Glossary
70+ plain-language definitions of the vocabulary you'll meet on Ewance — challenge anatomy, credential mechanics, recruiting vocabulary.
Why Ewance has a glossary
Ewance sits at the intersection of three vocabularies that rarely live together in one product: academic learning (capstone, syllabus, deliverable), industry briefs (scoping, methodology, rubric), and verifiable credentials (W3C VC, Merkle anchor, issuer key). A student arriving from a course, a recruiter arriving from LinkedIn, and an institution evaluating us as a partner all land on terms the others take for granted.
This glossary is the shared dictionary. It defines each term in one sentence, on its own URL, with no prerequisites stacked — so you can drop in mid-conversation and catch up.
The canonical glossary lives at /glossary and currently holds 70+ definitions.
What it covers
- Challenge anatomy — terms used in briefs (executive summary, rubric, deliverable, scoping, pitch).
- Credential mechanics — verifiable credential, W3C VC, Blockcerts, anchor, revocation, issuer key.
- Recruiting vocabulary — talent search, deliverable type, rubric outcome, sponsored challenge.
- Platform mechanics — team format, discipline, capstone challenge.
- Pricing model — tier, lifetime cap, sponsorship.
- Standards — open badges, JSON-LD, DID, Merkle anchor, public key cryptography.
- Adjacent academic terms — challenge-based learning, experiential learning, project-based learning, work-integrated learning.
How to use it
Two ways:
- Browse — open /glossary and scroll. Useful when you want to scan the platform's vocabulary in one place.
- Search — use your browser's
Cmd/Ctrl + Fon the glossary index, or jump directly to a term via its URL:/glossary/{slug}.
Why a separate glossary surface?
The docs are organised by user journey (Learning track, Recruiting track). The glossary is organised by term. Both shapes are useful — when you're reading end-to-end, the docs flow makes sense; when you've forgotten what "Merkle anchor" means, the glossary URL is faster.
Each glossary term is also independently indexable for search engines. If you arrived here by searching for one of our terms, you probably landed there first.
See also: Verified credentials explains the standards (W3C VC, Blockcerts, Open Badges) in journey form; the glossary breaks each one out individually.
Pricing reference
Canonical reference for Ewance's pricing — Free / Student / Pro for learners (full prices listed). Starter / Growth / Agency / Enterprise for recruiters (account-gated, talk to us). Custom for industry sponsorship.
Docs changelog
What shipped on the Ewance docs surface, when. Smaller copy changes are not logged here; only structural changes and significant content additions.