Percentages in Linked Data

2013-06-24 Thread Frans Knibbe | Geodan
Hello, I would like to publish some statistical data. A few of these numbers are percentages. What is the best way to make it clear to data consumers that the numbers are to be treated as percentages? As far as I can tell, the XSD data types do not suffice. Regards, Frans Knibbe

Re: Percentages in Linked Data

2013-06-24 Thread John Erickson
Frans, I think you may be interested in the W3C RDF Data Cube vocabulary: http://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-data-cube/ Abstract: There are many situations where it would be useful to be able to publish multi-dimensional data, such as statistics, on the web in such a way that it can be linked to related

Re: Percentages in Linked Data

2013-06-24 Thread Dave Reynolds
Hi Frans, On 24/06/13 17:37, Frans Knibbe | Geodan wrote: Hello, I would like to publish some statistical data. A few of these numbers are percentages. What is the best way to make it clear to data consumers that the numbers are to be treated as percentages? As far as I can tell, the XSD data

Re: Percentages in Linked Data

2013-06-24 Thread Frans Knibbe | Geodan
On 24-6-2013 19:16, John Erickson wrote: Frans, I think you may be interested in the W3C RDF Data Cube vocabulary: http://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-data-cube/ Thanks John. I am already trying to use the Data Cube vocabulary. Although I am not a statistician I think it is a great vocabulary, enabling

Re: Percentages in Linked Data

2013-06-24 Thread Frans Knibbe | Geodan
Hello Dave, Thank you! I think the QUDT definition was just what I was looking for. I was aware of the QUDT vocabulary but I guess I did not expect to find percentage defined there because I did not consider it a unit. I am using multi-measure observations, but I think I can manage with not