Re: [TalentSignal] proposal for Job Start Date

Thank you both.

For what it is worth, the expected type of ISO 8601 Date does allow a 
range of dates (interval), but I guess we don't need to mention that.

Phil

On 03/05/2019 19:28, Joseph D. Marsh wrote:
>
> Agreed.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Joseph
>
> *From:*Merrilea Mayo <merrileamayo@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, May 3, 2019 2:23 PM
> *To:* public-talent-signal@w3.org
> *Subject:* Re: [TalentSignal] proposal for Job Start Date
>
> I've never seen it?  Not common.
>
> Merrilea
>
> On 5/3/2019 1:06 PM, Phil Barker wrote:
>
>     Just thinking some more about this: Is there any case for allowing
>     a range of dates? Are there examples of job being advertised to
>     start between "now and three weeks time" or "after 1 June but
>     before 15 June"?
>
>     Phil
>
>     On 02/05/2019 16:02, Phil Barker wrote:
>
>         Hello all, the second relatively simple issue that we
>         prioritized, is that currently schema.org/JobPosting has no
>         way to specify the expected start date for the job being
>         advertised.
>
>         A simple way to fix this
>         <https://www.w3.org/community/talent-signal/wiki/Provide_start_date_for_job>
>         is a new property of JobPosting:
>
>         *jobStartDate*
>
>             *Definition: *The date on which a successful applicant for
>             this job would be expected to start work. Text values such
>             as "Immediately" or "As soon as possible" may be used when
>             a specific date is not appropriate.
>
>             *Expected type:* ISO 8601 Date <https://schema.org/Date>
>             or Text <https://schema.org/Text>
>
>         Please let me know if you wish to improve on this or have an
>         alternative suggestion. In particular, is a text value to
>         indicate an immediate start sufficient, or should this be
>         handled more explicitly, for example as a separate property?
>
>         On that question, my own view (as exemplified in the proposal)
>         is that, while an explicit indicator for immediate start may
>         be useful for internal systems, a text value is adequate for
>         advertising this on the web. If experience and demand show
>         that this approach is not adequate, we would have evidence to
>         provide to schema.org for a separate, explicit property.
>
>         Regards, Phil.
>
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