A request to use schema.org markup

This is a request to the group that each of our proposals have examples 
that conform to schema.org markup. As it says in the documentation:

"You use the schema.org vocabulary, along with the microdata format, to 
add information to your HTML content."

I'm fine with those who wish ALSO using RDFa, but using ONLY RDFa has a 
number of problems.

First, it limits the discussion to a (possibly small) subset of the 
group for whom RDFa is understood. This means that I, for one, cannot 
comment intelligently on proposals that use only that format because I 
don't understand it. I believe that the group loses a great deal of 
subject expertise by having examples that are only understood by a few.

Second, schema.org has a microdata format for a purpose, and that 
purpose is to mark up HTML. I personally want to see proof that any 
proposals coming out of this group work well in that microdata format, 
and can be used with actual data. So I would like our examples to follow 
the format of the schema.org examples, such as:

BEFORE schema.org markup:

<div>
  <h1>Avatar</h1>
  <span>Director: James Cameron (born August 16, 1954)</span>
  <span>Science fiction</span>
  <a href="../movies/avatar-theatrical-trailer.html">Trailer</a>
</div>

AFTER schema.org markup:

<div itemscope itemtype ="http://schema.org/Movie">
   <h1 itemprop="name"&g;Avatar</h1>
   <div itemprop="director" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">
   Director: <span itemprop="name">James Cameron</span> (born <span 
itemprop="birthDate">August 16, 1954)</span>
   </div>
   <span itemprop="genre">Science fiction</span>
   <a href="../movies/avatar-theatrical-trailer.html" 
itemprop="trailer">Trailer</a>
</div>

And as much as possible, I would like us to use real data in our examples.

Once this is done I don't care if people want to add JSON or RDFa or RDF 
or any other possible serialization of this data. But I request that our 
discussions focus on the example format that is understood by the 
largest number of group participants. I'm assuming that is schema.org 
markup of HTML -- if I'm wrong, let me know.

Thank you,
kc
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Received on Sunday, 27 January 2013 18:04:11 UTC