Quantitative Data Mapping Guidance

Release 20231027
This page displays the Quantitative Data schema in an object-oriented format. Below you will find every class for this schema, each with a thorough description and a list of properties for that class. Where applicable, properties that leverage concept schemes (controlled vocabularies) will also show the available concepts for those schemes.
The purpose of this page is to make it easier for your team to map your schema and your data (your classes and properties) to the CTDL classes and properties.
For an RDF-centric view of this schema, use the Terms page.
This page exists for the following schemas:

The CTDL Quantitative Data schema (QData for short) is intended to describe aggregate/statistical data related to credentials and other such information. The QData model and accompanying properties and classes currently provide access to aggregate earnings, employment and holder data stemming largely from second party datasets (e.g., U.S. Department of Labor). Similar access is under development for including aggregate credential holder data. Current records in the Credential Engine Registry (CER) embody authoritative data provided either by: (1) the credential organization that owns or offers the credential as well as any associated learning opportunities or assessments; or, (2) a second party under the authority of such a credential organization. The earnings, employment and holder information of concern here is largely sourced through second party data aggregators including public sector agencies at both state and federal levels and private sector organizations supporting specific services and making that data more-or-less publicly available through various means.

Release ID: 20231027
Release Date: 10/27/2023

Available profiles for this schema:

Profiles define constraints (such as required properties, which properties allow multiple values, etc.) for a schema when it is used in a specific context. Select a profile to view its constraints on this schema:
Raw Schema
View this schema with no profile constraints attached.
Credential Engine Registry profile of QData
This is the Credential Engine Registry profile of QData.

Download This Schema:

To download the entire schema, use one of these links. To download just a specific class, select the class below and use the links in the download section for that class.

Classes for Quantitative Data:

Select a class to view its properties.

Earnings Profile

Description:
Entity that describes earning and related statistical information for a given credential.
Usage Note:
The use of ceterms:AggregateDataProfile instead of this class is strongly recommended.
Status:
vs:stable

Properties:

Employment Outcome Profile

Description:
Entity that describes employment outcomes and related statistical information for a given credential.
Usage Note:
The use of ceterms:AggregateDataProfile instead of this class is strongly recommended.
Status:
vs:stable

Properties:

Holders Profile

Description:
Entity describing the count and related statistical information of holders of a given credential.
Usage Note:
The use of ceterms:AggregateDataProfile instead of this class is strongly recommended.
Status:
vs:stable

Properties:

Jurisdiction Profile

Description:
Geo-political information about applicable geographic areas and their exceptions.
Status:
vs:stable

Properties:

Place

Description:
Entity describing a physical location or geospatial area.
Status:
vs:stable

Properties:

Process Profile

Description:
Entity describing the type, nature, and other relevant information about a process related to a credential.
Status:
vs:stable

Properties:

Data Profile

Description:
Entity describing the attributes of the data set, its subjects and their values.
Status:
vs:stable

Properties:

Data Set Profile

Description:
Particular characteristics or properties of a data set and its records.
Status:
vs:stable

Properties:

Data Set Time Frame

Description:
Time frame including earnings and employment start and end dates of the data set.
Status:
vs:stable

Properties:

Monetary Amount

Description:
Monetary value or range.
Status:
vs:stable

Properties:

Monetary Amount Distribution

Description:
Statistical distribution of monetary amounts.
Status:
vs:stable

Properties:

Quantitative Value

Description:
Point value for cohort characteristics and other purposes.
Status:
vs:stable

Properties:

Alternate Name

Description:
Alias for the entity including acronyms, alpha-numeric notations, and other forms of name abbreviations in common use such as PhD, MA, and BA.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:
Description:
Name or title of the resource.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Relevant Data Set

Description:
Data Set on which earnings or employment data is based.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:

Alternate Name

Description:
Alias for the entity including acronyms, alpha-numeric notations, and other forms of name abbreviations in common use such as PhD, MA, and BA.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:

Description

Description:
Statement, characterization or account of the entity.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:
Description:
Name or title of the resource.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Relevant Data Set

Description:
Data Set on which earnings or employment data is based.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:

Relevant Data Set

Description:
Data Set on which earnings or employment data is based.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:

Description

Description:
Statement, characterization or account of the entity.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Jurisdiction Exception

Description:
Geographic or political region in which the credential is not formally recognized or an organization has no authority to act .
Comment:
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.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:

Main Jurisdiction

Description:
Primary geographic or political region in which the credential is recognized as applicable or in which an organization has recognized authority to act.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Alternate Name

Description:
Alias for the entity including acronyms, alpha-numeric notations, and other forms of name abbreviations in common use such as PhD, MA, and BA.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:

Geographic URI

Description:
Entity that describes the longitude, latitude and other location details of a place.
Comment:
This may define a place at any scale. Examples include a city, state, province, country, or continent.
Usage Note:
It is recommended to use services such as http://www.geonames.org to provide values for this property.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:

Latitude

Description:
Latitude of a location.
Comment:
For example 37.42242 (WGS 84)
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Longitude

Description:
The longitude of a location.
Comment:
For example -122.08585 (WGS 84).
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:
Description:
Name or title of the resource.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Description

Description:
Statement, characterization or account of the entity.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

External Input Type

Description:
Types of external stakeholders that provide input to an entity's processes or resources; select from an existing enumeration of such types.
Usage Note:
Best practice for developing credential descriptions for the Credential Engine Registry is to use the ceterms:ExternalInput vocabulary.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Vocabulary:
This property should point to terms applicable to the ceterms:ExternalInput Concept Scheme via the Credential Alignment Object's ceterms:targetNode property.

Process Frequency

Description:
Interval of process occurence.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Processing Agent

Description:
Organization or person performing the process.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:

Process Method

Description:
Webpage or online document that describes the process methods.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Process Method Description

Description:
Textual description of the process methods.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Verification Method Description

Description:
Textual description of the methods used to evaluate an assessment, learning opportunity, process or verificaiton service for validity or reliability.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Data Collection Method Type

Description:
Type of method by which the data was collected.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Description

Description:
Statement, characterization or account of the entity.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Required
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Adjustment

Description:
Describes whether and how the provided earnings have been adjusted for factors such as inflation, participant demographics and economic conditions.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Administrative Record Type

Description:
Type of administrative record used; e.g. W2, 1099, and Unemployment Insurance Wage Record.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:
Vocabulary:
This property should point to terms applicable to the Administrative Record Category Concept Scheme:

Data Available

Description:
Number of credential holders in the reporting group for which employment and earnings data is included in the data set.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Data Not Available

Description:
Number of credential holders in the reporting group for which employment and earnings data has not been included in the data set.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Demographic Earnings Rate

Description:
Earnings rate for a demographic category.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

demographicEmploymentRate

Description:
Employment rate for a demographic category.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Earnings Definition

Description:
Definition of "earnings" used by the data source in the context of the reporting group.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Earnings Distribution

Description:
Reference to an entity describing median earnings as well as earnings at various percentiles.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Earnings Threshold

Description:
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.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Employment Definition

Description:
Statement of criteria used to determine whether sufficient levels of work time and/or earnings have been met to be considered employed during the earning time period.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Employment Outlook

Description:
Projected employment estimate.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Faculty-to-Student Ratio

Description:
Ratio of the number of teaching faculty to the number of students.
Comment:
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.
Usage Note:
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".
Status:
vs:unstable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:

Income Determination Type

Description:
Mechanism by which income is determined; i.e., actual or annualized earnings.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:
Vocabulary:
This property should point to terms applicable to the Income Determination Method Concept Scheme:

Industry Rate

Description:
Employment rate for an industry category.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Insufficient Employment Criteria

Description:
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).
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Meet Employment Criteria

Description:
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).
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Non-Completers

Description:
Non-holders who departed or are likely to depart higher education prematurely.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Non-Holders In Set

Description:
Non-holder subject actively pursuing the credential through a program or assessment.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Occupation Rate

Description:
Employment rate for an occupation category.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Regional Earnings Distribution

Description:
Reference to an entity describing median earnings as well as earnings at various percentiles for holders or subjects in the region.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Regional Employment Rate

Description:
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).
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Related Employment

Description:
Number of people employed in the area of work (e.g., industry, occupation) in which the credential provided preparation.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Subject Excluded

Description:
Category of subject excluded from the data.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Subjects In Set

Description:
Total credential holders and non-holders in the final data collection and reporting.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Sufficient Employment Criteria

Description:
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).
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Total WIOA Completers

Description:
Total participants who completed the WIOA program, successfully or unsuccessfully.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Total WIOA Exiters

Description:
Total participants who successfully completed the WIOA program and exited WIOA.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Total WIOA Participants

Description:
Total participants in the WIOA program.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Unrelated Employment

Description:
Number of people employed outside the area of work (e.g., industry, occupation) in which the credential provided preparation.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Work Time Threshold

Description:
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.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:
Description:
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).
Comment:
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.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Required
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Description

Description:
Statement, characterization or account of the entity.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Required
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:
Description:
Name or title of the resource.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Required
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Data Provider

Description:
Credentialing organization or a third party providing the data.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Required
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:

Administration Process

Description:
Entity describing the process by which a resource, or aspects of it, are administered.
Comment:
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.
Usage Note:
For assessments and rubrics, this can be used to indicate the scoring algorithm.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Alternate Name

Description:
Alias for the entity including acronyms, alpha-numeric notations, and other forms of name abbreviations in common use such as PhD, MA, and BA.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:

Instructional Program Type

Description:
Type of instructional program; select from an existing enumeration of such types.
Usage Note:
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.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:
Vocabulary:
This property should point to terms applicable to the ceterms:InstructionalProgramClassification Concept Scheme.

Jurisdiction

Description:
Geographic or political region in which the credential is formally applicable or an organization has authority to act.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Distribution File

Description:
Downloadable form of this dataset, at a specific location, in a specific format.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:

Relevant Data Set For

Description:
Data set for the entity being referenced.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value

Subject Identification

Description:
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.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

End Date

Description:
Date some event or activity ends.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Required
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Start Date

Description:
Date the validity or usefulness of the information in this resource begins.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Required
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Alternate Name

Description:
Alias for the entity including acronyms, alpha-numeric notations, and other forms of name abbreviations in common use such as PhD, MA, and BA.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:

Description

Description:
Statement, characterization or account of the entity.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:
Description:
Name or title of the resource.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Data Attributes

Description:
Attributes of the data set.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:

Data Source Coverage Type

Description:
Type of geographic coverage of the subjects.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:

Data Withholding Type

Description:
Type of suppression, masking, or other modification made to the data to protect the identities of its subjects.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:
Vocabulary:
This property should point to terms applicable to the Data Withholding Category Concept Scheme:

Currency

Description:
Currency abbreviation (e.g., USD).
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Description

Description:
A description of the item.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Max Value

Description:
Upper value of some characteristic or property.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Min Value

Description:
Lower value of some characteristic or property.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Unit Text

Description:
Word or phrase indicating the unit of measure.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:

Value

Description:
Value of a monetary amount or a quantitative value.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Data Withholding Type

Description:
Type of suppression, masking, or other modification made to the data to protect the identities of its subjects.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:
Vocabulary:
This property should point to terms applicable to the Data Withholding Category Concept Scheme:

Median

Description:
Median salary value.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Percentile 10

Description:
10th percentile salary value.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Percentile 25

Description:
25th percentile salary value.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Percentile 75

Description:
75th percentile salary value.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Percentile 90

Description:
90th percentile salary value.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Currency

Description:
Currency abbreviation (e.g., USD).
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Data Withholding Type

Description:
Type of suppression, masking, or other modification made to the data to protect the identities of its subjects.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:
Vocabulary:
This property should point to terms applicable to the Data Withholding Category Concept Scheme:

Max Percentage

Description:
The upper percentage of some characteristic or property.
Usage Note:
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%
Status:
vs:unstable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:

Min Percentage

Description:
The lower percentage of some characteristic or property.
Usage Note:
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%
Status:
vs:unstable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:

Percentage

Description:
Quotient of two values of the data set, expressed as a percentage.
Usage Note:
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%
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type:

Unit Text

Description:
Word or phrase indicating the unit of measure.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Multi-Value
Value Type:

Value

Description:
Value of a monetary amount or a quantitative value.
Status:
vs:stable
Importance:
Optional
Multiplicity:
Single-Value
Value Type: