Re: Proposal for defining licenses

Excellent points, Pete.

The thought that got the ball rolling was, "how might I model the license
issued by the state of Illinois to this specific plumbing business?" and I
can see utility in defining both the specific license held by that business
and in describing the broader nature of the license itself. That said, I
suspect the schema.org scenario would allow for schema.org consumers to
provide searchers with better results for a query such as:

   - "Licensed contractors near me"
   - "How can I see if this contractor's license is valid?"

This use is better suited to licenses where there is a desire on the
license holder's part to make the license transparent and public (as
opposed to a Driver's License, Passport Number, subscription to a paywall,
etc.).

The broadened scope you pose is good food for thought, and it raises lots
of questions about privacy, security, access control, and the like. In
those more sensitive cases, though, I wonder if there isn't usefulness in
describing types of licenses, as you posit above, so that users might get
answers to queries such as:

   - What licenses apply to hair salons in Los Angeles?
   - When must I apply for a license to fish for salmon in the UK this year?
   - How many parking permits will be issued in 2018 at Chicago's McCormick
   Place and what is the process to get one?


--Eric


On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Pete Rivett <pete.rivett@adaptive.com>
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> Firstly are we talking about types of license (e.g. California Driving
> License) or specific instances (e.g. Pete’s California Driving License with
> number NNNN). I’m guessing Eric you have in mind the latter, but not sure
> what Schema.org scenarios would need that. I suppose it could be useful
> information about a business e.g. whether an Electrician is licensed. Not
> sure about driving licenses though.
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>    - Who the license is issued to (Organization/Person)
>    - Geography/location (e.g. a driving license is for a particular
>    country, a fishing license for a particular area)
>    - Terms and conditions
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> There may be value in distinguishing who is providing the license (DMV
> generally) and who actually issued it (e.g. a specific DMV office or clerk)
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>    - Passports (could be viewed as a license to travel)
>    - software licenses?
>    - license to watch HBO or access NY Times paywall on n devices?
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> *From:* Eric Franzon [mailto:eric.franzon@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 23, 2017 12:47 PM
> *To:* schema.org Mailing List <public-schemaorg@w3.org>
> *Subject:* Proposal for defining licenses
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> Hi All,
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> I'm thinking that there is a need for license as a property beyond the
> current domain and range defined in http://schema.org/license.
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> Licenses can be held by a Person or Organization to perform a particular
> action (hunting, fishing, demonstrating, busking, driving, operating a
> particular piece of equipment, operating a business, providing a regulated
> service, etc.).
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> Would this be best as a new type (maybe child of CreativeWork?) leveraging
> new and existing properties such as:
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>    - licenseNumber: (text)
>    - licenceType: (text)
>    - licenseIssuedBy: (Organization/Person)
>    - dateIssued: http://schema.org/dateIssued (Date - currently only
>    applies to tickets)
>    - expires: http://schema.org/expires (Date - currently on
>    CreativeWork)
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> I'm just beginning to think on this, but have already run into several use
> cases "in the wild" that could benefit from being able to explicitly state
> a particular license.
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> Does anyone else see this need?
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> --Eric
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