Re: DBpedia to OBO mapping: did someone already work on it?

Michel_Dumontier wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: public-semweb-lifesci-request@w3.org [mailto:public-semweb-
>> lifesci-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Kei Cheung
>> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 1:52 PM
>> To: Matthias Samwald
>> Cc: public-semweb-lifesci
>> Subject: Re: DBpedia to OBO mapping: did someone already work on it?
>>
>> Matthias,
>>
>> In DBPedia, the following pages describe 2 brain regions
>>     
> (Telencephalon
>   
>> and Cerebrum):
>>
>> http://dbpedia.org/resource/Telencephalon
>> http://dbpedia.org/page/Cerebrum
>>
>> NIFSTD is listed as one of the neuroscience ontologies through
>> BioPortal, its description of cerebrum is available at:
>>
>> http://bioportal.bioontology.org/visualize/39595/p15:birnlex_1042
>>
>> If you read the editorial note (written by Bill Bug), it says:
>>
>> "It isn't clear all would agree Cerebrum and Telencephalon are
>> equivalent."
>>
>> Should we use "sameAs" or something else?
>>     
>
> If the two are not equivalent, then you need something else. See if any
> of the SKOS: predicates fit:
>
>  http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/
>
>
> -=Michel=-
>
>   

Thanks for the pointer, Michel. I will go through SKOS to see if there 
is anything that is appropriate for describing the relationship between 
Telecephalon and Cerebrum probably in consultation with neuroscientists.

-Kei