IYS Skills API gives access to the Skills Ontology - a well organized database of skills.
Know MoreThe IYS Skills API can be extremely useful for developers of HR Tech solutions where skills of their users play a key role
IYS Skills API provides access to IYS Skills Ontology. Interacting with the Skills Ontology one can fetch skills, related skills and related Skills categories.
Call for Skills based on what user searched
The call also shows if the skill
And the id of the skills can used to call for the respective skill i.e
Example use case:
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When “Designing” is searched the system returns terms containing Designing. Now one API call is considered
When children of Graphic Design from the above results are selected and children of Graphic Design are called it is 1 API call
If the skill has a parent then
Example:
Java has a parent – Programming Language
If a skills has children then
Example:
Graphic Designing has children such as Web Designing, Logo Designing, Character Designing
If a skill or the category of this skill has other related skills groups related to them then
Example:
Medical coding has related skills categories such as Medical Coding Certifications, Medical Coding Software, Areas in Medical Coding, Medical Coding Standards.
If a skill has synonym or Acronym or spelling difference
Example:
Dot Net Developer is same as .Net Developer and .Net Developer is primary skill and Dot Net Developer a Synonym of .Net Developer