Re: Archive proposals to enhance Schema.org accepted and published

Great to see this work maturing. Let me elaborate on Richard's point:

"All these, new in version 3.5, terms are held in the 'pending' section of
the vocabulary.  This is normal practice and over time they will move out
of that section.  Being in pending does not mean that a term should not be
used.  In practice, the more a term is used, the sooner it will move out of
pending."

I'd go further, and say that we really want to see applications using and
consuming this new vocabulary, and that Schema.org is reluctant to move
terms out of Pending without evidence that they are being actively used in
serious applications. That need not be Web-wide search, but it should be
applications with real users of some kind. So if you *are* making use of
these terms, please don't be shy about sharing and publicizing what you're
doing!

Dan


On Tue, 2 Apr 2019 at 12:33, Richard Wallis <richard.wallis@dataliberate.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am pleased to announce that the latest release of the Schema..org
> vocabulary (3.5) was launched today. It includes our proposals for archive
> specific terms. There were a few minor alterations as part of the process
> but in essence it is our proposal.
>
>
> Specifically:
>
>    - ArchiveOrganization <https://schema.org/ArchiveOrganization> - A new
>    type that identifies 'An organization with archival holdings'
>
>    - ArchiveComponent <https://schema.org.org/ArchiveComponent> - A new
>    type that can be applied to any archive content, collection or item.
>
>    - archiveHeld <https://schema.org/archiveHeld> - A property for
>    *ArchiveOrganization*. Collection fonds or item held, kept, or
>    maintained by an *ArchiveOrganization *Inverse of holdingArchive.
>
>    - holdingArchive <https://schema.org/holdingArchive> - A property for
>    *ArchiveComponent*. ArchiveOrganization that holds keeps or maintains
>    the *ArchiveComponent.  *Inverse of *archiveHeld.*
>
> In a separate proposal relevant to our group two more properties have been
> added to the vocabulary:
>
>    - collectionSize <https://schema.org/collectionSize> - Added to the
>    Collection <https://schema.org/Collection> type  to indicate the
>    number of items in the collection.
>
>    - materialExtent <https://schema.org/materialExtent> - Added to the
>    CreativeWork <https://schema.org/CreativeWork> type (and therefore its
>    subtypes). 'The quantity of the materials being described or an expression
>    of the physical space they occupy.'  This can be defined as either a simple
>    string or a detailed quantified value and measurement type using the
>    QuantitativeValue <https://schema.org/QuantitativeValue> type.
>
> Also some new *CreativeWorks* subtypes suggested by the bibliographic
> folks may come in handy when describing things in archives: Manuscript
> <https://schema.org/Manuscript>, Poster <https://schema.org/Poster>,
> Drawing <https://schema.org/Drawing>, SheetMusic
> <https://schema.org/SheetMusic>, ShortStory
> <https://schema.org/ShortStory>, and Play <https://webschemas.org/Play>.
>
> All these, new in version 3.5, terms are held in the 'pending' section of
> the vocabulary.  This is normal practice and over time they will move out
> of that section.  Being in pending does not mean that a term should not be
> used.  In practice, the more a term is used, the sooner it will move out of
> pending.
>
> For more information on version 3.5, checkout the release notes:
> https://schema.org/docs/releases.html#v3.5
>
> ~Richard
>
> Richard Wallis
> Founder, Data Liberate
> http://dataliberate.com
> Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardwallis
> Twitter: @rjw
>
>