Suggestions for extra fields on Job Posting

Hi,

It was great to see the new Job Posting schema released recently and I'm now working to get this deployed on several job related websites that I manage.

I have noticed a couple of properties that our websites use have not been included & while I understand Schema.org is not meant to be exhaustive list these are very common properties used across the industry in Europe and here in New Zealand and Australia. I know others would like to see included too. (See comments here: http://blog.schema.org/2011/11/schemaorg-support-for-job-postings.html?showComment=1320832569226#c3183089836097067888)

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My first question is: What is the process for suggesting new properties - is it just posting to this group or is there a review board etc? Is there a preferred format for requests etc?

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Assuming this is at least a good place to get some feedback I'll plow on, here are the three properties I'd like to see added:

PROPERTIES:

>> Max Salary 
- Salary's in job adverts are often given with a range eg. "$50,000 to $75,000", I'm using baseSalary for the bottom of the range but there is no official format for the max value or to specify a range.

>> Closing date
- Jobs are often advertised with a closing date for applications, there is no property for this in the published Schema.

>> Reference
- Jobs are often advertised with a reference code of some description, usually tied back to the recruiters or employers HR system, it would be useful to include this.

EXAMPLES:

>> Max Salary
http://www.seek.com.au/Job/project-manager-web-accessibility-transition-project/in/act-act/21016607
http://www.seek.com.au/Job/mining-engineer-underground/in/perth-perth/21133198
http://www.trademe.co.nz/jobs/engineering/maintenance/listing-424316036.htm
http://www.workingin-australia.com/jobs/8276/procurement-and-contracts-officer

>> Closing Date
http://www.seek.com.au/Job/assistant-commissioner-policy-strategy/in/sydney-sydney/21085882
http://www.workingin-australia.com/jobs/7968/specialist-sprinkler-project-manager

>> Reference / ID
http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=2091376 (Job ID)
http://www.seek.com.au/Job/nurse-management/in/perth-rockingham-kwinana/21132807
http://www.workingin-australia.com/jobs/8289/clinical-manager-fairfield

POSSIBLE IMPLEMENTATION:

In testing my markup I've been using the following code to represent these three properties

Salary: <span itemprop="baseSalary">$80,000</span> - <span itemprop="maxSalary">$90,000</span>
Apply before: <time itemprop="dateClosing" datetime="2011-12-31" />Sat 31 Dec</time>
Reference: <span itemprop="reference">SR001</span>



Would appreciate any feedback, guidance etc. that the group can offer.

Many thanks / Russell



Russell James Smith / Web Manager Working In

E: russell.smith@workingin.com 
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Received on Thursday, 17 November 2011 22:10:48 UTC