Re: A Distributed Economy -- A blog involving Linked Data

[Kingsley Idehen]

On 1/7/13 10:35 AM, Melvin Carvalho wrote:

    ## Turtle Content Start ##
    <> a <#Document> .
    <> <#topic> <#i> .
    <#i> a <#Person> .
    <#i> <#name> "Kingsley Idehen" .
    <#i> <#nickname> "@kidehen" .


I wonder if it's better to use : in the predicates, rather than, # ?

Not at step one. Remember, this is about a basic introduction where the focal point is showing how Turtle enables simple rendition of basic natural language sentence structure. Once the above is assimilate, you have context for showcasing the benefits of cross referencing with existing vocabularies e.g., FOAF. Thus, the next step would include the addition of a cross reference section that goes something like this:

## Step 2 of 3 ##
## Predicate/Verb Cross References ##

<#Document> <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#equivalentClass> <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Document> . <#Person> <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#equivalentClass> <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Person> . <#topic> <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#equivalentProperty> <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/topic> . <#name> <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#equivalentProperty> <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/name> . <#nickname> <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#equivalentProperty> <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/nick> .

## Step 3 or 3 ##
## Predicate/Verb Cross References using prefixes to reference namespaces ##

@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .

<#Document> owl:equivalentClass foaf:Document .
<#Person> owl:equivalentClass foaf:Person .
<#topic> owl:equivalentProperty foaf:topic .
<#name> owl:equivalentProperty foaf:name .
<#nickname> owl:equivalentProperty foaf:nick .


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Regards,

Kingsley Idehen 
Founder & CEO
OpenLink Software
Company Web: http://www.openlinksw.com
Personal Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen
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LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidehen

After the above has been assimilated and their effects appreciated, you have context for introducing prefixes:

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