I was attempting to use Dublin Core's format property to define the type of file cited as a source. Dubline Core calls for the object of this predicate to be a resource, and even goes as far as to recommend using iana's controlled medai types. Only problem is, these are literals and there doesn't seem to be a recognized way of referencing them in a "semantic-web" way.
Maybe I'm just too much of a purist - yes, using literals will work and that would be a pragmatic way to go, but it seems to run counter to the idea of linked data, since these mime types are defined in pretty serious detail, including RFC's etc... OK, ok, i'll just shut up and use the literal. Term Name: format URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/format Label: Format Definition: The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource. Comment: Examples of dimensions include size and duration. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the list of Internet Media Types [MIME]. References: [MIME] http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/ Type of Term: Property Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/format Has Range: http://purl.org/dc/terms/MediaTypeOrExtent Version: http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#formatT-001 On Feb 2, 10:07 am, Scott Henninger <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Joe; I'm not aware of any efforts to create URIs for MIME > types. I'm not clear on the rationale or need for this, so maybe a > bit more description on the problem you are trying to solve will > help. In my experience a literal for the MIME type suffices and is > usually preferred because the entity needing the MIME type will > recognize the literal. > > -- Scott > > On Feb 1, 8:40 pm, Joe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Not a Top Braid question so much as one on proper nomenclature. > > > I'm trying to determine whether or not there is any standard out there > > on how to reference MIME Types using fully qualified URI's? In > > particular "text/xml". > > > I know there are several "ad-hoc" ways of doing this, but I'm looking > > for something published by a reputable working group or consortium. > > > Any and all advice welcome! > > Thanks, > > Joe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group "TopBraid Suite Users", the topics of which include TopBraid Composer, TopBraid Live, TopBraid Ensemble, SPARQLMotion and SPIN. 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/topbraid-users?hl=en
