Re: FRBR WEMI and identifiers

From: Karen Coyle <lists_at_nyob>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:36:01 -0800
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Quoting Jonathan Rochkind <rochkind_at_JHU.EDU>:

> Yeah, that's a confusing thing. The RDF world seems to like using hash
> URIs to represent things. As far as RDF is concerned, the URI's
> uniqueness is determined including the hash.  Two URIs identical except
> that they end in two different hashes are two different identifiers as
> far as RDF is concerned.

So in the example that Ross gave,

<rdf:Description  
rdf:about="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2008115565#concept">

identifies the same thing as:

<rdf:Description rdf:about="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2008115565">

?

But

<skos:inScheme rdf:resource="http://id.loc.gov/authorities#conceptScheme"/>
<skos:inScheme rdf:resource="http://id.loc.gov/authorities#geographicNames"/>

do not either identify the same thing as:

<skos:inScheme rdf:resource="http://id.loc.gov/authorities"/>

?

If so, then, yes, that is very confusing.
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Received on Wed Nov 11 2009 - 14:37:44 EST