Relational Map coming soon. Learn more about the work we’re doing with AI and view our example prototypes here.
The Smart Report Ecosystem Map was created by iDatafy in 2022 – launched in January 2023 and updated in 2024. iDatafy originally worked with a team of digital credentialing experts to create two infographics that show the way data flows through the ecosystem. The infographics demonstrate how digital credentials are issued, shared, consumed, and who the companies and organizations are that make that happen. The goal of the initiative is to map the U.S. digital credential and learning and employment record ecosystem to help stakeholders better understand digital credentialing, learning and employment records, and the companies and institutions driving these innovations forward.
The ecosystem in the graphic maps is defined as the organizations enabling the issuance, sharing, and consumption of digital credentials, with a particular focus on the following digital credential standards:
The SmartReport was updated in January 2024 with a number of improvements:
The report continues to feature two infographics that show the way data flows through the learning and employment record ecosystem. It outlines the organizations and companies involved in the issuance, sharing, and consumption of specific verifiable credential data standards in the U.S. in 2024. It also explains the methodology used to create the infographics, ecosystem trends, definitions; and it lists the 38 contributors whose expertise was leveraged to assemble this information.
This report is organized from left to right to represent how individuals (a.k.a. learners and earners) have their achievements, skills, and qualifications recognized by organizational issuers, assume agency (control) over these official records, move those records between systems, and ultimately receive value from those records as they are consumed by different types of organizations such as employers, educational institutions, and government agencies.
The infographics include five macro-categories and 29 micro-categories to organize the types of organizations involved in the ecosystem into common groups based on their contributions to the issuance, sharing, and consumption of the four data standards. The macro-categories are:
Interviews conducted to develop the 2024 report identified 10 top ten LER trends:
A description of each trend including examples of work is available here.
The ecosystem map is used as a tool to understand who key partners are in the LER ecosystem and the roles they play.
iDatafy and nearly 40 digital credential experts
https://www.smartresume.com/resources/smartreport-ecosystem-map
LER-Resume Standard is being released by HR Open Standards in 2024
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