Quoting Ross Singer <rossfsinger_at_GMAIL.COM>:
>
> For example, they link to:
> http://dbpedia.org/page/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Bob_Dylan
>
> which is a *page* about the representation of Bob Dylan (not the
> representation of Bob Dylan himself)
I must say that I don't see a significant difference between the use
of a wikipedia page or the use of an LC name authority record to
represent Dylan -- since Dylan himself cannot be reduced to linked
data. I think we are all more comfortable with the LCNA because we
understand its function as an identifier, but it's just a record in
the same sense that wikipedia is just a page.
> -- they also model all of their
> identities as skos:Concepts, which is problematic in other ways.
Yes, SKOS gets used because it's Simple and it is There. We need to
develop some other "S"s - simple formats for other kinds of data.
Speaking of which, I took a look at FOAF and RDA/FRBR person entities,
and the only overlap is that they both have names. I'll try to write
it up, but it looks to me like we might be able to use FOAF for
"social data" about our identified persons (mainly contemporary ones),
and thus extend RDA, and RDA can help ground FOAF with more facts
(date and place of birth, etc.). There's more... will work on it.
kc
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