François,
We chose the current model (ds1 -> containsLinks -> ls -> target ->
ds2) because we want to record which dataset contains the links. We
have some use cases that require this. Your proposal (ds1 <- target <-
ls -> target -> ds2) doesn't capture that bit of information.
Note that *all* the links in the LOD cloud are published as part of
one of the datasets. I'm also not sure if there is a clear
understanding about how to publish linksets independently from the
datasets on the Web. I don't see it being done in practice.
François, can you point us to some examples of linksets that are
published independently from any of the linked datasets? Also, can you
present us with your use case that requires exchanging descriptions of
such linksets? If there is enough interest, we will consider a
modelling that can be used for both scenarios.
Best,
Richard
On 29 Nov 2008, at 10:16, François Scharffe wrote:
Hi Michael,
thank you for the link ;)
It seems that the current voiD spec supposes that the linkset (set
of interlinks) is supposed to be included in one of the two
interlinked datasets. I think it would make sense for the linkset to
be considered independently from the two interlinked datasets,
something like this:
my:links a void:Linkset ;
void:target <dataset1> ;
void:target <dataset2> ;
my:links is a named graph containing the set of owl:same_as links.
This would avoiD to bind a dataset with a set of links.
Cheers,
François
Michael Hausenblas wrote:
Just to let you know. One of the outcomes of the recent VoCamps [1]
was that we have agreed on a final layout for voiD (Vocabulary of
Interlinked Datasets). It is now available at [2] - please note
that the actual (final) namespace will be 'http://rdfs.org/ns/
void#' ... can't fix everything within two days, right :)
A more detailed user guide to follow soon!
Cheers,
Michael
PS: A big thanks to the Neologism (http://neologism.deri.ie/)
people for creating such an awesome tool and John Breslin for the
great support re rdfs.org!
[1] http://vocamp.org/wiki/VoCampGalway2008#Outcomes
[2] http://rdfs.org/ns/neologism/void
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DERI - Digital Enterprise Research Institute
National University of Ireland, Lower Dangan,
Galway, Ireland
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