Someone just asked me to review what the 3.0 library has related to competencies, so I thought I'd write a post as I'm sure others are interested. I also will offer a related opinion or two based on some discussions at last week's HR-XML Partnering and Integration Summit.

There is quite a lot that is new with respect to competencies in version 3.0. Here is a presentation I delivered back in May that covers this topic. I believe a few field names and other small details have changed in the interim, but that the deck basically covers the motivations for the changes.

Some of the competency-related material within the 3.0 library that you may want to review is briefly reviewed below:

• EPMResult. This is a result sent from an employee performance management system to a relying system (e.g., an LMS or other talent management system). A version of this came out with the 2_5 library. However, this is essentially new since implementations of EPMResult are only just beginning. The EPM result noun has a competency section that allows you to communicate information about groups of competencies, individual competencies, and individual behavioral indicators associated with a competency.