- From: Stuart Sutton <sasutton@dublincore.net>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 05:24:34 -0700
- To: Phil Barker <phil.barker@hw.ac.uk>
- Cc: public-schema-course-extend@w3.org
- Message-ID: <CAK74qRuC5MS3t6Pr5wmjk68Wrc_GheYp5TmE94cb3OizYOPGTQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 5:16 AM, Phil Barker <phil.barker@hw.ac.uk> wrote: > > Thanks Tavis, Stuart, I'll try a couple of options around expanding the > abbrev. > Phil > > On 22/06/16 13:13, Developer, SleepingDog wrote: > >> Yes, although the live example does not expand the qualification, in a >> previous email I suggested using the HTML abbr element like: >> >> <div itemscope itemtype ="http://schema.org/course"> >> <h1 itemprop=“title”><abbr title=“Higher National Certificate" >> itemprop=“qualification”>HNC</abbr> <span >> itemprop=“subject”>Accounting</span></h1> >> <p>description etc.</p> >> </div> >> >> if that would be sufficient, Stuart? > > Works for me. The issue is less what people actually do in practice, but of 'documentation'. The examples accompanying the schema.org property definitions should be as explicit as possible and not rely on what people may or may not properly infer. I'd think, in this example, that we absolutely want people looking at the documentation to get that this value is a proper example of 'credential'. > For users and search engines and so forth. I think there is evidence that >> people tend to search on “hnc accounting” rather than “higher national >> certificate accounting". Or perhaps suitable in course lists, but the full >> qualification expansion in headings, with the abbreviation in page title? >> >> I don’t think it is a trivial matter — impenetrable abbreviations came up >> in our (very limited) website user testing — it’s just a question of >> settling best practice, I guess. Google seems to know what the abbreviation >> stands for in context. >> >> >> Tavis Reddick >> >> >> On 22 Jun 2016, at 12:49, Stuart Sutton <sasutton@dublincore.net> wrote: >>> >>> Trivial matter: In your example coding with the value "HNC Accounting", >>> consider expanding the "HNC" to "Higher National Certificate in Accounting" >>> for those that might not otherwise get that this is a form of credential. ( >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_National_Certificate)...push to be >>> explicit coming from someone who has little confidence that most people can >>> easily infer anything. >>> >> >> >> > > -- > -- > Phil Barker @philbarker > LRMI, Cetis, ICBL http://people.pjjk.net/phil > Heriot-Watt University > > Ubuntu: http://xkcd.com/456/ > not so much an operating system as a learning opportunity. > > >
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