[EOCred] Linking to JobPostings and Occupations

First, the good news: I think we are nearly done. There are few use 
cases left that have high priority, and I think that this proposal will 
deal with many of them.

Many of the remaining use cases 
<https://www.w3.org/community/eocred-schema/wiki/Use_Cases> involve the 
relationship between educational occupational credentials and jobs or 
occupations:

  * *Industry and occupation analysis* and *Job vacancy* involve
    searching for credentials that address critical jobs.
  * *Career and education goal* involves searching for credentials that
    best meet their career goals
  * *Labor market value* involves searching to find credentials that
    meet career goals and have employer recognition
  * *Job seeking* involves finding jobs that match the credentials a
    person posses
  * *Compare credentials* involves finding the career value / labor
    market value of a credential

Schema.org has types for JobPosting <http://schema.org/JobPosting> and 
Occupation <http://schema.org/Occupation> [though Occupation is not 
showing on schema.org site at the moment]; these both have the property 
qualifications <http://schema.org/qualifications> "Specific 
qualifications required for this role".

I propose we extend the range of qualifications 
<http://schema.org/qualifications> to include Educational Occupational 
Credential. This would allow searchers to find those Job Postings and 
Occupations that require a certain EO Credential. Other properties of 
Job Posting or Occupation, such as estimatedSalary, baseSalary, 
jobLocation, occupationalCategory etc. would then allow the analysis 
required.

Does this sound reasonable?

There is also an educationRequirements 
<http://schema.org/educationRequirements> property "Educational 
background needed for the position." What's the feeling about whether it 
would be a good / bad idea to also have this take Educational 
Occupational Credentials in its range?

Phil


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