AlignmentObject

Canonical URL: http://schema.org/AlignmentObject

Thing > Intangible > AlignmentObject

An intangible item that describes an alignment between a learning resource and a node in an educational framework.

Usage: Between 10 and 100 domains
PropertyExpected TypeDescription
Properties from AlignmentObject
alignmentType Text A category of alignment between the learning resource and the framework node. Recommended values include: 'assesses', 'teaches', 'requires', 'textComplexity', 'readingLevel', 'educationalSubject', and 'educationalLevel'.
educationalFramework Text The framework to which the resource being described is aligned.
targetDescription Text The description of a node in an established educational framework.
targetName Text The name of a node in an established educational framework.
targetUrl URL The URL of a node in an established educational framework.
Properties from Thing
additionalType URL An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. In RDFa syntax, it is better to use the native RDFa syntax - the 'typeof' attribute - for multiple types. Schema.org tools may have only weaker understanding of extra types, in particular those defined externally.
alternateName Text An alias for the item.
description Text A description of the item.
disambiguatingDescription Text A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation.
identifier PropertyValue  or
Text  or
URL 		The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of Thing, such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See background notes for more details.
image ImageObject  or
URL 		An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
mainEntityOfPage CreativeWork  or
URL 		Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details.
Inverse property: mainEntity.
name Text The name of the item.
potentialAction Action Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
sameAs URL URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website.
url URL URL of the item.


Instances of AlignmentObject may appear as values for the following properties

PropertyOn TypesDescription
coursePrerequisites Course Requirements for taking the Course. May be completion of another Course or a textual description like "permission of instructor". Requirements may be a pre-requisite competency, referenced using AlignmentObject.
educationalAlignment CreativeWork An alignment to an established educational framework.

Acknowledgement

This class is based on the work of the LRMI project, see lrmi.net for details.



Examples

Example 1
Without Markup Microdata RDFa JSON-LD 
<!-- A lesson plan for US second grade teachers. -->
<div>
  <h1>Designing a treasure map</h1>
  <p>Resource type: lesson plan, learning activity</p>
  <p>Target audience: teachers</p>
  <p>Educational level: US Grade 2</p>
  <p>Link to lesson plan: <a href="http://example.org/lessonplan">http://example.org/lessonplan</a></p>
</div>

<!-- A lesson plan for US second grade teachers. -->
<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">
    <h1 itemprop="name">Designing a treasure map</h1>
    <p>Resource type:
      <span itemprop="learningResourceType">lesson plan</span>,
      <span itemprop="learningResourceType">learning activity</span>
    </p>
    <p>Target audience:
      <span itemprop="audience" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/EducationalAudience">
        <span itemprop="educationalRole">teacher</span></span>s.
    </p>
    <p itemprop="educationalAlignment" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/AlignmentObject">
        <span itemprop="alignmentType">educationalLevel</span>:
        <span itemprop="educationalFramework">US Grade Levels</span>
        <span itemprop="targetName">2</span>
        <link itemprop="targetUrl" href="http://purl.org/ASN/scheme/ASNEducationLevel/2" />
    </p>
    <p>Link to lesson plan: <a itemprop="url" href="http://example.org/lessonplan">http://example.org/lessonplan</a></p>
</div>

<!-- A list of the issues for a single volume of a given periodical. -->
<div vocab="http://schema.org/" typeof="CreativeWork">
    <h1 property="name">Designing a treasure map</h1>
    <p>Resource type:
    <span property="learningResourceType"> lesson plan</span>,
    <span property="learningResourceType"> learning activity</span>
    </p>
    <p>Target audience:
      <span rel="audience" typeof="EducationalAudience">
        <span property="educationalRole">teacher</span>s
      </span>
    </p>
    <p rel="educationalAlignment" typeof="AlignmentObject">
        <span property="alignmentType">educationalLevel</span>:
        <span property="educationalFramework">US Grade Levels</span>
        <span property="targetName">2</span>
        <span rel="targetUrl" resource="http://purl.org/ASN/scheme/ASNEducationLevel/2"></span>
    </p>
    <p>Link to lesson plan: <a property="url" href="http://example.org/lessonplan">http://example.org/lessonplan</a></p>
</div>

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "http://schema.org/",
  "@type": "CreativeWork",
  "name": "Designing a treasure map",
  "learningResourceType": [
    "lesson plan",
    "learning activity"
    ],
  "audience": {
    "@type": "EducationalAudience",
    "educationalRole": "teacher"
  },
  "educationalAlignment": {
    "@type": "AlignmentObject",
    "alignmentType": "educationalLevel",
    "educationalFramework": "US Grade Levels",
    "targetName": "2",
    "targetUrl": {
      "@id": "http://purl.org/ASN/scheme/ASNEducationLevel/2"
     }
  },
  "url": "http://example.org/lessonplan"
}
</script>
Example 2
Without Markup Microdata RDFa JSON-LD 
<div>
    <h1>The Declaration of Arbroath</h1>
    <p>A lesson plan for teachers with associated video.
       Typical length of lesson, 1 hour.
       Recommended for children aged 10-12 years old.
    </p>
    <p>Subject: Wars of Scottish independence</p>
    <p>Alignment to curriculum:</p>
    <ul>
        <li>England
            National Curriculum: KS 3 History: The middle ages (12th to 15th century)
        </li>
        <li>Scotland
            SCQF: Level 2
            Curriculum for Excellence: Social studies: people past events and societies
        </li>
    </ul>
    <p>Link to lesson plan: <a href="http://example.org/lessonplan">http://example.org/lessonplan</a></p>
    <video>
        <source src="http://example.org/movie.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
        Duration 03:12
    </video>
    <p>This example is based on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z3sjtfr">Declaration of Arbroath</a> from BBC Bitesize</p>
</div>

<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WebPage">
    <h1 itemprop="name">The Declaration of Arbroath</h1>
    <p>A <span itemprop="learningResourceType">lesson plan</span>
       for <span itemprop="audience"
                 itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/EducationalAudience">
           <span itemprop="educationalRole">teacher</span></span>s with associated video.
       Typical length of lesson, <span itemprop="timeRequired">1 hour</span>.
       Recommended for children aged <span itemprop="typicalAgeRange">10-12</span> years old.
    </p>
    <p>Subject: <span itemprop="about">Wars of Scottish independence</span></p>
    <p>Alignment to curriculum:</p>
    <ul>
        <li>England
            <span itemprop="educationalAlignment"
                  itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/AlignmentObject">
                <meta itemprop="alignmentType" content="educationalLevel" />
                <span itemprop="educationalFramework">National Curriculum</span>:
                <span itemprop="targetName">KS 3</span>
                <link itemprop="targetUrl" href="http://example.org/ENC/levels/KS3">
            </span>
            <span itemprop="educationalAlignment"
                  itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/AlignmentObject">
                <meta itemprop="alignmentType" content="educationalSubject" />
                <meta itemprop="educationalFramework" content="National Curriculum" />
                <span itemprop="targetName">History: The middle ages (12th to 15th century)</span>
                <link itemprop="targetUrl" href="http://example.org/ENC/subjects/3102">
            </span>
        </li>
        <li>Scotland
            <span itemprop="educationalAlignment"
                  itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/AlignmentObject">
                <meta itemprop="alignmentType" content="educationalLevel" />
                <span itemprop="educationalFramework">SCQF</span>:
                <span itemprop="targetName">Level 2</span>
                <link itemprop="targetUrl" href="http://example.org/SCQF/levels/2">
            </span>
            <span itemprop="educationalAlignment"
                  itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/AlignmentObject">
                <meta itemprop="alignmentType" content="educationalSubject" />
                <span itemprop="educationalFramework"> Curriculum for Excellence</span>:
                <span itemprop="targetName">Social studies: people past events and societies</span>
                <link itemprop="targetUrl" href="http://example.org/CFE/subjects/3362">
            </span>
        </li>
    </ul>
    <p>Link to lesson plan: <a itemprop="url" href="http://example.org/lessonplan">http://example.org/lessonplan</a></p>
    <video itemprop="video" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/VideoObject">
        <source itemprop="url" src="http://example.org/movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
        <span itemprop="name">Video Title</span>
        <span itemprop="description">Video description</span>
        <span itemprop="uploadDate">2000-01-01</span>
        <img itemprop="thumbnailUrl" src="http://example.org/thubnail.mp4" alt="thumbnail" >
        Duration: <span itemprop="duration">03:12</span>
    </video>
    <p>This example is based on <a itemprop="isBasedOnUrl" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z3sjtfr">Declaration of Arbroath</a> from BBC Bitesize</p>
</div>

<div vocab="http://schema.org/" typeof="WebPage">
    <h1 property="name">The Declaration of Arbroath</h1>
    <p>A <span property="learningResourceType">lesson plan</span>
       for <span rel="audience"
                 typeof="EducationalAudience">
           <span property="educationalRole">teacher</span></span>s with associated video.
       Typical length of lesson, <span property="timeRequired">1 hour</span>.
       Recommended for children aged <span property="typicalAgeRange">10-12</span> years old.
    </p>
    <p>Subject: <span property="about">Wars of Scottish independence</span></p>
    <p>Alignment to curriculum:</p>
    <ul>
        <li>England
            <span rel="educationalAlignment"
                  typeof="http://schema.org/AlignmentObject">
                <meta property="alignmentType" content="educationalLevel" />
                <span property="educationalFramework">National Curriculum</span>:
                <span property="targetName">KS 3</span>
                <link property="targetUrl" href="http://example.org/ENC/levels/KS3" />
            </span>
            <span rel="educationalAlignment"
                  typeof="http://schema.org/AlignmentObject">
                <meta property="alignmentType" content="educationalSubject" />
                <meta property="educationalFramework" content="National Curriculum" />
                <span property="targetName">History: The middle ages (12th to 15th century)</span>
                <link property="targetUrl" href="http://example.org/ENC/subjects/3102" />
            </span>
        </li>
        <li>Scotland
            <span rel="educationalAlignment"
                  typeof="http://schema.org/AlignmentObject">
                <meta property="alignmentType" content="educationalLevel" />
                <span property="educationalFramework">SCQF</span>:
                <span property="targetName">Level 2</span>
                <link property="targetUrl" href="http://example.org/SCQF/levels/2" />
            </span>
            <span rel="educationalAlignment"
                  typeof="http://schema.org/AlignmentObject">
                <meta property="alignmentType" content="educationalSubject" />
                <span property="educationalFramework"> Curriculum for Excellence</span>:
                <span property="targetName">Social studies: people past events and societies</span>
                <link property="targetUrl" href="http://example.org/CFE/subjects/3362" />
            </span>
        </li>
    </ul>
    <p>Link to lesson plan: <a property="url" href="http://example.org/lessonplan">http://example.org/lessonplan</a></p>
    <video rel="video" typeof="http://schema.org/VideoObject">
        <source property="url" src="http://example.org/movie.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
        <span property="name">Video Title</span>
        <span property="description">Video description</span>
        <span property="uploadDate">2000-01-01</span>
        <img property="thumbnailUrl" src="http://example.org/thubnail.mp4" alt="thumbnail" />
        Duration: <span property="duration">03:12</span>
    </video>
    <p>This example is based on <a property="isBasedOnUrl" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z3sjtfr">Declaration of Arbroath</a> from BBC Bitesize</p>
</div>

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context":  "http://schema.org/",
  "@type": "WebPage",
  "name": "The Declaration of Arbroath",
  "about": "Wars of Scottish independence",
  "learningResourceType": "lesson plan",
  "timeRequired": "1 hour",
  "typicalAgeRange": "10-12",
  "audience": {
      "@type": "EducationalAudience",
      "educationalRole": "teacher"
  },
  "educationalAlignment": [
    {
      "@type": "AlignmentObject",
      "alignmentType": "educationalSubject",
      "educationalFramework": " Curriculum for Excellence",
      "targetName": "Social studies: people past events and societies",
      "targetUrl": "http://example.org/CFE/subjects/3362"
    },
    {
      "@type": "AlignmentObject",
      "alignmentType": "educationalLevel",
      "educationalFramework": "SCQF",
      "targetName": "Level 2",
      "targetUrl":  "http://example.org/SCQF/levels/2"
    },
    {
      "@type": "AlignmentObject",
      "alignmentType": "educationalLevel",
      "educationalFramework": "National Curriculum",
      "targetName": "KS 3",
      "targetUrl": "http://example.org/ENC/levels/KS3"
    },
    {
      "@type": "AlignmentObject",
      "alignmentType": "educationalSubject",
      "educationalFramework": "National Curriculum",
      "targetName": "History: The middle ages (12th to 15th century)",
      "targetUrl" : "http://example.org/ENC/subjects/3102"
    }
  ],
  "url" : "http://example.org/lessonplan",
  "video": {
    "@type": "VideoObject",
    "description": "Video description",
    "duration": "03:12",
    "name": "Video Title",
    "thumbnailUrl": "http://example.org/thubnail.mp4",
    "uploadDate": "2000-01-01",
    "url" : "http://example.org/movie.mp4"
  },
  "isBasedOnUrl": "http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z3sjtfr"
}
</script>

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