- From: Sean Bechhofer <sean.bechhofer@manchester.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 15:55:40 +0100
- To: Antoine Isaac <aisaac@few.vu.nl>
- Cc: Matthew Rowe <m.rowe@dcs.shef.ac.uk>, SWD WG <public-swd-wg@w3.org>
Matthew 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-222]. Sean On 8 Apr 2009, at 14:21, Antoine Isaac wrote: > 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 > > -- 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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