Re: BookFormatTypes

As one of the original proposers of AudioBook, I have some sympathy with proposing that it be a type in its own right.  Referencing the previous discussions it probably be a combination of Book and something like MediaObject.   I will mark this one as ‘L’ deferred to a later release proposal.

Ebook could be considered in a similar way.

I don’t think this is true however for the LargePrintBook, PrintBook, not seeing any property needs that that would warrant a specific type.

~Richard

On 21 Apr 2015, at 16:29, Owen Stephens <owen@ostephens.com> wrote:

> In the extension proposal there are three new BookFormatTypes:
> 
> AudioBook
> LargePrintBook
> PrintBook
> 
> The existing BookFormatTypes in base Schema.org are:
> 
> Ebook
> Hardcover
> Paperback
> 
> Generally this feels unsatisfactory - labelling different types of thing as a ‘FormatType’. I’d like to propose the Bib Extension can do a better job here.
> 
> For me:
> 
> Ebook
> AudioBook
> 
> Are both clear candidates for new Types. AudioBook has already been discussed from this perspective and there were previous proposals of handling this in Schema.org documented on the Wiki:
> 
> http://www.w3.org/community/schemabibex/wiki/Object_Types#AudioBook
> 
> It would be good if the proposal could build on this existing work done for AudioBook. Would anyone like to second this approach?
> 
> I suspect Ebooks have enough properties to deserve their own type as well - but we haven’t done the work for this yet, so I won’t propose adding this to the extension proposal at this time.
> 
> I think this would logically point to “PrintBook” being a type but I’m not completely sure about this.
> 
> I’m not sure about LargePrintBook - I don’t know enough about this type of material to comment in detail. I don’t really like the idea of mixing ‘LargePrint’ in with ‘Hardcover’ and ‘Paperback’ and might want to check what the properties of a LargePrintBook are (presumably the key thing is ‘text size’? - is this a property that could be added to Book?)
> 
> So my main proposal is:
> 
> * AudioBook should be a new type in the extension based on one of the previous proposals on the wiki
> 
> Secondary proposals:
> 
> * We should consider adding an Ebook type to the extension as and when the work can be done to come up with a proposal for this
> * We should enumerate the properties of Large Print Books and see if they would fit better as properties rather than using a LargePrintBook type
> * If we reach agreement to add new types for AudioBook and Ebook we should consider using a type for PrintBooks
> 
> Owen
> 
> 
> 
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