Re: Four schema creation questions

Thanks Jeremy.

Regards
David

On Monday, November 21, 2005, at 03:05 AM, Jeremy Wong é»ƒæ³“é‡ wrote:

>
> David,
>
> I use the xml:lang attribute in my RDFResourceBundle class. I copy and 
> paste one instance of it below as your reference.
>
>
> Jeremy Wong
> --
> Miko-Kings Instruments Ltd.
> Web: http://www.miko.com.hk/
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>
> <!--
>    Document   : Software.xml
>    Created on : June 6, 2005, 12:06 PM
>    Author     : Jeremy Wong
>    Description:
>        Purpose of the document follows.
> -->
> <!DOCTYPE rdf:RDF [
> <!ENTITY rdf "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
> <!ENTITY rb "http://1980.hk/2005/ResourceBundle#">
> ]>
> <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="&rdf;" xmlns="&rb;">
>
> <Resource rdf:ID="Title">
>    <string xml:lang="en">Software for Iwatsu DS-8812 (Beta version, 
> Not for resales)</string>
>    <string xml:lang="zh">岩通DS-8812軟件（試驗版，éžè³£å“）</string>
>    <string xml:lang="ja">岩通DS-8812ã®ã‚½ãƒ•ãƒˆã‚¦ã‚§ã‚¢ (開発版,ãªã„販売ã®ãŸã‚ã«)</string>
> </Resource>
>
> <Resource rdf:ID="AboutTitle">
>    <string xml:lang="en">About Software for Iwatsu DS-8812</string>
>    <string xml:lang="zh">關於岩通DS-8812軟件</string>
>    <string xml:lang="ja">岩通DS-8812ã®ã‚½ãƒ•ãƒˆã‚¦ã‚§ã‚¢ã®ãƒãƒ¼ã‚¸ãƒ§ãƒ³æƒ…å ±</string>
> </Resource>
>
> <Resource rdf:ID="Version">
>    <string xml:lang="en">Version 1.0.0.6</string>
>    <string xml:lang="zh">版本：1.0.0.6</string>
>    <string xml:lang="ja">版：1.0.0.6</string>
> </Resource>
>
> <Resource rdf:ID="CopyrightInformation">
>    <string xml:lang="en">Copyright (C) 2005 Miko-Kings Instruments 
> Ltd.. All rights reserved.</string>
>    <string xml:lang="zh">版權(C) 2005 力高儀器有é™å…¬å¸ ä¿ç•™æ‰€æœ‰æ¬Šåˆ©</string>
>    <string xml:lang="ja">版權(C) 2005 力高儀器有é™å…¬å¸ 複製権所有</string>
> </Resource>
>
> <Resource rdf:ID="SoftwareAuthor">
>    <string xml:lang="en">Software Developer</string>
>    <string xml:lang="zh">軟件開發者</string>
>    <string xml:lang="ja">ソフトウェアã®é–‹ç™ºè€…</string>
> </Resource>
>
> <Resource rdf:ID="ButtonOkay">
>    <string xml:lang="en">OK</string>
>    <string xml:lang="zh">確定</string>
>    <string xml:lang="ja">OK</string>
> </Resource>
>
> <Resource rdf:ID="ButtonCancel">
>    <string xml:lang="en">Cancel</string>
>    <string xml:lang="zh">å–消</string>
>    <string xml:lang="ja">キャンセル</string>
> </Resource>
>
> </rdf:RDF>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Pratt" 
> <fairwinds@eastlink.ca>
> To: "Semantic Web" <semantic-web@w3.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 12:33 PM
> Subject: Four schema creation questions
>
>
>>
>> Hi.  I have been working on a schema for a while. I think the biggest 
>> challenge is really distilling what  I want to have in the schema and 
>> in my records and how explicit to be. I had started to put things 
>> into my triples store I had put together based on rdflb - but based 
>> on what I have so far but am realizing that there are some things 
>> that could likely be better. The organization of data could also be 
>> better by using bag, seq or alt which I am not using at this point. I 
>> had heard they were a bit difficult to work with so had initially 
>> stayed away from these structures. My questions follow:
>>
>> 1. Combining schemas:
>> I have tried to create a schema that is pretty stand-alone (except 
>> for rdf namespaces) but there are some properties that are available 
>> in dublin core. Should I drop these properties in favor of dublin 
>> core and add its namespace or create a reference to dublin core, 
>> adding its namespace, since these properties are pretty much 
>> equivalent. What are my alternatives?
>>
>> 2. When to group
>> I am hoping someone can offer constructive comment on when to group 
>> rdf data with bag / seq or alt.
>> As an example, I am using an author property and it is significant 
>> that the primary author is listed first if there is more than one. It 
>> seems like a good candidate for a seq but often there is only a 
>> single author.. Another example is keywords. I don't think dublin 
>> core puts these in a bag for example but it would seem like a good 
>> use for a bag with list element. So the question is really when to 
>> use a bag and when to use a property on its own where it can exist as 
>> more than one instance in a record.
>>
>> 3. Use of Language attribute
>> I am planning on having multilingual data but likely 80% of all data 
>> in the store will likely be in english.  Almost all the rdf I have 
>> looked at thus far, I do not see very high use of language attributes 
>> in rdf. Maybe it is simply because english is used much of the time. 
>> Can someone provide a practical recommendation on use of language 
>> attribute. I was thinking I ought to be explicit with pretty much any 
>> literal that is unicode.
>>
>> 4. Datatype attribute
>> I am looking for any recommendations based on experience with the 
>> datatype attribute.  My intention is to be more (as opposed to less) 
>> specific about the type of data I will expect from the records since 
>> records will be validated before being inserted into the triples 
>> store. I have been looking at Sparta since it seems to try and match 
>> python data types with rdf types. Just looking for any kind of advise 
>> from anyone that has worked with a programming language and rdf types 
>> to offer any general recommendations based on their experience.
>>
>> Many thanks
>> David
>
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