Re: FOAF, geonames, and more

Hi,

On 1/26/07, Bernard Vatant <bernard.vatant@mondeca.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Alexandre
>
> > The other idea would be to create a new property as locatedIn (in
> > geonames or in geo84 ontology, or even new namespace) that will link
> > any owl:Thing / rdf:Resource (and not only subclasses of SpatialThing)
> > to a geo84:SpatialThing, and that then can be subclassed:
> As the editor of geonames ontology, I am quite in favor of adding a
> generic "geonames:locatedIn" property with an open domain, and range
> "geonames:Feature".
I'd be happy to get something like this, it would help to get more RDF
data linked to geoname Features

> Marc, any opposition?
> > bornIn
> > worksIn
> > establishedIn
> Yes, let more specific ontologies define those as subproperties of the
> generic "geonames:locatedIn"
Thus indeed, a lightweight "location" ontology could be defined - if
it's not already in the objectives of the geo group, I don't want to
conflict - , and other ontology maintainers can define other
suproperties.

> > I'll be happy to get feedback about these ideas.
> You've got at least one :))
Indeed, merci :)

Best,

Alex.

> Cheers
>
> Bernard
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Received on Sunday, 28 January 2007 16:52:35 UTC