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Rich Skills Descriptors (RSDs) are a metadata package that provides a common definition of a skill including the context behind the skill. This allows interoperability in credentials. RSDs typically include features such as skill statements; and skill keywords, standards or certification alignments, labor market and occupational data. RSDs are both human and machine readable. This enables use by both people and platforms.
Edalex launched a standalone space in 2022 to create, store, and share rich skill descriptors (RSDs) and RSD collections: openRSD. openRSD uses Edalex’s open source technology stack to create libraries of RSDs that are open to contributors and consumers globally. The aim of RSDs is to bring equity to the learner and the skills ecosystem, and create an even playing field for skills recognition.
RSDs that are created using openRSD comply to the Rich Skill Descriptor Standards Implementation Recommendations. This allows RSDs to be published and shared with compatible tools such as the Open Skills Management Tool (OSMT). It also allows RSDs from other platforms to be copied and hosted for use within an individual institution’s openRSD Collection(s).
openRSD leverages Edalex’s open-source digital repository, openEQUELLA which offers a number of functionalities:
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