Among the functionalities of the CV builder plugin for WordPress, there is the ability to record a candidate’s personal data using the HR-XML structure, and then transform it into several formats including hResume and Europass CV. For this reason we have started the process of updating the Application Profile (AP) of the Europass CV based on the ‘HR-XML SEP Candidate Specifications 3.0. This work will be carried out in cooperation with Marc Van Coillie from the European Institute of eLearning, France. Marc is an expert in the interoperability and integration of IT systems for eLearning, HR, KM and digital identity (HR-XML, IMS Global, Liberty Alliance, OpenID, Kantara, Micro-Format, OpenSocial, RDFa). Marc has also developed the CV transcoding web service: http://cvt.eife-l.org/index.php?language=en and the LinkedIN public profile to Europass CV converter: http://www.europortfolio.org/linkedin2europass

The Europass Application Profile is not a new development. It is the output of three years of continuous efforts from EIfEL, but also from the HR-XML Europass working group of the HR-XML consortium and the Liberty Alliance HR-EDU Special Interest Group. Many people have contributed to the AP since its first version in 2006:

• CV Universel: http://www.cvuniversel.org/

• EuroCV: http://www.eurocv.eu/

• Technology Enhanced Learning: Conformance – European Requirements & Testing: http://www.opengroup.org/telcert/

• KITE, the European mobile worker’s kit: http://www.kite-eu.org/

• TAS3: Trusted Architecture for Securely Shared Services: http://www.tas3.eu/

The funding from Eduserv under the Rhizome project will now allow us to update the existing Application Profile to the 3.0 release of the HR-XML standards. (See Candidate Profile type specifications).

This application profile makes it possible to develop Europass CV builders that are compliant with both CEDEFOP’s Europass XML and HR-XML Candidate specifications. What is exciting about this work is that it also allows the transformation of CV personal data for cross interoperability with the other major CV related specifications and standards, for example:

• HR-XML profiles – iProfile UK and GermanCV

• IMS ePortfolio – Dutch ePortfolio

• Leap2a, hResume – LinkedIn

Finally, it can also be used within the Liberty Alliance Web Service Framework to provide a shared privacy layer.