Intended audience (competitors) in a competition beyond age/sex

[espinr]

As introduced in the meeting in March, we would need a mechanism to indicate who are the intended participants in a competition. This intended audience was defined as official categories based on age and sex, but a more descriptive and non-technical term (like a tag) would be more suitable for a general audience.

In terms of the vocabulary could be described with the property audience.

Athletes are used to the SEN, M35, W40 terminology, but beginners may not. So, why we don't define a qualitative taxonomy like:

• for all ages
• suitable for kids
• women-friendly race
• serious athletes
• ...

Comments?

[espinr]

I've seen in the OpenActive specification a similar way to categorize events, including general information on the intensity and suitability of sports events.

category is used for tagging the event and level should be used with a deterministic set of concepts.

{
  "name": "Tai chi Class",
  "description": "A tai chi class intended for beginners",
  "startDate": "2017-03-22T20:00:00-05:00",
  "duration": "PT60M",
  "category": [
    "Suitable For All", "Low Intensity"
  ],
  "level": [{
    "type": "Concept",
    "prefLabel": "Beginner"
  }]
}