Mission
Competencies should be understandable, portable and reviewable.
We connect organizations that treat skills data not as proprietary islands, but as interoperable infrastructure for HR, education, product development and public programs.
Consortium
Develop and review open skills standards transparently.
OSC is a working space for organizations that want to structure competency data together. Working groups collect requirements, test reference patterns with real data and document decisions on terms, evidence, interfaces and governance. Publications are marked as working draft, pilot or released recommendation.
Mandate
Open skills standards need shared responsibility.
OSC brings together organizations, experts and implementation teams that want to make competency data understandable, portable and reviewable. The focus is on interoperability, reliable evidence and usable processes for HR, education, product development and public programs.
Working draft
Standards emerge from pilots, not from claims.
OSC marks reference patterns, open questions and reviewed recommendations so the build-up remains transparent.
Governance
Quality needs roles, reviews and versions.
Each publication should show traceably who reviewed it and which data basis was used.
Roles
Each perspective has a clear contribution.
To make results reliable, OSC separates domain requirements, technical implementation, organizational decisions and legal review. Roles are made visible before a working draft is described as a recommendation.
Clarify needs and terms
Experts describe use cases, skill terms, evidence and quality questions from practice.
Review data and interfaces
Technical teams test models, export profiles and API assumptions with traceable examples.
Decide priorities
Members prioritize working groups, pilot needs and publication steps by documented criteria.
Keep limits visible
Review, privacy, accessibility and legal classification remain separate review steps.
Working method
From need to reviewed working draft.
OSC does not work with finished claims, but with traceable interim states. Domain, technical and legal perspectives are recorded separately, reviewed together and published only after review.
- 01Clarify need and limits
- 02Define roles and review questions
- 03Pilot artifact with sample data
- 04Document review and release
Governance
Clear phases for contributions and decisions.
Governance separates orientation, development, pilot work and publication. Responsibilities, open points and the limits of a working draft remain traceable.
Orientation
Participants describe needs, roles, existing data and prioritized use cases.
Working groups
Expert groups develop minimum requirements, reference processes and review criteria.
Pilot work
Selected use cases are implemented and documented with sample data.
Publication
Reviewed results flow into versioned working drafts, interface notes and recommendations.
Legal classification
Legal review is part of the working draft.
Institutional structure, participation terms and public statements are reviewed before publication. Openness, privacy and accessibility remain clearly separated.