Jay,
On 14 Feb 2009, at 16:20, Jay Luker wrote:
I'm interested in getting people's thoughts on a particular line
from the
"How to publish Linked Data on the Web" tutorial. Specifically the
following...
"It is common practice to mix terms from different vocabularies. We
especially recommend the use of
rdfs:label<http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-schema/#ch_label>and
foaf:depiction <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/#term_depiction> properties
whenever possible as these terms are well-supported by client
applications."
I'm curious about a couple of things in regards to this: a) does
anyone know
what "client applications" the authors might be referring to,
For example, Tabulator will use an rdfs:label as the name of the
browsed resource, and will show a foaf:depiction as an image (rather
than showing a link like for other properties). Other data browsers do
similar things. The Sindice search engine will show rdfs:label,
dc:title and a few other properties as the title of a search result
listing.
and b) are
there examples of other properties that enjoy similar support?
My completely unscientific take on this: The really widely supported
stuff is rdf:type, rdfs:label, rdfs:comment, and everything from FOAF
and Dublin Core. On the second tier, we have SKOS, SIOC, RSS 1.0, DOAP
and a few others, so if your app or data source covers a domain
addressed by those vocabularies then it's a good idea to support/use
them.
Best,
Richard
Thanks,
--jay
