this is the rest of the thread On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Chris Bizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi Andreas, > > we for sure want to do this, but also did not want to postpone the DBpedia > 3.2 release any further. > > So be ensured that the upcoming public user interface for defining the > infobox-to-ontology mappings will include the possibility to reuse existing > classes and properties and that external classes and properties will be > used > within the 3.3 release. > > Defining the infobox-to-ontology mappings that we currently have was > already > a lot of work (Anja thanks again), so please be patient with the > mappings/reuse of external ontologies. > > Cheers > > Chris > > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Andreas Harth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Gesendet: Montag, 17. November 2008 16:55 > > An: Chris Bizer > > Cc: public-lod@w3.org; 'Semantic Web'; dbpedia- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; dbpedia- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Betreff: Re: ANN: DBpedia 3.2 release, including DBpedia Ontology and > > RDF links to Freebase > > > > Hi Chris, > > > > Chris Bizer wrote: > > > 1. DBpedia Ontology > > > > > > DBpedia now features a shallow, cross-domain ontology, which has been > > > manually created based on the most commonly used infoboxes within > > Wikipedia > > great work! > > > > One thing: what's the reason for creating your own classes rather > > than re-using or sub-classing existing ones (foaf:Person, > > geonames:Feature...)? Same for properties (foaf:name, dc:date...). > > > > Regards, > > Andreas. > > > > -- > > http://swse.deri.org/ > > > -- Revelytix, Inc. phone: 410-584-0009 (office) 443-928-3782 (cell) skype: michael.allen.lang.jr aim: MikeJrRevelytix