Re: Schema course extend Re: The subject of a course.

No I wasn't suggesting a change as the current about property rangeincludes will allow for URIs to subject vocabularies/ authorities. 

So an example in the wiki could include:
<link property="about" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85107440"/>

~Richard


> On 18 May 2016, at 16:31, Phil Barker <phil.barker@hw.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello folks,
> sorry for having been quiet the last few weeks.  I have now been able to pick up this work again.
> 
> Alan, I have made the change you suggested.
> 
> Richard, while I agree with what you say, I wasn't sure that you were suggesting a change.
> 
> See https://www.w3.org/community/schema-course-extend/wiki/Subject_of_Course
> 
> 
> Incidentally, I have also been tidying up and simplifying the examples we have so far for other use cases.
> 
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
>> On 22/03/16 09:16, Richard Wallis wrote:
>> On 22 March 2016 at 09:02, Alan Paull <alan@alanpaull.co.uk> wrote:
>>  
>>> The about property should be used where a single word or short phrase is used, 
>> 
>> The about property in Schema expects a Thing.  This means, as per other CreativeWork types, it can contain a Text or the URI of a Thing that the Course is about.  
>> 
>>> I am presuming that use of subject vocabularies in this context is out of scope?
>> 
>> No it is not - as per the above, the URI of a subject is well within scope - this is an oft used pattern for bibliographic material, referencing for example Library of Congress Subject Headings.
>> 
>> ~Richard.
>> 
>> 
>>> Alan Paull
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>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Phil Barker [mailto:phil.barker@hw.ac.uk]
>>> Sent: 17 March 2016 14:26
>>> To: public-schema-course-extend@w3.org
>>> Subject: The subject of a course.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hello again.
>>> 
>>> So far we haven't said much about the first use case: finding a course that covers a subject that a person is interested in. Discussions before setting up the community community group have been around the use of the 'about' and 'educationalAlignment' properties of CreativeWork. Both of which have their place. I have tried to summarise how they are best used
>>> here:
>>>   https://www.w3.org/community/schema-course-extend/wiki/Subject_of_Course
>>> 
>>> Any comments?
>>> 
>>> Phil
>>> 
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> Ubuntu: http://xkcd.com/456/
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