- From: Leonard Will <L.Will@willpowerinfo.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 15:50:02 +0100
- To: "'public-esw-thes@w3.org'" <public-esw-thes@w3.org>
In message <350DC7048372D31197F200902773DF4C05E50C68@exchange11.rl.ac.uk> on Mon, 4 Oct 2004, "Miles, AJ (Alistair)" <A.J.Miles@rl.ac.uk> wrote >I think 'skos:subject' fits better with the other proposed properties >'skos:isSubjectOf', 'skos:primarySubject' and >'skos:isPrimarySubjectOf'. > >(i.e. usage: 'concept X skos:isSubjectOf document d' ... which would be >the inverse of 'document d skos:subject concept X') > Yes, I think that would be satisfactory. >Additionally, this seems preferable to me, because the *meaning* of an >indexing assignment is represented ... i.e. we can differentiate >between different *types* of indexing e.g. traditional subject-based >indexing of documents (for which 'skos:subject' is appropriate) versus >typological categorisation of museum objects (for which presumably >you'd want to use a different property). Yes, it is desirable to have a means of distinguishing what a resource _is_ from what a resource is _about_. It's not just museum objects; you should be able to distinguish between the format of any resource and its content, e.g. resource a is a video tape about teapots, while resource b is a book about video tapes. A further complication which you may already have an answer for, or may not wish to address at the moment, is the issue of representations and images. If you have a teapot with a picture of a ship on it, do you say that "ships" is the subject of the teapot? It is probably preferable to treat the image and the carrier as two separate resources, and have a way of showing how they are related. This is particularly the case when the image is one that may be reproduced in various different places and formats. (This issue has been explored in some depth in the case of textual works, which can be published in many different formats and editions.) 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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