Course DRAFT Profile
Version: 0.5-DRAFT-2019_02_25 (25 February 2019)
Specification describing a course.
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Key to specification table
- Green properties/types are proposed by Bioschemas, or indicate proposed changes by Bioschemas to Schema.org
- Red properties/types exist in the core of Schema.org
- Blue properties/types exist in the pending area of Schema.org
- Black properties/types are reused from external vocabularies/ontologies
CD = Cardinality
Property | Expected Type | Description | CD | Controlled Vocabulary | Example |
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Marginality: Minimum. | |||||
@context | URL | Used to provide the context (namespaces) for the JSON-LD file. Not needed in other serialisations. |
ONE | ||
@type | Text | Schema.org/Bioschemas class for the resource declared using JSON-LD syntax. For other serialisations please use the appropriate mechanism. While it is permissible to provide multiple types, it is preferred to use a single type. |
MANY | Schema.org, Bioschemas | |
@id | IRI | Used to distinguish the resource being described in JSON-LD. For other serialisations use the appropriate approach. | ONE | ||
dct:conformsTo | IRI | Used to state the Bioschemas profile that the markup relates to. The versioned URL of the profile must be used. Note that we use a CURIE in the table here but the full URL for Dublin Core terms must be used in the markup (http://purl.org/dc/terms/conformsTo), see example. |
ONE | Bioschemas profile versioned URL | |
description |
Text |
Schema: A description of the item. |
ONE | ||
keywords |
Text |
Schema: Keywords or tags used to describe this content. Multiple entries in a keywords list are typically delimited by commas. |
ONE | ||
name |
Text |
Schema: The name of the item. |
ONE | ||
Marginality: Recommended. | |||||
about |
Thing |
Schema: The subject matter of the content. Inverse property: subjectOf. Bioschemas: The subject of this Course. Use the DefinedTerm type to add a controlled vocabulary term to categorise the course (such as using the EDAM Topic ontology) |
MANY | EDAM term |
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coursePrerequisites |
AlignmentObject Course Text |
Schema: 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. |
MANY | ||
hasCourseInstance |
CourseInstance |
Schema: An offering of the course at a specific time and place or through specific media or mode of study or to a specific section of students. Bioschemas: A course may be ran multiple times in different locations or at different times. Use hasCourseInstance to list the offerings of this Course. Please see the Course Instance specification for the full list of properties |
MANY | ||
mentions |
Thing |
Schema: Indicates that the CreativeWork contains a reference to, but is not necessarily about a concept. Bioschemas: Datasets, tools, technologies, entities etc, which are used by or referred to by this course. If this varies in a CourseInstance, use the CourseInstance version of mentions to override this mentions. |
MANY | ||
provider |
Organization Person |
Schema: The service provider, service operator, or service performer; the goods producer. Another party (a seller) may offer those services or goods on behalf of the provider. A provider may also serve as the seller. Supersedes carrier. Bioschemas: The organization responsible for providing the educational input for the course, e.g. content, assessments, accreditation etc. Note: providing a course goes beyond creating it as it implies some degree of academic responsibility for accrediting the content of the course, perhaps running assessments etc. |
MANY | ||
skillLevel |
DefinedTerm Text URL |
Schema: The students level of ability in the topic being taught. Examples of skill levels include ‘beginner’, ‘intermediate’ or ‘advanced’ Bioschemas: The students expected level of ability in the topic being taught. Skill levels are ‘beginner’, ‘intermediate’ or ‘advanced’ |
MANY |
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timeRequired |
Duration |
Schema: Approximate or typical time it takes to work with or through this learning resource for the typical intended target audience, e.g. ‘P30M’, ‘P1H25M’. Bioschemas: Approximate or typical time it takes to work through this learning resource for the typical intended target audience, e.g. ‘P30M’, ‘P1H25M’. This should use the ISO 8601 duration format. If this varies in a CourseInstance, use duration in CourseInstance to override timeRequired |
ONE | ISO 8601 |
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url |
URL |
Schema: URL of the item. Bioschemas: The preferred URL of the course page. You must provide this value if it is known |
ONE | ||
Marginality: Optional. | |||||
alternateName |
Text |
Schema: An alias for the item. |
MANY | ||
audience |
Audience |
Schema: An intended audience, i.e. a group for whom something was created. Supersedes serviceAudience. Bioschemas: The type of audience intended for your course. A succinct description of the attendees. |
MANY | ||
courseCode |
Text |
Schema: The identifier for the Course used by the course provider (e.g. CS101 or 6.001). |
MANY | ||
creator |
Organization Person |
Schema: The creator/author of this CreativeWork. This is the same as the Author property for CreativeWork. Bioschemas: The creator/author of the course. Note, this may be different from the instructor who delivers it (descibed in CourseInstance), or the author who created the training materials used. |
MANY | ||
dateCreated |
Date DateTime |
Schema: The date on which the CreativeWork was created or the item was added to a DataFeed. |
ONE | ||
dateModified |
Date DateTime |
Schema: The date on which the CreativeWork was most recently modified or when the item’s entry was modified within a DataFeed. |
ONE | ||
educationalCredentialAwarded |
Text URL |
Schema: A description of the qualification, award, certificate, diploma or other educational credential awarded as a consequence of successful completion of this course. Bioschemas: Strongly recommended if exists |
MANY | ||
hasPart |
CreativeWork Trip |
Schema: Indicates an item or CreativeWork that is part of this item, or CreativeWork (in some sense). Inverse property: isPartOf. Bioschemas: A training material used in a course such as an exercise, handouts, or slides. Inverse property: isPartOf. If this varies in a CourseInstance, use workFeatutred to override hasPart. |
MANY | ||
image |
ImageObject URL |
Schema: An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject. |
ONE | ||
thumbnailUrl |
URL |
Schema: A thumbnail image relevant to the Thing. |
ONE |