RE: Are multiple notations actually used?

> The advise to use custom datatypes is rather unhelpful because RDF has no default mechanism to express information about datatypes.

However, OWL2 restrictions can be used.  
For example, we have defined the following string patterns to be used for SKOS notation instances. 

gts:EraCode
      a       rdfs:Datatype ;
      rdfs:isDefinedBy <http://resource.geosciml.org/ontology/timescale/gts> ;
      rdfs:label "Era code"^^xsd:string ;
      owl:equivalentClass
              [ a       rdfs:Datatype ;
                owl:onDataType xsd:string ;
                owl:withRestrictions
                        ([ xsd:pattern "a[12](.[1-9])*"^^xsd:string
                          ])
              ] .

h2o:ISOClassName
      a       rdfs:Datatype ;
      rdfs:comment "A datatype for skos:notation annotations, used to indicate the original UML class name"^^xsd:string ;
      rdfs:isDefinedBy <http://def.seegrid.csiro.au/isotc211/iso19150/-2/2012/basic> ;
      rdfs:label "ISO Class name"^^xsd:string ;
      owl:equivalentClass
              [ a       rdfs:Datatype ;
                owl:onDataType xsd:string ;
                owl:withRestrictions
                        ([ xsd:pattern "^[A-Z]\\w*"^^xsd:string
                          ])
              ] .

wqot:CAS-number
      a       rdfs:Datatype ;
      rdfs:label "CAS Number"^^xsd:string ;
      owl:equivalentClass
              [ a       rdfs:Datatype ;
                owl:onDataType xsd:string ;
                owl:withRestrictions
                        ([ xsd:pattern "CAS [0-9]+-[0-9]+-[0-9]+"
                          ])
              ] .


Simon Cox

-----Original Message-----
From: Voß, Jakob [mailto:Jakob.Voss@gbv.de] 
Sent: Saturday, 15 February 2014 5:54 AM
To: SKOS
Subject: Are multiple notations actually used?

Hi,

I am designing a software that uses SKOS data and unsure about how to limit notations. Are multiple notations per concepts actually used? The advise to use custom datatypes is rather unhelpful because RDF has no default mechanism to express information about datatypes. If most concept schemes have only one notation per Concept, I'd rather make this a constraint instead of implementing edge cases that nobody makes use of anyway. See also my question at http://answers.semanticweb.com/questions/26492/are-skos-concepts-with-multiple-notations-actually-used

Jakob

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Received on Sunday, 16 February 2014 22:59:56 UTC