- From: Miles, AJ (Alistair) <A.J.Miles@rl.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:29:03 -0000
- To: public-esw-thes@w3.org
Just a thought on this ... > Chaals raises the issue of merging different vocabularies. I > think that > that is a different issue and raises many other > complications, but as he > says the extra verification or disambiguation step that I > have described > above applies there too. As the present SKOS draft doesn't cover > questions of mapping between vocabularies, I think we should > keep it to > what is necessary and desirable for a single vocabulary. > I think 'merging' and 'mapping' are completely different scenarios. In mapping, the schemes are kept separate, and linked via mapping statements. In merging, a new scheme is created by combining concepts from different sources. It's worth considering the situations where separate groups of people (part of a larger community) are responsible for contributing concepts as part of a larger scheme. In this scenario we may expect to find overlap of labels. Al. > Leonard > -- > Willpower Information (Partners: Dr Leonard D Will, > Sheena E Will) > Information Management Consultants Tel: +44 > (0)20 8372 0092 > 27 Calshot Way, Enfield, Middlesex EN2 7BQ, UK. Fax: +44 > (0)870 051 7276 > L.Will@Willpowerinfo.co.uk > Sheena.Will@Willpowerinfo.co.uk > ---------------- <URL:http://www.willpowerinfo.co.uk/> > ----------------- >
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