Re: FictionalThing proposal added to Web Schemas wiki

Perhaps we're looking at a composite.

On 2/19/13 8:32 AM, "Michael Hopwood" <michael@editeur.org> wrote:

>Hmmm. I've followed this fascinating thread at a distance but I thought
>it's a reasonable point to chime in; it's not so much the edge cases,
>it's that in this context, everything is an edge case.
>
>In all the relevant ontologies and schemas I've dealt with, there simply
>is no fundamental difference; for example, Sir John Falstaff has an ISNI,
>although he's fictional; he's also a literary pseudonym of James White...
>
>The reason for this is that in data, you don't describe actual people
>(maybe FOAF or VCARD are exceptions), you describe public identities. You
>can only tell the real ones from the fictional from their relationships;
>their properties are the same.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dawson, Laura [mailto:Laura.Dawson@bowker.com]
>Sent: 19 February 2013 12:50
>To: Martin Hepp
>Cc: Thad Guidry; Richard Wallis; Web Schemas TF; Gregg Kellogg
>Subject: Re: FictionalThing proposal added to Web Schemas wiki
>
>There are many edge cases, but I think there are enough straightforward
>cases to warrant the attempt.
>

Received on Tuesday, 19 February 2013 15:14:54 UTC