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CREDENTIAL ENGINE TECHNICAL SITE



Welcome to the Credential Engine Technical Site where you will find complete
documentation on our:

 * Credential Transparency Description Language open family of schemas
 * Data publishing tools including the Registry Publishing Assistant API
 * Credential Registry Handbook
 * Credential Registry Policy
 * Consuming services from the Registry
 * Learner and Worker Records Guide
 * Quick Start Guides
 * Other tools including those for mapping to the schemas, serializations.

To get started with using the Credential Registry data publishing and consuming
tools, begin by setting up your Credential Engine account and let us know if you
have any questions.


TECHNICAL SERVICES AND ADVISORY GROUP


TECHNICAL SERVICES

We specialize in helping organizations define, implement, and derive value from
general open data strategies as well as from the Credential Registry and other
Credential Engine services. Our areas of focus include credentials, skills and
competencies, education and career pathways, transfer value, and quality
assurance.

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CTDL ADVISORY GROUP

The CTDL Advisory Group is open to anyone interested in participating with
feedback on development of the CTDL and other Credential Engine technologies and
services and with supporting alignment with other standards.

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DEVELOPERS

Developers are able to leverage the the Credential Registry API to build
applications that can read or publish as much or as little information about
credentials as they need to.

The Credential Engine project's developers are using Dublin Core Application
Profiles process to create systems that communicate all virtually all aspects of
credentials.

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USE THE CTDL SCHEMAS

The Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL) is available to use with
data design, with interoperable learner/worker records, and for publishing
information as linked data.

Explore the CTDL Handbook, Terms, Serializations, LER Guide, and other resources
for using CTDL on this site.

 * CTDL Handbook
 * CTDL Terms
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 * CTDL-ASN Handbook
 * CTDL-ASN Terms
 * CTDL-ASN Serializations
 * QData Handbook
 * QData Terms
 * QData Serializations
 * LER Guide


PUBLISHING OPTIONS

Credential Engine offers the following options for publishing to the Credential
Registry:

 * Registry Assistant Publishing API
 * Manual Entry
 * Bulk Upload

For more information on setting up your account and getting started with any of
the publishing methods, click here.

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SEARCH OPTIONS

Credential Engine offers a robust search API to enable developers to leverage
the wealth of data contained in the registry, using the CTDL and CTDL-ASN
schemas.

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Credential Engine offers a way for non-technical participants to enable a
credential search on their own website. The Credential Finder Widget can be
customized to match your site's theme and your preferences for automatic
filtering, so that the results it shows can be more closely tailored to your
site's purposes.

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Visit the Credential Engine website to:

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Get started with Credential Engine today by:

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Invitation to Participate in the Issuer Registry Advisory Group
Posted on 8/1/2024


INTRODUCTION

In today's digital age, ensuring the authenticity of credential issuers is
crucial for empowering decision-makers who rely on accurate credential
information. The Digital Credentials Consortium (DCC) and Credential Engine are
collaborating on a joint 2024-2025 project to explore the governance and
technology needs for issuer registries being used within Learning and Employment
Record (LER) ecosystems. This initiative aims to enhance trust in LERs by
creating a model for interoperable issuer registries.

We are convening a targeted advisory group of subject matter experts. The
group’s recommendations, expertise, and guidance will be instrumental in
developing an issuer registry proof of concept through open community input.
Participation in this advisory group will yield guaranteed outcomes and
significantly impact the digital credentials ecosystem.

An issuer registry is a secure, trustworthy digital list containing verifiable
information about organizations that issue credentials. Types of credentials
could include LERs for academic achievements like degrees. These organizations,
which could include associations, education and training institutions,
government agencies, or others, usually have a common set of frameworks or
criteria that must be met before they will issue a particular credential. An
issuer registry ensures that anyone can near-instantly and easily confirm that
an organization is authorized to issue the specified credentials.


PURPOSE AND BENEFITS

The project will provide a foundation for replicable and scalable solutions for
issuer registries. Some of the benefits of aligning on standards and frameworks
for issuer registries include:

 * Increased Transparency: Providing clear, accessible, and standardized
   information about credential issuers will help stakeholders make informed
   decisions.
 * Supported Mobility: Standardizing a shared, open structure for issuer data
   transparency will facilitate the recognition and validation of credentials
   globally, supporting the mobility of learners and workers.
 * Improved Trust: By verifying the identity and key characteristics of
   credential issuers along with governance models, we can help ensure that LERs
   are reliable representations of skills and achievements.


WHAT TO EXPECT

As a member of this advisory group, you will contribute as a subject matter
and/or technical expert. Together, we will define the advisory group's charter,
generate use cases, identify governance criteria, contribute to an issuer and
verifier data model and specifications, and provide guidance for decision makers
and developers.

Join the Issuer Registry Advisory Group


WHO SHOULD JOIN

We are looking for experts and aspiring experts across various fields, including
education, training, policy, government, research, industry, and business:

 * Aspiring Subject Matter Experts: Individuals who want to learn and
   contribute.
 * Subject Matter Experts: Individuals with experience in designing, developing,
   or implementing issuer registries.
 * Users of Issuer Registries: Professionals and product providers interested in
   using issuer registries in their work.
 * Verifiers of Issuers: Organizations and product providers responsible for
   verifying the authenticity of credential issuers.
 * Technical Experts: Individuals familiar with existing standards or technical
   implementations for issuer registries.


PARTICIPATION DETAILS

Meeting Schedule: Monthly meetings via Zoom, beginning in September 2024 and
concluding by May 2025. Use the World Clock for the meeting time at your
location.

 * Meeting 1: Wednesday, 2024-September-4, 11 am ET (World Clock)
 * Meeting 2: Wednesday, 2024-October-2, 11 am ET (World Clock)
 * Meeting 3: Wednesday, 2024-November-6, 11 am ET (World Clock)
 * Meeting 4: Wednesday, 2024-December-4, 11 am ET (World Clock)
 * Meeting 5: Wednesday, 2025-February-5, 11 am ET (World Clock)
 * Meeting 6: Wednesday, 2025-March-5, 11 am ET (World Clock)
 * Meeting 7: Wednesday, 2025-April-2, 11 am ET (World Clock)
 * Meeting 8: Wednesday, 2025-May-7, 11 am ET (World Clock)

We understand that interested people may not be able to attend every meeting.
All meetings will be recorded, and materials will be shared with all
participants.


MORE INFORMATION

 * Resources: Credential Engine and DCC will provide all necessary resources
   based on advisory group input and share them for ongoing feedback between
   meetings. All feedback and materials will be transparently available
   following an open development process.
 * Outcomes: The final products will include expanded use cases, real-world data
   examples, a data model and specifications, and governance best practices. All
   final outputs will be public information available under open licenses.
 * Processes: The advisory group will follow a defined process leading to
   specific deliverables and outcomes. Outputs will be reviewed via an open
   webinar for advisory group members and stakeholders.
 * Contact Credential Engine: If you have any questions about this task group,
   please email info@credentialengine.org. This mailbox is monitored during
   normal U.S. business hours. Learn more via the Credential Engine Website.

Visit Credential Engine and the Digital Credentials Consortium websites:

 * Credential Engine Website: Announcement
 * DCC Wiki: Issuer Registry Advisory Group Invitation

Action Items and Follow-Up: CTDL Education and Employment Outcomes Metrics Terms
Proposal
Posted on 7/17/2024

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Education and Employment Outcomes
Metrics (EEOM) Task Group and attended the July 10, 2024, CTDL EEOM Terms
Proposal Webinar. The webinar recording, audio, transcript, and presentation are
now available for your review. The presentation has also been attached to this
email as a powerpoint, for those that cannot access Google docs.

Your input is highly valued, and we appreciate your contributions. Following the
webinar, we are entering a comment period, and we invite you to provide feedback
on the CTDL EEOM Proposal by Friday, July 31, 2024. You can share your feedback
through any of the following methods:

 * Direct Comments: Comment directly in the Draft V 2.0 CTDL Education and
   Employment Outcomes Metrics (EEOM) Terms Proposal. Highlight the relevant
   text, right-click, select “+Comment,” type your feedback, and click the blue
   Comment button to save.
 * GitHub: Add comments via issue 951.
 * Email: Send your comments to info@credentialengine.org. This account is
   monitored during normal U.S. business hours.

The updates to the CTDL EEOM terms are part of an organized process to enhance
the CTDL Linked Open Data. Credential Engine's plan includes updating the CTDL
and implementing these changes within the Credential Registry Publishing System.
Further details on these updates will be provided soon.

If you have any questions or need additional information, please do not hesitate
to contact us at info@credentialengine.org.

This information is also available on our website here.

Qualifications Frameworks as Data Global Task Group: Invitation to Participate
Posted on 7/9/2024

Introduction: In today's interconnected world, transparently and accurately
representing qualifications across borders is vital for mobility. Qualifications
frameworks provide a structured approach to defining and comparing different
types and levels of credentials. They are essential for understanding the
equivalence of education and training qualifications across different systems
and jurisdictions, thereby enabling more opportunities for learners and workers.

The diversity of these national, regional and international frameworks provides
an opportunity to improve understanding, increase adoption and use, and provide
greater value for learner mobility. The role of qualifications frameworks is
further enhanced when they are also structured as linked, open data. Benefits
include:

 * Enhanced Interoperability: Creating a unified linked open data model will
   enable seamless integration and comparison of qualifications across different
   jurisdictions.
 * Increased Transparency: Providing clear, accessible, and standardized
   information about qualifications will help everyone make informed decisions.
 * Supported Mobility: Standardizing a shared, open structure for qualifications
   data transparency will facilitate the modernization of credential recognition
   globally, supporting the movement of learners and workers and enhancing their
   opportunities.
 * Enabled Alignment: Enabling the alignments between qualification frameworks
   will support a cohesive understanding of educational standards and outcomes
   across nations and regions.
 * Facilitated Linking: Directly linking credentials and related programs to
   qualifications frameworks and other important information such as quality
   assurance.
 * Improved AI analysis: Providing qualification frameworks as structured linked
   open data improves the accuracy and effectiveness of AI tools and processes
   that connect, combine, and compare data from numerous sources.

Short-Term Task Group: Credential Engine is hosting a targeted task group that
is open to subject matter experts worldwide. The group aims to represent
qualifications frameworks as linked, open data. By participating in the
Qualifications Frameworks as Data Global Task Group, members will play a vital
role in improving how linked, open and interoperable data meets the evolving
needs of credentialing ecosystems. This is a short-term commitment with
guaranteed outcomes.

What to Expect: As a member of this task group, you'll participate as a subject
matter and/or technical expert. Together, we'll define the task group's charter,
generate use cases, define a CTDL data model, and propose new terms to describe
a wide range of qualification frameworks and their relationships to
credentialing organizations, credentials, learning programs, assessments,
quality assurance actions, and other relevant entities.

Who Should Join: We are looking for subject matter and technical experts across
a wide spectrum of fields, including: education, training, policy, government,
research, industry, and business. If you fall into any of the following
categories, we invite you to be part of our dynamic group. We welcome
individuals from various backgrounds and roles, and we encourage you to join
this task group, regardless of your geographical location or prior CTDL
knowledge.

 * Subject Matter Experts have experience in developing, reviewing,
   implementing, and/or approving qualification frameworks.
 * Users of Qualifications Frameworks actively use qualifications frameworks in
   their work, including evaluating credential equivalencies, designing and
   delivering curriculum and credentials, and conducting research.
 * Education and Career Pathway Experts have a background in designing or
   implementing qualifications frameworks that support flexible learning
   pathways or in designing or implementing education and career pathways and
   using tools that include qualifications frameworks in their design.
 * Technical Experts know existing standards or technical implementations for
   qualifications frameworks.

By bringing together individuals with diverse perspectives and experiences, we
aim to create a collaborative environment that fosters innovation and
inclusivity. At Credential Engine, we believe that diversity in knowledge and
expertise is key to our mission's success.

When and Where: The task group is anticipated to begin on Thursday, August 29,
2024 and will have approximately six, one-hour bi-weekly meetings via Zoom. The
meeting schedule is as follows at 10:00 am Eastern Time. (See the World Clock
for your local time.)

 * Meeting 1: Thursday, 2024-August-29 (World Clock)
 * Meeting 2: Thursday,2024-September-12 (World Clock)
 * Meeting 3: Thursday, 2024-September-26 (World Clock)
 * Meeting 4: Thursday,2024-October-10 (World Clock)
 * Meeting 5: Thursday, 2024-October-24 (World Clock)
 * Meeting 6: Thursday, 2024-November-7 (World Clock)

All meetings will be recorded, and materials will be shared with all
participants.

Join the Qualifications Frameworks as Data Global Task Group

Resources: Credential Engine will create and provide all resources needed for
this work, based on task group input, and share them for ongoing feedback
between meetings. All feedback and materials are transparently available
following an open development process.

Outcomes: The final products of this work include the expanded use cases,
real-world data examples, and a CTDL domain model and terms with definitions.
All outputs from the process are public information made available under open
licenses.

Processes: The task group follows a defined process leading to specific
deliverables and outcomes. The resultant outputs will be reviewed via an open
webinar for Credential Engine's task group members and other stakeholders,
followed by a public comment period. This efficient process ensures orderly
changes that support and expand the durable, persistent value of CTDL Linked
Open Data. Once this process is completed, the CTDL family of standards and
handbook will be updated, along with the Credential Registry publishing and
consuming tools. The Registry and related tools and resources are freely
available for publishing data using CTDL.We develop the CTDL in alignment with
other global data standards and projects to ensure mutual benefit. This approach
allows CTDL to incorporate aspects of other standards and projects, while also
enabling those standards and projects to utilize the work of this group, thus
creating multiple benefits beyond CTDL itself.

Contact Credential Engine: If you have any questions about this task group,
please email info@credentialengine.org. This mailbox is monitored during normal
U.S. business hours. Learn more via the Credential Engine Website.

Visit our website: Invitation to Participate: Qualifications Frameworks as Data
Global Task Group | Credential Engine

Invitation to Provide Input: CTDL Definitions for Education and Employment
Outcomes Metrics
Posted on 6/20/2024

Credential Engine is enhancing data transparency for education and employment
outcomes metrics to ensure that everyone - from educators and employers to
policymakers and learners - has access to clear, actionable data for making
informed decisions about learning and career pathways. Credential Engine is
hosting a webinar on July 10th where we are requesting your expertise and
feedback to confirm the proposed education and employment outcome metrics
additions to the Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL). It is not
required to attend the webinar to provide input.

The CTDL Education and Employment Outcomes Metrics Task Group, which included
experts from a variety of organizations, collaborated with Credential Engine to
introduce new terms, definitions, and usage guidance around education and
employment outcomes. This proposal aims to improve the clarity and transparency
of metrics that play a pivotal role in learning and work ecosystems.

This proposal complements the existing capabilities CTDL has to describe a wide
range of education and employment outcomes metrics, credentials, learning
opportunities, competencies, assessments, jobs, pathways, and more. It refines
the granularity of valuable data for greater clarity and transparency.

You can provide feedback by reviewing the CTDL Education and Employment Outcomes
Terms Proposal and adding your comments or by reviewing the proposal and
emailing info@credentialengine.org. You can also learn more and engage with the
Credential Engine team in our webinar on this topic.

 * Webinar: CTDL Education and Employment Metrics Terms Proposal Webinar
 * Audience: Anyone interested in learning about this CTDL terms proposal and
   engaging in an opportunity to provide input.
 * Date: Wednesday, July 10, 2024
 * Time: 11:00 am ET (See the World Clock for your time zone.)
 * Registration: To register, please click here.
 * Additional Information: The webinar will be recorded and made publicly
   available, along with meeting materials, as part of Credential Engine’s open
   participatory processes.

Your engagement and insights are vital to the evolution of CTDL. We appreciate
your interest and active participation in the CTDL development process. For
additional information, please visit the Credential Engine website.

Resources:

 * (Accepted) Plan and Charter Education and Employment Outcomes Metrics (EEOM)
   Task Group 2024-April-4
 * Draft Education and Employment Outcomes Metrics Terms Proposal V1.0
 * EEOM GitHub Issue #941

Clearly Define Different Types of Certificates with CTDL
Posted on 3/25/2024

The Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL) has recently been
updated to encompass the broad diversity of certificates available for people to
earn. CTDL now defines 22 types of certificates, with numerous terms available
to give them meaning, differentiate among different types of certificates, and
make their value transparent. With such a diverse range of certificates, from
acknowledging participation to demonstrating skills in academic or career
fields, CTDL provides essential information for illuminating paths to a better
future.

Join us to learn about the CTDL certificate updates and explore this diverse
landscape to discover how CTDL can benefit everyone.

During this webinar, you'll:

 * Gain insights into the various types of certificates, along with other types
   of credentials, described with CTDL.
 * Discover options for publishing certificates and other credentials as CTDL
   linked open data.
 * Learn how to access and utilize certificate and credential data from the
   Registry.
 * Receive step-by-step guidance on publishing certificates and other
   credentials to the Credential Registry.

Certificate Type Webinar Details:

 * Date: April 11, 2024
 * Time: 1:00 PM EST
 * Location: Virtual via Zoom
 * Audience: Professionals involved in creating, sharing, storing, and consuming
   certificates and other types of credentials, and anyone curious about how
   CTDL and the Registry support the diversity of types of certificates in learn
   and work ecosystems.
 * Registration: Click Here

Stay ahead in the field of credential transparency. Join us for this informative
session and unlock the full valuable information using CTDL to the benefit of
everyone.

Visit the Credential Engine Website to view this announcement: Clearly Define
Different Types of Certificates with CTDL | Credential Engine

Contact us with any questions via publishing@credentialengine.org

Don't miss out – register now!

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