Re: AW: SemWeb terminology page

tis 2010-11-02 klockan 15:33 +0100 skrev Haffner, Alexander:
> Hi Mark,
> 
> Good point!
> 
> > About terminology:
> > 
> > I understand that FOAF, FRAD, ... are called "vocabularies" by this
> > group (although I would term them "schemas" or "metadata schemas").
> 
> I like also the RDA, FRBRer etc. terminology "element sets"
> 
> > But what are AAT, LCSH, ... called, if not "vocabularies" (at least I
> > hope a separate term is reserved for terminological resources).
> 
> Here I prefer the term "value vocabularies" because they usually act as
> values for "elements"

In my thesis, I use the terms "element vocabulary" and "value
vocabulary" to describe the two kinds. The notions are in my experience
relatively useful even outside the RDF world.

/Mikael

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