- From: Luis Polo <luis.polo@fundacionctic.org>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 17:11:39 +0100
- To: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Cc: public-lod@w3.org
Hi Alex, The WAI ontology may suit your modeling requirements [1]. It is an extension of the FOAF ontology introducing the notion of "person-as-role" (i.e., qua-individuals). Hope this helps! Best, p. [1] http://vocab.ctic.es/wai 2013/1/3 Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>: > On 1/3/13 10:18 AM, Alexander Dutton wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Here's a modelling question. >> >> Suppose I advertise a vacancy (or publish a webpage, or write a book), >> and that thing is in some way linked to me (contact person, author). >> Suppose further that I want to go by another name (e.g. I'm Iain [M] >> Banks), or don't want people to contact me by phone. >> >> I can quite easily create a foaf:Person, exposing just the details that >> are pertinent in the context in which it will appear. However, there's >> no way to link it to me. >> >> What I'd like is: >> >> :vacancy oo:contact :persona . >> >> :persona a persona:Persona ; >> foaf:name "Mr Dutton" ; >> v:email <mailto:alex+recruitment@example.org> ; >> persona:personaOf :alex . >> >> :alex a foaf:Person ; >> foaf:name "Alexander Dutton" ; >> foaf:mbox <mailto:alex@example.org> . >> >> Even better if I can use it to present two talks at a conference wearing >> two different hats: >> >> :talk-one a ex:Talk ; >> rdfs:label "Science!" ; >> ex:givenBy :alexQuaEmployedByAperture . >> >> :alexQuaEmployedByAperture a persona:Persona ; >> foaf:name "Alexander Dutton" ; >> persona:personaOf :alex ; >> persona:qua [ >> a org:Membership ; >> org:member :alex ; >> org:organization :aperture ; >> org:role [ >> a skos:Concept ; >> skos:prefLabel "eccentric scientist" >> ] >> ] . >> >> etc. >> >> Does this exist? Has anyone done it differently/better? Should I just >> get on and make it? >> >> Yours questioningly, >> >> Alex >> >> >> >> > > I suggest you just crack on with your modelling. Once done, publish it. > Ultimately, it can be cross referenced with other related ontologies, as you > or others discover them. > > What you shouldn't do is procrastinate on the basis of an existing ontology > :-) > > Happy New Year to everyone ! > > -- > > Regards, > > Kingsley Idehen > Founder & CEO > OpenLink Software > Company Web: http://www.openlinksw.com > Personal Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen > Twitter/Identi.ca handle: @kidehen > Google+ Profile: https://plus.google.com/112399767740508618350/about > LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidehen > > > > > -- Luis Polo CTIC-Centro Tecnológico Head of Unit - Semantic Technologies Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Gijón c/ Ada Byron, 39 Edificio Centros Tecnológicos 33203 Gijón - Asturias - Spain Tel.: +34 984 29 12 12 Fax: +34 984 39 06 12 E-mail: luis.polo@fundacionctic.org http://www.fundacionctic.org Privacy policy: http://www.fundacionctic.org/privacidad
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