Skip to main content

Certification Schema

Certifications are professional credentials with optional expiration tracking.

Schema​

# Required fields
name: string        # Certification name
issuer: string      # Issuing organization

# Optional fields
date: string        # Date obtained (YYYY-MM)
expires: string     # Expiration date (YYYY-MM)
credential_id: string  # Credential ID number
url: string         # Verification URL

Example​

# certifications.yaml
- name: AWS Solutions Architect Professional
  issuer: Amazon Web Services
  date: "2024-01"
  expires: "2027-01"
  credential_id: "ABC123XYZ"
  url: "https://aws.amazon.com/verification/..."

- name: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
  issuer: The Linux Foundation
  date: "2023-06"
  expires: "2026-06"

- name: CISSP
  issuer: ISC2
  date: "2022-03"
  expires: "2025-03"

Status Tracking​

The resume list certifications command shows expiration status:

StatusMeaning
ActiveValid certification
Expires SoonExpires within 90 days
ExpiredPast expiration date
Certifications (3 total)
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Name                              Issuer   Expires     Status
AWS Solutions Architect Pro       AWS      2027-01     Active
CKA                               CNCF     2026-06     Active
CISSP                             ISC2     2025-03     Expires Soon

Resume Rendering​

Certifications appear in a dedicated section:

CERTIFICATIONS

AWS Solutions Architect Professional (AWS, 2024)
Certified Kubernetes Administrator - CKA (CNCF, 2023)
CISSP (ISC2, 2022)

Expired certifications are excluded by default.