- From: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:24:30 -0400
- To: Kei Cheung <kei.cheung@yale.edu>
- CC: Michel_Dumontier <Michel_Dumontier@carleton.ca>, Matthias Samwald <samwald@gmx.at>, public-semweb-lifesci <public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org>
Kei Cheung wrote: > Good point. I agree. It'll be more scientifically and politically > correct. :-) > > Kingsley, could you make this update as Michel suggested? Michel's suggestion requires a Wikipedia page edit. At this point in time "owl:sameAs" is the most representative claim based on the Wikipedia page. Kingsley > > -Kei > > Michel_Dumontier wrote: >> But Kei - if you are aware that differences exist between these >> entities, that they are unequivocally _not_ the same - then you should >> not use owl:sameAs. A better relation is rdfs:seeAlso ... that they are >> related in some way, but there is uncertainty as to what the relation >> is, until the community figures out how exactly. >> >> -=Michel=- >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: public-semweb-lifesci-request@w3.org [mailto:public-semweb- >>> lifesci-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Kei Cheung >>> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 3:32 PM >>> To: Kingsley Idehen >>> Cc: Matthias Samwald; public-semweb-lifesci >>> Subject: Re: DBpedia to OBO mapping: did someone already work on it? >>> >>> I think sameAs might be a better reflection (than redirect) of what is >>> being said in wikipedia (human readable page). Again this doesn't >>> reflect the opinion of the neuroscience community. With this >>> understanding in mind, I think it might be OK to make the update. Of >>> course, we may still change it in the future. >>> >>> -Kei >>> >>> Kingsley Idehen wrote: >>> >>>> Kei Cheung wrote: >>>> >>>>> Matthias, >>>>> >>>>> In DBPedia, the following pages describe 2 brain regions >>>>> (Telencephalon and Cerebrum): >>>>> >>>>> http://dbpedia.org/resource/Telencephalon >>>>> http://dbpedia.org/page/Cerebrum >>>>> >>>> <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Telencephalon> dbpprop:redirect >>>> <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Cerebrum> >>>> >>>> DBpedia world view should be formally expressed as: >>>> <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Telencephalon> owl:sameAs >>>> <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Cerebrum> >>>> >>>> Based on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telencephalon which reads: >>>> The *cerebrum or telencephalon*, together with the diencephalon, >>>> constitute the forebrain.... >>>> >>>> If doesn't set off a war, I'll issue a SPARQL Update :-) >>>> >>>> >>>> Kingsley >>>> >>>>> NIFSTD is listed as one of the neuroscience ontologies through >>>>> BioPortal, its description of cerebrum is available at: >>>>> >>>>> http://bioportal.bioontology.org/visualize/39595/p15:birnlex_1042 >>>>> >>>>> If you read the editorial note (written by Bill Bug), it says: >>>>> >>>>> "It isn't clear all would agree Cerebrum and Telencephalon are >>>>> equivalent." >>>>> >>>>> Should we use "sameAs" or something else? >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> -Kei >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Matthias Samwald wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Question: Does a mapping between DBpedia and the OBO ontologies >>>>>> exist? Has someone already invested some time in doing this, or at >>>>>> least reviewed how to best approach it? >>>>>> >>>>>> Given the central position of DBpedia in the linked data cloud and >>>>>> its rich content in the biomedical domain, creating such a mapping >>>>>> is an obvious (and very useful) thing to do. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Matthias Samwald >>>>>> >>>>>> DERI Galway, Ireland >>>>>> http://deri.ie/ >>>>>> >>>>>> Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution & Cognition Research, >>>>>> >> Austria >> >>>>>> http://kli.ac.at/ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen President & CEO OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com
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