Re: CourseInstance : MaximumCapacity ?

On 11/04/2016 12:28, Wes Turner wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 4:18 AM, Phil Barker <phil.barker@hw.ac.uk 
> <mailto:phil.barker@hw.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
>     Hello all.
>     I think I can see a place for both the status (open/full etc.) and
>     the size of the course instance. I think it does make a difference
>     to know whether you will be taught in a small group (~10) or a
>     massive cohort (~10,000).
>
>     It also strikes me that neither of these are specific to course
>     instances, i.e. they would apply to any type of Event. I don't see
>     anything under Event at the moment which fits the bill.  There is
>     http://schema.org/EventStatusType which can be used for showing
>     whether the event is cancelled, postponed, rescheduled or
>     scheduled: close but not the the right values. Other than that
>     there is, as part of Offer, http://schema.org/availability which
>     includes SoldOut, but seems more geared to physical items. I don't
>     see anything for event capacity except maybe the
>     http://schema.org/inventoryLevel property of Offer. 
>
>
>     I am inclined to think that we need one new property eventCapacity
>     (or just capacity if it is to be specific to courses), and an
>     extension to http://schema.org/EventStatusType
>
>
> * eventCapacity
>
> * Offer.inventoryLevel
> * Offer.availability < ItemAvailability >
> * Offer.availabilityStarts
> * Offer.availabilityEnds
>
> * waitlist < WaitList([ (datetime, Person, status) ]) >
> * waitlistLength < Number >
>
Sorry Wes, I don't understand what you are trying to say here.

Phil


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Received on Tuesday, 12 April 2016 09:18:08 UTC