Re: Should we adopt SKOS?

Isn't that an AuthoritativeThing, or an AuthorisedThing, rather than an 
Authority?

Barry


On 09/01/2013 23:24, Ray Denenberg wrote:
>
> Not that strange.
>
> MADS uses Authority because that's what it is, an Authority. It's 
> narrower than a Concept. It is used to refer to things are 
> "authoritative":  authoritative form for a personal name, 
> authoritative form for a  place, etc.
>
> --Ray
>
> *From:*Young,Jeff (OR) [mailto:jyoung@oclc.org]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 09, 2013 5:20 PM
> *To:* Dan Brickley; Jason Douglas
> *Cc:* W3C Web Schemas Task Force; Wallis,Richard; Jamie Taylor; Guha; 
> Thad Guidry
> *Subject:* RE: Should we adopt SKOS?
>
> In the MADS ontology, they used the term “Authority” in place of 
> “Concept”.
>
> http://www.loc.gov/standards/mads/rdf/v1.html#Authority
>
> Strange but true.
>
> Jeff
>