Re: SDW plenary agenda item - Namespace for SOSA and SSN ontology

Dear all,

I selected (arbitrarily I must say) some of the arguments found in the
mailing list, and copied them into
https://www.w3.org/2015/spatial/wiki/NamespaceIssue

Just so that we are all on the same page if we need to vote for one/two
namespaces.

Keep in mind that if we choose only one namespace, we will have  to choose
between ssn and sosa.

Kind regards,
Maxime

Le lun. 20 févr. 2017 à 03:34, Armin Haller <armin.haller@anu.edu.au> a
écrit :

> Dear all,
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> I have requested to put a voting on the use of one (common) or (at least
> two) different namespaces for the SOSA ontology on the agenda for our next
> SDW plenary.
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> If you have an opinion on this, please do have a close look at the two
> options on our Wiki page that outline the implementation implications of
> each option: https://www.w3.org/2015/spatial/wiki/NamespaceIssue
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> Just to clarify, we have, in the subgroup, already decided on using two
> ontology files, one for SOSA and one for SSN each with its own IRI and a
> separate storage location (URL). That is just common practice on the Linked
> Data Web. Both options assume that. What we now need to decide on is the
> use of one (common) namespace or (at least two) different namespaces for
> SOSA and SSN. Using one (common) namespace would be a relatively new
> approach on the Linked Data Web, but it can be justified by our approach to
> modularizing the SSN ontology. How each of the two options work technically
> is also outlined on the Wiki.
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> Kind regards,
>
> Armin
>