[TalentSignal] Progress update, next steps

Hello all, some updates on progress with suggesting properties to 
schema.org and next steps

*1.* A draft for the next version of schema.org 
<https://webschemas.org/docs/releases.html> (v4, new numbering system) 
[1] is being reviewed with the intention of a release in mid-October.

This draft includes our totalJobOpenings 
<https://webschemas.org/totalJobOpenings> and employmentUnit 
<https://webschemas.org/employmentUnit> properties.

It also includes new terms for EducationalOccupationalProgram 
<https://webschemas.org/EducationalOccupationalProgram> and 
WorkBasedProgram <https://webschemas.org/WorkBasedProgram> which may be 
tangentially interesting to this group.

See https://webschemas.org/docs/releases.html for more (this is staging 
site for schema.org drafts)

*2. *I have proposed 
<https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues/2322> to schema.org the 
changes that came from our discussion on referring skills requirements 
to competency definitions 
<https://www.w3.org/community/talent-signal/wiki/Referring_skills_requirements_to_competency_definitions>. 
The proposal was too late for the current draft release but the next 
release should not be too long in coming.

*3.* Discussions have continued on the issues around competences and 
credentials that my posting of a domain sketch prompted. I'll summarize 
what I think the conclusions are for this group separately. I'll send 
this next week.

*4.* I think we can proceed to the next to the next topic for 
consideration. I suggest we discuss the requirements of several distinct 
types other than competencies & credentials: citizenship, physical, 
security, sensory. If no one have a more pressing issue, I'll kick this 
off next week.

Finally, I will be in DC for the USCCF Talent Forward 
<https://www.uschamberfoundation.org/event/TalentForward2019> conference 
on the 24 October, I would love to meet you there. If you are attending, 
keep an eye open for a jet-lagged Brit and say hi.

Phil



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