[Mediann] Ad. "Return Type / String vs Uri" - Issue

Dear all,

I recently had a look at the Dublin Core in RDF recommendation [1] 
which could provide a solution to the return type issue that we
discussed in our last telecon [2].

In the recommendation examples to describe Dublin Core metadata in RDF
can be found [3]. Especially interesting is the use of dcterms:subject
which in Example 1 points to an URI to identifiy a value. In Example 2 a
string value and a vocabulary encoding scheme are used (this conforms to
the example from Werner Bailer which pointed out to established
classification schemes I guess). This is done using terms from the DCMI
Abstract Model [4]. In example 3 a language tagged literal is used to
specify a title.

Perhaps this is a useful best practice for the return type / String vs.
URI issue.

Do we want to create a WIKI page to discuss this issue? I guess it would
also be important to discuss for which properties this problem is relevant.

Best regards,

Tobias

[1] Expressing Dublin Core in RDF, http://dublincore.org/documents/dc-rdf/
[2] http://www.w3.org/2008/12/16-mediaann-minutes.html
[3] http://dublincore.org/documents/dc-rdf/#app-a
[3] DCMI Abstract Model, http://dublincore.org/2008/01/14/dcam.rdf#

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Dipl.-Inf. Univ. Tobias Bürger

STI Innsbruck
University of Innsbruck, Austria
http://www.sti-innsbruck.at/

tobias.buerger@sti2.at
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Received on Thursday, 18 December 2008 16:19:20 UTC