- From: Thomas Baker <thomas.baker@bi.fhg.de>
- Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:22:51 +0100
- To: Ron Davies <ron@rondavies.be>
- Cc: public-esw-thes@w3.org
On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 10:09:06AM +0100, Ron Davies wrote: > At 14:16 25/02/2005, Thomas Baker wrote: > >Hmm, it feels to me that the notion of converting between XML > >and RDF automatically opens a can of worms. For starters, > >what is an "XML version of a thesaurus"? Such a document > >could presumably take on any number of forms since the document > >models expressible in XML are theoretically quite diverse. > > Even assuming that a conversion could be done automatically, there is also > the question of what information might be lost in doing so. The model > underlying SKOS, for instance, does not include all of the information in > the BS 8743 model, which might make it unsuitable for certain kinds of uses. That sounds like a good topic for a paper or note. Tom -- Dr. Thomas Baker Thomas.Baker@izb.fraunhofer.de Institutszentrum Schloss Birlinghoven mobile +49-160-9664-2129 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft work +49-30-8109-9027 53754 Sankt Augustin, Germany fax +49-2241-144-2352 Personal email: thbaker79@alumni.amherst.edu
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