Re: FW: [Proposal][SKOS-Core] skos:denotes

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<350DC7048372D31197F200902773DF4C05E50C68@exchange11.rl.ac.uk> on Mon, 4 
Oct 2004, "Miles, AJ (Alistair)" <A.J.Miles@rl.ac.uk> wrote
>I think 'skos:subject' fits better with the other proposed properties 
>'skos:isSubjectOf', 'skos:primarySubject' and 
>'skos:isPrimarySubjectOf'.
>
>(i.e. usage: 'concept X skos:isSubjectOf document d' ... which would be 
>the inverse of 'document d skos:subject concept X')
>
Yes, I think that would be satisfactory.

>Additionally, this seems preferable to me, because the *meaning* of an 
>indexing assignment is represented ... i.e. we can differentiate 
>between different *types* of indexing e.g. traditional subject-based 
>indexing of documents (for which 'skos:subject' is appropriate) versus 
>typological categorisation of museum objects (for which presumably 
>you'd want to use a different property).

Yes, it is desirable to have a means of distinguishing what a resource 
_is_ from what a resource is _about_.  It's not just museum objects; you 
should be able to distinguish between the format of any resource and its 
content, e.g. resource a  is a video tape about teapots, while resource 
b is a book about video tapes.

A further complication which you may already have an answer for, or may 
not wish to address at the moment, is the issue of representations and 
images. If you have a teapot with a picture of a ship on it, do you say 
that "ships" is the subject of the teapot? It is probably preferable to 
treat the image and the carrier as two separate resources, and have a 
way of showing how they are related. This is particularly the case when 
the image is one that may be reproduced in various different places and 
formats. (This issue has been explored in some depth in the case of 
textual works, which can be published in many different formats and 
editions.)

Leonard


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