2.3 Extendable Badge Objects

Issuer

2.4 Terminology

The terminology used in this document is consistent with the terminology established in the Open Badges 2.0 specification [OB-20].

2.5 Conformance Statements

As well as sections marked as non-normative, all authoring guidelines, diagrams, examples, and notes in this specification are non-normative. Everything else in this specification is normative.

The key words "MAY", "MUST", "MUST NOT", "OPTIONAL", "RECOMMENDED", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", and "SHOULD NOT" in this document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].

An implementation of this specification that fails to implement a MUST/REQUIRED/SHALL requirement or fails to abide by a MUST NOT/SHALL NOT prohibition is considered nonconformant. SHOULD/SHOULD NOT/RECOMMENDED statements constitute a best practice. Ignoring a best practice does not violate conformance but a decision to disregard such guidance should be carefully considered. MAY/OPTIONAL statements indicate that implementers are entirely free to choose whether or not to implement the option.

2.6 Document Set

4.1 Single Accreditor

  {
    "extensions:IssuerAccreditation": {
      "@context":"https://purl.imsglobal.org/spec/ob-accred/v1p0/context/",
      "type": ["Extension", "extensions:IssuerAccreditation"],
      "name": "Higher Learning Commission",
      "contactInstructions": "Visit website to request an institutional status and requirements report",
      "url": "http://hlcommission.org",
      "address": {
        "streetAddress": "230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500",
        "addressLocality": "Chicago",
        "addressRegion": "IL",
        "postalCode": "60604-1411"
      },
      "description": "The Higher Learning Commission accredits degree-granting post-secondary educational institutions in the North Central region of the United States.",
      "logo": "http://www.cgscfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/hlc-logo.png",
      "parentOrganization" : {
        "name": "North Central Association of Colleges and Schools",
        "url": "http://www.northcentralassociation.org/"
      },
      "areaServed": "HLC accredits degree-granting post-secondary educational institutions in the North Central region, which includes the following 19 states: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming",
      "accreditationDate": "2009-07-31",
      "educationalSector": "post-secondary"
  }

4.2 Two Accreditors

  {
    "extensions:IssuerAccreditation": [{
      "@context":"https://purl.imsglobal.org/spec/ob-accred/v1p0/context/",
      "type": ["Extension", "extensions:IssuerAccreditation"],
      "name": "Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities",
      "contactInstructions": "Call or email the Commission Office",
      "url": "http://www.nwccu.org/index.htm",
      "address": {
        "streetAddress": "8060 165th Ave. NE, Suite 100",
        "addressLocality": "Redmond",
        "addressRegion": "WA",
        "postalCode": "98052"
      },
      "description": "The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) is an independent, non-profit membership organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as the regional authority on educational quality and institutional effectiveness of higher education institutions.",
      "areaServed": "The US seven-state Northwest region of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. US-AK, US-ID, US-MT, US-NV, US-OR, US-UT, US-WA",
      "accreditationDate": "2010-09-01",
      "educationalSector": "Postsecondary"
    },
    {
      "@context":"https://purl.imsglobal.org/spec/ob-accred/v1p0/context/",
      "type": ["Extension", "extensions:issuerAccreditation"],
      "name": "Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs",
      "contactInstructions": "Contact Kathleen Megivern, Executive Director, megivern@caahep.org",
      "url": "http://www.ncacasi.org",
      "address": {
        "streetAddress": "25400 US Highway 19 N, Suite 158",
        "addressLocality": "Clearwater",
        "addressRegion": "FL",
        "postalCode": "33763"
      },
      "description": "CAAHEP is the largest programmatic accreditor in the health sciences field. In collaboration with its Committees on Accreditation, CAAHEP reviews and accredits over 2000 educational programs in twenty-eight (28) health science occupations.",
      "accreditationDate": "2014-04-01",
      "educationalSector": "postsecondary"
  }]