Educational and Occupational Credentials in schema.org Community Group created

The Educational and Occupational Credentials in schema.org Community Group has been launched:
  http://www.w3.org/community/eocred-schema/

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The aim of this community group is to show how educational and
occupational credentials may be described with schema.org, and to
propose any additional terms for schema.org that may be necessary.
Educational and Occupational Credentials are defined as diplomas,
academic degrees, certifications, qualifications, badges, etc., that a
person can obtain through learning, education and/or training. They are
typically awarded on successful completion of an assessment of relevant
capabilities. See also the Connecting Credentials  glossary of
credentialing terms .

Related work includes: the  Credential Transparency Description Language
(CTDL) developed for the Credential Engine;  IMS Global's  Badge
Alliance ;  and, the W3C  Verifiable Claims Working Group . The work of
this group will complement these, with a focus on integration with
schema.org and on describing a credential that is being offered rather
than the claim to posses one.

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To join:
  http://www.w3.org/community/eocred-schema/join

If you do not have one already, you will need a W3C account to join:
  http://www.w3.org/accounts/request

This is a community initiative. W3C's hosting of this group does not
imply endorsement of the activities.

The group must now choose a chair:
 http://www.w3.org/community/about/faq/#how-do-we-choose-a-chair

For more information about getting started in the new group, see:
 http://www.w3.org/community/about/faq/#how-do-we-get-started-in-a-new-group

and good practice for running a group:
 http://www.w3.org/community/about/good-practice-for-running-a-group/

We invite you to share news of this new group in social media
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Thank you,
W3C Community Development Team

Received on Wednesday, 1 November 2017 13:44:57 UTC