Content Types

Content types are the skills, qualities, and qualifications that you want to track in talent profiles. The content library contains predefined content types such as competencies, languages, and degrees, but you can create custom content types as needed. You can also create free-form

Depending on your business requirements, you can use predefined content types or create custom content types. A predefined or custom content type, can be a free-form content type or not.

Content Types Other than Free-Form

In addition to a code, name, and description, content types that aren't free-form contain the following details:

Properties: Represents the information that you want to capture for the content type. You define properties for a content type on the Field Properties tab on the Edit Content Type page.

Note: On the Field Properties tab, the values of the following fields are automatically generated and can't be edited:
Relationships: Associations between content types, where one content type is a parent of another, or where one content type supports another. You define relationships for a content type on the Relationships tab on the Edit Content Type page. On the Relationships tab, the Proficiency Calculation Rule field is applicable for the Behaviors content type only. The value of this field is set to Average by default and can't be edited.

You can specify whether one content type is a parent of another, or whether one content type supports another. Content items inherit the relationship of associated content types. After you create a relationship, you can't delete it. You can only specify an end date for it so that the relationship is no longer applicable from the end date.

You can't create:
- Two kinds of relationships between two content types. For example, the content type A can't be both the parent and child of the content type B.
- A relationship between a content type and itself. For example, a content type can't be related to itself.
Subscribers: Codes that represent other Oracle Cloud products or applications that use content types. To use a content type in an Oracle Cloud application, you must add the predefined subscriber code associated with the application to the content type. Custom subscriber codes aren't supported. You add subscriber codes to a content type on the Subscribers tab on the Edit Content Type page.

Examples of predefined content types that aren't free-form are:

Categories
Competencies
Components
Degree
Education Levels
Goals
Honors and Awards
Languages
Licenses and Certifications
Memberships
N Box Cell Assignment
Platforms
Platform codes
Product problem codes
Technical Post Details

Free-Form Content Types

A free-form content type contains only a code, name, and a description, and does not have any properties defined for it until you add it to a profile type. Free-form content types do not include any content items.

Note: Free-form content types don't contain relationships or properties. You add properties for free-form content types when you add them to a profile type.

You can use free-form content types when you don't need a content item because the attribute captured for the content section is free-formed or less-structured. For example, you cant set up a free-form content type to store information for career-related information.

Examples of predefined free-form content types are:

Accomplishments
Advancement Readiness
Areas of Study
Career Preferences
Career Potential
Career Statement
Criticality
Enrollments
Highest Education Level
Learning
Performance Rating
Previous Employment
Risk of Loss
Special Projects
Talent Score
Work Requirements