Re: RDF Schema abstract

+1. This is a useful change, Gus. 

Regards,
Dave
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> On Nov 27, 2013, at 17:15, Guus Schreiber <guus.schreiber@vu.nl> wrote:
> 
> I'm doing the final changes on the RDF Schema draft. I wanted to run one thing first by the WG, namely the one-sentence abstract of what RDF Schema is.
> 
> One option is to take the characterization given in the Semantics document:
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>  RDF Schema extends RDF to a larger vocabulary with more
>  complex semantic constraints.
> 
> However, I think using the term "vocabulary" in this way will confuse people with a data-modelling background. Taking a data-modelling perspective RDF Schema should probably be seen as a Enhanced Entity Relationship data-modelling language [1]. I therefore propose the following abstract:
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>  RDF Schema provides a data-modelling vocabulary for RDF data.
> 
> Feedback appreciated.
> 
> Guus
> 
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_entity%E2%80%93relationship_model
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