venue category
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A venue category is a label and or icon (or emoji) indicating the type of a venue, usually from an explicit taxonomy of categories, sometimes a primary category among several categories.
Why
If you publish venues either individually or in a list on your site for others to discover and use, by explicitly indicating the category or primary category and secondary categories of a venue, you make it easier for readers to scan for and look for the specific types of venues based on the what they are trying o accomplist.
How to
How to publish
Publish the category or categories of a venue near the name of the venue, perhaps with an optional emoji instead of the name of the category.
How to pick emojis
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You can pick one (or more) emojis to represent the category of a venue or primary category if it has many. Here are emojis and venue categories in use by existing IndieWeb venue lists.
- ☕️ coffee places
- 🍕 pizza place
- 🍩 donut shop
- 🍜 ramen or noodle restaurant
- ...
IndieWeb Examples
gRegor Morrill has posted lists of venue recommendations since 2024-12-08:
- Add yourself here… (see this for more details)
Silo Examples
Dopplr
Dopplr had three very coarse categories of venues:
- eat
- stay
- explore
Swarm
Swarm (and Foursquare before it) has long list of categories
- 10 high-level categories:
- Arts and Entertainment
- Business and Professional Services
- Community and Government
- Dining and Drinking
- Event
- Health and Medicine
- Landmarks and Outdoors
- Retail
- Sports and Recreation
- Travel and Transportation
- 100 "Collectible" categories, e.g. alphabetically
- Airport, American-Restaurant, Amusement Park, Arcade, ..., Zoo
- ... or "most checked in to", e.g.:
- Coffee Shop, Airport, Food and Beverage Retail, Deli, Cafe, Bar, Park, …
- 1233 total (All Categories)
Brainstorming
Tantek Çelik has been brainstorming some more on this and related topics at:
- Add yourself here… (see this for more details)
Related Sessions
IndieWebCamp sessions related to venue categories: