Professional License / Credential
Describe an individually awarded professional credential with evidenced scope, issuer, validity and governance.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
6 bundles · 12 layers · 12 findings · 36 questions
Award identity and classification Individual credential award identity and classification.
Award and subject binding
Authored credential-record design for award and subject binding. Selected sources motivate distinctions; profile rules and operational implementation remain separate.
Award and subject binding record
Authored credential-record design for award and subject binding. Selected sources motivate distinctions; profile rules and operational implementation remain separate.
- Which issuer-qualified award identifier and revision identify this credential rather than its certificate file? identity
- Who is the credential subject, and is the presenter or repository holder a different party? relationship
- What evidence resolves duplicates, namesakes or replacement documents without merging distinct awards? quality
Scheme and credential kind
Authored credential-record design for scheme and credential kind. Selected sources motivate distinctions; profile rules and operational implementation remain separate.
Scheme and credential kind record
Authored credential-record design for scheme and credential kind. Selected sources motivate distinctions; profile rules and operational implementation remain separate.
- Is this a license, certification, qualification or membership under which versioned scheme? classification
- Which awarding body, regulator and scheme owner have separately evidenced authority? authority
- Which professional class, specialty and level are asserted without assuming equivalent legal effects? classification
Award basis and permitted scope Individual credential award basis and permitted scope.
Eligibility and assessment basis
Authored credential-record design for eligibility and assessment basis. Selected sources motivate distinctions; profile rules and operational implementation remain separate.
Eligibility and assessment basis record
Authored credential-record design for eligibility and assessment basis. Selected sources motivate distinctions; profile rules and operational implementation remain separate.
- Which eligibility and assessment requirements applied to this award at the decision date? requirement
- Which authorized evidence references support satisfaction, exemption or unknown assessment outcomes? evidence
- Who made the award decision and what issuance, effective and recording dates were stated? temporal
Jurisdiction and practice conditions
Authored credential-record design for jurisdiction and practice conditions. Selected sources motivate distinctions; profile rules and operational implementation remain separate.
Jurisdiction and practice conditions record
Authored credential-record design for jurisdiction and practice conditions. Selected sources motivate distinctions; profile rules and operational implementation remain separate.
- In which jurisdiction and activity scope is this credential asserted to be applicable? spatial
- Which restrictions, supervision requirements or organization-specific permissions remain separate? constraint
- What competent-authority evidence is needed before a relying party can assess permission for the intended work? authority
Validity and continuing requirements Individual credential validity and continuing requirements.
Validity intervals and observations
Authored credential-record design for validity intervals and observations. Selected sources motivate distinctions; profile rules and operational implementation remain separate.
Validity intervals and observations record
Authored credential-record design for validity intervals and observations. Selected sources motivate distinctions; profile rules and operational implementation remain separate.
- What are the credential effective interval, precision and source, including unknown or open-ended expiry? temporal
- How are digital envelope validity, credential status and a local record active flag kept distinct? state
- At what observation time and under which freshness policy was the latest status usable? quality
Renewal and revalidation
Authored credential-record design for renewal and revalidation. Selected sources motivate distinctions; profile rules and operational implementation remain separate.
Renewal and revalidation record
Authored credential-record design for renewal and revalidation. Selected sources motivate distinctions; profile rules and operational implementation remain separate.
- Which renewal or continuing-development obligations apply under the credential's own scheme? requirement
- Which evidence and decisions show compliance, exemption, pending review or unmet requirements? evidence
- Does the next renewal preserve the award identity or create a successor according to issuer rules? lifecycle
Status changes and remedies Individual credential status changes and remedies.
Suspension revocation and restoration
Authored credential-record design for suspension revocation and restoration. Selected sources motivate distinctions; profile rules and operational implementation remain separate.
Suspension revocation and restoration record
Authored credential-record design for suspension revocation and restoration. Selected sources motivate distinctions; profile rules and operational implementation remain separate.
- Which authority reported suspension, revocation, expiry, surrender or restoration, and for what scope? event
- What effective and recorded times, reasons and evidence qualify each transition? temporal
- How are contradictory, stale or unavailable status reports preserved without inferring good standing? exception
Correction appeal and record retirement
Authored credential-record design for correction appeal and record retirement. Selected sources motivate distinctions; profile rules and operational implementation remain separate.
Correction appeal and record retirement record
Authored credential-record design for correction appeal and record retirement. Selected sources motivate distinctions; profile rules and operational implementation remain separate.
- Which correction or appeal process and responsible authority are referenced for this credential? process
- What decision, replacement or pending outcome changes the record without silently reversing a regulator's action? decision
- What retention, legal-hold and privacy policy governs removal of local evidence and permitted tombstones? retention
Verification and disclosure Individual credential verification and disclosure.
Evidence and status verification
Authored credential-record design for evidence and status verification. Selected sources motivate distinctions; profile rules and operational implementation remain separate.
Evidence and status verification record
Authored credential-record design for evidence and status verification. Selected sources motivate distinctions; profile rules and operational implementation remain separate.
- Which official register or issuer evidence was checked, with what subject binding and source time? provenance
- Which checks separately cover proof integrity, issuer trust, status and claim applicability? validation
- If a status-list source is used, what purpose, validity and refresh information prevent stale or misinterpreted results? constraint
Privacy-aware presentation
Authored credential-record design for privacy-aware presentation. Selected sources motivate distinctions; profile rules and operational implementation remain separate.
Privacy-aware presentation record
Authored credential-record design for privacy-aware presentation. Selected sources motivate distinctions; profile rules and operational implementation remain separate.
- Which minimum credential fields may be disclosed to which relying party for the stated purpose? access
- How are restricted assessment, disciplinary and identity evidence references protected during presentation? privacy
- What presentation audit or correction trail can be retained without retaining unnecessary personal evidence? retention
Recognition and interoperability Individual credential recognition and interoperability.
Recognition in another context
Authored credential-record design for recognition in another context. Selected sources motivate distinctions; profile rules and operational implementation remain separate.
Recognition in another context record
Authored credential-record design for recognition in another context. Selected sources motivate distinctions; profile rules and operational implementation remain separate.
- Which destination jurisdiction and intended activity require a separate recognition assessment? spatial
- What competent-authority decision, conditions or outstanding steps support recognition rather than mere similarity? decision
- Which vocabulary translations or claimed equivalences remain unratified or narrower than permission to practise? interoperability
Projection and acceptance
Authored credential-record design for projection and acceptance. Selected sources motivate distinctions; profile rules and operational implementation remain separate.
Projection and acceptance record
Authored credential-record design for projection and acceptance. Selected sources motivate distinctions; profile rules and operational implementation remain separate.
- Which pinned target profile maps the award, scheme, subject, status and scope without collapsing their identities? interoperability
- Which unsupported qualifiers or required-field losses must cause export refusal? constraint
- Which negative tests and authorized reviewer decisions are still required before operational reliance? validation
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- World Models
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- entity
- Navigation path
- NAV.SOC.PER.CRD
- Domain
- SOC.PER.CRD
- Industry
- Cross-industry
- Tags
- professionallicensecredentialsoc.per.crd
What it is Filled
One governed award record with references to its subject, scheme, issuing authority, status evidence and recognition decisions; not an automatic grant of professional practice rights.
In scope
- Award identity, credential kind, subject binding, issuer and scheme references
- Award basis, scope, continuing requirements, status and remedies
- Verification observations, privacy-aware presentation and loss-aware mapping
Out of scope
- Issuing or revoking a real credential, professional advice or legal eligibility decisions
- Mastering person identity, complete training records or regulator case files
- Implementing cryptographic verification, external register access or jurisdictional rule engines
Why it exists Filled
Describe an individually awarded professional credential with evidenced scope, issuer, validity and governance.
Distinguishing features Filled
- One award to one person, not the credential scheme that defines it.
- Differs from a right to practise, which a regulator grants and which can be restricted separately.
- Differs from a verifiable credential envelope, which is one way to present the award.
- Status must be checked against the issuer; a document copy does not show current standing.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Treat a valid signature or local record as current good standing.
- Treat unknown or stale status as valid.
- Issue, revoke or suspend a real credential.
- Disclose disciplinary details beyond what the public register permits.
- Advise on legal eligibility to practise.
Only with a human decision
- Accepting a foreign credential.
- Deciding on practice eligibility.
- Acting on disciplinary findings.
May
- Record an award assertion with issuer and scheme references.
- Record a status observation with source and time.
- Remind the holder of renewal or continuing education deadlines.
- Export a minimized projection for verification.
Moral aspects Filled
- Relying on a lapsed licence can put patients, clients or the public at risk.
- Disciplinary data can harm careers if shown out of context or after it is spent.
- Recognition barriers can unfairly exclude migrants with valid foreign qualifications.
Who is affected
- Credential holders
- Patients, clients and the public
- Employers and regulators
Owners Filled
Steward
Declare award-record owner and authorized steward.
Roles
- Dimension owner
- Delegates local memory authority, not credential-issuing rights.
- Credential steward
- Maintains attributed award and scope records.
- Contributor
- Provides authorized evidence references.
- Reviewer
- Checks binding, freshness and loss limits without inventing legal authority.
- Custodian
- Enforces restricted disclosure and retention.
Links to other meta-models Filled
aligned
- WM-XCT-017 - Candidate general attestation alignment, not ratified inheritance.
- https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model-2.0/ - Optional envelope projection with separate award identity.
- https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-bitstring-status-list/ - Optional purpose-aware status evidence; adapter pending.
- https://hl7.org/fhir/R5/practitioner.html - Selected healthcare qualification mapping, not practice authority.
- https://www.credreg.net/ctdl/handbook - Scheme and requirements references; not a substitute for individual award.
references
- WM-PER-001 - Subject reference, not identity mastering.
neighbor
- Credential scheme - Scheme requirements and individual award have separate identities and maintenance cycles.
- Person and holder - Award subject and repository holder may differ; identity masters remain references.
- Practice authorization - Qualification and valid document do not alone authorize the intended role or location.
- Verifiable credential envelope - Proof validity and claim truth are distinct; envelope ID is not necessarily award ID.
- Attestation / Credential - Registry parent is a general conceptual alignment, not verified structural inheritance.
parent
- WM-XCT-017
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Master-system issuer-qualified award identifier
- Governed issuer-qualified URI
- Dimension-issued UUID
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Institutional or informational subject: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- An award has a holder reference, issuing body, scheme, award identifier, issue date and status.
- Confused with academic degrees, training certificates, memberships and the right to practise.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- Resolve award reference: Proposed record operation: resolve award reference. Runtime implementation is deferred.
- Record award assertion: Proposed record operation: record award assertion. Runtime implementation is deferred.
- Record status observation: Proposed record operation: record status observation. Runtime implementation is deferred.
- Link renewal evidence: Proposed record operation: link renewal evidence. Runtime implementation is deferred.
- Record recognition decision: Proposed record operation: record recognition decision. Runtime implementation is deferred.
- Export minimized projection: Proposed record operation: export minimized projection. Runtime implementation is deferred.
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Forged or revoked credentials accepted.
- Unqualified practice due to missed suspension.
- Privacy harm from overshared disciplinary details.
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- W3C Verifiable Credentials Data Model 2.0.
- 1EdTech Open Badges 3.0 and Comprehensive Learner Record.
- European Digital Credentials for Learning.
- ISO/IEC 17024 certification of persons.
- ESCO occupations and EU Directive 2005/36/EC on professional qualifications.
Context of use required Filled
- Jurisdiction and profession profiles require competent source verification before operational reliance.
Sources Filled
- Verifiable Credentials Data Model v2.0 - W3C
- Bitstring Status List v1.0 - W3C
- Practitioner - HL7
- The licence to practise - General Medical Council
- What is a regulated profession - European Union Your Europe
- Credential Engine Schemas Handbook - Credential Engine
Open questions
- Independent review and exact source/profile/license verification.
- Executable field schemas and negative status, identity, privacy and export fixtures.
- Ratified composition and profession-specific authority mappings.
- Both external providers timed out once; no independent external review.
- Selected clauses only; exact dated pins, updates, source licenses and full mappings pending.
- GMC UK, EU recognition and FHIR healthcare examples are not universal professional rules.
- Direct CTDL License term fetch unavailable; only selected handbook content admitted.
- No executable nested schemas, status-list adapter, cryptographic verification, jurisdiction engine or ratified composition.
Machine files
Provenance
world-models research · reviewable-draft
Built from: models/wm-per-013-professional-license-credential/spec.yaml, ver-cy/world-models/card-supplements/wm-per-013-professional-license-credential.json