- From: Michael Hausenblas <michael.hausenblas@deri.org>
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 21:33:21 +0000
- To: Bernadette Hyland <bhyland@3roundstones.com>, Phil Archer <phila@w3.org>
- Cc: Public GLD WG <public-gld-wg@w3.org>
> 1) The Vocabulary of Interlinked Datasets (VoID) defines key > metadata about RDF datasets. It is intended as a bridge between the > publishers and users of RDF data, with applications ranging from > data discovery to cataloging and archiving of datasets. Authorities > MUST publish a VoID description so others can reuse it. +1 to adding VoID; please note that the URL should really be: http://www.w3.org/TR/void/ Cheers, Michael -- Dr. Michael Hausenblas, Research Fellow LiDRC - Linked Data Research Centre DERI - Digital Enterprise Research Institute NUIG - National University of Ireland, Galway Ireland, Europe Tel. +353 91 495730 http://linkeddata.deri.ie/ http://sw-app.org/about.html On 8 Feb 2012, at 19:49, Bernadette Hyland wrote: > Hi Phil, > First, thanks for circulating. While the short extract is helpful, > reading it without the context of the entire document leaves me with > a number of questions. I don't know if this doc you're writing is > meant to be informational or hard core guidance for EU publishers. > The except you attached in PDF seems more the later, but let's > discuss further as vocabs is on Thursday's GLD WG agenda. > > Feedback with the caveat that I don't how you plan to modify this > content for the BP section on vocab selection: > > * p. 30 - you reference "the Working Groups" - are these W3C working > groups, SEMIC working groups, gov't working groups? > * p. 30 - need definition of "Core Vocabularies" - no doubt that is > specified in the first 29 pages, but is that a set of Core > Vocabularies proposed by ISA or a given gov't authority? > * p. 30 - would you consider adding to the first bulleted list: > a) Who is the authority publishing the vocab? > b) Does the publishing authority have an institutional commitment to > keeping it current and available? > > * p. 30 - bulleted list of vocabs, consider adding: > 1) The Vocabulary of Interlinked Datasets (VoID) defines key > metadata about RDF datasets. It is intended as a bridge between the > publishers and users of RDF data, with applications ranging from > data discovery to cataloging and archiving of datasets. Authorities > MUST publish a VoID description so others can reuse it. > 2) The GeoNames Ontology is a geographical database containing over > 10 million geographical names. > 3) The Semantically-Interlinked Online Communities vocabulary (SIOC, > pronounced “shock”) is designed for developers to describe > information about an online community sites, such as users, posts > and forums. > > ** The word "must" is something I hope we can discuss on tomorrow's > telecon vis a vis informative vs. normative guidance. See IETF RFC > 2991, http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt > > > Re: Vocab Working Note > > The longer bulleted list that pass your tests and are relevant to > eGov, I suggest putting into a Working Note. I was thinking about > our discussion during the F2F about not recommending specific vocabs > but rather providing a checklist of things to review and determine > whether they are a good fit for a given gov't authority. > > A good way to handle this may be to put in a GLD Working Note. In a > WN, we can say, "We recommend ... <bulleted list>" giving the 'force > of law in the absence of other guidance.' Readers recognize that > these vocabs may change over time but we satisfy the recommendations > that some of us feel strongly is necessary but keep the people who > feel vocabs change and we shouldn't recommend specific ones beyond a > very short list (ie., those called out in the charter). > > Thoughts?? > > Cheers, > Bernadette Hyland > > On Feb 8, 2012, at 12:24 PM, Phil Archer wrote: > >> Fulfilling my Action-40 [1] in which I was asked to "Reflect on >> SEMIC advice on vocab selection etc. to see if there is more to >> contribute to the BP doc" here are some reflections. >> >> The attached PDF is a (short) extract from a process document I >> wrote for the creation of core vocabularies under the EU's ISA >> programme. The doc itself isn't available publicly, at least partly >> because it needs updating, but there's no prob sharing this bit >> which is about vocabulary selection. >> >> It sets out some criteria - actually just 3 - for selection and >> then gives a list of some that meet them. That list as just a >> modified version of the one in Tom Heath and Chris Bizer's book. >> >> HTH >> >> Phil. >> >> [1] http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/track/actions/40 >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Phil Archer >> W3C eGovernment >> http://www.w3.org/egov/ >> >> http://philarcher.org >> +44 (0)7887 767755 >> @philarcher1 >> <Review Existing Vocabs.pdf> >
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