LEAP achievement

Belongs to LEAP 2.0 > classes

Working definition
Describes a state of the world that has been brought about at least partly by the agency of the portfolio holder.

Explanation
The concept is well understood, and illustrated by the examples here.

Examples

 * Having completed the writing of a paper
 * Having been certified as competent in a certain skill on a certain date
 * Having travelled the world
 * Having seen a total solar eclipse
 * Having 5 GCSEs
 * Having Maths GCSE with grade A certified by EDEXCEL in 2003
 * Having a PhD
 * Having been certified as competent in a certain skill on a certain date
 * Having been appointed as CEO to (a company)
 * Having been awarded a knighthood
 * Having walked across the Sahara desert
 * Having got the garden into good shape
 * Having a Rolls Royce
 * Having paid off one's mortgage
 * Having learned unicycling and how to juggle with 5 balls

Alternative terms, with nuances of meaning

 * Achievement - any kind of goal or target which has been achieved - possibly also something unplanned, that just happened which other people could have as a goal.
 * Qualification (as possessed) - a specific certified academic achievement.
 * Milestone - perhaps used to note intermediate achievements while working towards a greater goal or target.
 * Thing that has been done (as in the user interface of 43 Things, though for the API they are "Goals").

What it is not
An activity: achievements have only one date - the time at which the desired state was reached. Past activities normally have two dates, for start and end. Completing a (difficult) activity could be seen as an achievement. Undertaking an activity by itself is not an achievement. Being selected to undertake an activity for which there is competition for places could be counted as an achievement.

Activities can be in progress or ongoing: achievements never are.

Predicates
See the notes on LEAP triples for an explanation of what forms of triples there are, and how they are represented here.
 * Particular "Inherited" predicates are given to clarify their likely meaning for this class.
 * "Direct" predicates are those where this class is in the domain of the predicate (but its superclass is not).
 * "Inverse" predicates, if given for reference, are those where the class is in the range, but not the domain, of the predicate.
 * "=" means the predicate expects a literal object: the type of literal may be specified here.
 * "&rarr;" means the predicate expects an object URL referring to an instance of the given class(es).
 * "&larr;" is used for inverse predicates, and means that triples may exist with instances of the given class(es) as subject and this class as object.

Inherited
Particular predicates from item:
 * (content ... use description instead)
 * created = date when the record was created (not when the achievement was completed).
 * relation &rarr; more information (e.g. the issuing authority's record of a qualification)
 * summary = a summary of the description, if present
 * supported by &rarr; e.g. any activity or plan which was undertaken in pursuit of the achievement

Direct

 * certified by &rarr; LEAP agent (e.g. qualifications awarding body, or other person asserting it)
 * contribution by &rarr; whoever contributed to the achievement (narrative or link)
 * coverage = a note on where and when the achievement happened (but prefer temporal and spatial)
 * date ref = date or time at which it was achieved (but prefer end)
 * description = a description of the achievement (preferred to content)
 * end = date or time at which it was actually achieved
 * first &rarr; the principal sub-LEAP achievement part, if any
 * has collaborator &rarr; LEAP agent (e.g. person collaborating)
 * has evidence &rarr; other LEAP item; any URI
 * has part &rarr; sub-LEAP achievement
 * has pattern &rarr; LEAP pattern e.g. of the abilities demonstrated by this achievement
 * intent = the original reason for having a goal to achieve this achievement
 * is evidence of &rarr; e.g. LEAP assertion
 * is part of, &rarr; super-LEAP achievement
 * presented by &rarr; a LEAP entry or LEAP resource, where the achievement is the main topic
 * spatial = where the achievement happened
 * target = date or time which was set for its achievement when a goal
 * temporal = text note on when the achievement happened (but prefer date ref)

Subclasses

 * LEAP qualified

MIAP CDD
Achievement

IMS EP
See the eP spec as a whole or the QCL class definition, which may not have been intended for informal achievements.

43 Things
See 43 Things. Things are goals, when you mark them with "I've done this" they become achievements.

HR-XML
HR-XML have Education History in which any degree is wrapped up. Their Employment History doesn't seem to have anywhere specific to note employment-related goals or achievements. Their AssessmentResult contains a record of what could be regarded as an achievement.

Existing places information held
see LEAP2A achievement

Blog post (any blog tool;)
A blog entry describing in narrative form an achievement. Available as atom:entry or rss:item.

Calendaring and scheduling systems
Examples include iCal, Outlook, Exchange Server

LUSID
LUSID has achievements, which are the same as goals except for a flag.

Any more? Add them like this
(and if you can, add a link to more information about how information can be obtained from it, and in what format)

Issues
A note can go here of any issues that are not represented above, which can then be discussed on the list or under the discussion tab.