Re: Correct type for channel on VOD marketplace?

Hi Martin,

Your logic with regard to *provider* is correct.

Then the 'seller' would be linked to the *VideoObject* via an *Offer* to
sell, including price, availability, etc. :

In simple terms VideoObject > offers > Offer > offeredBy (or seller)

~Richard


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On Tue, 14 Apr 2020 at 11:15, Martin Bean <martin@martinbean.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I’m looking for the right Schema.org type for my scenario but can’t quite
> decide which is the right one.
>
> I have a video on demand marketplace when a channel can sign up and offer
> videos for rent. The marketplace is called Your Fight Site VOD. The
> platform itself I’ve described as simply a WebSite. Videos are naturally
> a VideoObject type, but I’m struggling to decide what type the *channel* offering
> the videos for rent should be marked up as?
>
> It seems the VideoObject has a provider property with the description:
> “Another party (a seller) may offer those services or goods on behalf of
> the provider”. That seems to explain my use case, where the channel is the
> provider but my platform is the seller, but there’s no “seller” property on
> the VideoObject (that I can see). So how do I describe that the video
> belongs to a channel, but the seller is my platform?
>
> Any guidance would be most appreciated!
>
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