Re: A request to use schema.org markup

I agree that proposals ought to take the format which the Schema.org
examples currently take with before and after examples. It seems the
best way forward for acceptance into Schema.org is that proposals be
in nicely formatted HTML using the Microdata syntax. If it can't be
expressed through Microdata in HTML, then it is probably not something
that is going to gain acceptance. Other formats ought to be considered
optional additions to the core of a particular proposal.

I updated the CommonEndeavor example to have "before" markup. I
haven't done anything to make the markup more realistic from what was
there before I got to it, and I haven't made any changes to the
Microdata. I just wanted to get these into some basic shape, so that
we could discuss the merits of the proposal and make adjustments to
the proposal as necessary.

Jason

On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Karen Coyle <kcoyle@kcoyle.net> wrote:
> This is a request to the group that each of our proposals have examples that
> conform to schema.org markup. As it says in the documentation:
>
> "You use the schema.org vocabulary, along with the microdata format, to add
> information to your HTML content."
>
> I'm fine with those who wish ALSO using RDFa, but using ONLY RDFa has a
> number of problems.
>
> First, it limits the discussion to a (possibly small) subset of the group
> for whom RDFa is understood. This means that I, for one, cannot comment
> intelligently on proposals that use only that format because I don't
> understand it. I believe that the group loses a great deal of subject
> expertise by having examples that are only understood by a few.
>
> Second, schema.org has a microdata format for a purpose, and that purpose is
> to mark up HTML. I personally want to see proof that any proposals coming
> out of this group work well in that microdata format, and can be used with
> actual data. So I would like our examples to follow the format of the
> schema.org examples, such as:
>
> BEFORE schema.org markup:
>
> <div>
>  <h1>Avatar</h1>
>  <span>Director: James Cameron (born August 16, 1954)</span>
>  <span>Science fiction</span>
>  <a href="../movies/avatar-theatrical-trailer.html">Trailer</a>
> </div>
>
> AFTER schema.org markup:
>
> <div itemscope itemtype ="http://schema.org/Movie">
>   <h1 itemprop="name"&g;Avatar</h1>
>   <div itemprop="director" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">
>   Director: <span itemprop="name">James Cameron</span> (born <span
> itemprop="birthDate">August 16, 1954)</span>
>   </div>
>   <span itemprop="genre">Science fiction</span>
>   <a href="../movies/avatar-theatrical-trailer.html"
> itemprop="trailer">Trailer</a>
> </div>
>
> And as much as possible, I would like us to use real data in our examples.
>
> Once this is done I don't care if people want to add JSON or RDFa or RDF or
> any other possible serialization of this data. But I request that our
> discussions focus on the example format that is understood by the largest
> number of group participants. I'm assuming that is schema.org markup of HTML
> -- if I'm wrong, let me know.
>
> Thank you,
> kc
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