Re: Collection / Container / List (+Pagination)

In the notion of the underlying GoodRelations model, a product can be any tangible or intangible entitity on which some rights can be offered to transfer, for free or any compensation, e.g. monetary amounts, bundles of rights on other objects (as in barter trade), or even vague promises like "good karma".

So yes, a product is essentially a role that a thing can take in an offer, but offer is meant much broader than in traditional e-commerce settings.

But still I would not put container or anything else that is not rigidly bound to the product role as a subtype of product. Rather put is somewhere else in the hierarchy and use multi-typed entities.

By the way, I have on my long agenda plans for better support for a) configurable products and variants and b) shopping baskets / detailed wishlists

Note that bundles are already supported in offers via schema:includesObject and schema:TypeAndQuantityNode. I think that for containers and shopping baskets, we should try to reuses schema:TypeAndQuantityNode and reuse/extend schema:ItemList.


Martin

PS: Attached is an example of modeling bundles in offers.


<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Offer" itemid="#offer" >
  <span itemprop="name">Special offer: 1 cellphone + 2 travel chargers</span>
  <link itemprop="http://schema.org/businessFunction" 
        href="http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#Sell" />
  <div itemprop="http://schema.org/includesObject" itemref="p1"></div
  <div itemprop="http://schema.org/includesObject" itemref="p2"></div
<div>

<div id="p1" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/TypeAndQuantityNode">
  <meta itemprop="amountOfThisGood" content="1">
  <meta itemprop="unitCode" content="C62">
  <div itemprop="typeOfGood" 
       itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Product" itemid="#cellphone">
    <span itemprop="name">ACME Cellphone BulkyTalky</span>
    EAN: <span itemprop="http://schema.org/gtin13">1234567890123</span>
  </div>
</div
<div id="p2" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/TypeAndQuantityNode">
  <meta itemprop="amountOfThisGood" content="2">
  <meta itemprop="unitCode" content="C62">
  <div itemprop="typeOfGood" 
       itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Product" itemid="#charger">
    <span itemprop="name">ACME Travelcharger</span>
    EAN: <span itemprop="http://schema.org/gtin13">2345678901234</span>
  </div>
</div>


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On 06 Mar 2015, at 17:52, Wallis,Richard <Richard.Wallis@oclc.org> wrote:

> 
> My understanding of Product, within the context of schema.org, is broader than that.  Something that is result of an action or process.  Not necessarily having an economic role.
> 
> Pushing that definition to an extreme I would suggest that a lump of rock is a product - maybe the result of a geological process, or divine intervention.   
> 
> The Container subtypes I suggest are all physical items, that a person/organisation would/could have purchased or produced to put things in.  Pushing to the other extreme someone or a software application would make a directory/folder to place files within.
> 
> Perhaps a slight rewording of the description of Product might help, if folks agree with my understanding that is ;-)
> 
> ~Richard
> 
> On 6 Mar 2015, at 16:25, ☮ elf Pavlik ☮ <perpetual-tripper@wwelves.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>> Hi Richard,
>> 
>> On 03/06/2015 04:47 PM, Wallis,Richard wrote:
>>> New types:
>>> 
>>>    *   Container  - a subType of Product
>> To my understanding it means:
>> "Every instance of a Container is also an instance of a Product"
>> 
>> I really don't understand where this comes from?!
>> 
>> http://schema.org/Product
>> "Any offered product or service. For example: a pair of shoes; a concert
>> ticket; the rental of a car; a haircut; or an episode of a TV show
>> streamed online."
>> 
>> Which sounds to me like something having clear economic (or e-commerce)
>> role. Which I don't think includes all the possible instances of Container.
>> 
>> Thanks for clarifying little more your reasoning behind it :)
>> 
>

Received on Monday, 9 March 2015 07:01:22 UTC