Re: How to add third information in the right way on SKOS document ?

Hi Thomas,

I believe you're running into the RDF/XML constraints imposed by section
2.12:

http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-syntax-grammar/#section-Syntax-property-attributes-on-property-element

RDF/XML interprets the myns:type attribute as specifying a new predicate
branching off a blank node, but SKOS needs a literal as a prefLabel.

You'll have to find another way to do this.  This is valid for
<skos:Concept>, by the way, because <skos:Concept> is a subject, not a
predicate like <skos:prefLabel>.

Cheers,

-- Stephen.

Thomas Bassetto wrote:
> Up.
> 
> Concerning the first question, our client advices us to use :
> <owl:AnnotationProperty rdf:about="http://www.chu-rouen.fr/cismef#type"/>
> 
> Followed by :
> <skos:Concept rdf:about="http://fake.com/pts#MSH_D_001249"
> myns:type="MeSHdescriptor">
> 
> It works but I can't use this attribute on <skos:prefLabel />, it's
> not valid. The RDF Validator says "Error: {E201} The attributes on
> this property element, are not permitted with any content; expecting
> end element tag." Example :
> <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="fr" myns:type="MeSHsynonyme">asthme</skos:prefLabel>
> 
> My skills are not sufficient to resolve this problem. Do you see how
> to handle this ?
> 
> Thanks,
> Thomas
> 
> 2009/5/26 Thomas Bassetto <thomas.bassetto@insa-rouen.fr>:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Thanks, your response have been very helpful.
>>
>> As we don't have an existing medical XML vocabulary, I plan to
>> specialise SKOS elements.
>>
>> I have two last questions that remains :
>> 1) Is it possible to add attribute to skos elements thanks to rdf
>> schema (or another tool) ? For instance, I would like to add a
>> myns:type to skos:description -> <skos:definition myns:type="blah">.
>> The trouble is that I have several definitions for a same language and
>> I don't see how to distinguish them.
>> 2) Can someone confirm that http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core.rdf is
>> up to date according to last SKOS Reference revision.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Thomas
>>
>> 2009/5/25 Stephen Bounds <km@bounds.net.au>:
>>> Hi Thomas,
>>>
>>> (I apologise if this goes over material you already know, but you said you
>>> were new to using RDF and SKOS.)
>>>
>>> The starting point for designing your solution is to understand that SKOS
>>> merely specifies particular semantics for creating an RDF document.
>>>
>>> Any assertion that is valid in an RDF document is also valid in SKOS.
>>>
>>> Whether rdf:parseType is appropriate depends upon the context of the XML.
>>>  Remember that all RDF consists of a set of triples in the form:
>>>
>>>  subject, predicate, object
>>>
>>> A basic SKOS concept in RDF/XML looks something like this:
>>>
>>>  <skos:Concept rdf:about="http://ex.com/concepts#animals">
>>>    <skos:prefLabel>animals</skos:prefLabel>
>>>    <skos:altLabel>creatures</skos:altLabel>
>>>    <skos:altLabel>fauna</skos:altLabel>
>>>  </skos:Concept>
>>>
>>> which is a way of making the following assertions:
>>>
>>>  <http://ex.com/concepts#animals> rdf:type skos:Concept.
>>>  <http://ex.com/concepts#animals> skos:prefLabel animals.
>>>  <http://ex.com/concepts#animals> skos:altLabel creatures.
>>>  <http://ex.com/concepts#animals> skos:altLabel fauna.
>>>
>>> A good way to read these is to add the words "has" and "of", ie
>>> "concepts#animals has skos:altLabel of creatures".
>>>
>>> Here's the important and somewhat confusing thing about RDF/XML -- you
>>> cannot add XML which breaks the subject-predicate-object hierarchy unless
>>> you specifically denote it using rdf:parseType="Literal".
>>>
>>> For example, this is not valid RDF/XML:
>>>
>>>  <skos:Concept rdf:about="http://ex.com/professor#smithj">
>>>    <skos:prefLabel>Smith, John</skos:prefLabel>
>>>    <my:address>
>>>      <my:addr1>Unit 12</my:addr1>
>>>      <my:addr2>194 London Circuit</my:addr2>
>>>    </my:address>
>>>  </skos:Concept>
>>>
>>> The reason this breaks is that we don't have an object to point "my:address"
>>> at.  The two possible object targets of any predicate are a literal (string
>>> or XML) or another RDF resource.
>>>
>>> Instead, write the RDF/XML like this:
>>>
>>>  <skos:Concept rdf:about="http://ex.com/professor#smithj">
>>>    <skos:prefLabel>Smith, John</skos:prefLabel>
>>>    <my:address xmlns:xal="urn:oasis:names:tc:ciq:xsdschema:xAL:2.0"
>>>                rdf:parseType="Literal">
>>>      <xal:AddressDetails>
>>>        <xal:AddressLines>
>>>          <xal:AddressLine>Unit 12</xal:AddressLine>
>>>          <xal:AddressLine>194 London Circuit</xal:AddressLine>
>>>        </xal:AddressLines>
>>>      </xal:AddressDetails>
>>>    </my:address>
>>>  </skos:Concept>
>>>
>>> This informs any RDF parser that the object pointed to by my:address is an
>>> XML literal, and should be parsed as such.
>>>
>>> *If* you already have an existing medical XML vocabulary, the quickest way
>>> to add this to a SKOS document would be to add a single custom RDF predicate
>>> with rdf:parseType="Literal", and then to insert the XML fragment you need
>>> from the medical vocabulary here under this.
>>>
>>> On the other hand, if you are newly constructing this medical vocabulary
>>> now, you could simply write your vocabulary spec in a way that is RDF/XML
>>> compliant, for example:
>>>
>>>  <skos:Concept rdf:about="http://ex.com/professor#smithj">
>>>    <skos:prefLabel>Smith, John</skos:prefLabel>
>>>    <myns:ATCID>123</myns:ATCID>
>>>    <myns:attr1>abc</myns:attr1>
>>>    <myns:attr2>xyz</myns:attr2>
>>>  </skos:Concept>
>>>
>>> In the absence of more detailed information, it's hard to give more specific
>>> advice, but I hope this provides you with some pointers.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> -- Stephen.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thomas Bassetto wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I want to create a Web Service for a medical database. The response
>>>> from the Web Service should be a valid SKOS document (inside a SOAP
>>>> envelope). Hopefully a lot of SKOS elements match my needs. However,
>>>> there are some additional information without specific SKOS element
>>>> available.
>>>>
>>>> According to http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-primer/#secskosspecialization ,
>>>> "Users can create their own properties and classes and attach them to
>>>> the standard SKOS vocabulary elements by using the rdfs:subPropertyOf
>>>> and rdfs:subClassOf properties from the RDF Schema vocabulary".
>>>>
>>>> I plan to create an element for each additional information (like
>>>> <myns:ATCID/>)[1] for defining a specific ID.
>>>>
>>>> But the client doesn't agree. He thinks that this solution is
>>>> "proprietary" since I create new elements which are not described in
>>>> the norm.
>>>>
>>>> He propose two alternate solutions :
>>>> * use rdf:parseType as attribute to existing SKOS element. To be
>>>> frank, I can't see how it could be a solution.
>>>> * create a new attribute to <skos:Concept/> ant put ALL the additional
>>>> information into it, separated by a coma. Example :  <skos:Concept
>>>> rdf:about="http://site.fake#diagnostic"
>>>> myns:annotation="ADDINF1=value1,ADDINF2=value2,ADDINF3=value3,...">
>>>>
>>>> What do you think ? I believe that specialising SKOS elements remains
>>>> the best solution.
>>>> Moreover, I'm wondering if it's really possible to create a new
>>>> attribute for <skos:Concept/>. How ? I'm have never used RDF and SKOS
>>>> before.
>>>>
>>>> Finally, I have another question. I want to use JENA[2] in order to
>>>> generate a Java file to create a SKOS document. JENA needs an ontology
>>>> or other vocabulary file. In the document called "SKOS RDF Schema"[3]
>>>> I have found this Schema : http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core.rdf. Is
>>>> it up to date with the last CR of SKOS Reference ?
>>>>
>>>> I hope I'm clear enough. Feel free to ask me further information.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Thomas Bassetto
>>>>
>>>> [1] This is not the best example :) For specific ID, I have understand
>>>> that  <skos:notation/> is better.
>>>> [2]http://jena.sourceforge.net
>>>> [3]http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/CR-skos-reference-20090317/skos.html
>>>>
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