Re: Holdings

Karen,

I think it's an interesting to imagine how a book retailer would model this using Schema.org. Then imagine that someone searches for a book via their favorite search engine and that a local library's "offer" appears in the same result list as the retailers. Where the retailer indicates price, the local library would indicate "free to borrow". Both would link to a service that closes the deal.

Jeff

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On Jul 1, 2013, at 7:42 PM, "Karen Coyle" <kcoyle@kcoyle.net> wrote:

> I started a page on holdings[1], but am at a "block" due to the need to decide exactly where holdings go in schema.org. There could be a "LibraryHoldings" class under schema.org/Library. It's a bit odd, but so far it seems like the most obvious place.
> 
> There is the usual issue of needing a way to keep holdings statements for different copies together. I feel a bit reluctant to define a "copy" class since not all holdings statements refer to individual copies. However, "Holdings" often refers to a group of statements about individual copies... So the question is whether it's ok to have:
> 
> LibraryHoldings
>    shelfLocation
>    callNumber
> LibraryHoldings
>    shelfLocation
>    callNumber
> 
> or if it should be:
> 
> Library Holdings
>    Copy
>        shelfLocation
>        callNumber
>    Copy
>        shelfLocation
>        callNumber
> 
> or... something else altogether. In any case, the page has a start, and we can use the screen shots on which to base our examples.
> 
> All suggestions welcome!
> 
> kc
> [1] http://www.w3.org/community/schemabibex/wiki/Holdings
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