- From: Phil Barker <phil.barker@hw.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 16:04:05 +0100
- To: public-schema-course-extend@w3.org
On 12/04/2016 15:33, Wes Turner wrote: > > For demand forecasting, it's probably easier to have a waitlist with > no capacity; and then add CourseInstances to scale with demand as > limited by resource availability? > > * "120 people signed up, so they added another section (CourseInstance)" > This sort of use case seems to go beyond course advertising / course discovery and be more about what's required to administer a course. That seems out of scope to me. Phil > On Apr 12, 2016 9:27 AM, "Wes Turner" <wes.turner@gmail.com > <mailto:wes.turner@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > > On Apr 12, 2016 4:17 AM, "Phil Barker" <phil.barker@hw.ac.uk > <mailto:phil.barker@hw.ac.uk>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > UC: > > > > * "There are 100 seats over n different CourseInstances and then > there's a FIFO wait list (of people waiting for a seat in any section > (CourseInstance))" > > > > >> > > > Sorry Wes, I don't understand what you are trying to say here. > > > > > > Phil > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Phil Barker @philbarker > > > LRMI, Cetis, ICBL http://people.pjjk.net/phil > > > Heriot-Watt University > > > > > > Workflow: http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/~philb/workflow/ > <http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/%7Ephilb/workflow/> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We invite research leaders and ambitious early career researchers > to join us in leading and driving research in key inter-disciplinary > themes. Please see www.hw.ac.uk/researchleaders > <http://www.hw.ac.uk/researchleaders> for further information and how > to apply. > > > > > > Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under > charity number SC000278. > -- Phil Barker @philbarker LRMI, Cetis, ICBL http://people.pjjk.net/phil Heriot-Watt University Workflow: http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/~philb/workflow/ ----- We invite research leaders and ambitious early career researchers to join us in leading and driving research in key inter-disciplinary themes. Please see www.hw.ac.uk/researchleaders for further information and how to apply. Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under charity number SC000278.
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