Re: Distance

[Copy of reply inadvertently sent directly to Jim]

On 27 October 2011 17:43, Jim Rhyne <jrhyne@thematix.com> wrote:
> Disclosure: I am affiliated with Rob Kost. We are currently doing markup for
> some hotel sites.

> A recurring structure on “resort” hotel sites is a table showing the
> distance from the hotel to local attractions. For example, hotels in Orlando
> often show distance to Disneyland, Wet ‘n Wild, and so forth.

> We also had to invent some new properties:

> “distanceTo” is a new property of Place with a target type of PathDistance
>
> “toPlace” is a property of PathDistance with Place as a target type
>
> “toDistance” is a property of PathDistance with Distance as a target type

> There really is not an existing schema.org property that could be extended
> to define “distanceTo”. The public documentation (including this forum) does
> not seem to address the definition of new properties that extend schema.org.
> Is it conceivable that there will be an extension mechanism based on OWL’s
> notion of top object property and subproperties? Or should we think to
> create a vocabulary that defines these things and incorporates the reusable
> parts of schema.org?

This seems redundant; just publish the address and/or coordinates, and
let other - impartial - tools work out distances.

-- 
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

Received on Saturday, 29 October 2011 17:11:09 UTC