John, The relation: sioc:Space rdfs:subClassOf is:InfoService
or even sioc:Space owl:equivalentClass is:InfoService Work fine. In either case its about a relationship between two Classes that offer a mechanism for referencing partitioned data spaces on HTTP networks :-) Kingsley On Jun 25, 9:16 pm, John Breslin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Bob - > > Great to hear from you! > > Is an InfoService always going to store data or could it be something > non-computer related? For me, sioc:Space could be on the public Web or just > in some intranet storage - doesn't have to be on the Internet - but I'm not > sure what you mean by offline and offline... Maybe you could qualify? > > Thanks! > > John > > On 25/06/2010 15:20, "Bob Ferris" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi everybody, > > > I'm currently developing the Info Service Ontology [1,2,3,4], which > > enables an association of arbitrary resources to its underlying > > information service (see [5] for a definition of the term 'information > > service'). > > Furthermore, such an information service could then be described, > > categorized and rated (re. its information service quality) through the > > is:InfoService concept[2] and its relations to more detailed description > > concepts (see [3] for a proof-of-concept example). > > As it becomes more and more important for data/knowledge consumer to > > (maybe automatically) select the right/a good information service, which > > delivers this information, an information service quality rating could > > probably deliver information, which will hopefully help the > > data/knowledge consumer to find a good choice. > > These information service quality ratings could be done by several > > information service quality rating agencies for different information > > services (also based on maybe different Info Service Quality Ontology > > specifications, e.g. [7] as an interesting information quality > > classification). > > > Now to the important part, why I'm contacting your list ;) > > > How do you think about the relation of sioc:Space ("A Space is a place > > where data resides, e.g. on a website, desktop, fileshare, etc. ") to > > is:InfoService ("An Information Service is this part of an Information > > System that serves data/knowledge/information to customers and collects > > it from its contributors, to manage and store it by optionally using > > administrators."). > > I figured out sioc:Space as the most equal concept to is:InfoService. > > However, I still think that the definition of sioc:Space maybe > > concentrates on the 'online' domain, where on the other side, the > > definition of is:InfoService should capture both domains - the 'online' > > and 'offline' domain. > > > As already mentioned on the Info Service Ontology mailing list[6], there > > are (more or less, so far as I know) three ways for defining the > > association/relation between the concepts sioc:Space and is:InfoService: > > > 1. :my_instance_of_something a sioc:Space , is:InfoService . # the > > association is then only on the A-Box level > > > 2. sioc:Space owl:equivalentClass is:InfoService . # this is maybe the > > most strongest relation > > > 3. sioc:Space rdfs:subClassOf is:InfoService . # this expresses a bit > > stronger that sioc:Space is a part of is:InfoService > > > How do you think about building this relation? > > > In general, it might be enough to define a 'best practice' re. > > suggesting association case '1.' for typing instances with a > > is:InfoService association. However, I think building a stronger > > relation might be better for reasoning options (following the principle: > > tell the (dumb) machine as many as you know) and also a bit easier in > > defining individuals. > > > So, please let me know, how you would create this ontology concept relation. > > Thank you for all your (forthcoming) efforts. > > > Cheers, > > > Bob > > > [1] > >http://infoserviceonto.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/infoserviceonto/inf... > > trunk/rdf/infoservice.n3 > > [2] > >http://infoserviceonto.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/infoserviceonto/inf... > > trunk/gfx/infoservice.gif > > [3] > >http://infoserviceonto.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/infoserviceonto/inf... > > trunk/gfx/is_-_musicbrainz_example.gif > > [4]https://infoserviceonto.wordpress.com/ > > [5] > >https://infoserviceonto.wordpress.com/2010/06/23/what-is-an-informati... > > e/ > > [6] > >http://groups.google.com/group/info-service-ontology-specification-gr... > > 0211f7fe52978 > > [7]http://w3.cyu.edu.tw/ccwei/PAPER/ERP/data%20quality%28JMIS%29.pdf -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SIOC-Dev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sioc-dev?hl=en.
