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2009/9/2 Andy Powell <[log in to unmask]> > > With no intented hair-splitting, in which document is it formally > explicited? > > I’m looking at > > http://dublincore.org/documents/domain-range/ > Ah, indeed, but it's not in sync on this at least with http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms which has a "DCMI Recommendation" status, whereas the above has no declared status at all, neither has, BTW, the RDF schema at http://dublincore.org/2008/01/14/dcterms.rdf, a fact I'm very surprised to discover. I thought DC was better at eating its own dog food. [?] <http://dublincore.org/documents/domain-range/> > > (but I confess to being somewhat out of date with my knowledge of the > status of any of these documents). > Hmm ... that seems to be a shared feeling around here ... Bernard ------------------------------ > > *From:* DCMI Architecture Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On > Behalf Of *Bernard Vatant > *Sent:* 02 September 2009 11:18 > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: rdfs:range for dcterms:subject and other "open-range" > properties > > > > Hi Andy > > 2009/9/2 Andy Powell <[log in to unmask]> > > > I understand therefore your take on this as being a non-issue, and it's > up to applications to deal with the absence of range. > > That is my understanding (except that I disagree with your assertion that > the range is missing – it’s not missing, it is explicitly set to > rdfs:Resource). > > > With no intented hair-splitting, in which document is it formally > explicited? It's neither in http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/nor in > http://dublincore.org/2008/01/14/dcterms.rdf as far as I can see. > > > OTOH, as an informative note, could DC suggest/recommend as a best > practice to use some classes, such as skos:Concept? > > I tend to agree, and think there’s probably room for this kind of guidance > in > > Guidelines for Dublin Core Application Profiles (Working Draft) > > http://dublincore.org/usage/meetings/2008/09/berlin/dcap-guidelines/ > > <http://dublincore.org/usage/meetings/2008/09/berlin/dcap-guidelines/> > > though I’m not overly clear what status that document has? > > Something like “Where the value of dc:subject is “an idea or notion”, > recommended best practice is to use a skos:Concept.” > > > I guess SKOS folks would be very happy with that. > > > (Note: I’m making the assumption here that this is indeed recommended > best practice!). > > > It's indeed recommended or strongly suggested from the SKOS viewpoint. See > http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-primer/#secindexing > "While the SKOS vocabulary itself does not include a mechanism for > associating an arbitrary resource with a skos:Concept, implementors can > turn to other vocabularies. Dublin Core, for instance, provides a > dct:subject <http://purl.org/dc/terms/subject> property ..." > > Actually as a reminder there used to be in the first SKOS versions a > skos:subject property which was deprecated under the rationale that it was > already defined by DC. > > > Bernard > > > > ------------------------------ > Eduserv has moved office! For details visit www.eduserv.org.uk/contacts >