This report summarizes the recommendations from peers to UMBC in microcredentialing. The recommendations are based on the input from UMBC faculty, staff, and career training professionals who convened a national microcredentialing summit in February 2023.

This document describes the Rich Skill Descriptor (RSD) class and how RSDs should be published for compatibility with services that process machine readable representations of skills and competencies. Each RSD is primarily identified by a canonical URL and consists of a skillStatement and supporting metadata to identify alignment to other skills or job categories.

So…you just bought a new LMS. The sales dude/dudette left days ago with promises still echoing in your head. Your Help Desk phone rings alomost immediately after GoLive, and some knucklehead …

Taxonomy Planning, Taxonomy Management, Metadata Governance—these expressions have been very commonly used recently. But when one asks what these mean,