Re: Visa Resource Center Schema

Yikes!

DanBri - Can we make this easier in the future somehow for folks ?

Thad
+ThadGuidry <https://www.google.com/+ThadGuidry>

On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Alex M <tech.guy415@gmail.com> wrote:

> I wish plural would be easier ... well, it may not be what you expect, but
> this validates:
>
> <script type="application/ld+json">
> {
>   "@context":"http://schema.org",
>   "@type":"TravelAction",
>   "fromLocation": "USA",
>   "toLocation": "Costa Rica",
>   "name": "Travel from USA to Costa Rica",
>    "instrument": {
> "@type": "ItemList",
>     "numberOfItems": 3,
>     "itemListElement": [
>       {
>         "@type": "ListItem",
>         "position": 1,
>         "item": {
>           "name": "A Valid Passport"
>         }
>       },
>       {
>         "@type": "ListItem",
>         "position": 2,
>         "item": {
>           "name": "Pre-paid airline or bus ticket to exit Costa Rica"
>         }
>       },
>       {
>         "@type": "ListItem",
>         "position": 3,
>         "item": {
>           "name": "$100.00US dollars per every 30 calendar days you plan
> to stay in Costa Rica"
>         }
>     }
> ]},
>     "distance":"2000 miles"
>         }
>         }
> </script>
>
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Thad Guidry <thadguidry@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> oh boy... ok...your thinking much later...
>> Let's start simple and work outwards and upwards from there....
>>
>> <script type="application/ld+json">
>> {
>>   "@context":"http://schema.org",
>>   "@type":"TravelAction",
>>   "fromLocation": "USA",
>>   "toLocation": "Costa Rica",
>>   "name": "Travel from USA to Costa Rica",
>>    "instrument": {"name": "A Valid Passport"},
>>     "distance":"2000 miles"
>>         }
>> </script>
>>
>>
>> Thad
>> +ThadGuidry <https://www.google.com/+ThadGuidry>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Alex M <tech.guy415@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Here is my first attempt to do it on a JSON TD style, but very simple
>>> and basic.  I am getting three errors and perhaps it is that I do not quite
>>> understand how to extend one schema to the other.  Any help is welcome.  I
>>> get three errors.
>>>
>>> <script type="application/ld+json">
>>> {
>>>   "@context":"http://schema.org",
>>>   "@type":"TravelAction",
>>>   "fromLocation": "USA",
>>>   "toLocation": "Costa Rica",
>>>
>>>   #ERROR //Thing is not a known valid target type for the name property.
>>> You can see here that THING has NAME http://schema.org/Thing
>>>
>>>   "name": {
>>>   "@type":"Thing",
>>> #ERROR//The property about is not recognized by Google for an object of
>>> type Thing.
>>> YOu can see here that THING has ABOUT http://schema.org/Thing
>>>       "about":"Costa Rica Required Entry and Transit Documents"
>>>       },
>>>     #ERROR  //The property itemListElement is not recognized by Google
>>> for an object of type TravelAction.
>>> This should be from THING so it is probably my syntax.
>>>
>>>    "itemListElement":
>>>   [
>>>   {
>>>    "@type": "ListItem",
>>>    "position": 1,
>>>   "item":
>>>    {
>>>     "name": "A Valid Passport"
>>>     },
>>>     "@type": "ListItem",
>>>    "position": 2,
>>>   "item":
>>>    {
>>>     "name": "Pre-paid airline or bus ticket to exit Costa Rica"
>>>     },
>>>     "@type": "ListItem",
>>>    "position": 3,
>>>   "item":
>>>    {
>>>     "name": "$100.00US dollars per every 30 calendar days you plan to
>>> stay in Costa Rica"
>>>     }
>>>     }
>>>     ]
>>>     }
>>>
>>> </script>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Thad Guidry <thadguidry@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ooops typo !  this is better :
>>>> http://www.w3.org/TR/json-ld/#embedding-json-ld-in-html-documents
>>>>
>>>> Thad
>>>> +ThadGuidry <https://www.google.com/+ThadGuidry>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Thad Guidry <thadguidry@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The answer is easy !  Just spend 3 hours reading the full official
>>>>> documentation thus far !
>>>>>
>>>>> Or skip directly to the answers your looking for provided by me:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.w3.org/TR/json-ld/#interpreting-json-as-json-ld
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.w3.org/TR/json-ld/#embedding-json-ld-in-htmls-documents
>>>>>
>>>>> As well as visiting the awesomeness that is:
>>>>> http://json-ld.org/learn.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thad
>>>>> +ThadGuidry <https://www.google.com/+ThadGuidry>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 4:25 PM, Alex M <tech.guy415@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Is the script placed inside the <head> tag or before the </body>?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 3:21 PM, Thad Guidry <thadguidry@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> JSON_LD is a preference (whenever you can accomplish that.) :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thad
>>>>>>> +ThadGuidry <https://www.google.com/+ThadGuidry>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 4:20 PM, Alex M <tech.guy415@gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is it better to do this on the HTML mark up or on JSON-LD?  Does it
>>>>>>>> fulfill the same purpose or for search engines is better the HTML markup?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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