Re: [TalentSignal] Quick update on schema.org

Dear Phil,

Thanks for seeing this through.  You're definitely earning your pay :).
I'll be interested to see what happened to the start date.  Hmmm

Merrilea

(tiny keyboard, pls excuse typos)

On Thu, Jun 6, 2019, 7:54 AM Phil Barker <phil.barker@pjjk.co.uk> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Schema.org was updated <https://schema.org/docs/releases.html> at the
> beginning of June [1]. The updated included changes to the definition and
> range of occupationalCategory <https://schema.org/occupationalCategory>
> [2] so that it is more flexible in the coding schemes that can be used and
> less US-centric. This is a result of our discussions on the topic in April
> (see our wiki
> <https://www.w3.org/community/talent-signal/wiki/Better_more_flexible_coding_of_Occupational_Category>
> for a reminder of the details [3]).
>
> Sadly the proposal to add a start date for jobs (see wiki page
> <https://www.w3.org/community/talent-signal/wiki/Provide_start_date_for_job>[4])
> seems to have been skipped over. I don't know why. I will follow this up
> and hopefully it will be in the next release.
>
> Regards, Phil
> 1. https://schema.org/docs/releases.html
> 2. https://schema.org/occupationalCategory
> 3.
> https://www.w3.org/community/talent-signal/wiki/Better_more_flexible_coding_of_Occupational_Category
> 4.
> https://www.w3.org/community/talent-signal/wiki/Provide_start_date_for_job
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