Higher Education Diploma Canonical Evidence
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.