Re: [SKOS] ISSUE-32 ConceptSchemeLabellingInteractions

At 12:44 AM 2/8/2008, Antoine Isaac wrote:

>Dear all,
>
>Alistair had some concern about the wording of the attached 
>proposal, which we accepted in last week's.
>>
>>Dear all,
>>
>>Regarding ISSUE-32 ConceptSchemeLabellingInteractions [1], I 
>>propose that we accept the following recommendation from the SKOS 
>>Primer [2, section 2.1.1]
>>
>>>Following common practice in KOS design, the preferred label of a 
>>>concept may be also used to unambiguously represent this concept 
>>>within one KOS and its applications. Although SKOS semantics do 
>>>not formally enforce it, it is therefore recommended that no two 
>>>concepts in the same KOS be given the same preferred lexical label 
>>>in any given language.
>
>To alleviate these concerns, the Primer should now read
>[[
>Following common practice in KOS design, the preferred label of a 
>concept may be also used to unambiguously represent this concept 
>within one KOS and its applications. It is therefore recommended 
>that no two concepts in the same KOS be given the same preferred 
>lexical label in any given language. But SKOS semantics do not 
>formally enforce this, since some commonly used classification 
>schemes, for instance, may break this rule.

Can you give example of a classification scheme that breaks this 
rule? It doesn't make much sense for the preferred label of a concept 
NOT to unambiguously represent the concept within ONE KOS.

>]]
>
>Alistair, are you ok with this?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Antoine
>>
>>
>>[1] http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/track/issues/32
>>[2] http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/wiki/SKOS/DraftPrimer , January 
>>24 editor's draft.
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Received on Friday, 8 February 2008 12:38:46 UTC