Re: VIAF contributor model

There are two resources modeled:

http://viaf.org/viaf/111894442/#skos:Concept

and

http://viaf.org/viaf/111894442/#foaf:Person

(well, obviously there are more than that minted at:
http://viaf.org/viaf/111894442/rdf.xml)

the first would appropriate for biographies of Bob Dylan, etc. the
latter for works by him.

-Ross.

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Tillett, Barbara <btil@loc.gov> wrote:
> I still remain concerned that by using SKOS for names of persons and
> corporate bodies, there is either an explicit or implied "is the subject
> of"  relationship going on for the person/corporate body being described
> with respect to some work.  Am I wrong? - Barbara Tillett
>
>
>
> From: public-lld-request@w3.org [mailto:public-lld-request@w3.org] On Behalf
> Of Young,Jeff (OR)
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 5:05 PM
> To: public-lld
> Subject: RE: VIAF contributor model
>
>
>
> Thanks for all the feedback. Sorry for my lag following up.
>
>
>
> VIAF still needs to deliver more substance to fulfill its potential, but the
> next release should improve interoperability while adding support for
> foaf:Organization/rdaEnt:CorporateBody. Mockups of Jane Austen and Die
> deutsche Nationalbibliothek are attached.
>
>
>
> As suggested back at the start of this thread, SKOS will play a core
> infrastructure role in the next release. Each contributor will be modeled as
> a skos:ConceptScheme and every contributed record will be modeled as a
> skos:Concept in the contributor’s scheme. The contributed concept URIs
> coined by VIAF will be based on the contributor’s “record” ID and will
> behave by redirecting to the VIAF cluster to which it is matched (which
> could change over time).
>
>
>
> Here is a test system URI for a contributed SELIBR record (207420) to
> demonstrate:
>
>
>
> http://test.viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/SELIBR|207420#skos:Concept
>
>
>
> Tangent: IMO, Library Linked Data authority systems in the future SHOULD be
> based on skos:ConceptScheme/skos:Concept and we’re starting to see this with
> LCSH and SELIBR. I suspect that ANY skos:ConceptScheme could potentially be
> viewed as an “authority system” and clients should be able to use them as
> such without assuming any architecture or domain model dependencies.
>
>
>
> For VIAF contributors that choose to follow the SKOS model in their own
> domains, VIAF should map to their URIs using owl:sameAs. You can observe
> this in the attached example for Jane Austen involving SELIBR:
>
>
>
> <http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/SELIBR%7C207420#skos:Concept>
>
> skos:inScheme <http://viaf.org/authorityScheme/SELIBR> ;
>
> owl:sameAs <http://libris.kb.se/resource/auth/207420#concept> .
>
>
>
> I suspect there will be some concern that VIAF is coining “alias” URIs, but
> I would argue that intentional HTTP URI aliases play a *functional role* in
> Linked Data by decentralizing information *about* the thing. SELIBR can
> deliver its information about “the thing” from its URI and VIAF can deliver
> more (especially linking) information from its URI. The information may come
> from different perspectives and yet the players mutually agree it’s the same
> “real world” thing they’re describing.
>
>
>
> The solution for the http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#S14 integrity
> constraint for skos:prefLabel on “clusters” is still unclear to me and thus
> won’t be addressed in the next release. (Sorry.) The custom properties
> viaf:hasEstablishedForm and viaf:hasXRefAlternate properties will continue
> to be used for now although the use cases for them are unclear.
>
>
>
> Nevertheless, I want to align the VIAF ontology with SKOS/SKOSXL wherever
> possible and so the viaf:Heading class will be upgraded to skosxl:Label in
> the ontology like so:
>
>
>
> viaf:Heading rdfs:subClassOf skosxl:Label .
>
>
>
> In deference to FRSAD, the next release of VIAF will continue to treat
> labels (i.e. viaf:Headings) as 1st class identifiable resources at the
> expense of using plain literals. Without practical use cases, I’m
> uncomfortable with this choice.
>
>
>
> Jeff
>
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