Re: feedback on some Action subtypes

I wanted to also spark some imagination of Action-able subtypes and thought
that my recent G+ comment to +JarnovanDriel might help others think Outside
the Inbox...

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It's about .... YOUR USERS ... and giving them relevant answers to their
questions.  The answers can be front-facing anything...inside, a game, an
app, a website, a kiosk, etc, and yes... Actions in the Inbox between your
users and your organization or company.

Think about having a conversation with your users back and forth and
allowing them to DO STUFF through that conversation.  It is no longer
needed to be on a phone call and the conversation can be shared optionally
through different forms of media and devices or notification systems... now
increasingly mobile or wristwatch or Google Glass).

Just like Google Now and Gmail can surface answers to their users
questions, so can you provide your users with answers to :

"When is our Online Meeting again ?" ACTION: EventReservation
"Did I get a response yet to my support question to your company ?  Where
is it ?" ACTION: TrackAction
"Did I get my original receipt yet ?  I did !  Now I need to SUBMIT my
rebate coupon along with it back to your company.  Because I could really
use that $50 now !"  ACTION: Submit Rebate Coupon  (a Mini Order in
disguise that has a $ 0.00 price)
"Did I reach my reward peak yet ?  Or is it soon to expire ?"  ACTION:
Check My Points (a specific Check Status or EventReservation reminder)
"What is my highest score so far ? and how do I compare to my friends ?"
ACTION: Check My Score (a specific Check Status)
"Did I get approved yet ?" ACTION: Check Approval (a specific Check Status)
"Did I get accepted yet ?" ACTION: Check Acceptance (a specific Check
Status)

Think OUTSIDE the Inbox, if need be, for your conversation with your users.

And then the Inbox (or app or game, whatever) will automatically pick up
and understand the conversation that you have structured, if you follow
Schema.org Actions schema.
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On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 11:08 AM, ☮ elf Pavlik ☮ <
perpetual-tripper@wwelves.org> wrote:

> Please let me know if i can find better channel then this list to share
> such feedback!
>
> * http://schema.org/JoinAction
> ** Parent type Action already has property *object* used in JoinAction
> examples with SportsTeam, MusicGroup and TheatreGroup. I don't understand
> why we make *Event* a special case and use *event* property instead of
> generic *object*.
>
> * http://schema.org/CheckInAction
> ** If I check in to a Place or Event they already might have *location*. I
> would find very useful suggestions, from people who implemented such cases,
> if they simply copy object.location into location?
> ** Example "John checked in at Yandex" links to Place using *location*
> property. I have impression that some implementations might use generic
> *object* property instead. How about convention: "Use location for actions
> only if different then object"?
> ** Example uses not existing object - type *Flight*
> ** Looking at properties from CommunicateAction I have impression that
> CheckInAction doesn't fit as its sub type.
>
> * http://schema.org/PhotographAction
> ** Example "John took a photo of Steve." puts ImageObject as *object*
> property where *result* property seems to fit more to link Image, while
> Steve would fit as *object*?
>
> * http://schema.org/CommentAction
> ** Example "John commented on a blog post.", object=UserComment &
> about="ScholarlyArticle". My first thought led in direction
> object=ScholaryArticle & result="UserComment"... (result explained with:
> e.g. John wrote *a book*.) I don't argue that we should model it the second
> way, but maybe provide links to strong reasoning why preference of one way
> over another! (similar to previous example of PhotographAction)
>
> * http://schema.org/SubscribeAction
> ** missing UnSubscribeAction ? (eg. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/
> Public/public-vocabs/2013Nov/0176.html)
>
> * http://schema.org/FollowAction
> ** missing UnFollowAction ? (i do it very often during online activities!
> twitter etc.)
>
> * http://schema.org/BefriendAction
> ** missing UnFriendAction ? (sad but happens ;)
>
> * http://schema.org/MarryAction
> ** missing DivorceAction ? :D
>
> I plan to look on other actions in near future. Once again, if you can
> think of better way for me to provide feedback, please let me know!
>
>


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