Re: Third sector services extension?

Great link! Thanks for that.

(FYI for people following this thread, notes from the barcampNFP session
are up at
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zI4bgS-tTWSM1HqBokbOFbL8c_KWX-oQOaul8kwQrC4/edit#
which gives a bit more background into why we were discussing it and has
links to where the ongoing discussion is )

On 23 August 2016 at 10:00, Makx Dekkers <mail@makxdekkers.com> wrote:

> For inspiration, you could have a look at the Core Public Service
> Vocabulary developed by a group of European organisations under the
> umbrella of the European Commission’s ISA programme. Please see
> https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/node/64521 for further details.
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> Makx.
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> *From:* Jen Williams [mailto:jen@networkedplanet.com]
> *Sent:* 23 August 2016 10:32
> *To:* Vicki Tardif Holland <vtardif@google.com>
> *Cc:* schema.org Mailing List <public-schemaorg@w3.org>
> *Subject:* Re: Third sector services extension?
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> Thanks for the info, good to know any history. I see there's an issue on
> github concerning types of organisation (https://github.com/schemaorg/
> schemaorg/issues/425) though my focus is on describing types of services
> offered by organisations (regardless of whether they are NGOs, Government
> or community groups)
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> There's also an interesting project called Open VCS, but again this is to
> describe VCS organisation details (http://openvcs.github.io/).
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> What would be the best way to proceed in researching how to come up with a
> viable extension for schema.org? Is there a formal submission process and
> guidelines?
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> We have a small group gathering but I've not yet started a real push for
> numbers as I wanted to know the best way to proceed first. I'm sure that
> commercially driven extensions will always gain more traction than
> non-commercial, but the benefits of higher quality search results to people
> who need to find services offered by Not For Profits could really make a
> difference.
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> On 22 August 2016 at 19:46, Vicki Tardif Holland <vtardif@google.com>
> wrote:
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> A few years ago, we added http://schema.org/GovernmentService. We hoped
> to eventually cover NGO's as well, but the original schema never got much
> traction, so it fell by the wayside.
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> - Vicki
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> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 8:24 AM, Jen Williams <jen@networkedplanet.com>
> wrote:
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> Hi schema.org community,
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> Recently at Barcamp Nonprofits (http://barcampnonprofits.com/) we had a
> session on making services discoverable, which had grown out of previous
> discussions from the unconference scene in the UK (Open Data Camp and VCSS
> Camp). Obviously schema.org came up as part of that discussion.
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> What we'd like to know is whether anyone is spearheading the creation of a
> schema.org extension for describing the services provided by third
> (voluntary) sector organisations. If no one is, what's the best way to get
> one started?
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> It sounds like this might overlap with some of the work done by the Open
> Referral project over in the US (the Open Eligibility project certainly is
> a great taxonomy to use as a starting point) and our first step of course
> is to make sure that work isn't being duplicated while at the same time
> providing terms and descriptions for NFP services that go beyond the human
> services focused on in the Open Referral project (e.g. environmental and so
> on).
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> Can anyone give more info on whether this has been or is being looked into
> by schema.org? If so, what's the history and progress? We'd like to lend
> our time and support to extending schema.org coverage of the voluntary
> sector.
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> Many thanks,
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> Jen
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