AlignmentObject

An intangible item that describes an alignment between a learning resource and a node in an educational framework. Should not be used where the nature of the alignment can be described using a simple property, for example to express that a resource teaches or assesses a competency.

Subclass of: Intangible

Properties from AlignmentObject

Property Expected Type Description
alignmentType Text A category of alignment between the learning resource and the framework node. Recommended values include: 'requires', 'textComplexity', 'readingLevel', and 'educationalSubject'.
educationalFramework Text The framework to which the resource being described is aligned.
targetDescription Text The description of a node in an established educational framework.
targetName Text The name of a node in an established educational framework.
targetUrl URL The URL of a node in an established educational framework.

Properties from Thing

Property Expected Type Description
additionalType Text, URL An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. Typically the value is a URI-identified RDF class, and in this case corresponds to the use of rdf:type in RDF. Text values can be used sparingly, for cases where useful information can be added without their being an appropriate schema to reference. In the case of text values, the class label should follow the schema.org style guide.
alternateName Text An alias for the item.
description TextObject, Text A description of the item.
disambiguatingDescription Text A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation.
identifier PropertyValue, URL, Text The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of Thing, such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See background notes for more details.
image ImageObject, URL An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
mainEntityOfPage URL, CreativeWork Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details.
name Text The name of the item.
potentialAction Action Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
sameAs URL URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website.
subjectOf CreativeWork, Event A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing.
url URL URL of the item.

Instances of AlignmentObject may appear as a value for the following properties

Property On Types Description
coursePrerequisites Course Requirements for taking the Course. May be completion of another Course or a textual description like "permission of instructor". Requirements may be a pre-requisite competency, referenced using AlignmentObject.
programPrerequisites EducationalOccupationalProgram Prerequisites for enrolling in the program.