---
id: "esco_skill"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["education"]
country: ["EU"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 85
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/esco_skill"
---

# ESCO skill URI (`esco_skill`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

URI of a skill, competence or knowledge concept in ESCO (European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations), the multilingual classification of the European Commission. The URI is http://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/ followed by a lowercase UUID; Wikidata stores only the UUID. ESCO links each occupation (esco_occupation) to its essential and optional skills.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Education (education)
- Countries: European Union (EU)
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: categorical

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^https?://data\.europa\.eu/esco/skill/[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$
```

## Examples

- `http://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/0c0488b3-fca5-4deb-865b-8dc605c3d909` — Sales argumentation
- `http://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/f28617ad-afdd-4041-814c-216153a38998` — Analyse software specifications
- `http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/f2b15a0e-e65a-438a-affb-29b9d50b77d1` (invalid example) — An occupation URI, not a skill

## Mappings

- wikidata: `P4644`

## Sources

- doc: <https://esco.ec.europa.eu/en/classification/skill_main>
- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Skills,_Competences,_Qualifications_and_Occupations>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4644>

## Quality

Score 85/100. Missing: translation, detector coverage.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/esco_skill.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/EU/education/esco_skill.yaml>