Re: Proposal for a Demand item type

Thank you for your feedback. This is another interesting use case for
the pairing of demand/offers.

Usually I would have started with an extension of an existing type
(using the extension mechanism) but I thought this one is so basic that
we can discuss the need of it right away.

As far as I could see this seems to be the right place for proposals
like this, so I would be happy to hear some more opinions.


Best,

Christian
> elf Pavlik <mailto:perpetual-tripper@wwelves.org>
> 6. Januar 2012 15:45
>
> hi,
>
> interesting, lately i have started this community group to work on
> topic of wishes/offers, their matching, dependencies and various
> systems to arrange transactions (including ones not based around use
> of any kind of currency)
> http://www.w3.org/community/community-io/2011/09/01/embracing-diversity/
>
> i guess demands/offers could come useful to use in there...
>
> thanks!
>
> ~ elf pavlik ~
> Christian Bäuerlein <mailto:christian.baeuerlein@googlemail.com>
> 5. Januar 2012 23:11
> Hey everyone,
>
> I was wondering why there is no complement for the Offer item type.
>
> There are a lot of platforms out there that try to connect supplies and
> demands of users (e.g. craigslist, or in my case: car pooling), but at
> the moment you can only describe the offers using schema.org items.
>
> So I propose the introduction of an item that describes a "wanted"
> thing, something a person looks for.
> I created a first draft and would like to hear your feedback. Is there a
> possibility to introduce this new type to schema.org?
>
> You can see my example here:
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1523969/microdata/Demand.html
>
> Please note that I didn't create any special sub-types, but reused
> existing ones, as I want to hear your opinions first.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Christian
>