- From: Dan Scott <dan@coffeecode.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 08:57:43 -0400
- To: Alf Eaton <eaton.alf@gmail.com>
- Cc: public-vocabs@w3.org
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 01:35:18PM +0100, Alf Eaton wrote: >In a discussion thread on this list a few months ago[1], there was >suggestion of adding a "score" property to Question/Answer/Comment (Q&A) >classes, alongside the existing "upvoteCount" and "downvoteCount" >properties. > >As I'm currently marking up Q&A pages that display only a score (and not >counts of individual upvotes and downvotes) [2], this would be a useful >property. Did the discussion ever turn into a full proposal? > >Thanks, >Alf > >[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-vocabs/2014Feb/0088.html >[2] https://peerj.com/questions/31-what-does-open-access-mean-to-you/ In the example from peerj, the "score" that is being displayed has nothing to do with upvotes or downvotes on the particular answer to a question; it's the number of contributions that the individual offering that answer has made to the site as a whole (the sum of activity such as authored articles, edited articles, reviews, answers, questions, and replies contributed). So I think "score" would be misleading if added to Question/Answer/Comment for this particular example, because it is attached to the person's account for that service. It seems more appropriate for a social account property. Dan
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