Some sources have place of birth and death -- would that argue for the bio: properties?
kc Quoting Rob Styles <rob.sty...@talis.com>: > I would normally argue for identifying all things of interest as a > resource, events being commonly overlooked. > > In that vain, identifying the birth event would make sense, however my > reason for trying to identify all objects of interest (including > events) is that it allows you and others to say things about them. > > In the case of births, and deaths but less so, there doesn't seem to > be much in the way of things to say, so I am less convinced of the > value over a simple birthdate property. > > Rob Styles > Talis > > On 9 Jun 2010, at 20:43, "Lee Passey" <l...@novomail.net> wrote: > >> On 6/8/2010 7:19 PM, Ross Singer wrote >> >> [snip] >> >>> Interesting you consider RDF/FOAF a "band-wagon", considering FOAF >>> predates JSON (outside of merely being considered "a subset of >>> JavaScript"). It might also be considered "a ranklable offense" to >>> disparage RDF simply because you don't understand it or it's not >>> useful to you. Do the JSON and XML serializations require this level >>> of justification? >> >> Absolutely. >> >> As a matter of fact, I think OL's decision to use JSON, not merely >> as a >> data transfer format but also as a data storage format, to be probably >> the most ill-advised decision it has ever made. I suspect that the >> decision was made almost exclusively as a "band-wagon," and had this >> kind of spirited debate occurred at that time we would have had a much >> more robust data set with fewer duplicates. >> >> As it happens, I am becoming convinced that "foaf:person" and the >> "foaf" >> name variations are probably the best choice for encapsulating >> personal >> information in OL RDF, and I am arriving at that conclusion primarily >> because of the information and arguments made here. >> >> Debate is good. >> >> Questioning assumptions is good. >> >> Trying to identify your consumer and his/her/its needs is good. >> >> Unquestioning acceptance of the latest fad is bad. >> >> That having been said, I think the best way to encode dates of birth >> and >> death should be: >> >> <bio:Birth> >> <dc:date >> rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime";>[some >> date]</dc:date> >> </bio:Birth> >> <bio:Death> >> <dc:date >> rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime";>[some >> date]</dc:date> >> </bio:Death> >> >> Would someone like to talk me out of this now? >> _______________________________________________ >> Ol-tech mailing list >> Ol-tech@archive.org >> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >> ol-tech-unsubscr...@archive.org > > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > Find out more about Talis at http://www.talis.com/ > shared innovation™ > > Any views or personal opinions expressed within this email may not > be those of Talis Information Ltd or its employees. The content of > this email message and any files that may be attached are > confidential, and for the usage of the intended recipient only. If > you are not the intended recipient, then please return this message > to the sender and delete it. Any use of this e-mail by an > unauthorised recipient is prohibited. > > Talis Information Ltd is a member of the Talis Group of companies > and is registered in England No 3638278 with its registered office > at Knights Court, Solihull Parkway, Birmingham Business Park, B37 7YB. > _______________________________________________ > Ol-tech mailing list > Ol-tech@archive.org > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > ol-tech-unsubscr...@archive.org > -- Karen Coyle kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet _______________________________________________ Ol-tech mailing list Ol-tech@archive.org http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to ol-tech-unsubscr...@archive.org
