- From: Bob DuCharme <bducharme@topquadrant.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 09:02:50 -0400
- To: Jeni Tennison <jeni@jenitennison.com>
- Cc: public-csv-wg@w3.org
- Message-ID: <CAAg6hFJyeFfE+gVDsaZNdd1rB=Fr=MqWRrAd47sW457KDeRwKA@mail.gmail.com>
Thanks, Jeni, looks good! Bob DuCharme TopQuadrant On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 8:37 AM, Jeni Tennison <jeni@jenitennison.com> wrote: > Hi Bob, > > Thanks for the comment. We do support this through the use of “virtual > columns”. Please see the example at: > > http://www.w3.org/TR/csv2rdf/#example-events-listing > > which illustrates how virtual columns can be used to provide classes for > the subjects of information within a row of tabular data, even when that > row actually contains information about multiple subjects. > > Does this satisfy your requirement? > > Jeni > -- > Jeni Tennison > http://www.jenitennison.com/ > > On 21 April 2015 at 16:56:26, Bob DuCharme (bducharme@topquadrant.com) > wrote: > > After some internal discussion at TopQuadrant between Irene Polikoff, > > Holger Knublauch, Richard Cyganiak and myself, we have only have > > suggestion. The rows of a tabular dataset typically describe instances > of a > > common class, so we think it would make sense for the the schema section > of > > the "Metadata Vocabulary" document ( > > http://www.w3.org/TR/tabular-metadata/#dfn-schema) to include a way to > > identify that class--for example, to say that the rows of example 2 in > > "Generating RDF from Tabular Data on the Web" are instances of > foaf:Person, > > that the rows in example 5 are instances of schema:Country, that the rows > > of example 28 of "Metadata Vocabulary for Tabular Data" are instances of > > xyz:Employee, etc. > > > > The output shown in Example 3 of "Generating RDF from Tabular Data on the > > Web" would then include something like "a schema:Person" along with the > > _col=1, _col=2, etc. values. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Bob DuCharme > > TopQuadrant > > > >
Received on Thursday, 23 April 2015 13:03:42 UTC