YÖK Micro-credentials Framework · Open Badges 3.0
Verifiable digital badges, a digital wallet and single-address verification for universities.
W3C Verifiable Credentials · ES256 signatures · KVKK: data stays in Türkiye
Credential
ValidBursa Uludağ Üniversitesi · Sürekli Eğitim Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi
Eğiticinin Eğitimi Sertifika Programı
Signing key: kid: did:web:dijiuni.com:issuers:uludag#key-1
A verification result taken from the live system. The participant name is replaced with a sample.
How it works
The 11 minimum fields of Annex 1 are part of the programme record: learning outcomes, ECTS, TQF level, assessment method, mode of participation, success criteria and quality assurance.
Each request passes an approval chain that takes the printed name/title from the people who actually approve it, receives a document number and is signed with ES256. The badge image and the certificate PDF are generated together from the same signed record.
Learners keep the document in their wallet, add it to LinkedIn and share it by QR or time-limited link. Verifiers see the result at one address.
01 · TodayA printed certificate can easily be copied, and telling a forgery from the genuine article is often impossible.
With DijiUniEvery badge carries the issuing institution's electronic signature, so even the smallest change to the document is detected immediately during verification.
02 · TodayAn employer wishing to confirm a certificate must correspond separately with the university that issued it.
With DijiUniEntering the verification code on the certificate is sufficient; the result appears within seconds, with no further correspondence required.
03 · TodayReissuing a lost certificate involves a written application, a waiting period and often an additional fee.
With DijiUniThe badge is stored permanently in the holder's digital wallet and can be downloaded or shared again whenever the holder wishes.
YÖK compliance
The regulation on continuing-education certificate programmes, in force from 1 October 2026, and YÖK's Procedures and Principles for the Micro-credentials Framework require the document to carry the 11 minimum items in Annex 1 and to be issued as a verifiable, internationally compatible badge in a digital wallet.
DijiUni keeps these fields as the data structure of the signed badge rather than as a separate form printout. The mapping alongside is taken from the JSON-LD of every issued badge.
Sources
| # | Annex 1 field | Location in the badge |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Learner identitycredentialSubject.identifier[]sha256$… | credentialSubject.identifier[]sha256$… |
| 02 | Name of the trainingachievement.namedijiuni:localizedName | achievement.namedijiuni:localizedName |
| 03 | Issuing institutionissuerdijiuni:issuingUnit | issuerdijiuni:issuingUnit |
| 04 | Date of the certificatevalidFromawardedDate | validFromawardedDate |
| 05 | Learning outcomesdijiuni:learningOutcomes[] | dijiuni:learningOutcomes[] |
| 06 | Workload (ECTS)achievement.creditsAvailabledijiuni:workloadHours | achievement.creditsAvailabledijiuni:workloadHours |
| 07 | Level (TQF)dijiuni:tycLevelalignment · TYC-n | dijiuni:tycLevelalignment · TYC-n |
| 08 | Assessment type and methodresultDescription[]dijiuni:assessment | resultDescription[]dijiuni:assessment |
| 09 | Mode of participationdijiuni:participationMode | dijiuni:participationMode |
| 10 | Success criteriaachievement.criteria.narrative | achievement.criteria.narrative |
| 11 | Quality assurancedijiuni:qualityAssurancedijiuni:yokApprovalNo | dijiuni:qualityAssurancedijiuni:yokApprovalNo |
Who it is for
One panel for continuing and distance education operations.
Standards and security
// header { "alg": "ES256", "typ": "vc+jwt", "cty": "vc", "kid": "did:web:dijiuni.com:issuers:uludag#key-1" } // claims { "iss": "https://dijiuni.com/issuers/uludag", "nbf": 1790158814, "exp": 1947888000, "type": [ "VerifiableCredential", "OpenBadgeCredential" ], "credentialSubject": { "creditsEarned": 2, "achievement": { "achievementType": "Certificate", "name": "Eğiticinin Eğitimi Sertifika Programı", "dijiuni:tycLevel": 6 } }, "credentialStatus": [ { "type": "BitstringStatusListEntry", "statusPurpose": "revocation", "statusListIndex": "21397" } ], "dijiuni:documentNo": "SEM-2026-000006" }
Resources
Articles that explain the YÖK rules, the Open Badges 3.0 standard and document verification, with sources.
Summary of Turkey's YÖK micro-credentials rules: definitions, the 11 Annex 1 fields, the 10% ECTS and 50% online limits, and the digital wallet duty.
From 1 October 2026, university continuing education (SEM) certificate programmes need YÖK approval via YÖKSİS: process, roles and e-Devlet.
A digital badge is a document signed by its issuer that can be verified at any time. Open Badges 3.0, W3C VC 2.0, did:web and status lists explained.
How to check that a university certificate or digital badge is genuine, unmodified and still valid using its short code, QR code or file.
Receiving a badge in the digital wallet, visibility settings, sharing by link and QR code, adding it to LinkedIn, downloads and recognition packages.
Why fake certificates are easy to produce, why verification by correspondence falls short, and the components of a verifiable document infrastructure.