- From: Karen Coyle <kcoyle@kcoyle.net>
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:49:54 -0700
- To: Dan Brickley <danbri@danbri.org>
- Cc: Ed Summers <ehs@pobox.com>, public-lld@w3.org
Quoting Dan Brickley <danbri@danbri.org>: > As a loose rule, I see value in the latter when the thing figures in > some SKOS scheme, either to be mentioned alongside other related > entities (also indirectly as concepts) or so that > person_123_as_politician, person_123_as_parent, person_123_as_author > could be distinguished as different topics. There is value in that, > both for using those topic URIs to characterise information, but also > to talk in more detail about skills/expertise. Someone might be a > world export on "President George Bush snr. as a manager". I can see this becoming unwieldy, however. person_123_who_was_walking_along_Main_Street_on_Saturday_July_7_2011 It seems that there's a noun-verb struggle here. The person is the same person, the activity is different. I know that some of these distinctions are bound into our subject headings, but rather than change the identity of the person I would prefer that we use the name in a context where possible. George Bush --> served as POTUS --> dates George Bush --> author of --> autobiog It's the same person, but the activity of the person has changed, not his identity. kc -- Karen Coyle kcoyle@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet
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