Re: [pedantic-web] Which Ontologies to use for..

Nathan wrote:
> Aaron Rubinstein wrote:
>> Niklas Lindström wrote:
>>> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Nathan <nathan@webr3.org> wrote:
>>>> Kingsley Idehen wrote:
>>>>> Niklas Lindström wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Nathan!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So let's say I run an article of content through called
>>>>>>> "Deforestation
>>>>>>> and Competing Water Uses"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the main subjects of the article are:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Deforestation
>>>>>>> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Reforestation
>>>>>>> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Soil_conservation
>>>>>>> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Silt (siltation)
>>>>>>> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Aberdare_Range
>>>>>>> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Tana_River_%28Kenya%29
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> which is fine, they are dc:subject / foaf:topic etc
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sounds good.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> but then the article is under the general topics of:
>>>>>>> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Adaptation_to_global_warming
>>>>>>> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Kenya
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and it mentions:
>>>>>>> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Sustainable_forest_management
>>>>>>> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Afforestation
>>>>>>> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Hydropower
>>>>>>> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Municipal_water_supply
>>>>>>> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Life_span
>>>>>>> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Soil
>>>>>>> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Forestry
>>>>>>> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Plant
>>>>>>> + http://dbpedia.org/resource/Reservoir
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> From the aspect of the seeker, these "mentions" are invaluable - if I
>>>>>>> was doing a report on issues affection reservoirs in kenya, then this
>>>>>>> data is most valuable and thus related.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> so, which ontology is most suited for this case of "mentions"?
>>>>>>> it's not
>>>>>>> a subject or a tag, and don't want to identify the data as such as
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> is misleading and could be easily misrepresented within UIs if it
>>>>>>> were.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> How about dct:references <http://purl.org/dc/terms/references>?
>>>>>> Defined as "A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise
>>>>>> pointed to by the described resource.", I figure it is about as
>>>>>> generic as any "unlabelled" hypertext link.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>> Niklas
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Ah! yes, that's even better that my sioc:links_to and foaf:topic
>>>>> suggestions  :-)
>>>>>
>>>> perhaps dct:relation is more suited?
>>>>
>>>> dct:Relation
>>>> A related resource.
>>>>
>>>> dct:References
>>>> A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by
>>>> the described resource.
>>>>
>>>> thoughts?
>>> Ah, yes, better still! The dct:relation is a subPropertyOf
>>> dct:references, so that seems to be the "most" generic one. And Dublin
>>> Core is nicely generic, so I doubt you'd imply anything unintended by
>>> using dct:relation.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Niklas
>>>
>> I believe it's the other way around, which would make dct:references
>> ideal in every way ;)
> 
> but if you need to distinguish between relations with a citation, and
> those without then using each in its appropriate place may make sense..
> 
> ?
> 
It's my impression that dct:relation would be too generic a property. 
It's a little tough without a domain and range specified but it seems 
like dct:references is appropriate for citations as well as other types 
of resources.  Are you familiar with the bibo ontology[1]?  The property 
bibo:cites[2] might be useful for distinguishing a resource that is 
cited from a resource that is referenced.

Aaron

[1]http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/
[2]http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/cites

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