On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Karen Coyle <kco...@kcoyle.net> wrote: > Agreed. However, we aren't using SKOS, so I'm thinking we'll use > something like: > > <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL22022A";> > <rdf:value>Barbara Cartland</rdf:value> > </rdf:Description> > > Does that work for folks? Can you embed those rdf:Description > properties at various levels with impunity?
Yes, I didn't mean to imply that you should use skos...in fact I think that would be a mistake. I just wanted to point out that rdf would support the 'both' option. While you definitely could use rdf:value, since you are modeling people why not introduce a bit of foaf? <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL22022A";> <foaf:name>Barbara Cartland</rdf:value> </rdf:Description> > Also, is there any feeling, strong or otherwise, about substituting dc > terms where appropriate in the place of ol terms, or is everyone fine > with doing their own translates from ol properties to whatever they > use locally? +1 for trying to reuse other vocabularies where you can, instead of creating a new one //Ed [1] http://viaf.org/viaf/48369992/rdf.xml _______________________________________________ Ol-tech mailing list Ol-tech@archive.org http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to ol-tech-unsubscr...@archive.org
