Re: Dealing with controlled vocabularies / classes as values

From: Stefano Mazzocchi <stefanom_at_mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 09:00:28 -0700

Butler, Mark wrote:

> Hi team,
>
> A long time ago we had a discussion about how we represent controlled terms
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-dspace/2004Feb/0003.html
> The solution we ended up using uses SKOS, but it requires us to use custom
> rules in order to process the SKOS information.
>
> There is an interesting W3C document under production by the SWBPWG that
> discusses a number of design alternatives here - see
> http://www.w3.org/TR/swbp-classes-as-values/
>
> In the end, we ended up Approach 1 - the document has an interesting
> discussion of the pros and cons of this and other approaches.
>
> Dr Mark H. Butler
> Research Scientist, HP Labs Bristol
> http://www-uk.hpl.hp.com/people/marbut

What is your impression after reading the document about our decisions?

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Stefano Mazzocchi
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