Re: Supporting arrays of concepts

Leonard,

I won't argue with you, except to say that whether these are "node labels" 
or "guide terms", we can't ignore them. These are not, in the Getty way of 
thinking, concepts, and they function, in terms of the hierarchy, in ways 
very similar to node labels.

The question remains as to how this situation is to be described in RDF?

Incidentally, I didn't go looking for this example, it popped up in a quick 
five-minute browse, which suggests that there must be quite a few more in 
the AAT (which I don't know at all).

Ron


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At 17:21 10/05/2004, you wrote:

>In message <6.0.0.22.2.20040509145330.01bdd1d0@pop.skynet.be> on Sun, 9 
>May 2004, Ron Davies <ron@rondavies.be> wrote
>>Just another little wrinkle you might want to take into account. A node 
>>label can in fact have as a subordinate in the classified structure 
>>another node label.
>>
>>For example the AAT [1] has:
>>
>>furnishings
>>      <furnishings by form and function>
>>           <coverings and hangings>
>>                <coverings and hangings by general type>
>>                     coverings
>>                     hangings
>>
>>where the values between angle brackets are node labels.
>
>The Getty does not call them "node labels" but "guide terms", which in my 
>opinion confuses node labels with other things.
>
>I maintain that <coverings and hangings> is not a node label, irrespective 
>of the fact that it is printed in angle brackets. It does not contain "by" 
>followed by a characteristic of division, and in fact is just a label for 
>a broader concept than "coverings" and "hangings" separately. I would drop 
>the angle brackets and treat it as a normal term.
>
>There may be cases where one node label occurs immediately under another 
>without any intermediate named concept, but I cannot think of one.
>If you can give me an example I'll think whether such a structure is 
>unavoidable!
>
>Leonard
>
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