Re: Translations for schema.org?

Hi all

I'm very interested in this topic although I am not currently working
full time with vocabularies but I have kept an eye in this world for a
long time and translations are always a good approach for getting to
know new technologies.

There is something I don't know if I understand properly, Dan. When you
say "definitions" you mean "rdfs:comment"?

In the work I did with some vocabularies [1] at OEG-UPM [2] I
translated it to xml:lang="es" for a broader understanding of the
vocabularies. For instance, if I needed to use the dataproperty
"schema.org/datePosted" [3], I translated it to Spanish:

    <!-- http://schema.org/datePosted -->

<owl:DatatypeProperty rdf:about="http://schema.org/datePosted">
<rdfs:domain
rdf:resource="http://vocab.ciudadesabiertas.es/def/transporte/trafico#Incidencia"/
>
<rdfs:range rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime"/>
<rdfs:comment xml:lang="es">La fecha y hora de publicación de una
incidencia (en formato fecha ISO 8601)</rdfs:comment>
<rdfs:comment xml:lang="en">The end date and time of the incidence (in
ISO 8601 date format).</rdfs:comment>
<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://schema.org/"/>
<rdfs:label xml:lang="es">fecha de publicación de
incidencia</rdfs:label>
<rdfs:label xml:lang="en">posted incidence date</rdfs:label>
</owl:DatatypeProperty>

Do you think it can be considered a good starting point?

All the best!

1. https://ciudadesabiertas.es/ and https://www.snap-project.eu/
2.https://oeg.fi.upm.es//
3. https://schema.org/datePosted


El sáb, 06-11-2021 a las 20:03 +0000, Dan Brickley escribió:
> On Sat, 6 Nov 2021 at 16:39, Christopher Walz
> <christopher@seo-vergleich.de> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have been visiting the schema.org site many times in the last
> > years 
> > (probably too many times) and sometimes I am still wondering if
> > there 
> > are any plans to offer all the information in different languages
> > as 
> > well. Is there any intention to tackle this issue?
> > 
> > Some of my colleagues and friends in web dev, who are less
> > comfortable 
> > with the English language, have been mentioning the same thought
> > quite a 
> > few times, since they didn't understand every explanation.
> > 
> > Couldn't we use GitHub to localize languages by the community,
> > since the 
> > data is already on there?
> > I'm looking forward to any progress in this direction. Thanks!
> > 
> 
> 
> Thanks for raising this. It would be great to do a better job for the
> non-English speaking world here. There are high level documents like
> the (rather out of date) "quick start guide", the FAQ, the releases
> page, and blog posts; and then there are hundreds and hundreds and
> hundreds of definitions. I am cautious of trying to translate
> everything, and keep everything up to date, ... but that does not
> mean we shouldn't try to improve things. 
> 
> Perhaps we can make a start with some of the high level materials,
> and with definitions for the most important types, e.g. Event,
> Person, Place, Organization, LocalBusiness, Offer, ...? Even if we
> just did those and the properties that link them, it could help non
> English speakers get a better understanding for the approach.
> 
> Also if there are any particular definitions that your contacts are
> having trouble with, ... it may be also that English speakers have
> similar trouble. Definitions could be clarified, and our use of
> English made more careful and simpler...
> 
> Dan
>  
> >