cass-align

Competency and Skills Service -- Alignment Tool

Align CASS competencies with other competencies.

Features

• View two competency frameworks and see alignments between the frameworks.
• Merge the two frameworks and equivalent competencies, seeing a new potential merged framework.
• Competency Alignment - Create new alignments between frameworks.
• Customizable - Change the default behavior of the cass-align via post messages.
• Unbranded and open source - Carries no branding information, allowing you to use it easily and without concern.

Try it out

cass-align is available for use in default installations as part of the Framework Explorer.

Integration

Integrate the cass-align into your website by nesting it into an iframe on your website.

<iframe id="iframe" width="100%" height="800" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<script>
    document.getElementsByTagName("iframe")[0].setAttribute("src", "cass-align/index.html");
</script>

URL Parameters

To ensure the iframe is passing the correct origin, pass the origin into the iframe using a URL parameter, origin=window.location.origin.

Post Messages

CASS can operate using credentials and signals provided by the parent site. These credentials are passed into the iframe via a message, in order to avoid transmitting them over HTTP. Wait for a {message:"waiting"} message to be posted from the iframe.

$("iframe").ready(function () {
    $(window).on("message", function (event) {
        if (event.originalEvent.data.message == "waiting") {
            //Initialize the server and identity
            //Set framework alignment parameters
        }
    });
});

Setting the server

You must set the server and the identity to be used when accessing the server.

$("iframe")[0].contentWindow.postMessage(JSON.stringify({
    action: "initIdentity",
    serverParm: selectedServer,
    nameParm: loggedInIdentityName,
    pemParm: loggedInPpkPem
}), window.location.origin);

Jump to a specific framework

If you have a specific framework you are directing your users to edit or view, you can force the cass-editor to only show that framework by using frameworkId=<url identifier of framework>

$("iframe")[0].contentWindow.postMessage(JSON.stringify({
    action: "setFwkAlignParams",
    fw1Id: <framework1Id>,
    fw2Id: <framework2Id>
}), window.location.origin);