Are you talking about geographical entities, or geopolitical ones? For example, is there an answer to the question "what country is constantinople located in?"
Simon On Apr 8, 2012 8:02 PM, "Ethan Gruber" <ewg4x...@gmail.com> wrote: > CIDOC-CRM may be the answer here. I will look over the documentation in > greater detail tomorrow. > > Thanks, > Ethan > On Apr 8, 2012 7:56 PM, "Ethan Gruber" <ewg4x...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The data is modeled, but I want to use an ontology for geographic > concepts > > that already exists, if possible. If anything, my issue highlights the > > point that linked data can be *too* flexible. > > On Apr 8, 2012 3:54 PM, "Michael Hopwood" <mich...@editeur.org> wrote: > > > >> I think this highlights the point that, at some point, you have to model > >> the data. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of > >> Ethan Gruber > >> Sent: 08 April 2012 15:44 > >> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > >> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Representing geographic hiearchy in linked data > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> Thanks for the info, but it's not quite what I'm looking for. We've > >> established authority control for ancient places, but I'm looking for an > >> ontology I can use to describe the child:parent relationship between > city > >> and region or region and larger region (in any way that isn't > >> dcterms:partOf). Geonames has defined their own vocabulary that can't > >> really be reused in other geographic contexts, e.g. with gn:countryCode, > >> gn:parentCountry. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Ethan > >> > >> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Karen Coyle <li...@kcoyle.net> wrote: > >> > >> > Also, there is Geonames (http://www.geonames.org), which is the > >> > primary geographic data set on the Semantic Web. Here is the link to > >> Athens: > >> > > >> > http://www.geonames.org/**search.html?q=athens&country=**GR< > http://www > >> > .geonames.org/search.html?q=athens&country=GR> > >> > > >> > kc > >> > > >> > > >> > On 4/6/12 4:54 PM, Karen Miller wrote: > >> > > >> >> Ethan, have you considered Getty's Thesaurus of Geographic Names? It > >> >> does provide a geographic hierarchy, although the data for Athens > >> >> they provide isn't quite the one you've described: > >> >> > >> >> http://www.getty.edu/vow/**TGNHierarchy?find=athens&** > >> >> place=&nation=&prev_page=1&**english=Y&subjectid=7001393< > http://www.g > >> >> > etty.edu/vow/TGNHierarchy?find=athens&place=&nation=&prev_page=1&engl > >> >> ish=Y&subjectid=7001393> > >> >> > >> >> This vocabulary is available in XML here: > >> >> > >> >> > http://www.getty.edu/research/**tools/vocabularies/obtain/**index.htm > >> >> l<http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/obtain/index.html > > > >> >> > >> >> I have looked at it but not used it; it's a big tangled mess of XML. > >> >> > >> >> MODS mimics a hierarchy (the subject/hierarchicalGeographic element > >> >> has these children: continent, country, province, region, state, > >> >> territory, county, city, island, area, extraterrestrialArea, > >> >> citySection). The VRA Core location element provides a similar > mapping. > >> >> > >> >> I try to stay away from Dublin Core, but I did venture onto the DC > >> >> Terms page just now and saw TGN listed in the vocabulary encoding > >> >> schemes there, so probably someone has implemented it. > >> >> > >> >> Karen > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Karen D. Miller > >> >> Monographic/Digital Projects Cataloger Bibliographic Services Dept. > >> >> Northwestern University Library > >> >> Evanston, IL > >> >> k-mill...@northwestern.edu > >> >> 847-467-3462 > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -----Original Message----- > >> >> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.**EDU< > >> CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU>] > >> >> On Behalf Of Ethan Gruber > >> >> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 12:49 PM > >> >> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > >> >> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Representing geographic hiearchy in linked data > >> >> > >> >> Hi all, > >> >> > >> >> I have a dilemma that needs to be sorted out. I'm looking for an > >> >> ontology that can describe geographic hierarchy, and hopefully > someone > >> on > >> >> the list has experience with this. For example, if I have an RDF > >> record > >> >> that describes Athens, I want to point Athens to Attica, and Attica > to > >> >> Greece, and so on. The current proposal is to use dcterms:partOf, > but > >> the > >> >> problem with this is that our records will also use dcterms:partOf to > >> >> describe a completely different type of relational concept, and it > >> will be > >> >> almost impossible for scripts to recognize the difference between > >> these two > >> >> uses of the same DC term. > >> >> > >> >> Thanks, > >> >> Ethan > >> >> > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Karen Coyle > >> > kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net > >> > ph: 1-510-540-7596 > >> > m: 1-510-435-8234 > >> > skype: kcoylenet > >> > > >> > > >
