Higher Education Diploma Canonical Evidence

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Description

This type of canonical evidence represents the proof of completion of Higher Education and encompasses all pertinent aspects for submitting an initial application for admission to public tertiary education institution. The current version of the model addresses SA UC1 (Use Case "Application to Public Higher Education").

Diagram

Attribute Specification

DE4A name Property type Cardinality Data type Related vocabulary Controlled Vocabulary Definition
HigherEducationDiploma Class Official document or data proving the completion of Higher Education.
averageGrade Datatype [0..1] Text edci:TextScoreType The average grade awarded.
country Datatype [1..1] Identifier edci:MDRCountryCodeEnumType Country Country where the study programme was completed by the student.
dateOfIssue Datatype [1..1] Date cbc:DateType Date of issue of the certificate or diploma.
degree Datatype [1..*] Text edci:TextType An academic title or degree obtained by the student and proven by this diploma or certificate (evidence).
durationOfEducation Datatype [1..1] duration xsd:duration Official duration of education.
holderOfAchievement Object [1..1] Person edci:PersonType Person that has obtained the academic title or degree.
institutionName Datatype [1..*] Text edci:TextType The name of the higher education institution where the student obtained the degree.
mainFieldOfStudy Datatype [1..1] Identifier edci:IscedFOetCodeType ISCED-F Field of finished higher education.
modeOfStudy Datatype [1..1] Identifier edci:

LearningScheduleTypeEnumType

Europass Standard List of Learning Schedule Types Mode of study.
placeOfIssue Object [1..1] Location edci:LocationType Place of issue (location) of the certificate or diploma.
scope Datatype [1..1] Number edci:ECTSCreditPointsType The official workload of the study programme in the ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) credit points.
studyProgramme Datatype [1..*] Text edci:TextType Name of a study programme that the student finished at the higher education institution in order to obtain the degree.

XML Schema

XSD files can be found on the GitHub repository.

Updates for the Second Iteration

The following updates for the second iteration are currently being considered:

Average Grade

Requirement: Add an object/attribute that captures the average grade.

Suggestion: Add 'averageGrade' element extending 'edci:TextScoreType'. A 'schemeID' attribute indicates the grading scheme.

Status: Updated schema was submitted to pilot partners (22-Sep) and feedback is pending.

Completion of Secondary Education

Requirement: Add canonical evidence recording the completion of secondary education.

Suggestion: Adopted the 4 fields specified in D4.1 - Table 5, and added 2 additional fields included in SDG:

DE4A name Property type Cardinality Data type Related vocabulary Controlled Vocabulary Definition
country Datatype [1..1] Identifier edci:MDRCountryCodeEnumType Country Country of completed secondary education; code list.
degree Datatype [1..1] Text edci:TextType Degree previously obtained. E.g. "General upper secondary education".
nameOfSchool Datatype [1..1] Text edci:TextType Name of a secondary school that a person finished. E.g. "International school".
nameOfProgram Datatype [1..1] Text edci:TextType Name of a secondary school programme that a person successfully finished. E.g. "General secondary programme".
grade Datatype [0..1] Text edci:TextScoreType The grade indicating a degree of accomplishment.
issuingDate Datatype [0..1] Date cbc:DateType The date on which the Secondary Education Completion Evidence was issued.

Status: ToDo: Share the suggestion with pilot partners and discuss.

Non Academic Information

Requirement: Add canonical evidence recording non-academic information concerning the household income and the household composition.

Suggestion: The following attributes are included in SDG:

  • householdIncome:
    • The amount of yearly gross income of a household for that tax year;
    • The amount of income taxed in that tax year;
    • The amount of yearly net income of a household for that tax year.
  • householdComposition:
    • Address of the permanent residence of the citizen;
    • The people they live with.

Status: ToDo: Discuss the above schema with pilot partners.

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