- From: Leigh Dodds <leigh.dodds@talis.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:23:40 +0100
- To: Linking Open Data <public-lod@w3.org>
Hi, On 22 October 2010 09:35, Chris Bizer <chris@bizer.de> wrote: >> Anja has pointed to a wealth of openly >> available numbers (no pun intended), that have not been discussed at all. > For >> example, only 7.5% of the data source provide a mapping of "proprietary >> vocabulary terms" to "other vocabulary terms". For anyone building >> applications to work with LOD, this is a real problem. > > Yes, this is also the figure that scared me most. This might be low for a good reason: people may be creating proprietary terms because they don't feel well served by existing vocabularies and hence defining mappings (or even just reusing terms) may be difficult or even impossible. This also strikes me as an opportunity: someone could usefully build a service (perhaps built on facilities in Sindice) that aggregated schema information and provides tools for expressing simple mappings and equivalencies. It could fill a dual role: recommend more common/preferred terms, whilst simultaneously providing machine-readable equivalencies. I know that Uberblic provides some mapping tools in this area, allowing for the creation of a more normalized view across the web, but not sure how much of that is resurfaced. Cheers, L. -- Leigh Dodds Programme Manager, Talis Platform Talis leigh.dodds@talis.com http://www.talis.com
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