Audiobook proposal - discussion

I added the audiobook proposal to the agenda for tomorrow, hoping it 
would be a short item. Looking again, though, I see some areas that we 
might want to discuss.

First, I think it is uncontroversial that audiobooks do need to be 
represented, and to be distinguishable from hard copy books. The rise of 
their importance is unmistakable. The question, therefore, is how best 
to make these visible through schema.org.

Q1: schema.org Class or product ontology

- Right now the example shows a newly defined schema.org class "Audiobook".

[Note that there is an enumeration http://schema.org/BookFormatType for 
ebook, hardcopy and paperback. This predates the productontology merge 
with schema.org. Can we agree that we do not want to make use of this 
enumeration?]

-- Arguments for a separate Class:
--- Makes Audiobook visible in the schema.org list of schemas, so easier 
for folks to find
--- Adds audiobook-specific properties only to audiobook, not to book 
("readBy")

-- Arguments for productontology
--- Doesn't add a separate Class for just one or a few properties

Q2: "abridged" and "extent"

- In addition to "readBy" there are two properties that are needed: 
"abridged" and "extent".

-- extent: schema.org/duration already exists for media files, but many 
creative works have an extent, whether it is multiple volumes, multiple 
disks in a set, numbers of maps, etc. This seems like a logical addition 
to CreativeWork.

-- abridged: "abridged" is an important piece of information for 
audiobooks, but logically could be applied to any book. At the moment it 
is listed as a property of Audiobook. I'm less sure whether it fits 
CreativeWork in general, however.

Q3: subclass to CreativeWork or Book

- Right now Audiobook is listed as subclassed to CreativeWork, with a 
note saying that it could be subclassed to Book. If we decide that 
Audiobook should be a class, which of these seems best?


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Karen Coyle
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