- From: Daniel Rubin <rubin@med.stanford.edu>
- Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:49:53 -0800
- To: "Sini, Margherita (KCEW)" <Margherita.Sini@fao.org>
- Cc: Antoine Isaac <aisaac@few.vu.nl>,SWD WG <public-swd-wg@w3.org>
My basic point is that I strongly agree that no two concepts in the same KOS be given the same preferred lexical label in any given language, and I wish SKOS semantics would enforce this. If SKOS doesn't enforce this, then this will diminish interoperability across KOSs (there's no consistency in how people uniquely identify concepts), diminishing the value of SKOS. Daniel At 09:51 PM 2/9/2008, Sini, Margherita (KCEW) wrote: >Hi there, >Hummm don't think that should be different than preferredLabel... Maybe i was >not clear enough: the concepts mentioned below were different concepts with >same preferred label in one language (FR and ES). > >My examples were the following: > >- I have one skos:concept which has english preferred label politics (EN), >and french preferred label is politique (FR) >- then I have another skos:concept which has english preferred label policies >(EN), and french preferred label is also politique (FR) >so in this case 2 concepts have same french preferred label... >In skos would be: > > <skos:Concept rdf:about="http://www.fao.org/aims/aos/agrovoc#c_6062"> > <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">Policies</skos:prefLabel> > <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="fr">Politique</skos:prefLabel> > <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="es">Políticas</skos:prefLabel> > <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="ar">سياسات</skos:prefLabel> > <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="zh">政筭</skos:prefLabel> > <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="pt">Política</skos:prefLabel> > <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="th">นโยบาย</skos:prefLabel> > <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="ja">政筭</skos:prefLabel> > <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="sk">politika</skos:prefLabel> > <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="de">POLITIK</skos:prefLabel> > <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="hu">politika</skos:prefLabel> > <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="pl">Polityka</skos:prefLabel> > <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="fa">سیاستها</skos:prefLabel> > <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="it">Politiche</skos:prefLabel> > <skos:prefLabel > xml:lang="hi">राजनीतियाँ</skos:prefLabel> > <skos:changeNote rdf:parseType="Resource"> > <rdf:value>The last modification for this concept was for the term in >SK</rdf:value> > <dc:creator> > <foaf:Organization><foaf:name>FAO/GILW</foaf:name></foaf:Organization> > </dc:creator> > <dc:date>2007-11-20 00:00:00.0</dc:date> > <dc:language> > <dcterms:RFC1766> > <rdf:value>EN</rdf:value> > <rdfs:label>English</rdfs:label> > </dcterms:RFC1766> > </dc:language> > </skos:changeNote> > <skos:narrower >rdf:resource="http://www.fao.org/aims/aos/agrovoc#c_28672"/> > <skos:narrower >rdf:resource="http://www.fao.org/aims/aos/agrovoc#c_16181"/> > <skos:narrower >rdf:resource="http://www.fao.org/aims/aos/agrovoc#c_7465"/> > <skos:narrower >rdf:resource="http://www.fao.org/aims/aos/agrovoc#c_7132"/> > <skos:narrower >rdf:resource="http://www.fao.org/aims/aos/agrovoc#c_6515"/> > <skos:narrower >rdf:resource="http://www.fao.org/aims/aos/agrovoc#c_3060"/> > <skos:narrower >rdf:resource="http://www.fao.org/aims/aos/agrovoc#c_3023"/> > <skos:narrower >rdf:resource="http://www.fao.org/aims/aos/agrovoc#c_2939"/> > <skos:narrower >rdf:resource="http://www.fao.org/aims/aos/agrovoc#c_2597"/> > <skos:narrower >rdf:resource="http://www.fao.org/aims/aos/agrovoc#c_2228"/> > <skos:narrower rdf:resource="http://www.fao.org/aims/aos/agrovoc#c_201"/> > <skos:related >rdf:resource="http://www.fao.org/aims/aos/agrovoc#c_24951"/> > <skos:related rdf:resource="http://www.fao.org/aims/aos/agrovoc#c_130"/> > </skos:Concept> > >and the other concept would be > > <skos:Concept rdf:about="http://www.fao.org/aims/aos/agrovoc#c_49988"> > <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">politics</skos:prefLabel> > <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="fr">politique</skos:prefLabel> > <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="es">política</skos:prefLabel> > <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="zh">政治学</skos:prefLabel> > <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="pt">Política</skos:prefLabel> > <skos:changeNote rdf:parseType="Resource"> > <rdf:value>The last modification for this concept was for the term in >PT</rdf:value> > <dc:creator> > <foaf:Organization><foaf:name>FAO/GILW</foaf:name></foaf:Organization> > </dc:creator> > <dc:date>2007-10-22 00:00:00.0</dc:date> > <dc:language> > <dcterms:RFC1766> > <rdf:value>EN</rdf:value> > <rdfs:label>English</rdfs:label> > </dcterms:RFC1766> > </dc:language> > </skos:changeNote> > <skos:related rdf:resource="http://www.fao.org/aims/aos/agrovoc#c_130"/> > <skos:related rdf:resource="http://www.fao.org/aims/aos/agrovoc#c_6064"/> > <skos:related >rdf:resource="http://www.fao.org/aims/aos/agrovoc#c_11230"/> > <skos:related >rdf:resource="http://www.fao.org/aims/aos/agrovoc#c_49866"/> > </skos:Concept> > >So they have different NTs, RTs, etc. > >Same with the other example in Spanish (even if I agree we should change the >spanish preferred label for the concept Dyes - In this case there is no >ambiguity). > >But I asked here to my colleagues that work with Thai agrovoc. There are for >example 2 different concepts: "rice as a product" and "rice as a plant", but >in Thai they use exactly the same word to represent both concepts. Note that >the 2 concepts have different BTs, NTs... >The preferred terms they use for both concepts >is " ‚‰าว " which can be >transliterlate as "Khao" for both concepts. >Also in English... how do we call them? maybe also in English in this case >the two concepts have preferred label "rice", no? > >Hope this helps >regards >Margherita > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Rubin [mailto:rubin@med.stanford.edu] > Sent: Fri 08/02/2008 14:05 > To: Sini, Margherita (KCEW) > Cc: Antoine Isaac; SWD WG > Subject: RE: [SKOS] ISSUE-32 ConceptSchemeLabellingInteractions > > > > The appropriate relation between those terms would be > "EnglishEquivalent" or some such, not "preferredLabel". > Daniel > > Quoting "Sini, Margherita (KCEW)" <Margherita.Sini@fao.org>: > > > > > I can give an example in French: > > > > politique (FR) = politics (EN) > > and > > politique (FR) = policies (EN) > > > > But I also know that we have maybe to change one of the two French >terms... > > > > And > > > > Colourants (ES) = Colourants (EN) ---- BT Chemical substances > > and > > Colourants (ES) = Dyes (EN) ---- BT Colourants > > > > (but maybe in the second case the spanish should be Tintes?) > > > > Regards > > Margherita > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: public-swd-wg-request@w3.org on behalf of Daniel Rubin > > Sent: Fri 08/02/2008 13:38 > > To: Antoine Isaac; SWD WG > > Cc: > > Subject: 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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