Re: Lists of tagged strings in RDF

MADS (https://www.loc.gov/standards/mads/rdf/) provides you a way to
represent parts of a name using a collection. A madsrdf:PersonalName has a
madsrdf:elementList that refers to a list (thus keeping order). In that
list, you can have various typed resources with a madsrdf:elementValue
containing the literals.
The nodes do not necessarily have to be blank. So this looks like your
second approach but using a vocabulary published by the Library of Congres.
With my best regards,
Christophe

On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 12:39 PM Martynas Jusevičius <martynas@atomgraph.com>
wrote:

> Why is the list syntax ( ) not satisfactofy?
>
> On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 at 12.07, Rumph, Frens Jan <mail@frensjan.nl> wrote:
>
>> Dear readers,
>>
>> I am investigating transitioning an application to use RDF. One roadblock
>> is how this application models names of persons. It supports
>> straight-forward full names as a single string, but also supports
>> decomposed names, e.g. person X has given name *Frens* followed by a second
>> given name *Jan* followed by the family name *Rumph*.
>>
>> Note that this is a crosspost of
>> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65982459/rdf-modelling-of-list-of-name-elements
>> <https://stackoverflow..com/questions/65982459/rdf-modelling-of-list-of-name-elements>.
>> I hope to get some more
>>
>> The data structure is something like:
>>
>> ```java
>> enum Role {
>>    ...
>>    GIVEN_NAME,
>>    FAMILY_NAME,
>>    ...
>> }
>>
>> record NameElement(role: Role, value: String) {}
>>
>> record AnnotatedName(NameElement... elements) {}
>> ```
>>
>> in order to be instantiated like:
>>
>> ```java
>> var name = new AnnotatedName(
>>     new NameElement(GIVEN_NAME, "Frens"),
>>     new NameElement(GIVEN_NAME, "Jan"),
>>     new NameElement(FAMILY_NAME, "de Vries")
>> );
>> ```
>>
>> This allows reconstruction of the name into a string while at the same
>> time expressing the components of the name. So it captures the roles of the
>> elements of a name (e.g. given names, family names) *as well as* their
>> order (given names aren't first everywhere). Also, it allows expressing
>> multiple names. E.g. in multiple languages / scripts. Or even aliases used
>> in different areas of the world.
>>
>> I have toyed around with some RDF constructs, but none are really
>> satisfactory:
>>
>> ```turtle
>> # list of strings misusing data types as tags
>> :frens :name ( "Frens"^^:givenName "Jan"^^:givenName "de
>> Vries"^^:familyName ) .
>>
>> # list of blank nodes
>> :frens :name ( [ :givenName "Frens" ]
>>                [ :givenName "Jan" ]
>>                [ :familyName "de Vries" ] ) .
>>
>> # single blank node with unordered 'elements'
>> :frens :name [ a           :AnnotatedPersonName ;
>>                :fullName   "Frens Jan de Vries" ;
>>                :givenName  "Frens" ;
>>                :givenName  "Jan" ;
>>                :familyName "de Vries" ] .
>> ```
>>
>> ---
>>
>> **Existing ontologies for HD names?**
>> Is there an existing ontology that covers such 'high fidelity'? FOAF and
>> vcard have some relevant properties, but aren't able to capture this level
>> of semantics.
>>
>> **Lists?** One major 'blocker' in migrating this approach to RDF is the
>> notion of order that is used. If at all possible, I'd like to stay away
>> from the List / Container swamp in RDF land ...
>>
>> I'd be grateful for any thoughts on the matter!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Frens Jan
>>
>