Re: Candidate schema.org 1.0g release: Reservations, Questions/Answers, EmailMessage

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On 25 Mar 2014, at 11:47, Kevin Polley <kevin.polley@mutualadvantage.co.uk> wrote:

> +1 "LegalService"
> 
> In addition to the legal distinction between solicitors and barristers in
> the UK this would allow for the numerous types of judges that sit in
> different courts and tribunals.
> 
> best,
> Kevin
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Regarding the aim for neutral or US-EN spelling, I see at least one case
>> where this impetuous has actually influenced the actually framing of a
>> schema:
>> 
>> http://schema.org/Attorney
>> 
>> Among the many problems with this designation is the fact that in Great
>> Britain only a solicitor may be an attorney, meaning that this type does
>> not encompass barristers.
>> 
>> "Lawyer" is a much better catch-all term for the professional who may give
>> legal advice, aid and represent clients at course.  Or, along the line of
>> "AccountingService" the more generalized "LegalService" or "LawOffice" or
>> similar term may be more globally applicable.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Dan Brickley <danbri@google.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 13 March 2014 16:44, Dan Brickley <danbri@google.com> wrote:
>>>> I've made a test build of a 1.0g release, at
>>> http://sdopending.appspot.com/
>>> 
>>> I've updated the test build (aiming to go live this week):
>>> 
>>> a) we're calling it 1.1 now. The naming scheme was becoming silly! (I
>>> was holding '1.0 proper' back for Actions, but there are plenty of
>>> numbers left for that).
>>> 
>>> b) http://sdopending.appspot.com/Question now has an example, thanks
>>> to Stephane. I've taken out any user content and names...
>>> 
>>> c) thanks re focussed; it wasn't intentionally British English.
>>> Generally we aim for neutral or US-EN. Will leave it for now.
>>> 
>>> And as mentioned in another thread, I should've pointed out that
>>> 'comment' can now take 'Comment' as value, alongside the earlier
>>> UserComments type.
>>> 
>>> Dan
>>> 
>>>> Draft release notes:
>>>> 
>>>> """1.) This release of schema.org adds a finalized Reservations
>>>> schema, which refines earlier proposals discussed in the Web Schemas
>>>> community over the last year. See wiki
>>>> <https://www.w3.org/wiki/WebSchemas/ReservationsSchema> for details
>>>> [todo].
>>>> 
>>>> The Reservations vocabulary includes:
>>>> 
>>>> Reservation, ReservationPackage, ReservationStatusType, Ticket,
>>>> Flight, EventReservation, FlightReservation, TrainReservation,
>>>> BusReservation, TaxiReservation,  LodgingReservation,
>>>> RentalCarReservation, ProgramMembership, Seat, Vehicle, Airline,
>>>> FoodEstablishmentReservation, TrainTrip, Car, BusTrip, Taxi.
>>>> 
>>>> See http://sdopending.appspot.com/Reservation and nearby.
>>>> I
>>>> 2.) QA sites
>>>> 
>>>> A simple vocabulary for Question/Answer and FAQ sites. It adds types
>>>> for Question, Answer, and QAPage.
>>>> 
>>>> * http://sdopending.appspot.com/Question
>>>> * http://sdopending.appspot.com/Answer
>>>> * http://sdopending.appspot.com/QAPage
>>>> 
>>>> 3.) EmailMessage
>>>> 
>>>> * http://sdopending.appspot.com/EmailMessage
>>>> 
>>>> We add a type EmailMessage, analogous to the existing WebPage type."""
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks to everyone who has contributed, in particular Stéphane
>>>> Corlosquet who has been a major contributor to the QA schema work.
>>>> 
>>>> As with the last release I'm circulating a test build here in the hope
>>>> (a) that there are no bugs (b) if there are, folks here will catch
>>>> them before we go live with the changes. There are a few other small
>>>> details to take care of too, including example(s) for QA, and
>>>> publishing information on the changes in the Reservation schema since
>>>> it was first proposed.
>>>> 
>>>> cheers,
>>>> 
>>>> Dan
>>> 
>>> 
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