Open Badges Specification v2.1: JSON-LD Context Files

Date Issued: October 7, 2020
Status: This is an informative IMS Global document that may be revised at any time.

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Abstract

Open Badges are visual symbols of accomplishments packed with verifiable metadata according to the Open Badges specification. The Open Badges 2.0 specification [OB-20] defines the properties necessary to define an achievement and award it to a recipient, as well as procedures for verifying badge authenticity and “baking” badge information into portable image files. It includes term definitions for representations of data in Open Badges. The Open Badges 2.1 specification [OB-21] defines an API for exchanging badge information. These term definitions appear in the current Open Badges Specification v2.1: JSON-LD Context Files.

1. Conformance and Certification

This document is an informative resource in the Document Set of the Open Badges Specification specification [OB-21]. As such, it does not include any normative requirements. Occurrences in this document of terms such as MAY, MUST, MUST NOT, SHOULD or RECOMMENDED have no impact on the conformance criteria for implementors of this specification.

2. Specification Documents

The full set of documents is comprised of the following documents:

3. JSON-LD Context Files

A. Revision History

This section is non-normative.

A.1 Version History

Version No. Release Date Comments
Version 2.1 IMS Candidate Final Public October 7, 2020 Releasing as Candidate Final Public.
Version 2.1 IMS Candidate Final January 24, 2020 Second coordinated release.
v2.1 Candidate Final August 29, 2019 First release of the Candidate Final specification.

B. References

B.1 Normative references

[OB-21]
Open Badges Specification v2.1. Jeff Bohrer; Andy Miller. IMS Global. January 24, 2020. URL: https://www.imsglobal.org/spec/ob/v2p1/
[OB-CERT-21]
Open Badges Specification v2.1: Conformance and Certification Guide. Jeff Bohrer; Andy Miller. IMS Global. January 24, 2020. URL: https://www.imsglobal.org/spec/ob/v2p1/cert/
[OB-JSON-21]
Open Badges Specification v2.1: JSON Schema Files. Jeff Bohrer; Andy Miller. IMS Global. January 24, 2020. URL: https://purl.imsglobal.org/spec/ob/v2p1/schema/json/
[OB-JSONLD-21]
Open Badges Specification v2.1: JSON-LD Context Files. Jeff Bohrer; Alex Hripak; Andy Miller; Nate Otto. IMS Global. January 24, 2020. URL: https://purl.imsglobal.org/spec/ob/v2p1/context/
[OB-OPEN-21]
Open Badges Specification v2.1: OpenAPI Files. Jeff Bohrer; Andy Miller. IMS Global. January 24, 2020. URL: https://purl.imsglobal.org/spec/ob/v2p1/schema/openapi/imsob_v2p1.yaml
[RFC2119]
Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels. S. Bradner. IETF. March 1997. Best Current Practice. URL: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2119

B.2 Informative references

[OB-20]
Open Badges v2.0. Otto, Nate; Bohrer, Jeff; Cook, Timothy; Gylling, Markus; Hripak, Alexander; Pitcher, Justin. IMS Global Learning Consortium. April 2018. IMS Final Release. URL: https://www.imsglobal.org/spec/ob/v2p0/

C. List of Contributors

The following individuals contributed to the development of this document:

Name Organization Role
Alexander HripakCredlyEditor
Sara ArjonaMoodle
Jeff BohrerIMS Global
Viktor HaagD2L
Takahiro HataDigital Knowledge EdTech Lab
Chris HoustoneLumen
Mark LeubaIMS Global
Andy MillerIMS Global
Omid MufeedDigitalme
Nate OttoConcentric Sky
Justin PitcherCampus Labs
Alex ReisD2L