Re: close ISSUE-40: A glossary of the preferred terms used for talking about the WebId architecture

On 10/20/11 3:45 AM, Jürgen Jakobitsch wrote:
> hi all,
>
> ... --- ... (save our skos)
>
> as you know, we have set up a poolparty demo server [1] to which one can log on using webID.
> this server can be used to easily create a skos thesaurus.
> i could add all members of webID#we [2] to the user database to grant them access and
> support every single one in creating concepts.

Are you adding them to the user database or a group to which ACLs are 
applied? Anyway, I encourage you to grant access to WebID#we so we can 
test it out etc..

> i'm convinced from the bottom of my heart that creating a thesaurus is always an extremly good idea.

Yes.

> keep in mind : you all know the terms and conditions relating to the webID topic, but many who
> are in decision-position or simply interested do not, a thesaurus would certainly help.
Yes, this is about demystifying terminology.


> besides that i would consider creating and publishing a thesaurus simply a matter of principle and good linked manners...
>
> some words on the possible settings for a thesaurus created with poolparty :
> 1. every baseURL can be used to create linked data (i.e.: http://vocab.webid.info)
> 2. concept URIs are following this pattern : {baseURL}/{projectName}/{prefLabel}
>     some samples of concept uris that are possible:
>     vocab.webid.info/terms/conceptX
>     glossary.webid.info/webid/conceptX
>     ...
>     the sub-domain should be point to our server so the concepts are really linked.
>     anyway the thesaurus could also be exported on a regular basis and hosted elsewhere.
>
> 3. with poolparty there's the possibility to link the concept to other resources using lookups.
>     (of interest would be besides standard lookups like dbpedia, sindice, freebase and LCSH for example
>      an experimental google-patent lookup or an epo (european patent office) [3] lookup.
>
>
> there are then a couple of possibilities to fill the thesaurus :
>
> 1. one of members of [2] gets the task and gets an introduction to use poolparty from me
> 2. there's a community effort, we then could do a telco where everybody is informed how to use the thesaurus
> 3. i could also personally do it, in case others don't want or don't have the time to (i'd be happy to do so).
>
> meanwhile you can find an example of a webID-thesaurus-sample i did, when setting up the server here [4]
>
> please note that there are of course many other ways to create a thesaurus and this is only a suggestion.
>
> wkr http://www.turnguard.com/turnguard
>
> [1] pilot5.poolparty.biz/PoolParty
> [2] www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/webid/team#we
> [3] www.epo.org
> [4] http://pilot5.poolparty.biz/WebID/Authentication

Okay, so just turn on ACL access for the group so the dogfood games can 
begin :-)

Kingsley
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Henry Story"<henry.story@bblfish.net>
> To: "WebID Incubator Group WG"<public-xg-webid@w3.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 12:40:54 AM
> Subject: close  ISSUE-40: A glossary of the preferred terms used for talking about the WebId architecture
>
> It turns out that not much has happened in this respect on the  wiki here:
>
>     http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/webid/wiki/Terminology
>
> There is a terminology section in the spec in any case
>
>     http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/webid/spec/#terminology
>
> Are there terms that need to be added to the spec?
>
>  Henry
>
>
> Social Web Architect
> http://bblfish.net/
>
>
>


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