Re: VideoGame proposal

+1 to Thad and Vicki's observations on a general series - notwithstanding
the fact that in retrospect schema.org/Series was too specifically
conceived of as pertaining to a TV or radio series, and leaving us with the
legacy issues inherent in same.

So having said that, as much as it may not be desirable to create a type
for each new domain, IMO one can't adequately describe a contemporary video
game without referencing to the series to which it belongs (when, of
course, it is part of a series).  That is, the solution to the conundrum
may be a domain-specific type even if it's sub-optimal, or it may be a
rejigging of schema.org/Series even it that's onerous - but it shouldn't be
punting on having a mechanism to straightforwardly declare a video game
series because it's inconvenient.  As much as TVSeries and RadioSeries may
have found a better home under a more generic Series type there's a reason
why TVSeries and RadioSeries are there:  you need them to talk about TV
shows and radio shows.

I don't think ItemList is appropriate for a number of reasons, first among
them being that a list implies requires multiple items in the series to be
a series, whereas a TV series or radio series or video game series may be a
standalone entity.

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Martin Hepp <martin.hepp@unibw.de> wrote:

> What about simply using ItemList for a series of entities?
> Martin
>
>
> On 16 Oct 2014, at 00:09, Thad Guidry <thadguidry@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes Vicki
> >
> > (only if you make it generic enough),
> >
> > The common Entertainment domains, like those you listed, probably
> > could all re-use a generic Series type.
> >
> > After Entertainment, the other kinds of Series, that I can think of,
> > happen in the Scientific, Manufacturing, and Architectural domains
> > primarily and may not be of a category against something that is
> > Creative (that usually has a Creator attached), but more dry like a
> > SeriesClass or SeriesGroup or ProductLine/Series (where there is
> > usually NOT a Creator as a person, but still might have a Creator that
> > is an organization, a Creator none-the-less).
> >
> > Make it generic enough and it should be able to deal with:
> >
> > A Book Series,
> > A Video Game Series,
> > A TV Series,
> > A Radio Series,
> > A Manufacturing Product Line (Also known as a Manufacturing Series):
> > http://www.colt.com/Catalog/Rifles/LE6920Series.aspx
> > etc.
> >
> > Agreed.
> >
> > --
> > -Thad
> > +ThadGuidry
> > Thad on LinkedIn
> >
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