> From: Samuel Padgett/Durham/IBM@IBMUS > To: Andrew J Berner/Dallas/IBM@IBMUS, > Cc: [email protected], [email protected] > Date: 11/15/2011 04:19 PM > Subject: Re: [oslc-core] was dcterms:type intentionally omitted from Core's > common properties? > Sent by: [email protected] > > Specifically regarding dcterms:type: It looks like the range is > http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class. I think perhaps dcterms:type > predated rdf:type and now is redundant. > > I see this explaination here: > > http://dublincore.org/documents/dc-rdf/ > > "The property dcterms:type has semantics very similar to rdf:type. At the > time of writing, the precise relationship between those properties remains > undecided. > It is recommended that RDF applications implementing this specification > primarily use and understand rdf:type in place of dcterms:type when > expressing Dublin Core metadata in RDF, as most RDF processors come with > built-in knowledge of rdf:type." > > The OSLC-CM spec uses dcterms:type as a label for the type, but I'm not > sure that's right.
(adding oslc-cm mailing list) Thanks for the references, will add to the issues page. This usage is mostly from historical (pre RDF) in CM 1.0 I believe. Though even then, it appears there was some violation of the range. Thanks, Steve Speicher | IBM Rational Software | (919) 254-0645
