- From: Antoine Isaac <aisaac@few.vu.nl>
- Date: Tue, 03 May 2011 10:17:08 +0200
- To: public-lld@w3.org
On 4/28/11 11:51 AM, Svensson, Lars wrote: > Ed wrote: >> >> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Thomas Baker<tbaker@tbaker.de> > wrote: >>> I think we're agreeing that "assigning URIs" is a key point >>> but that for the sake of readers we need to distinguish "URIs >>> for properties and classes" from "URIs for dataset items >>> (instances)". >> >> Nicely put Tom. I second Jeff's recommendation to at least reference >> ABox and TBox to ground the more library friendly definitions wherever >> that may happen: glossary, etc. > > Yes, and as I see it, the focus in "assigning URIs" should be on > "dataset items (instances)". Yes, we have to be careful not to let the technical terms bias the debate too much, or we'll end up with recommendations that make no sense to library people ;-) Note that we can still mention the A-Box/T-Box aspect in our terminology effort [1], so that, as Jeff and Ed advocate, it can be "grounded" in more formal terms. I'd suggest (and volunteer) to adapt [1] so as to reflectthat: - "datasets" are A-boxes - "metadata element sets" are T-boxes, - "value vocabularies" can be considered as A-boxes most of the time (some value vocabularies may be represented as SKOS concepts and/or hierarchies of classes/properties, like MARC relators) Otherwise, I agree with saying that libraries with specific linked data projects should focus on datasets. That being said, I would put in the recommendations that some libraries or library organizations should play a leading role organizing the metadata element set space. I don't think that it deviates much from the current organization, by the way--think of the Library of Congress. It's just about warning that the old roles still apply, even if the technology is changing. One change may be in the way this is done, though: libraries involved in element set work should probably work in a more cross-domain environments, as modelling is more about networking: universities, W3C, publishers, DCMI and other organizations are partners that come to mind... Sorry to add another mail to that thread--I just hope it makes sense... Antoine [1] http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/wiki/Library_terminology_informally_explained#Definitions
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