The Achievement Standards Network (ASN) provides an RDF-based framework for the description of achievement standards promulgated by governments and other organizations to prescribe what students should know and be able to do as a result of specific educational experiences.

The ASN has five distinct components:

1. A repository of academic standards, each with its own unique, web-addressable Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)
2. A data input tool, enabling direct input of standards documents into the repository
3. Viewers and web services to access the standards
4. A resolution service that resolves each URI into machine readable text
5. A network of organizations that share, use, develop tools and leverage the technical advantages of the ASN in improving education

ASN data is open source and made publically available for unrestricted use through a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.

The lead technical scientist of the ASN project is Stuart Sutton from the Information School at the University of Washington. Data services are led by JES & Co.’s Joseph Chapman. Project out reach is provided by Diny Golder, Executive Director of JES & Co.