# id.sifa.profile.skill

> Published by [sifa.id](https://lexicon.garden/identity/did:plc:2f2ahswozqy4v5lvu676375y)

✓ This is the authoritative definition for this NSID.

## Description

A skill claimed by the user. Can be endorsed by other users via id.sifa.endorsement.

## Links

- [View on Lexicon Garden](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:2f2ahswozqy4v5lvu676375y/id.sifa.profile.skill)
- [Documentation](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:2f2ahswozqy4v5lvu676375y/id.sifa.profile.skill/docs)
- [Examples](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:2f2ahswozqy4v5lvu676375y/id.sifa.profile.skill/examples)

## Definitions

### `id.sifa.profile.skill`

**Type**: `record`

Record representing a single professional skill.

**Key**: `tid`

| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `name` | `string` | Yes | Skill name (e.g., 'JavaScript', 'Project Management'). |
| `category` | `string` | No | Broad skill category for grouping. |
| `createdAt` | `string` (datetime) | Yes | Client-declared timestamp when this record was originally created. |

## Raw Schema

```json
{
  "id": "id.sifa.profile.skill",
  "defs": {
    "main": {
      "key": "tid",
      "type": "record",
      "record": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "name",
          "createdAt"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 640,
            "minLength": 1,
            "description": "Skill name (e.g., 'JavaScript', 'Project Management').",
            "maxGraphemes": 64
          },
          "category": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Broad skill category for grouping.",
            "knownValues": [
              "id.sifa.defs#technical",
              "id.sifa.defs#business",
              "id.sifa.defs#creative",
              "id.sifa.defs#interpersonal",
              "id.sifa.defs#language",
              "id.sifa.defs#industry"
            ]
          },
          "createdAt": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "datetime",
            "description": "Client-declared timestamp when this record was originally created."
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "Record representing a single professional skill."
    }
  },
  "$type": "com.atproto.lexicon.schema",
  "lexicon": 1,
  "description": "A skill claimed by the user. Can be endorsed by other users via id.sifa.endorsement."
}
```