Re: EOCred: Credentials and competences

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Phil


On 07/03/18 15:22, Phil Barker wrote:
>
> Hello again.
>
> We have several use cases relating to the competences that an 
> educational / occupational credential requires. Does adapting the 
> skills <http://pending.schema.org/skills> ('skills required to fulfill 
> this role.') from the JobPosting fulfil our need?
>
>
> The use case / requirements we have are
>
>   * Individuals should be able to search for and find credentials that
>     best address competencies they wish to attain.
>   * Individuals should be able to search and find credentials that
>     best match competencies that the individual posses and wishes to
>     be recognized
>   * Employers should able to search for and find credentials that
>     address the competencies required of an employee.
>   * [having identified a credential] It should be possible to identify
>     the competencies required in order to obtain a credential.
>
> Also, knowing the competences required to earn a credential would help 
> someone find relevant learning resources / opportunities, i.e. those 
> which had similar competencies as learning outcomes.
>
>
> Currently, there is no means in schema.org to describe competencies. 
> There is a lot of work going on in different forums around the 
> description of forums, and some of us have ideas for how the proposed 
> Defined Term type might be extended to describe competences.
>
> We have several choices to make.
>
> Firstly do we use the educationalAlignment / AlignmentObject for this, 
> or do we create a new property for  'required Competence'.
>
> For reasons discussed when we were dealling with educationalLevel, I 
> would prefer not to use the Alignment Object. We may want to discuss 
> the similarity between the new property and skills 
> <http://pending.schema.org/skills> ('skills required to fulfill this 
> role.') from the JobPosting
>
> Secondly, do we try to propose properties for Competency and 
> CompetencyFramework types here or do we leave this for others to do 
> and settle for text descriptions or URL links?
>
> Given that Defined Term is not yet in schema, and given the work going 
> on elsewhere, I am inclined to leave defining Competency and 
> CompetencyFramework types to later, and to settle for text 
> descriptions or links.
>
>
> My inclination would be to modify the existing schema.org/skills 
> property by tweaking the definition.
>   skills: the skills and competences required.
> and add EducationalOccupationalCredential to its expected domain.
>
> We could also raise an issue about the desirability of a more formal 
> means of representing competencies.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Phil
>
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Phil Barker <http://people.pjjk.net/phil>. http://people.pjjk.net/phil
PJJK Limited <https://www.pjjk.co.uk>: technology to enhance learning; 
information systems for education.
CETIS LLP: a cooperative consultancy for innovation in education technology.

PJJK Limited is registered in Scotland as a private limited company, 
number SC569282.
CETIS is a co-operative limited liability partnership, registered in 
England number OC399090