- From: Tom Morris <tfmorris@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:00:43 -0400
- To: Ed Summers <ehs@pobox.com>
- Cc: public-lld@w3.org
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Ed Summers <ehs@pobox.com> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Ross Singer <ross.singer@talis.com> wrote: >> Does Barbara Tillett have broader/narrower resources? "Tillett, >> Barbara--Criticism", "Tillet, Barbara--Biographies", etc. This is where I >> have a hard time leaping. > > Me too, and it's why in my previous email I said that if it were up to > me (which it isn't) loc.gov would publish one identifier for Barbara > Tillett, and it would be of type foaf:Person (or some other suitable > class for a Person) and not a skos:Concept. I agree that unnecessary complexity should be avoided. What does "Tillet, Barbara--Biographies" provide that couldn't be done with subject: Barbara Tillet, genre: Biography ? Even in the card catalog world, I'd argue that "Tillet, Barbara--Biographies" isn't actually a narrower concept than the subject "Tillet, Barbara" but rather a combination of two orthogonal facets. They're grouped together to make for convenient collation and browsing, not because it makes any kind of ontological sense. Tom
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