RE: [SKOS] SKOS-XL & label relations

Hi Alistair,

I had a look @ both the SKOS Reference [1] and the SKOS XL document [2].
I was wondering why we needed to create xl:prefLabel, xl:altLabel and
xl:hiddenLabel? 

I see that the range for these is xl:Label which uses xl:literalForm to
give the literal form. However, the range of xl:literalForm is the class
of RDF plain literals, which is exactly the same as the range of
skos:prefLabel, skos:altLabel and skos:hiddenLabel. Is this not
duplicating properties?

Cheers,

Quentin

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/
[2] http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/SKOS/xl/20080414


-----Original Message-----
From: public-swd-wg-request@w3.org [mailto:public-swd-wg-request@w3.org]
On Behalf Of Alistair Miles
Sent: 14 April 2008 17:14
To: 'SWD WG'
Subject: [SKOS] SKOS-XL & label relations


Hi all,

Considering Antoine's comments at [1], it seems there are three
alternate
patterns for representing relations between lexical entities. Here, I
call
these three patterns "n-ary literal relations", "binary (XL) label
relations" and "n-ary (XL) label relations". Currently, the SKOS
Reference
provides support for the first, my original "XL" sketch [2] supported
the
third, and nothing supported the second.

Given the amount of implementation experience, it is difficult to make
any
judgments about which of these three patterns is "best". Most likely,
each
pattern will be suited to different situations, and there may be a need
for
all three. I had a chat with Sean about this this morning, and he felt
the
same way. 

So I can see two options open to the WG.

OPTION 1 - Move all support for relations between lexical entitites
*out* of
the SKOS Reference. (If time, publish a note illustrating three
alternative
patterns with some vocabulary.)

OPTION 2 - Leave the current SKOS Reference features in place. (If time,
publish a note illustrating the two remaining patterns with some
vocabulary.)

I had originally favoured option 2, however I am beginning to see that
to
favour any one pattern by placing it in the SKOS Reference does not
accurately reflect the state of standardisation and consensus.

If we chose option 1, we could then consider publishing a note on the
three
design patterns. For illustration, I've sketched the outline of such a
note
at:

[3] <http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/SKOS/xl/20080414>

Best wishes,

Alistair.

[1]
<http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swd-wg/2008Apr/0041.html>
[2] <http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/wiki/SkosDesign/SKOS-XL>

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