Credential
Qualification, achievement, personal or organizational quality, or aspect of an identity typically used to indicate suitability.
The ceterms:Credential class is broadly defined to encompass credentials used across domains and communities of practice. The class should be used only when speaking of credentials in general. Subclasses of ceterms:Credential as defined by Credential Engine (or other communities) should be used when referencing specific types of credentials.
Earnings Profile
Entity that describes earning and related statistical information for a given credential.
The use of ceterms:AggregateDataProfile instead of this class is strongly recommended.
Employment Outcome Profile
Entity that describes employment outcomes and related statistical information for a given credential.
Holders Profile
Entity describing the count and related statistical information of holders of a given credential.
Jurisdiction Profile
Geo-political information about applicable geographic areas and their exceptions.
Place
Entity describing a physical location or geospatial area.
Process Profile
Entity describing the type, nature, and other relevant information about a process.
Data Profile
Entity describing the attributes of the data set, its subjects and their values.
Data Set Distribution
A specific representation of a dataset.
Data Set Profile
Particular characteristics or properties of a data set and its records.
Data Set Service
A service that provides access to one or more datasets or data processing functions.
Data Set Time Frame
Time frame including earnings and employment start and end dates of the data set.
Dimension
Aspect or characteristic along which observations in a dataset can be organized and identified.
Metric
What is being measured and the method of measurement used for observations within a data set.
Observation
Numeric value or category observed for a metric.
Fixed values for relevant independent variables may be indicated as points in a qdata:Dimension using the qdata:atPoint property. The value(s) observed for the dependent variable may be provided using several properties depending on the nature of the observation.
Monetary Amount
Monetary value or range.
Monetary Amount Distribution
Statistical distribution of monetary amounts.
Quantitative Value
A point value or interval for product characteristics and other purposes.
Use in CTDL to describe quantitative values such as minimum and maximum credits or credit hours, etc.
Administration Process
Description of a process by which a resource is 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.
For assessments and rubrics, this can be used to indicate the scoring algorithm.
Alternate Name
Alias for the entity including acronyms, alpha-numeric notations, and other forms of name abbreviations in common use.
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.
Description
Statement, characterization or account of the entity.
Earnings
Entity describing aggregate credential holder earnings data.
The use of ceterms:aggregateData instead of this property is strongly recommended.
Employment Outcome
Entity describing aggregate data on jobs obtained with the credential by occupation and industry for a given period of time in a specific region.
End Date
Date some event or activity ends.
Values should be a full date, i.e. year, month and day; if the day or month are not known use ceterms:approximateEndDate instead.
External Input Type
Types of external stakeholders that provide input to an entity's processes or resources; select from an existing enumeration of such types.
Best practice for developing credential descriptions for the Credential Engine Registry is to use the ceterms:ExternalInput vocabulary.
Geographic URI
Entity that describes the longitude, latitude and other location details of a place.
This may define a place at any scale. Examples include a city, state, province, country, or continent.
It is recommended to use services such as http://www.geonames.org to provide values for this property.
Has Sub-framework scheme
Indicates a Concept Scheme used to differentiate parts of a framework or related resources that are considered to be somewhat independent.
Examples include differentiating those progression levels or credential types that are relevant to different sectors, such as General Education, Higher Education and Technical / Vocational Education and Training.
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.
Jurisdiction
Geographic or political region in which the resource is formally applicable or an organization has authority to act.
Jurisdiction Exception
Geographic or political region in which the credential is not formally recognized or an organization has no authority to act .
The ceterms:jurisdictionalException property is used in conjunction with the ceterms:jurisdiction property and expresses any exceptions to a more general statement; e.g., the United states except for Colorado.
Latitude
Latitude of a location.
For example 37.42242 (WGS 84)
Longitude
The longitude of a location.
For example -122.08585 (WGS 84).
Main Jurisdiction
Primary geographic or political region in which the credential is recognized as applicable or in which an organization has recognized authority to act.
Name
Name or title of the resource.
Process Frequency
Interval of process occurence.
Processing Agent
Organization or person performing the process.
Process Method
Webpage or online document that describes the process methods.
Process Method Description
Textual description of the process methods.
Source URL
Authoritative source of an entity's information.
Citation or description of an authoritative source from which information or description has been derived.
Start Date
Date the validity or usefulness of the information in this resource begins.
Values should be a full date, i.e. year, month and day; if the day or month are not known use ceterms:approximateStartDate instead.
Verification Method Description
Textual description of the methods used to evaluate an assessment, learning opportunity, process or verificaiton service for validity or reliability.
Adjustment
Describes whether and how the Observations have been adjusted for relevant factors.
Examples of factors include inflation, participant demographics, economic conditions, etc.
At Point
A point in a Dimension that represents a resource or factor relevant to this Observation.
Conforms To
An established standard to which the described resource conforms.
Data Attributes
Attributes of the data set.
Data Available
Number of credential holders in the reporting group for which employment and earnings data is included in the data set.
Data Collection Method Type
Type of method by which the data was collected.
Data Not Available
Number of credential holders in the reporting group for which employment and earnings data has not been included in the data set.
Data Provider
Credentialing organization or a third party providing the data.
Data Set Spatial Coverage
Location or geographic area for a data set.
Data Set Temporal Coverage
Time period covered by the data.
Data Set Time Period
Short- and long-term post-award reporting intervals including start and end dates.
Data Source Coverage Type
Type of geographic coverage of the subjects.
Data Suppression Policy
Description of a data suppression policy for earnings and employment data when cell size is below a certain threshold to ensure an individual's privacy and security.
Data Withholding Type
Type of suppression, masking, or other modification made to the data to protect the identities of its subjects.
Demographic Earnings Rate
Earnings rate for a demographic category.
demographicEmploymentRate
Employment rate for a demographic category.
Dimension Type
Type of resource that may be a point in the dimension; select from existing classes and concept schemes.
Items in a dimension will typically be instances of CTDL classes or concepts drawn from a CTDL concept scheme.
Earnings Amount
Reference to an entity describing aggregate earnings.
Earnings Definition
Definition of "earnings" used by the data source.
Earnings Distribution
Reference to an entity describing median earnings as well as earnings at various percentiles.
Earnings Threshold
Statement of any work time or earnings threshold used in determining whether a sufficient level of workforce attachment has been achieved to qualify as employed during the time period of the data set.
Employment Definition
Definition of employment used by the data source.
Employment Outlook
Projected employment estimate.
Employment Rate
Rate computed by dividing the number of holders or subjects meeting the data set's criteria of employment (meetEmploymentCriteria) by the number of holders or subjects for which data was available (dataAvailable).
Faculty-to-Student Ratio
Ratio of the number of teaching faculty to the number of students.
What constitutes "teaching faculty" is determined by the Organization and may include anyone with a significant, direct instructional role in interactions with students in learning activities.
The expression of the ratio should feature the number of faculty first, followed by the number of students, e.g., "1:10" to mean "one faculty per ten students".
Has Data Set Distribution
A representation of the data set.
Has Data Set Service
A means of accessing one or more data sets or data processing functions.
Has Dimension
A set of resources or concepts to which the metric is applied or which affect the observation of the metric.
The metric may be applied to or affected by resources such as credential earned, industry of employment, year of graduation, location etc.
Has Metric
What the observations measure and details of the method used.
Has Observation
The recorded data.
Has Point
Identifies a specific entity in a Dimension.
The value of this property will be a resource with any type, e.g. skos:Concept, ceterms:Credential (or any subclass thereof), ceterms:Industry, ceterms:Place, etc.
Holders In Set
Number of credential holders in the final data collection and reporting.
Income Determination Type
Mechanism by which income is determined; i.e., actual or annualized earnings; select from an enumeration of such types.
Industry Rate
Employment rate for an industry category.
Insufficient Employment Criteria
Number of holders that do not meet the prescribed employment threshold in terms of earnings or time engaged in work as defined for the data set (employmentDefinition).
Is Observation Of
Indicates the metric used for this Observation.
Max Percentage
The upper percentage of some characteristic or property.
Best practice is to treat the value of this property as a verbatim percentage; for example, a value of 1.5 should be interpreted as 1.5%
Mean
Mean value.
Median
Median value.
Media Type
A file format or physical medium.
Meet Employment Criteria
Number of holders that meet the prescribed employment threshold in terms of earnings or time engaged in work as defined for the data set (employmentDefinition).
Metric Type
Type of phenomenon being measured; select from an existing enumeration of such types.
Min Percentage
The lower percentage of some characteristic or property.
Non-Completers
Non-holders who departed or are likely to depart higher education prematurely.
Non-Holders In Set
Non-holder subject actively pursuing the credential through a program or assessment.
Observed Category
Indicates the entity identified through an observation as meeting the metric criteria.
Used when the metric involves observation of categoric data, for example indicating an observation of which Industry or Occupation is the most common destination after completing study.
Occupation Rate
Employment rate for an occupation category.
Pass Rate
Rate computed by dividing the number of subjects passing an assessment by the total number taking the assessment.
When data is available, record both the percentage and the number of subjects who passed the assessment.
Percentage
Quotient of two values of the data set, expressed as a percentage.
Percentile 10
10th percentile value.
Percentile 25
25th percentile value.
Percentile 75
75th percentile value.
Percentile 90
90th percentile value.
Record Type
Type of record used to source the data.
Examples include various official records and self-reporting via a survey.
Regional Earnings Distribution
Reference to an entity describing median earnings as well as earnings at various percentiles for holders or subjects in the region.
Regional Employment Rate
Rate computed by dividing the number of holders or subjects in the region meeting the data set's criteria of employment (meetEmploymentCriteria) by the number of holders or subjects in the region for which data was available (dataAvailable).
Related Employment
Number of people employed in the area of work (e.g., industry, occupation) in which the credential provided preparation.
Relevant Data Set
Data Set on which earnings or employment data is based.
Relevant Data Set For
Data set for the entity being referenced.
Size of Data
Number of subjects from the population for which data was obtained to calculate the observed value.
For the number of subjects in the sample for which no data was available use sizeOfNoData, and for the total number of subjects available use sizeOfPopulation.
Size of No Data
Number of subjects in the sample for which no data was obtained.
This is relevant for surveys or other forms of data gathering where a bias may be introduced by non-response or similar omissions.
For the number of subjects for which data was available, use sizeOfData, and for the total number of subjects available use sizeOfPopulation.
Size of Population
The total number of subjects in the relevant population.
For the number of subjects for which data was available, use sizeOfData, and for the number of subjects for which no data was available, use sizeOfNoData.
Standard Deviation
Standard deviation about the mean.
Subject Excluded
Category of subject excluded from the data.
Subject Identification
Identification of data point(s) in the data set that describe personal subject attribute(s) used to uniquely identify a subject for the purpose of matching records and an indication of level of confidence in the accuracy of the match.
Subjects In Set
Total credential holders and non-holders in the final data collection and reporting.
Subject Type
Type of subject included or excluded from the data set.
Subject Value
Quantitative values and percentages for a subject category in the data set.
Sufficient Employment Criteria
Time Interval
Length of the interval between two events.
Total WIOA Completers
Total participants who completed the WIOA program, successfully or unsuccessfully.
Total WIOA Exiters
Total participants who successfully completed the WIOA program and exited WIOA.
Total WIOA Participants
Total participants in the WIOA program.
Unrelated Employment
Number of people employed outside the area of work (e.g., industry, occupation) in which the credential provided preparation.
Work Time Threshold
Statement of earnings thresholds used in determining whether a sufficient level of workforce attachment has been achieved to qualify as employed during the chosen employment and earnings time period.
About
Subject matter of the resource.
Currency
Currency abbreviation (e.g., USD).
A description of the item.
Maximum Value
The upper value of some characteristic or property.
In CTDL: for single values, use schema:value; for ranges, use schema:minValue and schema:maxValue.
Minimum Value
The lower value of some characteristic or property.
Unit Text
A string or text indicating the unit of measurement.
Value
The value of the property value node.
Administrative Record Category
Categories of administrative records.
Collection Method
Categories of methods for collecting data.
Data Source Coverage
Categories of geographic coverage.
Data Withholding Category
Categories of processes for withholding data in a data set.
Demographic Category
Classification of various means (such as classification schemes) used to describe and categorize subjects in a population.
Income Determination Method
Methods for determining the actual or anticipated annual earnings of the subjects in the data set.
Metric Category
Types of metrics applicable to an Observation.
Subject Category
Categories of subjects for employment and earnings data.
United States 1099 Tax Document
United States Federal tax form that an entity or person other than an employer provides stating earnings paid an individual.
United States W-2 Tax Document
United States Official Wage and Tax Statement that reports an employee's annual wages and the amount of taxes withheld from their paycheck by an employer.
Unemployment Insurance
Contain the earnings reported by employers (typically on a quarterly basis) to state unemployment insurance agencies for each employee.
Administrative Record Matching
Data derived from cross-mapping unambiguous identifiers from more than one government administrative data sets.
Credential Holder Reporting
Data derived through credential holder self-reporting.
Credential Holder Survey
Data derived through surveying holders.
Supplemental Method
Additional method used to augment administrative, self-reported or survey data.
Supplemental Source
Agent providing data augmenting administrative, self-reported or survey data.
Data Masked
Select information concealed or encrypted to protect the identities of subjects.
Data Suppressed
Select information withheld or removed to protect the identities of subjects.
Accommodation
Means of indicating the subjects' use of services or resources for equal access.
Age
Means of indicating the age of subjects, typically categorized into age groups.
Benefits
Means of indicating whether subjects receive public or other benefits.
Dependency Responsibility
Means of indicating the caring responsibilities of subjects, such as for dependents or other family members.
Disability
Means of indicating whether subjects have a disability, including physical, sensory, cognitive, mental health, or learning disabilities, recognizing both visible and invisible disabilities.
Education Level
Means of indicating the highest level of education completed by subjects.
Employment
Means of indicating the employment status of subjects.
Ethnicity
Means of indicating the ethnicity of subjects, reflecting their cultural identity.
Family Educational Background
Means of indicating the educational background of a subject's family, for example whether subjects are the first in their family to attend higher education institutions.
Gender
Means of indicating the gender identity of subjects, which can include male, female, and other gender identities.
Housing
Means of indicating whether subjects are housed or experiencing housing instability.
Income
Means of indicating the financial stability of subjects.
Language
Means of indicating the primary language spoken by subjects.
Literacy
Means of indicating the literacy level of subjects, including reading and writing skills.
Marital Status
Means of indicating the marital status of subjects.
Military Status
Means of indicating the status of being associated with military service, either personally or through family.
Race
Means of indicating the race / ethnicity of subjects, categorized according to widely recognized standards.
Residency
Means of indicating where subjects live.
Skills
Means of indicating the type or nature of skills acquired by subjects, including both hard and soft skills.
Actual Earnings
Earnings garnered over the entire reported time period of the data set.
Annualized Earnings
Calculated annual earnings based on reported earnings for a stated period shorter than the reported time period of the data set.
Acceptance
Measurement of subjects who are admitted to an organization or its educational or work preparation activity or resource after completing the application process.
Access
Measurement of subjects who access educational or work activities or resources.
Activity and Earnings
Measurement of subjects' activity and employment status, income, wages, salaries, time to secure employment, and related rates.
Benefits Received
Measurement of the benefits received by subjects.
Career Advancement
Measurement of the impact of educational or work preparation activities or resources on subjects' career advancement opportunities.
Completion
Measurement of subjects who do or don't meet completion requirements for a specified education or work activity or resource.
Concentrator
Measurement of subjects within a single educational program who meet completion requirements related to a specific workforce preparation program of study.
Cost and Duration
Measurement of the financial costs and time required for subjects to participate in and complete educational or work preparation activities or resources.
Measurement of the awarding, offering, and value of credentials obtained by subjects in educational or work preparation programs.
Credential Attainment
Measurement of subjects who do or don't attain a credential.
Credential Awarded
Measurement of individual credentials awarded to subjects.
Credential Types Offered
Measurement of the types of credential available for award.
Credential Value
Measurement of the value of credentials available or awarded to subjects.
Credit Transfer
Measurement of credits earned prior to enrollment transferred to another educational program.
Direct Cost
Measurement of costs charged for subjects to participate in an organization or an educational or work preparation activity or resource.
Measurement of the income subjects receive from all forms of work.
Measurement of subjects' highest level of education achieved.
Employer Satisfaction
Measurement of the satisfaction of employers with the performance of subjects from educational or work preparation activity or resource.
Measurement of the status of subjects being engaged with paid work.
Enrollment
Measurement of subjects who enroll in an organization or its specified education or work preparation activity or resource.
High-Skill Occupation
Measurement of the number of subjects employed in a high-skill occupation.
High Wage Occupation
Measurement of the number of subjects employed in a high-wage occupation.
In-demand Occupation
Measurement of the number of subjects employed in a high-demand occupation.
Industry Employment
Measurement of the number of subjects employed within an industry.
Industry Growth
Measurement of the growth rate of an industry.
Innovation Adoption
Measurement of the rate at which new and innovative practices are adopted in educational or work activities or resources.
Job, Industry and Occupation
Measurement of employment and earnings in industries or occupational areas.
Job Openings
Measurement of the number of job openings.
Learner to Advisor
Measurement of the number of learners per available advisor.
Learner to Faculty
Measurement of the number of learners per available faculty.
Occupation Employment
Measurement of the number of subjects employed in an occupational area.
Occupation Growth
Measure the growth rate of an occupational area.
Organization
Measurement of organizational support, advisor and faculty availability, benefits received by subjects, and the acceptance of prior learning.
Total Cost of Participation
Measurement of all costs incurred directly or indirectly by a subject as a result of participation in an organization or an educational or work preparation activity or resource.
Participation and Engagement
Measurement of subjects' active involvement, admission, enrollment, and re-enrollment in specified education or work preparation activities or resources.
Measurement of the proportion of subjects who have passed the relevant program, education, or workforce preparation activity or resource.
Performance
Measurement of subjects' achievement, including completion requirements, proficiency, placement in work or further education, and measurable skills gains in educational or work preparation activities or resources.
Placement
Measurement of subjects who advance from an education or work preparation activity to work, military, or a higher-level program.
Post-Completion
Measurement made after subjects have completed an activity or resource.
Use with another metric category that classifies what is being measured.
Post-Enrollment
Measurement made after subjects have enrolled for an activity or resource.
Use with another metric category that classifies what is being measured. Use metriCat:PostCompletion for measurements made after completions.
Pre-Enrollment
Measurement made before subjects have enrolled for an activity or resource.
Education and Work Preparation Cost
Measurement of the cost for a subject to participate in an organization or an educational or work preparation activity or resource.
Education and Work Preparation Duration
Measurement of the period of time to complete an educational or work preparation activity or resource.
Prior Learning
Measurement of the recognition and assessment of subjects' existing knowledge and skills to potentially fulfill certain requirements for a work preparation activity or resource.
Progression
Measurement of subjects who progress in a particular organization or its educational or work preparation activity or resource.
Projected
Measurement of data that is predicted to be true in the future.
Intended for use with other metric category types to indicate that the values for this metric are predictions or extrapolations, rather than current measured data.
Re-Enrollment
Measurement of eligible subjects who re-enroll in an organization or its specified education or work activity or resource.
Retention
Measurement of subjects who continue or persist in a particular organization or its educational or work preparation activity or resource.
Retention and Completion
Measurement of subjects' persistence, discontinuation, completion, credential attainment, and highest level of education achieved in educational or work activities or resources.
Skills Proficiency
Measurement of subjects' proficiency within an educational or work preparation activity or resource.
Student Loan Subject
Measurement of the percentage of subjects with loans.
Student Financial
Measurement of financial assistance, student funding sources, and various aspects of student loans and debt related to educational or work preparation activities or resources.
Student Financial Assistance
Measurement of the financial aid provided to subjects, including grants, scholarships, loans, and other financial support.
Student Loan Amount
Measurement of the loan amount accumulated by subjects after completing a learning or workforce preparation program.
Student Loan Debt
Measurement of the loan debt incurred by subjects for the purpose of enrolling in and participating in an educational or work preparation activity or resource.
Student Satisfaction
Measurement of the level of satisfaction subjects have with their educational or work preparation programs.
Support
Measurement of the support offered by the resource available for subjects.
Technology and Innovation
Measurement of the integration and adoption of technology and innovative practices in educational or work preparation activities or resources.
Time To Employment
Measurement of the duration between subjects completing an educational or training program to secure paid work.
Transfer Value
Measurement of the acceptance rate of subjects' prior learning towards an educational or work preparation activity or resource.
Use of Technology
Measurement of the extent to which educational or work preparation activities or resources integrate technology in their delivery.
WIOA
Measurement of subjects related to Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act services and sponsored education or workforce preparation activity or resource.
WIOA Completer
Measurement of subjects who completed a WIOA-sponsored education or workforce preparation activity or resource, regardless of whether they were successful or unsuccessful.
WIOA Participant
Measurement of subjects who have received staff-assisted Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act services.
WIOA Program Exiter
Measurement of subjects who have received WIOA services and have an exit date or have not received any reportable services in the last 90 days.
WIOA Training Exiter
Measures of subjects who either completed or withdrew from a WIOA-sponsored training program, or transferred to a different program.
Country
Nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory such as the United States of America, Germany and France.
Global
Encompassing the entire world.
Region
Non-governmental, named geographic area, such as Silicon Valley, that is not necessarily coincident with the boundaries of a country or administrative subdivision thereof.
State Or Province
Principal administrative and occasionally sovereign subdivision of a country such as California, Bavaria, and Yucatan.
Urban Area
Urban area that has a name, defined boundaries, and local government such as a city, town, or village.
Assessment Completer
Subject that has successfully completed an assessment.
Credential Holder
Subject that has earned the credential during the chosen employment and earnings time period.
Credential Seeker
Subject actively seeking the credential through enrollment in a program or taking an assessment.
Enrollee
Subject currently enrolled in a program.
Financial Aid Recipient
Subject currently receiving financial aid while pursuing the credential.
Graduate
Subject that has graduated from a program.
Higher Level Credential
Subject who has earned a higher level credential.
In Further Education
Credential holder actively seeking a higher-level credential.
Insufficient Data Available
Subject without sufficiently useful earnings or employment data.
Post-Credential Earnings
Subject with earnings garnered after earning the credential.
Pre-Credential Earnings
Subject with earnings garnered prior to earning the credential.