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Credential

A credential is a certificate that is used to verify the identity of a person or entity.

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Properties (133)

Properties defined on Credential
PropertyExpectsDescription
credentialCategoryDefinedTerm, Text, URLThe category or type of credential being described, for example "degree”, “certificate”, “badge”, or more specific term.
recognizedByOrganizationAn organization that acknowledges the validity, value or utility of a credential. Note: recognition may include a process of quality assurance or accreditation.
validForDurationThe duration of validity of a permit or similar thing.
validInAdministrativeAreaThe geographic area where the item is valid. Applies for example to a Permit, a Certification, or an EducationalOccupationalCredential.

From CreativeWork (116)

about, abstract, accessMode, accessModeSufficient, accessibilityAPI, accessibilityControl, accessibilityFeature, accessibilityHazard, accessibilitySummary, accountablePerson, acquireLicensePage, aggregateRating, alternativeHeadline, archivedAt, assesses, associatedMedia, audience, audio, author, award, awards, character, citation, comment, commentCount, conditionsOfAccess, contentLocation, contentRating, contentReferenceTime, contributor, copyrightHolder, copyrightNotice, copyrightYear, correction, countryOfOrigin, creativeWorkStatus, creator, creditText, dateCreated, dateModified, datePublished, digitalSourceType, discussionUrl, displayLocation, editEIDR, editor, educationalAlignment, educationalLevel, educationalUse, encoding, encodingFormat, encodings, exampleOfWork, expires, fileFormat, funder, funding, genre, hasPart, headline, inLanguage, interactionStatistic, interactivityType, interpretedAsClaim, isAccessibleForFree, isBasedOn, isBasedOnUrl, isFamilyFriendly, isPartOf, keywords, learningResourceType, license, locationCreated, mainEntity, maintainer, material, materialExtent, mentions, offers, pattern, position, producer, provider, publication, publisher, publisherImprint, publishingPrinciples, recordedAt, releasedEvent, review, reviews, schemaVersion, sdDatePublished, sdLicense, sdPublisher, size, sourceOrganization, spatial, spatialCoverage, sponsor, teaches, temporal, temporalCoverage, text, thumbnail, thumbnailUrl, timeRequired, translationOfWork, translator, typicalAgeRange, usageInfo, version, video, wordCount, workExample, workTranslation

Where Credential is used as a value

These properties expect a Credential: hasCredential, qualifications.