# credentialCategory

The category or type of credential being described, for example "degree”, “certificate”, “badge”, or more specific term.

## Expected Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [DefinedTerm](https://schema.org.ai/DefinedTerm) | A word, name, acronym, phrase, etc. with a formal definition. Often used in the context of category or subject classification, glossaries or dictionaries, product or creative work types, etc. Use the name property for the term being defined, use termCode if the term has an alpha-numeric code allocated, use description to provide the definition of the term. Use the about property to specify what the term is about. |
| [Text](https://schema.org.ai/Text) | Data type: Text. |
| [URL](https://schema.org.ai/URL) | Data type: URL. |

## Used on Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [Credential](https://schema.org.ai/Credential) | A credential is a certificate that is used to verify the identity of a person or entity. |

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Quoted from Schema.org 30.1, https://schema.org/credentialCategory, under CC BY-SA 3.0. Served by the Org.AI Foundation at https://schema.org.ai/credentialCategory.