ACQF Qualifications and Credentials Platform (QCP)

Welcome to the roadmap of the Qualifications and Credentials Platform (QCP) of the African Continent Qualification Framework (ACQF).

Preparing existing qualification data for importing into ACQF QCP

In order to import finalized qualification data into ACQF QCP, the following steps should be followed:

1. Become familiar with the ACQF Data Exchange Model (exchange model), including controlled vocabularies.
2. Create a transformer from the native qualification format into the exchange model.
3. Verify that transformed qualification records comply with the exchange model, using an online validation service (TBD - under development).

ACQF Data Exchange Model

The exchange model has been defined in the ACQF-II QCP Architecture report and describes basic qualification data fields to be shared using ACQF QCP. This section documents the technical format of the exchange model.

• core model
  • diagram shows an overview of the model classes and properties.
  • documentation describes the meaning of the classes and properties of the model in depth.
• controlled vocabularies (expressed in the SKOS format)
  • Accreditation type for Accreditation → type
  • Language for LearningOpportunity → default language
  • Countries and territories for Location → spatial code
  • ISCED-F 2013 for Qualification → thematic area
  • ESCO Occupations for LearningEntitlementSpecification → limit national occupation
  • ESCO Skills for LearningOutcome → related skill
  • [CUSTOM FOR ACQF QCP] Credit point framework for CreditPoint → framework
  • [CUSTOM FOR ACQF QCP] for Qualification → education level
    • ACQF levels
    • [BW] National Credit and Qualifications Framework (NCQF) levels
    • [SZ] Quadro Nacional de Qualificações (QNQ) - NQF levels
    • [KE] The Kenya National Qualifications Framework (KNQF) levels
    • [LS] Lesotho Qualifications Framework (LQF) levels
    • [MA] NQF levels
    • [MU] NQF levels
    • [MZ] NQF levels
    • [SADC] Southern African Development Community Qualifications Framework (SADCQF) levels
    • [SZ] Eswatini Qualifications Framework (ESQF)
• validation constraints in the SHACL format.

Serializations

Currently, qualifications compliant with the ACQF Data Exchange Model can be expressed in JSON.

Raw Qualification JSON

Sample minimal qualification record is shown here and a more comprehensive one at here. This qualification record can be directly transformed to RDF by interpreting the JSON data using the following JSON-LD contexts:

• identifier.json
• import.json (describes the root JSON object)
• note.json
• organisation.json
• qualification.json
• webresource.json

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