- From: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:53:03 -0500
- To: pedantic-web@googlegroups.com
- CC: Linked Data community <public-lod@w3.org>
Niklas Lindström wrote: > Hi Nathan! > > >> So let's say I run an article of content through called "Deforestation >> and Competing Water Uses" >> >> the main subjects of the article are: >> >> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Deforestation >> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Reforestation >> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Soil_conservation >> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Silt (siltation) >> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Aberdare_Range >> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Tana_River_%28Kenya%29 >> >> which is fine, they are dc:subject / foaf:topic etc >> > > Sounds good. > > >> but then the article is under the general topics of: >> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Adaptation_to_global_warming >> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Kenya >> >> and it mentions: >> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Sustainable_forest_management >> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Afforestation >> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Hydropower >> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Municipal_water_supply >> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Life_span >> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Soil >> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Forestry >> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Plant >> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Reservoir >> >> From the aspect of the seeker, these "mentions" are invaluable - if I >> was doing a report on issues affection reservoirs in kenya, then this >> data is most valuable and thus related. >> >> so, which ontology is most suited for this case of "mentions"? it's not >> a subject or a tag, and don't want to identify the data as such as that >> is misleading and could be easily misrepresented within UIs if it were. >> > > How about dct:references <http://purl.org/dc/terms/references>? > Defined as "A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise > pointed to by the described resource.", I figure it is about as > generic as any "unlabelled" hypertext link. > > Best regards, > Niklas > > Ah! yes, that's even better that my sioc:links_to and foaf:topic suggestions :-) -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen President & CEO OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com
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