Re: symbolic labels

Mark van Assem wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Ah, you're right, there is a need for a superprop for extensions.
> 
> Note that giving it the name "symbol" implies (to me) a more general
> semantics than "symbolicLabel". In the former any symbol can be
> attached to a concept, in the latter they should be some kind of label
> for the concept. E.g. the former allows an arrow to be a symbol for
> the concept "rock" (e.g. as an icon in an application), while the
> latter only allows this if there is a specific "symbol vocabulary"
> that uses an arrow as a symbol for "rock".

What does the "prefLabel" name imply? It is important that these term 
share meaning.... Any argument against "label" is an argument against 
"prefLabel". And vice versa - any argument *for* "prefLabel" is an 
argument for "label".

:-)

/Mikael

> 
> Your suggestion is more general so probably to be preferred above
> symbolicLabel?
> 
> Mark.
> 
>> I have no specific use case for this, but I would like SKOS Core to 
>> follow the design pattern that all property families that share common 
>> semantics descend from a single super-property.  I think it is 
>> important to capture common semantics, and is important from the point 
>> of view of extensions, where each property is in principle an 
>> extension (refinement) point.
>>
>> So 'skos:symbol' (I propose that name, instead of the longer 
>> 'skos:symbolicLabel') would be the symbol equivalent to rdfs:label.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Al.
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Mark van Assem [mailto:mark@cs.vu.nl]
>>> Sent: 01 July 2005 13:51
>>> To: Miles, AJ (Alistair)
>>> Cc: public-esw-thes@w3.org
>>> Subject: Re: symbolic labels
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> In general always a good idea to introduce a superprop, but what's 
>>> the use case here? Will implementers be wanting to show a 
>>> skos:symbolicLabel instead of just checking whether there is a 
>>> prefSymbol available?
>>>
>>> Mark.
>>>
>>> Miles, AJ (Alistair) wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Following the design pattern for lexical labels, i.e. a 
>>>
>>>
>>> property hierarchy with a single root, e.g. ...
>>>
>>>> rdfs:label
>>>> |
>>>> +-- skos:prefLabel
>>>> |
>>>> +-- skos:altLabel
>>>> |
>>>> +-- skos:hiddenLabel
>>>>
>>>> ... oughtn't we have a single property at the root of the 
>>>
>>>
>>> symbolic labelling properties, e.g. ...
>>>
>>>> skos:symbolicLabel
>>>> |
>>>> +-- skos:prefSymbol
>>>> |
>>>> +-- skos:altSymbol
>>>>
>>>> ... ?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Al.
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> Alistair Miles
>>>> Research Associate
>>>> CCLRC - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
>>>> Building R1 Room 1.60
>>>> Fermi Avenue
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>>  Mark F.J. van Assem - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
>>>        mark@cs.vu.nl - http://www.cs.vu.nl/~mark
>>>
>>
>>
> 

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