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The Achievement Standards Network (ASN) Description Framework (ASN-DF) is comprised of a core set of Resource Description Framework (RDF) properties and classes that can be combined in community profiles with properties and classes defined by others to describe competency frameworks. This documentation describes only those properties and classes defined in the ASN namespace. To see how these terms are combined with those defined by others into a community or organization profile that expresses particular descriptive needs, see ASN Profiles.
The core RDF namespace described here provides IRIs for vocabulary terms useful in RDFa markup and in development of application profiles in the manner defined by Dublin Core. Custom community application profiles for competency frameworks that meet particular national or project needs can be designed using: (1) properties and classes from the ASN Core namespace, (2) locally defined sub-classes and sub-properties of the ASN terms; and (3) other RDF schemas and ontologies useful in the context of the application profile.
The ASN-DF schema is available in a RDF/XML serialization.Development of the ASN-DF dates back to 2000 and gained significant momentum with near decade-long funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) starting in 2002 to the Information School at the University of Washington and its collaborator, JES & Co., a U.S. non-profit. The goals of the NSF funding were two-fold:
ASN-DF: to design a description framework for machine encoding of the competencies guiding K-12 STEM education in the U.S.; and, to promote it's wide, international adoption as a defacto standard; and
ASN-US: to develop a U.S. repository of competency frameworks for K-12 based on the ASN-DF.
In 2007, a the University of Washington and JES & Co. began a cooperative endeavor with Link Affiliates to advise in development of the Australian ASN-DF profile and collaborate on needed tool development to support the emerging competency framework ecosystem based on the ASN-DF. Work is currently underway on the frameworks of the Canadian provinces.
Subsequent support for the ASN was provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2013, stewardship of the ASN-US repository was transferred to D2L with a commitment to maintain access to the repository as an open, public service.
See Editor's Note on the use of additional terms in ASN-DF profiles.
Prefixed Used | Vocabulary Title | Namespace Name |
---|---|---|
asn | Achievement Standards Network Schema | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
dc | The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, v1.1 | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/ |
dcterms | Dublin Core Terms | http://purl.org/dc/terms/ |
gem | Gateway to 21st Century Skills | http://purl.org/gem/qualifiers/ |
skos | Simple Knowledge Organization System | http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core# |
vann | Vocabulary for Annotating Vocabulary Descriptions | http://purl.org/vocab/vann/ |
The following serializations of the latest version of the ASN-DF schema are available:
The following figure illustrates the entities and select relationships in the ASN Conceptual Model.
The format and content of the ASN property tables are summarized below:
Property URI | A Uniform Resource Identifier used to identify the property. |
Label | A human-readableLabel assigned to the property (May be represented in different languages.) |
Defined By | An identifier of a namespace, pointer to a schema, or bibliographic reference for a document within which the property is defined. |
Source Definition | The definition of the property in the namespace in which the property was originated. (May be represented in different languages.) |
Source Comment | Comments on the property from the namespace in which the property originated. (May be represented in different languages.) |
Type of Term | The grammatical category of the term ("Property", "Class"). |
Refines | The described property semantically refines the referenced property. A refinement makes the meaning of the element narrower or more specific as defined in the DCMI Abstract Model (http://dublincore.org/documents/abstract-model/). It will share the meaning of the unrefined element but with a more restricted scope. |
Property Domain | The domain of the property being defined identifies the class(es) that may be acceptable instances of the subject of RDF statements for the property. |
Property Range | The range of the property being defined identifies the class(es) that may be acceptable instances of the object of RDF statements for the property. |
Usage Note | A comment on the usage of the property or class (vann:usageNote ). |
Equivalent Property | The property being defined is equivalent to the property indicated (owl:equivalentProperty ). |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/alignFrom |
Label | Align From |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | A standards document or statement from which the statement or document being described is aligned. |
Source Comment | An alignment is an assertion of some degree of eqiuvalency between the subject and the object of the assertion. |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | Document (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/StandardDocument) Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property Range | Document (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/StandardDocument) [Document-to-document] Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) [Statement-to-statement] |
Property URI | |
Label | Align To |
Defined By | |
Source Definition | A standards document or statement to which the statement or document being described is aligned. |
Source Comment | An alignment is an assertion of some degree of equivalency between the subject and the object of the assertion. |
Type of Term | |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain |
Document (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/StandardDocument) |
Property Range |
Document (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/StandardDocument) [Document-to-document] |
Property URI | |
Label | Alternative StatementLabel |
Defined By | |
Source Definition | An alphanumeric notation or ID code identifying the statement in common use among end-users. |
Source Comment | Unlike Statement Notation, Alternative Statement Notation need not be an official identifier created by the promulgating agency. It must be an identifier in common use among end-users of the statement. Alternative Statement Notation should be seldom used and only with a clear demonstration of need (i.e., in common use). For example, in the Common Core State Standards (Math) in the U.S., the official Statement Notation of "CCSS.Math.Content.1.NBT.C.4" is abbreviated in common use by end-users to the unofficial Alternative Statement Notation of "1.NBT.4". |
Type of Term | |
Refines | |
Property Domain |
Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property Range | Undefined |
Property URI | |
Label | Assesses Competency |
Defined By | |
Source Definition | The competency that the learning resource being described assesses. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | |
Refines | http://purl.org/dc/terms/conformsTo |
Property Domain |
Learning Resource (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/LearningResource) |
Property Range |
Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property URI | |
Label | Authority Status |
Defined By | |
Source Definition | The status of a standards statement denoting whether the statement owes its origin to the promulgating agency of the standards document of which the statement is a member (i.e., value "Original") or to some 3rd party (i.e., value "Derived"). |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain |
Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property Range |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/benchmark |
Label | Benchmark |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Description of a level of achievement in performance of a task defined by the RubricCriterion. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Property Domain | Criterion Level (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/CriterionLevel) |
Property Range | rdf:langString (http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#langString) |
Equivalent Property | https://ceds.ed.gov/CEDSElementDetails.aspx?TermId=14443 |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/broadAlignment |
Label | Broad Alignment |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | The target competency covers all of the relevant concepts in the competency being described as well as relevant concepts not found in the competency being described. |
Source Comment | ![]() (See Decision Questions) |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Property Domain | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property Range | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property URI | |
Label | Broad Correlation |
Defined By | |
Source Definition | The competency covers all of the relevant concepts in the learning resource being described as well as relevant concepts not found in the learning resource. |
Source Comment | ![]() (See Decision Questions) |
Type of Term | |
Refines | http://purl.org/dc/terms/conformsTo |
Property Domain |
Learning Resource (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/LearningResource) |
Property Range |
Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/comment |
Label | Comment |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Supplemental text provided by the promulgating body that clarifies the nature, scope or use of the statement being described. |
Source Comment | Use «comment» when the text provides useful context for the statement. |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property Range | Undefined |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/complexityLevel |
Label | Complexity Level |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | The expected performance level of a learner or professional as defined by a competency. |
Source Comment | The value of «complexityLevel» should be a concept IRI of a member of the class «ProficiencyScale». |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/proficiencyLevel |
Property Domain | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement |
Property Range | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ProficiencyScale |
Property URI | |
Label | Comprised Of |
Defined By | |
Source Definition | The resource being described includes, comprehends or encompass, in whole or in part, the meaning, nature or importance of the resource being referenced. |
Source Comment | Deliberately not defining domains and ranges for the property at this time. |
Type of Term | |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | |
Property Range |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/conceptKeyword |
Label | Concept Keyword |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | A word or phrase used by the promulgating agency to refine and differentiate individual statements contextually. |
Source Comment | The «conceptKeyword» property is used in ASN-conforming data solely to denote the significant topicality of the achievement standard using free-text keywords and phrases derived and assigned by the indexer, e.g., "George Washington", "Ayers Rock", etc. «conceptKeyword» should be used judiciously and in moderation. «conceptKeyword» should be used only if an appropriate term does not exist in a controlled vocabulary. Note: To express topical values from a controlled vocabulary (e.g., terms drawn from the Australia Schools Online Thesaurus (ScOT)), use the property «conceptTerm». Note: Use «subject» to denote the learning area/discipline of the achievement standard—e.g., "History", "Science", "Social Studies", "Mathematics" etc. |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | http://purl.org/dc/terms/subject |
Property Domain | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property Range | unspecified |
Property URI | |
Label | Concept Term |
Defined By | |
Source Definition | A term drawn from a controlled vocabulary used by the promulgating agency to refine and differentiate individual statements contextually. |
Source Comment |
The «conceptTerm» property is used in ASN-conforming data solely to denote the topicality of the achievement standard—e.g., "Pythagorean Theorem", "Trigonometric functions", "Forces and energy", "Scientific method", "Oral history" etc. The value of the «conceptTerm» property must be drawn from a controlled vocabulary where concepts have all been assigned URI—e.g., terms drawn from the Australia Schools Online Thesaurus (ScOT). |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | http://purl.org/dc/terms/subject |
Property Domain | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property Range | Jurisidiction-specific VES encoded in SKOS (e.g., ScOT SKOS encoding) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/criterionCategoryOf |
Label | Criterion Category Of |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Resource referenced is a Rubric to which this CriterionCategory belongs. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | Criterion Category (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/CriterionCategory) |
Property Range | Rubric (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Rubric) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/criterionFor |
Label | Criterion For |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Reference to the asn:Rubric to which the asn:RubricCriteria being described belongs. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation |
Property Domain | Rubric Criterion (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/RubricCriterion) |
Property Range | Rubric (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Rubric) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/crossSubjectReference |
Label | Cross Subject Reference |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | An explicit reference by the promulgating agency establishing a relationship between the statement being described and a statement in a separate subject standards document (interdisciplinary statement reference). |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation |
Property Domain | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property Range | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/derivedFrom |
Label | Derived From |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | The URI of a statement from which the statement being described has been derived. The «derivedFrom» property is used by 3rd parties only in derived statements and must appear in conjunction with a value of "Derived" in the statement's «authorityStatus» property. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation |
Property Domain | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property Range | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/exactAlignment |
Label | Exact Alignment |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | The relevant concepts in both competencies are coextensive. |
Source Comment | ![]() (See Decision Questions) |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Property Domain | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property Range | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/exactCorrelation |
Label | Exact Correlation |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | The relevant concepts in the educational resource and the competency are coextensive. |
Source Comment | ![]() (See Decision Questions) |
Type of Term | |
Refines | http://purl.org/dc/terms/conformsTo |
Property Domain | Learning Resource (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/LearningResource) |
Property Range | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/exportVersion |
Label | Export Version |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | The URI of the ASN export version of the standards file. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | Document (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/StandardDocument) |
Property Range | Value URI from a controlled vocabulary is mandatory. Assigned by ASN |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/fileCreated |
Label | File Created |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | The specific date the ASN standards file was generated by the ASN repository. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | http://purl.org/dc/terms/date |
Property Domain | Document (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/StandardDocument) |
Property Range | http://purl.org/dc/terms/W3CDTF (ISO 8601) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/hasChild |
Label | Has Child |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | The resource being described is higher in some arbitrary hierarchy than the resource being pointed to by this Relation element. |
Source Comment | The asn:hasChild property is declared here as the owl:equivalentProperty to the gem:hasChild property used previously by ASN. |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | Document (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/StandardDocument) Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement |
Property Range | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Equivalent Property | http://purl.org/gem/qualifiers/hasChild |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/hasCriterion |
Label | Has Criterion |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | RubricCriterian referenced defines a principle or standard to be met that demonstrates quality in performance of a task or obtaining an objective. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | Rubric (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Rubric) |
Property Range | Rubric Criterion (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/RubricCriterion) |
Usage Note | Both asn:RubricCriterion and CriterionCategory have a asn:sequence property to identify node order; however, json-ld encodings should use @list on the asn:hasCriterion and asn:hasLevel properties to maintain sequencing of Rubric Criterion. |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/hasCriterionCategory |
Label | Has Criterion Category |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Resource referenced by the Rubric that defines categories for clustering logical sets of RubricCriterion. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | Rubric (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Rubric) |
Property Range | Criterion (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/CriterionCategoryn) |
Usage Note | Large rubrics are occasionally divided into logical sections or categories that need to be identified and described |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/hasLevel |
Label | Has Level |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Resource description of a level of performance based on a RubricCriterion. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | Rubric Criterion (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/RubricCriterion) |
Property Range | Criterion Level (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/CriterionLevel) |
Usage Note | Both RubricCriterion and CriterionCategory have an sequence property to identify node order; however, json-ld encodings should use @list on the hasCriterion and hasLevel properties to maintain such sequencing. |
Equivalent Property | https://ceds.ed.gov/CEDSElementDetails.aspx?TermId=14443 |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/hasProgressionLevel |
Label | Has Progression Level |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Reference to a specific point in a progression model. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | Rubric (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/CriterionLevel) |
Property Range | xsd:anyURI (http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#anyURI) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/hasProgressionModel |
Label | Has Progression Model |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Reference to a progression model used. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | Rubric (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Rubric) |
Property Range | ProgressionModel (hhttp://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ProgressionModel) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/hasScope |
Label | Has Scope |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Description of what the rubric's creator intended to assess or evaluate. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | Rubric (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Rubric) |
Property Range | rdf:langString (http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#langString) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/identifier |
Label | Identifier |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | An alternative URI by which the resource is identified. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier |
Property Domain | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property Range | Undefined |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/indexingStatus |
Label | Indexing Status |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | The indexing status of statement denoting whether correlators should or should not assign the statement during correlation--Values="Yes"/"No". |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property Range | http://purl.org/ASN/scheme/ASNIndexingStatus/ |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/isChildOf |
Label | Is Child Of |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | The statement being described is lower in some arbitrary hierarchy than the statement identified in the asn:isChildOf property. The statement identified is a parent of the statement being described. |
Source Comment | The asn:isChildOf property is declared here as the owl:equivalentProperty to the gem:isChildOf property used previously by ASN. |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property Range | Document (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/StandardDocument) Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Equivalent Property | http://purl.org/gem/qualifiers/isChildOf |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/jurisdiction |
Label | Jurisdiction |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | A legal, quasi-legal, organizational or institutional domain of the entity mandating the use of the achievement standard--e.g., California, Singapore, NCTM. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | Document (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/StandardDocument) |
Property Range | Value URI from a controlled vocabulary is mandatory http://purl.org/ASN/scheme/ASNJurisdiction |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/levelFor |
Label | Level For |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Reference to the asn:RubricCriterion to which the asn:CriterionLevel being described belongs. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | CriterionLevel (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/CriterionLevel) |
Property Range | Rubric Criterion (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/RubricCriterion) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/listID |
Label | List ID |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | A set of one or more alphanumeric characters and/or symbols denoting the positioning of the statement being described in a sequential listing of statements. |
Source Comment | A list ID is transcribed exactly as found in the source competency framework--e.g., "A", "b", "c)", "". |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier |
Property Domain | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property Range | http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Literal |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/localSubject |
Label | Local Subject |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | The text string denoting the subject of the document as designated by the promulgating agency. |
Source Comment | The local subject may (or many not) be the same as the ASN subject. If the local subject and the ASN subject are the same, enter the local subject text string in the «localSubject» property as well as the ASN subject URI in the «subject» property. Language designation required. |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | http://purl.org/dc/terms/subject |
Property Domain | Document (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/StandardDocument) Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property Range | Unspecified |
Property URI | |
Label | Major Alignment |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Major overlap of relevant concepts between the two competencies. |
Source Comment | ![]() (See Decision Questions) |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Property Domain | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property Range | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/majorCorrelation |
Label | Major Correlation |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Major overlap of relevant concepts between the learning resource being described and the competency statement. |
Source Comment | ![]() (See Decision Questions) |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | http://purl.org/dc/terms/conformsTo |
Property Domain | Learning Resource (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/LearningResource) |
Property Range | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/minorAlignment |
Label | Minor Alignment |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Minor overlap of relevant concepts between the two competencies. |
Source Comment | ![]() (See Decision Questions) |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Property Domain | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property Range | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/minorCorrelation |
Label | Minor Correlation |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Minor overlap of relevant concepts between the learning resource being described and the competency statement. |
Source Comment | ![]() (See Decision Questions) |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | http://purl.org/dc/terms/conformsTo |
Property Domain | Learning Resource (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/LearningResource) |
Property Range | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/narrowAlignment |
Label | Narrow Alignment |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | The competency being described covers all of the relevant concepts in the target competency as well as relevant concepts not found in the target competency. |
Source Comment | ![]() (See Decision Questions) |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Property Domain | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property Range | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/narrowCorrelation |
Label | Narrow Correlation |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | The learning resource being described covers all of the relevant concepts in the competency statement as well as relevant concepts not found in the competency. |
Source Comment | ![]() (See Decision Questions) |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | http://purl.org/dc/terms/conformsTo |
Property Domain | Learning Resource (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/LearningResource) |
Property Range | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/prerequisiteAlignment |
Label | Prerequisite Alignment |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | The competency being described is a prerequisite to the target competency. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Property Domain | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property Range | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/prerequisiteCompetency |
Label | Prerequisite Competency |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | A prerequisite competency for the learning resource being described. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | http://purl.org/dc/terms/conformsTo |
Property Domain | Learning Resource (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/LearningResource) |
Property Range | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/proficiencyLevel |
Label | Proficiency Level |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | The performance level of a learner or professional in relationship to a competency. |
Source Comment | The value of asn:proficiencyLevel should be a concept IRI of a member of the class asn:ProficiencyScale .
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Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property Range | Proficiency Scale (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ProficiencyScale) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/publicationStatus |
Label | Publication Status |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | The publication status of the of the standards document--e.g., "Draft", "Published", "Deprecated". |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | Document (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/StandardDocument) |
Property Range | http://purl.org/ASN/scheme/ASNPublicationStatus/ |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/qualityLabel |
Label | Quality Label |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Qualitative description of the degree of achievement used for a column header in a tabular rubric. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | Criterion Level (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/CriterionLevel) |
Property Range | String (http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/repositoryDate |
Label | Repository Date |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | The date the standards document was added to the ASN repository. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date |
Property Domain | Document (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/StandardDocument) |
Property Range | Date (http://purl.org/dc/terms/W3CDTF) (ISO 8601) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/score |
Label | Score |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Points to be awarded for achieving this level for a RubricCriterion. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | Criterion Level (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/CriterionLevel) |
Property Range | xsd:float (http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#float) |
Equivalent Property | https://ceds.ed.gov/CEDSElementDetails.aspx?TermId=14447 |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/sequence |
Label | Sequence |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Numeric value representing the resource's position in a list (array) of resources. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | CriterionLevel (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/CriterionLevel) RubricCriterion (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/RubricCriterion) |
Property Range | xsd:integer (http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#integer) |
Equivalent Property | https://ceds.ed.gov/CEDSElementDetails.aspx?TermId=14445 |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/skillEmbodied |
Label | Skill Embodied |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Resource embodied either directly or indirectly in this competency defines a skill in applying knowledge and know-how in completing tasks and solving problems including types or categories of developed proficiency or dexterity in mental operations and physical processes. |
Source Comment | For example, a term from Bloom's Taxonomy. |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | Document (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement); GEM Learning Resource (http://purl.org/gem/elements/LearningResource) |
Property Range | Value URI required. |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/statementLabel |
Label | StatementLabel |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | The textualLabel identifying the class of the statement as designated by the promulgating body—e.g., "Standard," "Benchmark," "Strand," or "Topic." |
Source Comment | The «statementLabel» is a class and should not be confused with instances of the class. For example, where two statements in a standards document have been identified respectively by the promulgating agency as "Strand: Rennaisance" and "Strand: Social history", the «statementLabel» for both these statements is "Strand". |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property Range | Undefined |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/source |
Label | Source |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | The original resource which this resource is based on or derived from. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | Rubric (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Rubric) |
Property Range | xsd:anyURI (http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#anyURI) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/statementNotation |
Label | Statement Notation |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | An alphanumeric notation or ID code as defined by the promulgating body to identify the statement. |
Source Comment | Statement notation should be used only for referents created by the promulgating body. For alternative statement notations in common use in the community of practice, but not endorsed by the promulgating body, alternative statement notation can be used sparingly on clear evidence of common use and need. |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier |
Property Domain | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property Range | Undefined |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/teachesCompetency |
Label | Teaches Competency |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | A competency that the learning resource being described teaches. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | http://purl.org/dc/terms/conformsTo |
Property Domain | Learning Resource (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/LearningResource) |
Property Range | Statement (http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement) |
Property URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/weight |
Label | Weight |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | A textually asserted measurement of the weight, degree, percent, or strength of a recommendation, requirement, or comparison; e.g., "15%", ".5". |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
Refines | -- |
Property Domain | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement |
The format and content of the ASN class tables are summarized below:
Class URI | A Uniform Resource Identifier used to identify the class. |
Label | A human-readableLabel assigned to the class (May be represented in different languages.) |
Defined By | An identifier of a namespace, pointer to a schema, or bibliographic reference for a document within which the class is defined. |
Source Definition | The definition of the class in the namespace in which the class was originated. (May be represented in different languages.) |
Source Comment | Comments on the class from the namespace in which the property originated. (May be represented in different languages.) |
Type of Term | The grammatical category of the term ("Property", "Class"). |
Subclass Of | Used to state that all the instances of one class are instances of another. |
Usage Note | A comment on the usage of the property or class (vann:usageNote ). |
Equivalent Class | The class being defined is equivalent to the class indicated (owl:equivalentClass ). |
Class URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/CompetencyMap |
Label | Competency Map |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | A Competency Map can be viewed as an identified graph that aggregates two or more competency statements (asn:statement) and the relationships asserted among them. |
Source Comment | The competency statements can exist in one or more competency frameworks (asn:StandardDocument). |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class |
Subclass Of | -- |
Class URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/CorrelationResource |
Label | Correlation Resource |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | The Correlation Resource is an entity intended to provide a rich description of a mapping (correlation) between a Learning Resource and a Statement when a binary assertion of a relationship is insufficient. |
Source Comment | A resource that describes the mapping between a Learning Resource and a node in a learning outcomes framework. |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class |
Subclass Of | -- |
Class URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/CriterionCategory |
Label | Criterion Category |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Resource identifying a category by which Rubric Criterion may be grouped. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Class |
Subclass Of | -- |
Class URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/CriterionLevel |
Label | Criterion Level |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Resource identifying one or more benchmarks that must be met to achieve a performance task. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Class |
Subclass Of | -- |
Class URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/EducationalFramework |
Label | Educational Framework |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | The class of all structured sets of conceptual resources intentionally designed for use as value vocabulary terms in education and training contexts. |
Source Comment | Similar to the class skos:ConceptScheme with an intended focus on education and training. Examples of educational frameworks include, but are not limited to, frameworks enumerating competencies, text complexity, proficiency scales, assessment rubrics of various forms, and specialized subject vocabularies. |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class |
Subclass Of | -- |
Class URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/JurisdictionScheme |
Label | Jurisdiction Encoding Schemes |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Controlled vocabularies of terms denoting the juristiction or domain of the Standard Document. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class |
Subclass Of | -- |
Class URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/LearningResource |
Label | Learning Resource |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | A resource that is used as part of an Educational Activity (e.g. a textbook) or that describes (e.g. a lesson plan) or records the Educational Activity (e.g. an audio- or video-recording of a lesson). |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class |
Subclass Of | -- |
Class URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Map |
Label | Map |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | A map defines a relationship between two competency assertions (asn:Statement ).
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Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class |
Subclass Of | -- |
Class URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ProgressionModel |
Label | Progression Model |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Model of identifiable points along a developmental progression including increasing levels of competence, achievement or temporal position (e.g., "Second Quarter"). |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Class |
Subclass Of | -- |
Class URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ProficiencyScale |
Label | Proficiency Scale |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | The class of structured profiles describing discrete levels of expertise and performance mastery. |
Source Comment | Proficiency scales define levels of performance (what a person does) as distinct from knowledge of specific information (what a person knows) and outline tasks a person can manage and the skills necessary to progressively accomplish explicit competencies at increasing levels of complexity. Proficiency scales: (1) assist in making judgments about the kinds of tasks related to a competency that a person is able to perform; and (2) to compare the abilities of different persons with regard to achievement of those competencies at different levels. |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class |
Subclass Of | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/EducationalFramework |
Class URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Rubric |
Label | Rubric |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Resource providing guidance in evaluating the quality and level of a person's responses or actions based on an explicit set of criteria. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Class |
Subclass Of | -- |
Class URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/RubricCriterion |
Label | Rubric Criterion |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Resource providing guidance in evaluating the quality and level of a person's responses or actions based on an explicit set of criteria. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Class |
Subclass Of | -- |
Class URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/StandardDocument |
Label | Standard Document |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | A collection of Statements representing an expectation of what students should know, value, and be able to do at a target age or age range. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class |
Subclass Of | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/EducationalFramework |
Class URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/Statement |
Label | Statement |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | An assertion representing an expectation of what students should know, value, and be able to do at a target age or age range. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class |
Subclass Of | -- |
Class URI | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/StatusScheme |
Label | Status Encoding Schemes |
Defined By | http://purl.org/ASN/schema/core/ |
Source Definition | Controlled vocabularies of terms denoting the publication status of the Standard Document. |
Source Comment | -- |
Type of Term | http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class |
Subclass Of | -- |
[1] Editor's Note: Where possible, the ASN is dedicated to the reuse of existing, meaningful terms (properties & classes) defined in other namespaces—e.g., Dublin Core, FOAF, SKOS—and tries not to "coin" new terms except where there are no suitable existing terms. Thus, the ASN-DF does not include every property frequently used in creating ASN-DF profiles. For example, the ASN-US profile utilizes the following additional terms:
An XML element and an RDF property are not equivalent since they are based in distinct information models (hierarchy (i.e., document tree) vs. graph). Where a useful element exists that is defined in an XML schema but not as an RDF property, consideration should be given when creating an ASN-DF profile to creating an RDF property in a namespace controlled by the profile creator with appropriate attribution of the XML schema—unless such an RDF derivation is prohibited by the creators of the XML schema.
For a full discussion and illustration of "profiles", see Introduction and Specification of ASN "Profiles".