Re: CreativeWork can't be a Product?

Karen,
On Oct 8, 2013, at 3:54 PM, Karen Coyle wrote:

> Martin, that wasn't a criticism.
I did not take it as such ;-)

> I really do mean that the lack of properties had led me to think of additionalType as significantly different to multiple schema types. Since schema uses a single namespace, it makes sense to me that additionalType would allow references to non-schema types, while one would use multiple schema types in a type declaration.
> 
> So, have we concluded that additionalType refers to classes external to schema?
> 
Yes, since for additional classes from the same vocabulary, one can use the native mechanisms for multiple classes in both RDFa and Microdata.

We should stress, though, that there is formally no difference between additionalType and the primary type, except for in Microdata syntax, where the type in itemtype determines the properties that can be used. It may also be that clients can understand a type only when it is the main type.

Martin

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