It may or may not be true that the ACADEMIA frame has been overused. In addition to the elements of the education delivery process itself, the following generally have been included in ACADEMIA: academic disciplines, intellectual pursuits and research areas which have no overriding connection to one of the other frames. Particular emphasis has been given to science, mathematics, engineering and technical skills. Skills which are primarily clinical normally are assigned to HEALTHCARE while those that relate primarily to the practical aspects of agriculture usually are assigned to BUSINESS. However, many skills which could be viewed as clinical or agricultural are located in the ACADEMIA frame. Humanities are divided between ACADEMIA and the ARTS.

The HURIS^® Skills Directory incorporates most of the 6,500 unique, human skills which we have identified to date.  A portion has been included in the Internet version so far.  In addition, roughly 6,500 sample task descriptors have been developed. The concept of ‘task’ may be thought of as a logical extension of the concept ‘skill’, but the two are generally treated separately. We subscribe to the distinction but have included a few tasks for explanatory purposes and will provide further discussion in the weeks to come. In the mean time, we encourage you to begin each task descriptor with a verb and to limit each task descriptor to seventy (70) characters (including any spaces).  We have prepared a reference list cataloging more than 5,700 verbs ( process elements ) for your use.