Property to indicate "results in"

[jeannekitchens]

Use case: as a policymaker, I need know, not only that there's credentials that are "For" or "From", the resulting credential. E.g., this program results in [credential].

[jeannekitchens]

@jared-diener can you add more on the Pell and Texas use cases?

[jared-diener]

Yes. The Model Workforce Pell Data Framework includes the category:

Resulting Recognized Postsecondary Credential: What credential do participants earn upon successful completion of the program?

An "essential" data element in this category is:

Program-to-Credential Relationship: Defines how program completion leads directly to resulting credential attainment (34 CFR 690.93(a)(3)). Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL) elements can be used to document this relationship, including whether the program is required for, prepares learners for, or results in attainment of the credential.

A property such as "Results In" would most accurately reflect this relationship in which one thing leads directly to another. Our partners in Texas would also see value in describing, for example, a program that results in a certificate of completion.

[philbarker]

We have some properties in this area:

• ceterms:isPreparationFor
• ceterms:isRecommendedFor
• ceterms:isRequiredFor

The first one (isPreparationFor) in particular I would suggest for answering the question what credential this Program may lead to. The other two kind of build on how important the program is in preparing for the credential: required or just recommended.

So, do you need something stronger than "may" lead to? using a deliberately over long but specific label that we can pare down, because lots of things can be results of other things:

label: Results In Credential Award
definition: Indicates the Credential that will be awarded upon completion of the resource being described.

We would need to be clear which property to use when there were other requirements for the Credential beyond completion of the program:

Use note: Use only when completion of the Learning Opportunity is the only requirement for the award of the Credential; otherwise use one of ceterms:isPreparationFor, ceterms:isRecommendedFor, ceterms:isRequiredFor .