Specifications include, but are not limited to: Vendor must make information on all credentials (including badges, certificates, certifications, licenses, and degrees of all levels and types) and competencies (knowledge, skills and abilities) achieved as a result of funding under this program publicly accessible through the use of linked open data formats that support full transparency and interoperability. Such information must include the industry sector for or by which the credential was developed, the entities involved in the development of the credential, the competencies or skills assessed in awarding the credential, the form of assessment used to verify an individual’s eligibility to be awarded the credential, and the body engaged in overseeing the awarding of such credentials. Information must be publicly accessible through the use of linked open data formats that support full transparency and interoperability, such as through the use of credential transparency description language specifications.
