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Recognition Model
Define what achievements the Academy is authorised to recognise.
Credential Architecture defines how assessment, evidence, recognition, credential records, portability and verification work together so achievement can be communicated without overstating what has been demonstrated.
The credential layer should be anchored in defined criteria, assessment decisions, provenance and issuer authority. A credential is a recognition object, not a substitute for the underlying evidence.
Define what achievements the Academy is authorised to recognise.
Establish the basis and traceability of achievement decisions.
Maintain the authoritative structured record.
Connect recognition to relevant evidence and provenance.
Make selected proof usable and portable.
Enable controlled presentation and external verification.
Formal recognition of defined programme achievement.
Human-readable formal recognition with clear claims.
Structured portable representations of achievement.
Focused, evidence-linked capability signals.
Authoritative source behind representations.
Controlled external presentation and verification.
The credential says precisely what was recognised.
Supporting evidence is identifiable and traceable.
Recognition is attributable to the authorised issuer.
Active, superseded, expired or revoked states remain meaningful.
Sharing exposes only what is appropriate to the context.
The learner can carry recognition without changing the authoritative record.