... ah, apologies - on closer inspection it's not a top class at all,
and there are indeed 'authoritative labels' with respect to an authority.
I was mislead by the discussion.
Barry
On 09/01/2013 23:34, Barry Norton wrote:
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> Isn't that an AuthoritativeThing, or an AuthorisedThing, rather than
> an Authority?
>
> Barry
>
>
> On 09/01/2013 23:24, Ray Denenberg wrote:
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>> Not that strange.
>>
>> MADS uses Authority because that's what it is, an Authority. It's
>> narrower than a Concept. It is used to refer to things are
>> "authoritative": authoritative form for a personal name,
>> authoritative form for a place, etc.
>>
>> --Ray
>>
>> *From:*Young,Jeff (OR) [mailto:jyoung@oclc.org]
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 09, 2013 5:20 PM
>> *To:* Dan Brickley; Jason Douglas
>> *Cc:* W3C Web Schemas Task Force; Wallis,Richard; Jamie Taylor; Guha;
>> Thad Guidry
>> *Subject:* RE: Should we adopt SKOS?
>>
>> In the MADS ontology, they used the term “Authority” in place of
>> “Concept”.
>>
>> http://www.loc.gov/standards/mads/rdf/v1.html#Authority
>>
>> Strange but true.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
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