On DC-RDF-TASKFORCE, Andy wrote:
> as discussed this morning, this document now needs to be moved forward
> thru the Usage Board process. The intention should be to add these
> domains and ranges to the current term declarations (human-readable and
> machine-readable). If possible, it would be good to get this on the
> agenda for Seattle in April.
All,
We have had long DCMI property domains and ranges on the
"backburner" [3]. Andy has been working further on this issue
[1] and proposes that we put it on the agenda for Seattle. I
am putting it onto the agenda for the next UB telecon, this
coming Thursday.
As a reminder, the remaining telecons before Seattle are:
2006-03-16 Thu 1400 UTC = 1500 Berlin = 0600 Seattle = 2300 Tokyo
2006-03-23 Thu 1400 UTC = 1500 Berlin = 0600 Seattle = 2300 Tokyo
2006-03-30 Thu 1400 UTC = 1600 BERLIN = 0600 Seattle = 2300 Tokyo
Andy's DCPropertyDomainsRanges draft [1] uses 30-40
"possible classes" as proposed domains and ranges for all
DCMI properties. For the domains and ranges to be declared
machine-readably, these classes would presumably need to be
defined, approved, given URIs, and maintained. Giving them
URIs would involve either expanding the DCMI Type Vocabulary
or creating a new Vocabulary. Creating a new Vocabulary
would involve revising the DCMI Namespace Policy.
Giving them definitions would presumably also involve deciding
on a style for definitions that is consistent between the DCMI
Type Vocabulary and this new Domain-Range Vocabulary:
-- Current DCMI Type Style: "A service is a system that provides..."
-- DCMI Type Style, Renaud style: "A resource which is a system..." [2]
-- Domain-Range Vocabulary style: "The class of all services..." [1]
Andy, how do you propose we approach this, and what would be
the goal for the Seattle discussion?
Tom
[1] http://dublincore.org/architecturewiki/DCPropertyDomainsRanges
[2] http://stage.dublincore.org/usageboard/2006/2006-01.dcmitype/2006-02-20.Type_Vocabulary_Public_Discussion.html
[3] http://stage.dublincore.org/usageboard/log/2006-02-23.ub-telecon-report.txt.html
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Dr. Thomas Baker [log in to unmask]
Director, Specifications and Documentation
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
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