DigComp 2.2

European Digital Competence Framework for Citizens

pedagogy
eu
Published

May 8, 2026

At a glance

Steward Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Canonical page DigComp at the Joint Research Centre
Version 2.2
Released 2022-03-17
Authors Vuorikari, Kluzer, and Punie
Source format PDF (JRC publication JRC128415)
License Subject to European Commission re-use terms
framework_summary slug digcomp-2.2

Structure in cybed: terms

DigComp 2.2 structural mapping Framework digcomp:Framework Competence area digcomp:CompetenceArea = cybed:OrganizingUnit (no cybed:Role) Competence digcomp:Competence = cybed:RoleElement Proficiency descriptor digcomp:ProficiencyDescriptor = cybed:RoleElement contains cybed:hasOrganizingUnit has element cybed:hasElement has element cybed:hasElement
DigComp nests three levels. Areas contain competences, and competences carry proficiency descriptors. Click any box or edge label to flip between plain English and the technical schema name.

Counts

Measure Value
Competence Areas 5
Strict elements 21
With-examples elements 21
Elements per Competence Area 4.2

DigComp 2.2’s signature update was a set of per-competence Annex examples illustrating each competence under emerging technologies, AI in particular. Those Annex examples are not extracted as queryable nodes. The strict count reflects only the Competence and ProficiencyDescriptor enumeration, so element-density figures here materially understate what the publication actually contains.

Provenance

Source

DigComp 2.2 publication (Vuorikari, Kluzer, and Punie, Joint Research Centre, JRC128415).

Ingestion

scripts/010-ingest-digcomp.R parses the structure into the cybed schema.

License

Subject to European Commission re-use terms. The package does not bundle the source text. Users stage it locally.

Caveats

  • DigComp specifies general digital competences for citizens, not cybersecurity-specific roles or curricula. Competence Area 4 (Safety) carries the cybersecurity-relevant content, but the framework’s specificity sits at general-digital-competence granularity, not at cybersecurity-workforce granularity. Treat DigComp as the citizen baseline that workforce frameworks like NICE and ECSF build above.
  • The 2.2 Annex examples illustrating AI-and-digital-citizenship interactions are not extracted into RDF triples. Full DigComp 2.2 coverage requires consulting the publication’s annex directly.
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