RE: Should we adopt SKOS?

“Authoritative” in what sense? 

 

In the BIBFRA.ME sense that all http://bibfra.me/vocab/Organizations are subclass of http://bibfra.me/vocab/Authority?


 

Note that LCNAF claims that the authoritativeLabel for my organization is “OCLC” despite the fact that our legal name is “OCLC Online Computer Library, Inc.”.

 

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78015294


 

Jeff

 

From: Ray Denenberg [mailto:rden@loc.gov] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 6:24 PM
To: Young,Jeff (OR); 'Dan Brickley'; 'Jason Douglas'
Cc: 'W3C Web Schemas Task Force'; Wallis,Richard; 'Jamie Taylor'; 'Guha'; 'Thad Guidry'
Subject: RE: Should we adopt SKOS?

 

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