Meeting 2017 05 31

Meeting: Wed 31 May, 08:00 UTC (See other locations)

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Present:

Martin: Andy and I had an informal meeting yesterday, to discuss the work. Some proposals I’m adding to the docs.
… [Explaining the work done]
… I’m in conversations with the schema.org group to propose an extension of schema.org for athletics. The common feeling is that athletics is not important for everyone, but I can extract some common aspects from our model with application to the rest of sports (i.e., Athlete or SportsCompetition).
… In contact also with IPTC SportsML (yesterday I had a meeting with them)
… I’ve started with the vocabulary, looking for the right properties and classes. Taking them from existing vocabularies.
Andy: [Explaining his work up to date]
Andy: Defining the DB tables for our entry and competition management system
… All compatible
… Complex and generic competition
… What we are using in our model is more concrete.
… All seems to be compatible but terms are different.
… [Explained the DB model they are developing]
… [Andy shows the OpenTrack entry system]
… [Information about statistics]
Martin: The OpenTrack model should be compatible with your representation. It should be as generic to fit reality in Athletics.
… I’ll continue with the open issues and refining the model.

Martin: Firstly I’ll be focused on competition and results. Also we will be able to add more features to competitions (for instance, roles involved in competitions).
Andy: Peter Crawshaw is an England Athletics Official that could help us to model all people inside competition (officials, timers,…)
… EA should have roles well defined.
Nicholas: We, EA, use the same terminology that IAAF uses.
Martin: https://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=89ed4cba-6b5e-49fe-a43e-9f5487b77a84.pdf&urlslug=IAAF%20Competition%20Rules%202016-2017%2C%20in%20force%20from%201%20November%202015%20(Chapter%203%20%E2%80%93%20Anti-Doping%20Rules%20of%20this%20edition%20of%20the%20rule%20book%20are%20no%20longer%20in%20force), the document with rules, including main roles.
Martin:
Andy: Also we want to be pragmatic and include other people (roles) involved in the real competition.

Andy: I had a meeting with Dan from England Athletics, responsible for data protection. He is responsible now for communications and he is really glad to join us.