Europass Learning Model
Europass Learning Model Ontology
Data Model for Interoperability of Learning Opportunities, Qualifications and Credentials in Europe. The Europass Learning Model aims to capture the results of any non-formal and formal learning across Europe, as well as the validation of non-formal and informal learning. It is designed to provide a single format to describe certificates of attendance, examination results, degrees and diplomas, diploma supplements, professional certifications, employer recommendations and any other kind of claims that are related to learning
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This document specifies the set of RDF/OWL classes and properties used in the Europass Learning Model. The associations between classes and properties, as well as the ranges and domains of properties are defined in the application profiles that import the ELM ontology.
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The quality assurance or licensing of an organisation or a qualification. An accreditation instance can be used to specify information about: (1) the quality assurance and/or licensing of an organisation, (2) the quality assurance and/or licensing of an organisation with respect to a specific qualification.
Accreditation
An Address.
Address
An entity that is able to carry out actions.
Agent
An amount.
Amount
An awarding body.
Awarding Body
An awarding opportunity describes how, where, from whom and when a claim may be obtained.
Awarding Opportunity
The process of an organisation making a Claim to person based on a Specification. It is used to specify the organisation that awarded the Claim to the individual, or the country or region where the Claim was made, and optionally the date.
Awarding Process
A claim made by an issuer.
Claim
Details to Contact an Agent. A contact point for an agent.
Contact Point
The credit points.
Credit Point
The display parameters.
Display Parameter
The display detail.
Display Detail
The evidence.
Evidence
A set of claims made by an issuer in Europe, using the Europass Standards. A Europass credential is a set of one or more claims which may be used to demonstrate that the owner has certain skills or has achieved certain learning outcomes through formal, non-formal or informal learning.
European Digital Credential
A verifiable presentation of a set of European Digital Credentials for Learning.
European Digital Credential Presentation
A Grant.
Grant
A set of criteria that measures varying levels of achievement.
Grading Scheme
An entity that represents collection of Agents.
Group
A character string used to identify a resource. An identifier is a character string used to uniquely identify one instance of an object within an identification scheme that is managed by an agency. The string itself only has meaning if it is contextualised.
Identifier
An individual display.
Individual display
The acquisition of knowledge, skills or responsibility and autonomy. A recognised and/or awarded set of learning outcomes of an individual.
Learning Achievement
A description of what a person may learn using the opportunity, expressed as learning outcomes. A specification of learning achievement.
Learning Achievement Specification
Any process which leads to the acquisition of knowledge, skills or responsibility and autonomy.
Learning Activity
The specification of a process which leads to the acquisition of knowledge, skills or responsibility and autonomy.
Learning Activity Specification
The result of a process establishing the extent to which a learner has attained particular knowledge, skills and competences against criteria such as learning outcomes or standards of competence.
Learning Assessment
A Learning Assessment Specification is a specification of a process establishing the extent to which a learner has attained particular knowledge, skills and competences against criteria such as learning outcomes or standards of competence.
Learning Assessment Specification
A right, e.g., to practice a profession, take advantage of a learning opportunity or join an organisation, as a result of the acquisition of knowledge, skills, responsibility and/or autonomy.
Learning Entitlement
The specification of a right a person has access to, typically as a result of a learning achievement. It may take the form of the right to be a member of an organisation, to follow a certain learning opportunity specification, or to follow a certain career.
Learning Entitlement Specification
An opportunity to realise a given set of learning outcomes via a learning activity and/or assessment.
Learning Opportunity
A statement regarding what a learner knows, understands and is able to do on completion of a learning process, which are defined in terms of knowledge, skills and responsibility and autonomy.
Learning Outcome
A Legal Identifier. A legal identifier is a formally issued identifier by a given authority within a given jurisdiction. The identifier has a spatial context.
Legal Identifier
A mailbox.
Mailbox
A media object.
Media Object
A formatted character string (i.e., a finite set of characters) generally in the form of words of a language. The character string is passed/included in, and can be represented as, a (formatted) document fragment (formatted) according to a given mimetype (e.g., text/plain, text/html, etc.).
Note
A legal person / registered organisation.
Organisation
A human being.
Person
A phone number.
Phone
The price details. The details about a price or price category.
Price Detail
A specification of an assessment and validation process which is obtained when a competent authority determines that an individual has achieved learning outcomes to given standards.
Qualification
A reference for a qualification from another dataset that can be or has been awarded such as the (expected) learning.
Qualification Reference
Description of a single score or score range within a histogram of results.
Result Category
Describes a histogram of results achieved by all the students of this course instance.
Result Distribution
Indicator of how well the student was graded when compared to other students.
Shortened Grading
A specification. The superclass of all learning specifications.
Specification
A verification check.
Verification Check
A web resource.
Web Resource
This class defines the SHACL validators.
Shacl Validator 2017
The associated accreditation.
accreditation
An additional free text note.
additional note
The location of a resource.
location
A public web document containing additional documentation about the entity.
supplementary documents
The status. It can be the status of the verification check, Entitlement specification etc
status
It is recommended to be used with a controlled vocabulary. For the status of an entitlement the Europass Standard List of Entitlement Status Controlled vocabulary is recommended. Dor the status of the verification check the Europass Standard List of Verification Statuses is recommended.
An association property, that defines a part/whole relationship between instances of the same class. A related resource that is included either physically or logically in the described resource.
has part
An association property, that defines a part/whole relationship between instances of the same class. A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
is part of
A description in HTML format
description html
The Quality Decision issued by the Quality Assuring Authority.
decision
A publicly accessible report of the quality assurance decision.
report
The organisation whose activities are being accredited.
organisation
The qualification that was accredited.
qualification accredited
The field of education for which the accreditation is valid.
accredit for thematic area
The European Qualification Framework level for which the accreditation is valid.It should be provided using EQF controlled vocabulary.
accredited for EQF level
The jurisdiction for which the accreditation is valid.
accredited in jurisdiction
The credential type for which the accreditation is valid. It MUST be provided using the Credential Type controlled vocabulary.
limit credential type
Abstract programme or qualification to which the accreditation applies. It should be provided using SKOS concept that represents the abstract programme. For example, if accreditation is valid for a specific abstract programme, such as 'Computer Science', this property can be used to specify that information.
limit abstract programme
The Quality Assuring Authority.(i.e., assurer).
accrediting agent
The date when the accreditation has to be re-viewed.
review date
The date when the accreditation expires or was expired.
expiry date
The landing page of the accreditation.
landing page
The complete address with or without formatting.
fullAddress
The address country code.
country code
The entitlement of the person.
learning entitlements
The unit of the amount. A controlled vocabulary should be used (code) to indicate the currency in which the amount is indicated/expressed.
unit
The value (content) of the amount.
value
The awarding body related to this awarding activity (i.e., the organisation that issues the qualification) Only in cases of co-awarding/co-graduation, where a qualification is issued to an individual by two or more organisations the cardinality is greater than 1.
has learning entitlement
The assessment that provided the basis for this awarding.
assessment utilised
The resulting claim.
awards
The awarding date.
awarding date
Additional information about the educational system of this awarding process.
educational system note
The specification of a learning process, e.g., the learning achievement is specified by a learning achievement specification. ranges and domains are restricted on application profile level
specified by
The awarding details of this claim.
awarded by
A phone used for contacting the agent.
phone
An e-mail used for contacting the agent. This property associates the Contact Information class with the Email Address class.
emailAddress
A contact form used for contacting the agent.
contact form
The framework used to assign the credit points to the learning specification. It should be provided using the Europass Standard List of Educational Credit Systems.
framework
The credit points assigned to the learning specification.
points
The primary language of the credential (only one language can be applied).
primary language
The code indicating how to display the summary view of the credential.
display code
The individual display of the display parameter.
individual display
The display details of the credential.
display parameter
Any digital document (PDF, JPEG or PNG format) that an issuer has attached to the European digital credential document.
attachment
A label associated to the european digital credential. It should be provided using the EDC Controlled List of Credential Types.
credential profile
A verifiable European Digital Credential. This is an association to the European Digital Credential class.
verifiable credential
A verification check. This is an association to the Verification Check class
verification check
The detail of the display
display detail
An image associated with the display
image
The page number of the display
page
The name of the identifier scheme.
scheme name
Identification of the version of the identifier scheme.
scheme version
Identification of the scheme.
scheme Id
The credit points received for this learning achievement.
credit received
An assessment which proves the acquisition of the learning outcomes which make up the achievement.
proven by
Activities which contributed to the acquisition of the learning outcomes which make up the achievement.
influenced by
Entitlements the owner has received as a result of this achievement.
entitles to
The learning opportunity that was taken to obtain the awarded Learning Achievement Specification.
linked to Learning Opportunity
The full learning outcome summary of the learning specification.
learning outcome summary
Thematic Area according to the ISCED-F 2013 Classification .
thematic area
An associated field of education from another semantic framework than the ISCED classification.
education subject
The credit points assigned to the learning specification, following a credit system.
credit points
An associated level of education within a semantic framework describing education levels.
education level
The type of learning setting (formal, non-formal).
learning setting
The maximum duration (in months) that a person may use to complete the learning opportunity.
maximum duration in months
A specific target group or category for which this specification is designed.
target group
Specific entry requirements or prerequisites of individuals for which this specification is designed to start this learning opportunity.
entry requirements
An individual (expected) learning outcome of the learning specification.
learning outcome
Refers to an activity related to the awarding of the learning specification, such as the country or region where the qualification is awarded, the awarding body and optionally the awarding period now or in the past.
awarding information
The actual workload in number of hours the learner has spent engaged in the activity. This would include the number of hours in class, in group work, in practicals, as well as hours engaged in self-motivated study.
workload
The organisation, or part of an organisation such as department, faculty, which directed the learning activity.
directed by
Performing this activity contributed to the acquisition of these related learning achievements.
influences
The level until which the learning activity has been completed. It is measured in %.
level of completion
The estimated number of hours the learner is expected to spend engaged in learning to earn the award. This would include the notional number of hours in class, in group work, in practicals, as well as hours engaged in self-motivated study.
volume of learning
The contact hours.
contact hours
A resulting grade of the learning assessment.
grade
The status of the grade, which can be i) pass, ii) fail or iii) other. It should be provided using a controlled vocabulary.
A resulting status of the learning assessment.
assessment status
shortened grading
Describes a histogram of results achieved by all the students of a particular learning assessment.
result distribution
Method of assessment supervision and id verification.
It is recommended to be used with Europass Standard List of Methods Of Supervision And Verification controlled vocabulary.
ID verification
The competent body that awarded the grade.
assessed by
The learning achievement (and related learning outcomes) which were acquired by successfully passing the assessment.
proves
The mode of learning and or assessment.
mode of the specification
A description of the specification of which learning outcomes are or have been proven.
grading scheme
The learning achievement (and related learning outcomes) which gave rise to this entitlement.
entitled by
The organisation which acknowledges the entitlement (i.e., the organisation offering the learning opportunity, membership or employment opportunity).
valid with
The jurisdiction for which the entitlement is valid (the region or country).
valid within
An ESCO Occupation or Occupational class which the individual may access through the entitlement.
related occupation
An Occupation or Occupational Category.
limit national occupation
The status of the learning entitlement specification.
entitlement status
A duration.
duration
The Grant related to the Learning Opportunity.
grant
Detailed information about the timetable or schedule. This may include weekly schedules (e.g., Every Monday, 4pm, but may also include the overall schedule for the course, (e.g., October: lectures, November: group-work, December: break, January: assessment).
Detailed information about the timetable or schedule. This may include weekly schedules (e.g., 'Every Monday, 4pm', but may also include the overall schedule for the course, (e.g., October: lectures, November: group-work, December: break, January: assessment).
schedule information
Specific information on how to apply for the course.
admission procedure
Information about the pricing of the course, including fees and scholarships/subsidies available.
price detail
fee
The organisation providing or directing the learning opportunity.
provided by
The deadline for submitting an application to the learning opportunity.
application deadline
An image which is displayed alongside the learning opportunity.
banner image
The default language of the learning opportunity.
default language
The learning achievement specification, including the curricula, of this learning opportunity.
learning achievement specification
The learning activity specification, including the curricula, of this learning opportunity.
learning activity specifications
The reusability level.
reusability level
A link to a related skill or the level of a related skill on a skill framework (except ESCO).
related skill
A link to an ESCO Skill.
related ESCO skill
A proper noun applied to a spatial object.
geographic name
An address associated with the location.
address
A code identifying a spatial scope in which this physical location is located.
spatial code/ location
The encoding used to encode the binary data.
encoding
The size of the content of the media object.
size
The binary data of the media object.
media content
The content type of the media object. It should be provided using the Filetype Named Authority List.
content type
The type of the attachment of the media object. It should be provided using a controlled list, with values: Transcript of Records, EMREX transcript, Letter of Nomination, Diploma Supplement, Certificate of Training, Learning Agreement, Other.
attachment type
The textual content of the note.
note literal
The format of the note.
note format
The official identification number of the organisation, as awarded by the relevant national authority.authority.
eIDAS identifier
The Value-Added Tax ID.
VAT number
Fiscal ID of the organisation.
Tax/Fiscal identifier
The logo of the organisation.
logo
The start date of a period.
start date
The end date of a period
end date
The date of birth of the person.
date of birth
The place of birth of the person.
place of birth
The gender of the person.
gender
The primary national identifier of the person.
National ID Number
The country (or countries) that conferred citizenship rights on the person.
citizenship
The group a person is member of.
group member of
A credential of the person.
has credential
A claim of the person. A person should at least have one claim.
has claim
The full phone number as a string.
full phone number
The country dialling code for a contact number.
country dialling code
The area dialling code for a contact number.
area dialling code
The contact number, not including country dialling or area dialling codes. (e.g., 3445654, 1234567, etc.).
phone number
The full (sticker) price of the learning opportunity.
Indicates whether a qualification is a full qualification or part of another qualification.
partial qualification
The qualification level as specified by the European Qualification Framework.
EQF level
The qualification level as specified by a Qualification Framework.
QF level
An identifying code from a qualification based reference semantic asset. This property is used to classify the qualification information with a qualification from a known qualification framework. (e.g., the link to the accredited QF qualification).
qualification code
The label of the histogram score or score range. Should correspond to the grading scheme which have been used, e.g., 'C', or '20-30'.
This property associates the Result Category with the Score.
has score
This property associates the Result Category with a minimum Score.
minimum score
This property associates the Result Category with the a maximum Score.
maximum score
The count.
count
Describes a single range within the histogram.
result category
The percentage of students of the same course who got a lower grade.
percentage lower
The percentage of students of the same course who got exactly the same grade.
percentage equal
The percentage of students of the same course who got a higher grade.
percentage higher
An specification (e.g., a standard) of which this specification is a specialisation. This is an association between specifications of the same type of learning achievements specifications.
specialisation of
A category to which this specification belongs. This property can be used instead of dc:type, if the category cannot provided via a controlled vocabulary.
category
An entitlement specification (e.g., a standard) of which this specification is a generalisation. This is an association between specifications of the same type of learning achievements specifications.
generalisationOf
The credential subject of this verification check.
credential subject
The status of this verification check.
verification check status
The public access URL.
contentURL
The statement of the evidence.
evidence statement
The target of the evidence.
evidence target
The embedded evidence.
embedded evidence