Re: [SKOS] "SKOS RDF schema"

On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:54:32AM +0200, Thomas Baker wrote:
> -- A small branding issue: Currently, SKOS Reference refers 
>    to SKOS-XL simply as "XL" or "SKOS+XL" (in the context of
>    A.3.4.2.  Labeling Integrity).  Informally, we have been
>    referring to it as "SKOS-XL" (see change section).  Do we
>    want to promote a consistent way to refer to SKOS XL?
>    Currently, SKOS Reference implies that people should refer to
>    it simply as "XL".  I would prefer that we change these
>    references "XL" into "SKOS-XL", "SKOS+XL", or "SKOS XL" in
>    [1], [5], and in the RDF schema for SKOS-XL.  For example:
> 
>         Appendix B. SKOS eXtension for Labels (SKOS-XL)
>         Appendix C. SKOS and SKOS-XL Namespace Documents
>    
>    As a counterargument to my suggestion, I see a slight potential
>    for confusion as to whether "SKOS-XL" means "SKOS plus XL" or 
>    just the "XL extension to SKOS".  Having noted the issue, I am
>    happy to drop this suggestion if others are happy with continuing
>    to call it just "XL".

Be careful here. B.1. currently reads:

""" Here "the XL data model" refers to the class and property
definitions stated in this appendix only. "The SKOS+XL data model"
refers to the union of the data model defined in sections 3-10 above
and the XL data model. """

I.e. "SKOS+XL" is not used for branding. It is used in the document to
make a distinction between the data model specified in appendix B
only, and the union of the data model specified in sections 3-10 and
the data model specified in appendix B.

This distinction is used to illustrate a subtle technical point in
section B.3.4.2 (Labeling Integrity). The key point there is that
examples 85-88 *are* consistent w.r.t. the XL data model alone, but
*are not* consistent w.r.t. the SKOS+XL data model.

However, thinking about it again, perhaps making this distinction is
not really necessary. If it's not too late, perhaps both branding
consistency and technical clarity could be improved by making the
following changes:

1. Change the last paragraph of B.1. to:

""" Here "the SKOS-XL data model" refers to the union of the SKOS data
model (defined in sections 3-10 above) and the class and property
definitions stated in this appendix. """

2. Change the last sentence of the first paragraph of B.3.4.2 to:

""" Because of the sub-property chain axioms defined above, the
following four examples are not consistent with the SKOS-XL data
model. """

3. Change all mentions of "XL" to "SKOS-XL".

4. Change all mentions of "SKOS+XL" to "SKOS-XL".

If there is an opportunity to make these changes, and nobody objects,
I'd be happy to take this on as a final editorial task :)

Cheers,

Alistair


> 
> -- I note that in [2], some "[CITE]" references still need to be
>    filled in.
> 
> -- In Appendix C, links to the documents needed to be added in C.1,
>    C.2, and C.3.  In C.2, a clickable link could also be
>    added to the words "by citing its URI".
> 
> Tom
> 
> -- 
> Tom Baker <tbaker@tbaker.de>

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Alistair Miles
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