QualificationType - Amazon Mechanical Turk

QualificationType

Description

The QualificationType data structure represents a Qualification type, a description of a property of a Worker that must match the requirements of a HIT for the Worker to be able to accept the HIT. The type also describes how a Worker can obtain a Qualification of that type, such as through a Qualification test.

The QualificationType data structure is used as a response element for the following operations:

  • CreateQualificationType

  • GetQualificationType

  • ListQualificationTypes

  • UpdateQualificationType

Elements

The QualificationType structure can contain the elements described in the following table:

Name Description Required

QualificationTypeId

A unique identifier for the Qualification type. A Qualification type is given a Qualification type ID when you call the CreateQualificationType operation operation, and it retains that ID forever. Can be up to 255 bytes in length.

Type: String

Default: None

No

CreationTime

The date and time the Qualification type was created

Type: a dateTime structure in the Coordinated Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time) time zone, such as 2005-01-31T23:59:59Z.

Default: None

No

Name

The name of the Qualification type. The type name is used to identify the type, and to find the type using a Qualification type search.

Type: String

Default: None

No

Description

A long description for the Qualification type.

Type: String

Default: None

No

Keywords

One or more words or phrases that describe theQualification type, separated by commas. The Keywords make the type easier to find using a search.

Type: String

Default: None

No

QualificationTypeStatus

The status of the Qualification type. A Qualification type's status determines if users can apply to receive a Qualification of this type, and if HITs can be created with requirements based on this type.

Type: String

Valid Values: Active | Inactive

Default: None

No

RetryDelayInSeconds

The amount of time, in seconds, Workers must wait after taking the Qualification test before they can take it again. Workers can take a Qualification test multiple times if they were not granted the Qualification from a previous attempt, or if the test offers a gradient score and they want a better score.

Type: positive integer

Default: None. If not specified, retries are disabled and Workers can request a Qualification only once.

No

Test

The questions for a Qualification test associated with this Qualification type that a user can take to obtain a Qualification of this type.

Type: a QuestionForm data structure.

Note

A Qualification test cannot use an ExternalQuestionQuestionForm like a HIT can.

Default: None

Constraints: must be specified if AnswerKey is present. A Qualification type cannot have both a specified Test parameter and an AutoGranted value of true.

No

TestDurationInSeconds

The amount of time, in seconds, given to a Worker to complete the Qualification test, beginning from the time the Worker requests the Qualification.

Type: positive integer

Default: None

No

AnswerKey

The answers to the Qualification test specified in the Test parameter.

Type: an AnswerKey data structure.

Default: None. If not provided with a test, the Qualification author must process the Qualification request manually.

No

AutoGranted

Specifies that requests for the Qualification type are granted immediately, without prompting the Worker with a Qualification test.

Type: Boolean

Valid Values: true | false

Default: None

Constraints: A Qualification type cannot have both a specified Test parameter and an AutoGranted value of true.

No

AutoGrantedValue

The Qualification value to use for automatically granted Qualifications, if AutoGranted is true.

Type: Integer

Default: 1

No

IsRequestable

Specifies whether the Qualification type is one that a user can request through the Amazon Mechanical Turk web site, such as by taking a Qualification test. This value is false for Qualifications assigned automatically by the system.

Type: Boolean

Valid Values: true | false

Default: None

No

Example

The following example shows a QualificationType data structure returned by a call to the ListQualificationTypes operation. The GetQualificationType operation returns a QualificationType element.

QualificationType:{ QualificationTypeId:"789RVWYBAZW00EXAMPLE", CreationTime:"2005-01-31T23:59:59Z", Name:"EnglishWritingAbility", Description:"The ability to write and edit text...", Keywords:"English, text, write, edit, language", QualificationTypeStatus:"Active", RetryDelayInSeconds:86400, IsRequestable:true }