- From: Antoine Isaac <aisaac@few.vu.nl>
- Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:21:24 +0200
- To: Matthew Rowe <m.rowe@dcs.shef.ac.uk>
- CC: SWD WG <public-swd-wg@w3.org>
Dear Matthew, Thank you very much! I cc the mail to the list, so that the group as a whole can be informed. Best, Antoine > Hello Antoine > > I have developed a very early version of a Social Identity Schema > Mapping (SISM) which I have made available on the web. Here are the > details: > > == Vocabulary Implementations == > > If you are notifying us of one or more vocabularies or vocabulary > mappings as an implementation, please provide *at least* the following > information: > > * vocabulary title(s) (e.g. Library of Congress Subject Headings) > SISM - Social Identity Schema Mapping > > * name of person and/or organisation responsible for the > implementation > Matthew Rowe > OAK Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, UK. > > * a list of the SKOS constructs used (e.g. skos:Concept, > skos:ConceptScheme, skos:inScheme, skos:broader, skos:prefLabel, > skos:closeMatch ... etc.) > > skos:ConceptScheme > skos:Concept > skos:prefLabel > skos:altLabel > skos:exactMatch > skos:related > skos:broader > skos:narrower > skos:inScheme > > * URL(s) where the published SKOS data may be obtained, if the data > are publicly available > > http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~mrowe/ontologies/sism.rdf > > * We would also welcome any further information you care to provide, > however this is *not mandatory*. For example, we would be interested > to know the scope and size of the vocabulary, what it is primarily > used for, in what languages the vocabulary is provided, any other URLs > describing the vocabulary or providing further information. > > The mapping schema is intended to provide relations between available > vocabularies on the web used to define identity information. There > appears to be, at present, duplication of similar concepts and relations > in several available vocabularies. SKOS offers an ideal format to > describe the semantics of the mapping between these similar concepts. > The schema is not large, as it is an early version that only maps 4 > vocabularies. > > Web site with info about the mappings including graphs: > http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~mrowe/sism.html > > Hope this helps. Let me know if you need any other information. > > thanks > > > On 7 Apr 2009, at 23:38, Antoine Isaac wrote: > >> The W3C Semantic Web Deployment Working Group is pleased to announce >> the publication of a Candidate Recommendation for the Simple Knowledge >> Organization System (SKOS) Reference: >> >> http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/CR-skos-reference-20090317/ >> >> A new Working Draft of the accompanying SKOS Primer has also been >> published: >> >> http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-skos-primer-20090317/ >> >> The Working Group now *calls for implementations.* >> >> We would like to hear of any vocabulary (thesaurus, classification >> system, subject heading system, taxonomy or other KOS) or mapping >> between vocabularies that has been published in the Web as >> machine-readable data using SKOS, and/or has been made available via >> programmatic services using SKOS. >> >> We would also like to hear of any software that has the capability to >> read and/or write SKOS data, and/or can check whether a given SKOS >> dataset is consistent with the SKOS data model. >> >> If you would like to notify us of a vocabulary, vocabulary mapping, >> and/or software as a SKOS implementation, *please send an email to >> public-swd-wg@w3.org before 30 April 2009*, providing the information >> described below. Please also begin the subject line with "SKOS >> Implementation:". >> >> == Vocabulary Implementations == >> >> If you are notifying us of one or more vocabularies or vocabulary >> mappings as an implementation, please provide *at least* the following >> information: >> >> * vocabulary title(s) (e.g. Library of Congress Subject Headings) >> >> * name of person and/or organisation responsible for the >> implementation >> >> * a list of the SKOS constructs used (e.g. skos:Concept, >> skos:ConceptScheme, skos:inScheme, skos:broader, skos:prefLabel, >> skos:closeMatch ... etc.) >> >> * URL(s) where the published SKOS data may be obtained, if the data >> are publicly available >> >> We would also welcome any further information you care to provide, >> however this is *not mandatory*. For example, we would be interested >> to know the scope and size of the vocabulary, what it is primarily >> used for, in what languages the vocabulary is provided, any other URLs >> describing the vocabulary or providing further information. >> >> == Software Implementations == >> >> If you are notifying us of software as an implementation, please >> provide *at least* the following information: >> >> * name of the software (e.g. SKOSEd) >> >> * name of person and/or organisation responsible for the >> implementation >> >> * URLs for software home page and/or download location if publicly >> downloadable >> >> * can the software read SKOS data? >> >> * can the software write SKOS data? >> * can the software check consistency of SKOS data with respect to >> the SKOS data model? >> >> For more information on what we mean by reading, writing or checking >> SKOS data, see: >> >> http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/wiki/SKOSImplementationReport >> >> We would also welcome any further information you care to provide, >> however this is *not mandatory*. For example, we would be interested >> in the main purpose and functionality of the software, the programming >> language and/or software frameworks used, details of the SKOS >> constructs which are supported, any other URLs describing the software >> or providing further information. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Alistair Miles and Antoine Isaac >> >> on behalf of the W3C Semantic Web Deployment Working Group >> >> > > > Matthew Rowe, MEng > PhD Student > OAK Group > Department of Computer Science > University of Sheffield > m.rowe@dcs.shef.ac.uk > >
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