- From: Sean Bechhofer <sean.bechhofer@manchester.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 12:23:28 +0100
- To: Binding C (AT) <cbinding@glam.ac.uk>
- Cc: <public-swd-wg@w3.org>
Ceri Thanks for your input. We are using the SKOS issue tracker to manage implementation experience, and this has been logged in the SKOS Issue tracker as [ISSUE-211] and [ISSUE-212]. Sean On 29 Apr 2009, at 16:45, Binding C (AT) wrote: > In reply to the recent request for SKOS implementation details here > are the details of work done to support the STAR project at > University of Glamorgan: > > ==VOCABULARY IMPLEMENTATIONS== > Existing English Heritage thesauri converted to SKOS: > 1. English Heritage monument types thesaurus (3987 concepts) > 2. English Heritage evidence thesaurus (41 concepts) > 3. MDA Object types thesaurus (1742 concepts) > 4. English Heritage main building materials thesaurus (225 concepts) > 5. English Heritage timelines thesaurus (456 concepts) > 6. English Heritage archaeological sciences thesaurus (101 concepts) > > Main glossaries created from English Heritage recording manual > documentation: > 1. English Heritage Simple Names for Masonry Structural Elements > (158 concepts) > 2. English Heritage Simple Names for Timber Structural Elements (64 > concepts) > 3. English Heritage Simple Names for Deposits and Cuts (96 concepts) > > Minor glossaries created from English Heritage recording manual > documentation: > 1. DEPOSIT.Compaction > 2. DEPOSIT.Inclusions.Frequency > 3. DEPOSIT.Inclusions.Size > 4. DEPOSIT.Inclusions.Shape > 5. DEPOSIT.Inclusions.Material > 6. DEPOSIT.Contamination > 7. CUT.Shape in plan > 8. CUT.Breaks of slope > 9. CUT.Breaks of slope.Slope and shape of sides > 10 Cut.Breaks of slope.Properties of base > 11 CUT.Breaks of slope.Post stake hole shape > 12 SITE AND CONTEXT DETAILS.Finish > 13 SITE AND CONTEXT DETAILS.Condition > 14 SMALL FIND FORM.Condition > 15 SMALL FIND FORM.Completeness > 16 BOX INDEX FORM.Material > 17 BOX INDEX FORM.Find type > 18 BOX INDEX FORM.Box type > 19 SAMPLE RECORD FORM.Simple name > 20 SAMPLE RECORD FORM.Condition > 21 SKELETON FORM.Body position > 22 SKELETON FORM.Condition > 23 SMALL FINDS FORM > 24 BULK FINDS MATERIAL LIST > > The SKOS vocabularies were all implemented by Ceri Binding, > University of Glamorgan, as part of STAR project. They were created > in English language only. The thesauri were converted from Oracle > data dumps using a C# conversion application written specifically > for the task. Glossaries were initially created in MultiTes > software, CSV output was then converted to XML using Altova XMLSpy. > Finally the XML files were converted to SKOS using a custom XSL > transformation (also using Altova XMLSpy). > > The thesauri and glossaries are not formally publicly available > yet, having been fed back to English Heritage. However the thesauri > may be viewed and browsed via the STAR SKOS_WS web service and > associated client application (described below). > > ==SKOS constructs used== > skos:ConceptScheme > skos:Concept > skos:hasTopConcept > skos:broader > skos:narrower > skos:related > skos:inScheme > skos:prefLabel > skos:altLabel > skos:scopeNote > > ==APPLICATION IMPLEMENTATIONS== > SKOS_WS – a web service providing a subset of the SKOS API with > additional functionality for concept expansion and full text > searching. The purpose of the web service is to support the wider > aims of the ongoing STAR project. Implemented as a C# .NET SOAP web > service backed by a MySQL database, using the SemWeb (http:// > razor.occams.info/code/semweb/) RDF library - which imports the > SKOS thesaurus data from RDF/XML or NTriples format data. The web > service has no built in SKOS consistency checking. > > STAR SKOS web service client – a C# .NET windows based client > communicating with SKOS_WS for searching and browsing the English > Heritage thesauri. In addition to the windows based client a number > of browser based AJAX 'widget' controls have been developed for the > project, communicating again with the SOAP web service. > > The web service and associated client applications were created by > Ceri Binding, University of Glamorgan. They are described in more > detail on the project website at http:// > hypermedia.research.glam.ac.uk/kos/STAR/ > > Ceri Binding > Hypermedia Research Unit, > Faculty of Advanced Technology, > University of Glamorgan, > Pontypridd, CF37 1DL > Tel: +44 (0)1443 654533 > Email: cbinding@glam.ac.uk > -- Sean Bechhofer School of Computer Science University of Manchester sean.bechhofer@manchester.ac.uk http://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/people/bechhofer
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