A proposal for two new types: Guide & Recommendation #2405
Description
Guide, a new subtype of CreativeWork
Thing > CreativeWork > Guide
This is allow us to markup pages that are Guide pages in content, that recommend specific products or services, or aspects of a thing for a user to consider.
A Guide may represent a Buying Guide (example) and detail aspects of products or services for a user to consider.
A Guide may represent a Product Guide (example) and recommend specific products or services.
A Guide may represent a Ranked List (example) and recommend specific products or services with ranks.
Relevant existing properties most likely to be used with Guide:
about
What this guide is about across all of its reviews/recommendations - hiking boots, TVs, etc.
hasPart
hasPart would contain multiple Reviews or Recommendations that are part of this guide.
reviewAspect
(Add this property to Guide and propose expanding the expected types of reviewAspect to include PropertyValue as well as the existing Text)
A common aspect shared across all sub-Reviews and Recommendations. For example: all recommendations (“Budget Pick”, “Top Pick”, “Best Value” ), all look at “price” and “quality” as aspects of the review.
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Recommendation, a subtype of Review
Thing > CreativeWork > Review > Recommendation
Recommendations are Reviews that suggest or propose something as the best option or best course of action.
Recommendations may be for products or services, or other concrete things, as in the case of a ranked list or product guide. A Guide may list multiple recommendations for different categories. For example, in a Guide about which TVs to buy, the author may have several Recommendations.
Relevant existing properties:
category
Each Recommendation may set the category property to be the type of Recommendation—for example ““Best Value”, “Budget Pick”, “Best for Families”, “Best for 2019”.