I thought this briefing paper from Phil Barker and Lorna Campbell at Cetis might be of interest
Phil describes it as follows: "“What is schema.org?”. We often find that when explaining the technology approach of LRMI [Learning Resource Metadata Initiative] we are mostly talking about schema.org, so this briefing, which describes the schema.org specification for a technical audience should be of interest to anyone thinking about implementing or using LRMI in a website or other tool. It should also be of interest to people who plan to use schema.org for describing other types of resource."
You can download the briefing from http://publications.cetis.ac.uk/2014/960
I've seen schema.org being used by some digital collections including the Wellcome library, Cambridge University Digital Library, and Duke University digital library[1], and recommended it as one approach to making resources discoverable in the recent Jisc guide[2]
I'd be very interested to hear if any museums are already using schema.org to either mark up general information (open hours, location, etc.) or their online collections.
Owen
1. http://blogs.library.duke.edu/bitstreams/2014/03/27/schema-org-and-google-for-local-discovery-some-key-takeaways/
2. http://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/make-google-searches-work-for-you#schema
Owen Stephens
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> Hello all.
> I hope you don't mind me using this list to advertise a briefing paper which aims to describe schema.org. I also invite comments and discussion on how it might be improved in future revisions.
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> As part of our work for Creative Commons on managing the Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI), Cetis today publish a new technical briefing paper “What is schema.org?”.
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> We often find that when explaining the technology approach of LRMI we are mostly talking about schema.org, so this briefing, which describes the schema.org specification for a technical audience should be of interest to anyone thinking about implementing or using LRMI in a website or other tool. It should also be of interest to people who plan to use schema.org for describing other types of resource.
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> You can download the briefing from http://publications.cetis.ac.uk/2014/960
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> Best regards, Phil
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