Re: [Fwd: [PORT] SKOS planning to 31 April]

Al et:

I welcome the focus on use-cases .. especially for a time-boxed effort.
The outcome could be quite revealing.

carl
<quote who="Alistair Miles">
>
> Hi all,
>
> The SWBPD-WG has asked for a 3 month charter extension to finish off a
> couple of documents and draft a charter for subsequent activities, which
> would take us up to 31 April. Continued SKOS work will feature in
> subsequent activities, most likely as a recommendation track work item.
>
> So how could we best use the time to 31 April?
>
> One option is to plan a 3rd review and publish 3rd public working drafts
> of the SKOS Core Guide and SKOS Core Vocabulary Specification. If we did
> this, I'd suggest we don't aim to be too ambitious, but go for changes
> like the extensions appendix, for which we know there is an immediate
> demand.
>
> Note that the chairs have indicated that the current SKOS WDs are quite
> sufficient as input to recommendation track work, so there is no
> necessity for us to publish 3rd public working drafts.
>
> Another option is to begin drafting a use cases and requirements
> document. The fundamental requirements and use cases driving design of
> SKOS Core have until now been implicit, and I think it would help to
> focus design goals if we attempt to articulate them. This would also
> greatly help scoping of rec track work. OWL has a 'requirements and use
> cases' document [1], as does SPARQL [2] - I haven't read these yet but I
> plan to :)
>
> Speaking personally, I'd rather put my effort into a use cases and
> requirements document. I'm currently finishing off a masters course, and
> only have a limited amount of time to devote to SKOS over the next 3
> months.
>
> Whatever we decide, we can of course continue to develop and discuss the
> SKOS Core proposals/issues list [3].
>
> Cheers,
>
> Al.
>
> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/webont-req/
> [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-dawg-uc/
> [3] http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core/proposals
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
> --
> Alistair Miles
> Research Associate
> CCLRC - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
> Building R1 Room 1.60
> Fermi Avenue
> Chilton
> Didcot
> Oxfordshire OX11 0QX
> United Kingdom
> Email: a.j.miles@rl.ac.uk
> Tel: +44 (0)1235 445440
>
>


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