified.
Inferred Competency
Competency deduced or arrive at by reasoning on the competency being described.
In Language
The primary language used in or by this resource.
This is the language the text is primarily written in, even if it makes use of other languages. For example, a competency for teaching spanish to english-speaking students would primarily be in english, because that is the language used to convey the material.
In Progression Model
Progression Model to which this Progression Level belongs.
Is Child Of
The referenced resource is higher in some arbitrary hierarchy than this resource.
Is Part Of
Competency framework that this competency is a part of.
This property does not indicate whether or not this statement is a top-level statement in the referenced competency framework; only that it is in some way a part of that framework. To indicate that this statement is a top-level statement, use both this property and the isChildOf property.
Is Top Child Of
Indicates that this competency is at the top of some arbitrary hierarchy.
Is Version Of
A related competency of which this competency is a version, edition, or adaptation.
Changes in version imply substantive changes in content rather than differences in format.
Knowledge Embodied
Body of information embodied either directly or indirectly in this resource.
License
A legal document giving official permission to do something with this resource.
Value must be the URI to a license document (e.g., Creative Commons license or bespoke license).
List ID
An alphanumeric string indicating the relative position of a resource in an ordered list of resources.
Examples of such strings include: such as "A", "B", or "a", "b", or "I", "II", or "1", "2".
Punctuation accompanying alphanumeric strings should not be included.
Local Subject
The text string denoting the subject of the competency framework or competency as designated by the promulgating agency.
The localSubject property and subject property may or may not point to the same subject. If so, enter the text string for the subject as the value of this property and the URI for that subject in the subject property.
Major Alignment
Major overlap of relevant concepts between this competency and the referenced competency.
Minor Alignment
Minor overlap of relevant concepts between this competency and the referenced competency.
Name
The name or title of this resource.
Narrow Alignment
This competency covers all of the relevant concepts in the referenced competency as well as relevant concepts not found in the referenced competency.
Prerequisite Alignment
The referenced resource is a prerequisite to this resource.
Publication Status Type
The publication status of the resource.
With competencies that originate as part of a competency framework that includes an applicable publication status, it is not necessary to include that status on every competency in the framework.
Publisher
An agent responsible for making this resource available.
Also referred to as the promulgating agency of the entity.
Publisher Name
Name of an agent responsible for making this resource available.
Repository Date
The date this competency framework was added to the repository.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over this resource.
Rights Holder
An agent owning or managing rights over this resource.
Should Index
Indicates whether correlators should or should not assign the competency during correlation.
Skill Embodied
Ability to apply knowledge and use know-how to complete tasks and solve problems including types or categories of developed proficiency or dexterity in mental operations and physical processes is embodied either directly or indirectly in this resource.
The skillEmbodied property may reference a defined skill in an ontology such as O*NET or an existing competency defined in a competency framework.
Source
The original competency framework which this resource is based on or derived from.
Source Documentation
Human-readable information resource other than a competency framework from which this resource was generated or identified by humans or machines.
The intended use case for this is when documentation is analyzed in order to find and describe entities such as competencies and concepts.
Substantiating Competency Framework
Aspects of the referenced Competency Framework provide some justification that the resource being described is useful.
Substantiating Credential
Aspects of the referenced Credential provide some justification that the resource being described is useful.
Substantiating Job
Aspects of the referenced Job provide some justification that the resource being described is useful.
Substantiating Occupation
Aspects of the referenced Occupation provide some justification that the resource being described is useful.
Substantiating Organization
Aspects of the referenced Organization provide some justification that the resource being described is useful.
Substantiating Resource
Aspects of the referenced resource provide some justification that the resource being described is useful.
Substantiating Task
Aspects of the referenced Task provide some justification that the resource being described is useful.
Substantiating Work Role
Aspects of the referenced Work Role provide some justification that the resource being described is useful.
Table of Contents
A list of sub-units of this resource.
The table of contents is a "manifest", or a hierarchic, ordered, syntactic representation of the sections of this resource; for example, the competencies that are part of a competency framework.
Task Embodied
Specifically defined piece of work embodied either directly or indirectly in this resource.
Weight
An asserted measurement of the weight, degree, percent, or strength of a recommendation, requirement, or comparison.
Best practice is to assign a decimal value weight between 0 and 1 that indicates the strength of the assertion, with 0 being weakest and 1 being strongest.
CTID
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.
Industry Type
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.
Instructional Program Type
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.
Occupation Type
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.
Alternative Label
Non-preferred label for the concept used to relate a concept synonym to the preferred label.
Broader
Concept that is broader in some way than this concept.
Broad Match
Assertion indicates that the referenced concept is broader in some way than this concept.
Change Note
Text describing a significant change to the concept.
Close Match
Assertion indicates that two concepts are sufficiently similar that they can be used interchangeably.
Definition
Supplies a complete explanation of the intended meaning of a concept.
Exact Match
Indicates semantic similarity denoting an even higher degree of closeness than skos:closeMatch.
Has Top Concept
Concept of the scheme at the top of a hierarchy of narrower concepts.
Hidden Label
Label not intended for public presentation but to assist applications in disambiguating searcher intent - e.g., hidden labels can be used for common misspelling or a colloquial expression.
In Scheme
Concept scheme to which this concept belongs.
Narrower
Concept that is narrower in some way than this concept.
Narrow Match
Assertion indicates that the referenced concept is narrower in some way than this concept.
Notation
Alphanumeric notation or ID code as defined by the promulgating body to identify this resource.
Note
Annotations to the concept for purposes of general documentation.
Preferred Label
Preferred language-tagged label representing this concept.
Related
Assertion indicating an associative, non-hierarchical relationship between the two concepts where neither is broader nor narrower than the other.
Top Concept Of
Concept scheme for which this concept is a top node in a hierarchy of concepts.
Evaluator Category
Category of agents that perform evaluation.
Publication Status Concept Scheme
Describes the various publication statuses of competency frameworks and statements.
Authority
Evaluator is an agent with authority over the person, group, or thing being evaluated in the relevant context.
Examples include teachers, supervisors, managers, or others with positions over the person or group being evaluated.
Automated
Evaluator is an automated agent or process.
External
Evaluator is an agent who is outside the context of the person, group, or thing being evaluated.
Evaluator is typically independent of the person, group, or thing being evaluated.
Peer
Evaluator is one or more peers of the person, group, or thing being evaluated.
Peers may be people taking the same course or in similar job roles.
Self
Evaluator is the person or group being evaluated.
Deprecated
Status assigned to a document/statement by the promulgating agency asserting that the document/statement has been superseded or its use otherwise disfavored.
Draft
A status assigned to all documents/statements during development.
Draft documents and statements should not be displayed to anyone other than their owners and relevant administrators.
Published
Status assigned to all documents that have been published.