- From: Nathan <nathan@webr3.org>
- Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:36:23 +0100
- To: Dave Reynolds <dave.e.reynolds@googlemail.com>
- CC: Linked Data community <public-lod@w3.org>, public-egov-ig@w3.org
Dave Reynolds wrote: > We would like to announce the availability of an ontology for > description of organizational structures including government > organizations. > > This was motivated by the needs of the data.gov.uk project. After some > checking we were unable to find an existing ontology that precisely met > our needs and so developed this generic core, intended to be extensible > to particular domains of use. > > The ontology is documented at [1] and some discussion on the > requirements and design process are at [2]. > > W3C have been kind enough to offer to host the ontology within the W3C > namespace [3]. This does not imply that W3C endorses the ontology, nor > that it is part of any standards process at this stage. They are simply > providing a stable place for posterity. > > Any changes to the ontology involving removal of, or modification to, > existing terms (but not necessarily addition of new terms) will be > announced to these lists. We suggest that any discussion take place on > the public-lod list to avoid further cross-posting. Fantastic! just what I need & v glad to see it tied in with VCard, GR and FOAF, all 3 of which I'm using currently with a custom Ontology to handle the Organisation stuff, but this is much better! Great work, Nathan > Dave, Jeni, John > > [1] http://www.epimorphics.com/public/vocabulary/org.html > [2] > http://www.epimorphics.com/web/category/category/developers/organization-ontology > > [3] http://www.w3.org/ns/org# (available in RDF/XML, N3, Turtle via > conneg or append .rdf/.n3/.ttl) > > >
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