# educationalAlignment

An alignment to an established educational framework.

This property should not be used where the nature of the alignment can be described using a simple property, for example to express that a resource [teaches](https://schema.org.ai/teaches) or [assesses](https://schema.org.ai/assesses) a competency.

## Expected Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [AlignmentObject](https://schema.org.ai/AlignmentObject) | An intangible item that describes an alignment between a learning resource and a node in an educational framework. Should not be used where the nature of the alignment can be described using a simple property, for example to express that a resource [teaches](https://schema.org.ai/teaches) or [assesses](https://schema.org.ai/assesses) a competency. |

## Used on Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [CreativeWork](https://schema.org.ai/CreativeWork) | The most generic kind of creative work, including books, movies, photographs, software programs, etc. |
| [LearningResource](https://schema.org.ai/LearningResource) | The LearningResource type can be used to indicate [CreativeWorks](https://schema.org.ai/CreativeWork) (whether physical or digital) that have a particular and explicit orientation towards learning, education, skill acquisition, and other educational purposes. [LearningResource](https://schema.org.ai/LearningResource) is expected to be used as an addition to a primary type such as [Book](https://schema.org.ai/Book), [VideoObject](https://schema.org.ai/VideoObject), [Product](https://schema.org.ai/Product) etc. [EducationEvent](https://schema.org.ai/EducationEvent) serves a similar purpose for event-like things (e.g. a [Trip](https://schema.org.ai/Trip)). A [LearningResource](https://schema.org.ai/LearningResource) may be created as a result of an [EducationEvent](https://schema.org.ai/EducationEvent), for example by recording one. |

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