Re: Semantically marking up a "checklist" or process

I prefer option 1 (modifying ItemListElement to allow for a structured
value).

A rank property in Thing lacks context. (Rank relative to what?) The
ambiguity is an invitation for many localized interpretations.

Vicki



Vicki Tardif Holland | Metadata Analyst | vtardif@google.com | 978-613-9630



On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Justin Boyan <jaboyan@google.com> wrote:

> The current proposal is ambiguous about whether the ListItem is the item
> itself, or whether the ListItem.represents is the item. Here are two
> options which I think would be clearer:
>
> Option 1. Make the range of itemListElement be Thing.  Create a new
> StructuredValue called NumberedItem which pairs a Number and a Thing.
>
> With this schema, representing a list without numbers can be done with a
> flat model:
>
> { "@context" : "http://schema.org",
>   "@type" : "ItemList",
>   "itemListElement" : [ {"@type" : "Movie", "name" : "Jaws"}, {"@type" :
> "Movie", "name" : "Bulworth"} ] }
>
> And the extra hierarchy only comes into play when numbers are required:
>
> { "@context" : "http://schema.org",
>   "@type" : "ItemList",
>   "itemListElement" : [ {"@type" : "NumberedItem", "number" : 1, "item" :
> {"@type" : "Movie", "name" : "Jaws"}},
>                         {"@type" : "NumberedItem", "number" : 2, "item" :
> {"@type" : "Movie", "name" : Bulworth"}} ] }
>
>
> Option 2. Add a new property for the item position directly to
> schema.org/Thing. Call it, say, "rank" -- maybe it finds some other
> general applications besides item lists.
>
> { "@context" : "http://schema.org",
>   "@type" : "ItemList",
>   "itemListElement" : [{"@type" : "Movie", "rank" : 1, "name" : "Jaws"},
> {"@type" : "Movie", "rank": 2, "name" : "Bulworth"}] }
>
>
> What do you think? I think I prefer Option 1.
>
> Justin
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Martin Hepp <
> martin.hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org> wrote:
>
>> >
>> > My question was about *numbered* unstructured steps... which I think is
>> actually the use case that started the thread.
>> >
>> Then I ListItem.name should do the trick.
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > Martin
>> >
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