RE: Labeling in context use case : geonames ADM codes

Dear Bernard,
a possible way is to define new concepts for "Région", "Canton" and "Land"
... as more specific (is-a) than ADM1 and put corresponding instances (the
locations) under them. 
 
Actually this is what in Trento we are doing for the Italian "Regione"
(ADM1), "Provincia" (ADM2), "Comune" (ADM3), "Frazione" (ADM4).
Moreover what we do is to connect them with a part-of relation (e.g.
"Provincia" part-of "Regione").
 
Of course in SKOS you can just use BT/NT relations and use alternative
labels for cases such as "Canton" and "Kanton".
 
Hope it helps,
Enzo

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On Behalf Of Bernard Vatant
Sent: mercoledì 9 giugno 2010 19.13
To: SKOS
Cc: Marc Wick
Subject: Labeling in context use case : geonames ADM codes


Hi folks

I've a very specific use case of "labeling in context" for Geonames codes.
Geonames feature codes are represented as skos concepts. (geonames:Code is a
subclass of skos:Concept)
See http://www.geonames.org/ontology
Among those codes are the ones for administrative subdivisions of countries,
defined in a standard way for all countries, for example :

  <geonames:Code rdf:about="http://www.geonames.org/ontology#A.ADM1">
    <skos:definition xml:lang="en">a primary administrative division of a
country, such as a state in the United States</core:definition>
    <skos:inScheme rdf:resource="http://www.geonames.org/ontology#A"/>
    <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">first-order administrative
division</core:prefLabel>
  </geonames:Code>

I would like to represent the label of ADM1 in different countries, e.g., in
France "Région" (in French), in Switzerland "Canton" (in French) or "Kanton"
(in German), in Germany "Land" (in German) etc.
Given that countries can be identified either by their ISO code, or Geonames
id, ideas for how to do that? 

Bernard

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