Education & Learning
19 standards in this subject area
ACM Computing Classification System
(CCS)A poly-hierarchical classification system for categorizing computing research literature.
Common European Research Information Format
(CERIF)Models the entities of scientific research for interchange between research information systems.

DCMI Metadata Terms
(DCT)The full set of properties, classes, and encoding schemes maintained by the Dublin Core community.
Dewey Decimal Classification
(DDC)The world's most widely used library classification, organizing knowledge by decimal notation since 1876.

Dublin Core Metadata Element Set
(DCMES)Fifteen core properties for describing any resource, from title and creator to date and format.
EPUB
(EPUB)The dominant open format for reflowable digital books, packaging HTML, CSS, and media in one file.

ETD-MS: an Interoperability Metadata Standard for Electronic Theses and Dissertations
(ETD-MS)Extends Dublin Core with degree-specific metadata for electronic theses and dissertations.
European Language Social Science Thesaurus
(ELSST)A multilingual thesaurus of 3,400 social science concepts in 15 European languages.
European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations
(ESCO)Maps 3,000 occupations and 13,000 skills across 28 languages for the European labour market.
Experience API
(xAPI)Tracks learning experiences across platforms using simple actor-verb-object statements sent to a record store.

IEEE Standard for Learning Object Metadata
(LOM)An IEEE schema of 76 elements in nine categories for describing learning objects.
Learning Resource Metadata Initiative
(LRMI)Schema.org-based markup for making educational resources discoverable on the open web.

Mathematical Markup Language
(MathML)A W3C standard for encoding mathematical notation and semantics in XML for the web.
Open Badges
(OB)Issues and verifies portable digital badges that represent learning achievements and competencies.

Sharable Content Object Reference Model
(SCORM)Defines how e-learning content is packaged, launched, and tracked inside learning management systems.

UNESCO Thesaurus
A multilingual subject vocabulary spanning education, culture, and science in five languages.
Verifiable Credentials Data Model
(VC)A data model for issuing tamper-evident digital credentials that holders can present and verifiers can trust.
VIVO Ontology
(VIVO)An OWL ontology for representing scholars, their research activities, and institutional relationships as linked data.

Wikidata
A free, collaborative knowledge base providing structured data to Wikimedia projects and beyond.