Re: Wrong model--RDF?

2007-07-03 Thread Simon Spero
On 7/2/07, Layne, Sara [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So … with apologies in advance for asking a possibly ignorant question … can you make the following statement in RDF? That is, can the same sort of entity be both a subject and an object? Work2 *is a parody of* Work1 RDF doesn't care what

Re: Wrong model--entity relationship?

2007-07-03 Thread Karen Coyle
Martha Yee wrote: We need a model that recognizes that many works important to our users are identified by BOTH their authors and their titles. We need a model that recognizes that the author is more important as an attribute of a work than as an entity in its own right. Catalogs are

Re: Wrong model--entity relationship?

2007-07-03 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Karen Coyle said: The entities in a model like FRBR are just the things you are going to work with. For example, in AACR and MARC we have names; in the former they are headings (authors, added authors) ... Such over simplification worries me, perhaps because models we have seen of possible

Re: Wrong model--entity relationship?

2007-07-03 Thread Brenndorfer, Thomas
-Original Message- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karen Coyle Sent: July 3, 2007 11:11 AM To: RDA-L@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Wrong model--entity relationship? Martha Yee wrote: We

Re: Wrong model--entity relationship?

2007-07-03 Thread Stephen Hearn
From an optimistic and possibly naive perspective, here's how I see our terms sorting out. Entities are conceptual things whose primary characteristic is their uniqueness within a given ontological domain. You can have multiple names for an entity, but not two entities which are truly the same

Re: Implementation Task Force

2007-07-03 Thread Marjorie Bloss
Greetings, Teri. I serve as a liaison to the ALCTS RDA Implementation Task Force which is chaired by Dr. Ann O'Neill. I believe she is subscribing to RDA-L, but on the off-chance she has yet to do so, let me forward your e-mail to her. She can fill you in on the task force's discussions