Re: Candidate schema.org 1.0g release: Reservations, Questions/Answers, EmailMessage

Regarding the aim for neutral or US-EN spelling, I see at least one case
where this impetuous has actually influenced the actually framing of a
schema:

http://schema.org/Attorney

Among the many problems with this designation is the fact that in Great
Britain only a solicitor may be an attorney, meaning that this type does
not encompass barristers.

"Lawyer" is a much better catch-all term for the professional who may give
legal advice, aid and represent clients at course.  Or, along the line of
"AccountingService" the more generalized "LegalService" or "LawOffice" or
similar term may be more globally applicable.




On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Dan Brickley <danbri@google.com> wrote:

> On 13 March 2014 16:44, Dan Brickley <danbri@google.com> wrote:
> > I've made a test build of a 1.0g release, at
> http://sdopending.appspot.com/
>
> I've updated the test build (aiming to go live this week):
>
> a) we're calling it 1.1 now. The naming scheme was becoming silly! (I
> was holding '1.0 proper' back for Actions, but there are plenty of
> numbers left for that).
>
> b) http://sdopending.appspot.com/Question now has an example, thanks
> to Stephane. I've taken out any user content and names...
>
> c) thanks re focussed; it wasn't intentionally British English.
> Generally we aim for neutral or US-EN. Will leave it for now.
>
> And as mentioned in another thread, I should've pointed out that
> 'comment' can now take 'Comment' as value, alongside the earlier
> UserComments type.
>
> Dan
>
> > Draft release notes:
> >
> > """1.) This release of schema.org adds a finalized Reservations
> > schema, which refines earlier proposals discussed in the Web Schemas
> > community over the last year. See wiki
> > <https://www.w3.org/wiki/WebSchemas/ReservationsSchema> for details
> > [todo].
> >
> > The Reservations vocabulary includes:
> >
> > Reservation, ReservationPackage, ReservationStatusType, Ticket,
> > Flight, EventReservation, FlightReservation, TrainReservation,
> > BusReservation, TaxiReservation,  LodgingReservation,
> > RentalCarReservation, ProgramMembership, Seat, Vehicle, Airline,
> > FoodEstablishmentReservation, TrainTrip, Car, BusTrip, Taxi.
> >
> > See http://sdopending.appspot.com/Reservation and nearby.
> > I
> > 2.) QA sites
> >
> > A simple vocabulary for Question/Answer and FAQ sites. It adds types
> > for Question, Answer, and QAPage.
> >
> > * http://sdopending.appspot.com/Question
> > * http://sdopending.appspot.com/Answer
> > * http://sdopending.appspot.com/QAPage
> >
> > 3.) EmailMessage
> >
> > * http://sdopending.appspot.com/EmailMessage
> >
> > We add a type EmailMessage, analogous to the existing WebPage type."""
> >
> > Thanks to everyone who has contributed, in particular Stéphane
> > Corlosquet who has been a major contributor to the QA schema work.
> >
> > As with the last release I'm circulating a test build here in the hope
> > (a) that there are no bugs (b) if there are, folks here will catch
> > them before we go live with the changes. There are a few other small
> > details to take care of too, including example(s) for QA, and
> > publishing information on the changes in the Reservation schema since
> > it was first proposed.
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > Dan
>
>