Synergetics submits Competency Profile Standard proposal 20.05.08
Synergetics has successfully submitted a proposal for a Competency Profile Standard, or “Standard for Defining Relationships among Competencies”, in the IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC) WG20. This standard defines a standard data model for representing relationships among competencies. It defines a data model that can be used for defining, referencing and exchanging competencies and their relationships among cooperating systems.
Software systems used in Learning, Education, Training, Performance Support and Human Resource management have a need to interchange, process, interpret and manage knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes and other characteristics commonly referred to as competencies. Whereas there is a standard for defining and referencing competencies, there is no standard for defining, referencing and exchanging relationships among such competencies. An independent, openly defined data model will increase the utility of relevant software systems by enabling them to effectively exchange and operate on collections of related competencies rather than a single competency.