Re: What is schema.org? A technical briefing paper

Great stuff Phil.  Note that in two places in the PDF you describe
microdata attributes as *microformat* attributes:

"... we may insert the microformat itemscope attribute...."
"The microformat itemprop attribute is used to indicate...."


On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Simon Spero <sesuncedu@gmail.com> wrote:

> This is the first real post to public-vocabs:
>
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-vocabs/2011Sep/0001.html
> On Jun 5, 2014 3:00 PM, "Peter F. Patel-Schneider" <pfpschneider@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm not saying that you are saying anything wrong.  I was just surprised.
>> Does anyone know the actual situation?  I was unable to find any
>> announcement.
>>
>> I also note that the Infobox in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schema.org
>> lists W3C as an organizer for schema.org.  This information was
>> introduced by a Wes Turner on 27 May 2013, but there does not appear to be
>> any source for the information.
>>
>> peter
>>
>> On 06/05/2014 11:42 AM, Phil Barker wrote:
>>
>>> On 05/06/14 19:07, Peter F. Patel-Schneider wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is W3C part of the schema.org initiative?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Sorry, my mistake. It'll be fixed tomorrow.
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
>>>  peter
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 06/05/2014 08:57 AM, Phil Barker wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello all.
>>>>> I hope you don't mind me using this list to advertise a briefing paper
>>>>> which
>>>>> aims to describe schema.org. I also invite comments and discussion on
>>>>> how it
>>>>> might be improved in future revisions.
>>>>>
>>>>> As part of our work for Creative Commons on managing the Learning
>>>>> Resource
>>>>> Metadata Initiative (LRMI), Cetis today publish a new technical
>>>>> briefing paper
>>>>> “What is schema.org?”.
>>>>>
>>>>> We often find that when explaining the technology approach of LRMI we
>>>>> are
>>>>> mostly talking about schema.org, so this briefing, which describes the
>>>>> schema.org specification for a technical audience should be of
>>>>> interest to
>>>>> anyone thinking about implementing or using LRMI in a website or other
>>>>> tool.
>>>>> It should also be of interest to people who plan to use schema.org for
>>>>> describing other types of resource.
>>>>>
>>>>> You can download the briefing from http://publications.cetis.ac.
>>>>> uk/2014/960
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards, Phil
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>