Re: EOCred: Addressing requirements from use cases

Listing the requirements for each use case is very helpful. Using schema.org/CreativeWork makes sense to me. 

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> On Jan 9, 2018, at 4:21 AM, Phil Barker <phil.barker@pjjk.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Ryan, yes hooking into an existing schema.org type can minimize the number of new properties that are required. Don't worry about Course having an educationalCredentialAwarded property being a distraction: I think that we will be connecting to that when we get further down the list of use cases.
> 
> Phil
> 
> On 08/01/18 20:50, Ryan Price wrote:
>> I think this makes a lot of sense, to extend CreativeWork.
>> 
>> For example, when CreativeWork is extended to Course, you only add 4 properties:
>> https://schema.org/Course <https://schema.org/Course>
>> 
>> courseCode
>> coursePrerequisites
>> educationalCredentialAwarded (oops, maybe I picked a bad example, since this mentions Credential. Don’t get distracted by this property!)
>> hasCourseInstance
>> 
>> ++
>> 
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>>> On Jan 8, 2018, at 6:34 AM, Phil Barker <phil.barker@pjjk.co.uk <mailto:phil.barker@pjjk.co.uk>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello all,
>>> 
>>> Thank you for your input prioritising the use cases for Educational and Occupational Credentials. I have arranged to outline use cases <https://www.w3.org/community/eocred-schema/wiki/Use_Cases> to reflect these priorities.
>>> 
>>> I have also indicated what I think is required in order to meet these use cases. Please take a look and let me know if I have missed anything.
>>> I propose we work through these requirements, trying to meet as many of them as possible with existing schema.org <http://schema.org/> terms, and defining new terms where required.
>>> 
>>> Picking two requirements from near the top of the list, we need to 
>>> 1. be able to identify that an object is a educational / occupational credential 
>>> 2. be able to identify name of an educational / occupational credential object 
>>> I propose that we create a new schema.org <http://schema.org/> class / type of thing, an EducationalOccupationalCredential 
>>> definition: An educational or occupational credential. A diploma, academic degree, certification, qualification, badge, etc., that may be awarded to a person or other entity that meets the requirements defined by the credentialer.
>>> This will inherit the URL and name properties from schema.org/Thing <http://schema.org/Thing> thus meeting the requirements above.
>>> 
>>> Furthermore, I think that it is logical and will allow reuse of several properties if we consider the EducationalOccupationalCredential to be a subtype of schema.org/CreativeWork <http://schema.org/CreativeWork>. I think properties like educationalAlignment, audience, offers, provider, hasPart, datePublished, dateModified, expires, creator (and possibly others) will be useful in describing EducationalOccupationalCredentials.
>>> Any comments?
>>> 
>>> Phil.
>>> 
>>> [outline use cases] https://www.w3.org/community/eocred-schema/wiki/Use_Cases <https://www.w3.org/community/eocred-schema/wiki/Use_Cases>
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