ISSUE-31

BasicLexicalLabelSemantics

State:
CLOSED
Product:
SKOS
Raised by:
Alistair Miles
Opened on:
2007-03-19
Description:
Can a resource have two "preferred lexical labels"? Can a lexical label be both
"preferred" and "alternative" for the same resource? If a lexical label is
"hidden", can it also be "preferred" or "alternative" for the same resource?

See also <http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/wiki/SkosDesign/BasicLexicalLabelSemantics>

Imagine the SKOS vocabulary consisted only of skos:prefLabel, skos:altLabel and
skos:hiddenLabel. I.e. forget everything else for the moment.

Now, consider the following RDF graph:

@prefix ex: <http://www.example.com/examples#>.
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>.

ex:foo skos:prefLabel "foo"@en.
ex:foo skos:prefLabel "bar"@en.

The resource ex:foo has two different preferred lexical labels in the same
language. Is this graph inconsistent?

What about the following:

@prefix ex: <http://www.example.com/examples#>.
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>.

ex:foo skos:prefLabel "foo"@en.
ex:foo skos:altLabel "foo"@en.

The label "foo"@en is given as both a preferred and an alternative lexical label
for the resource ex:foo. Is this graph inconsistent?

Consider another graph:

@prefix ex: <http://www.example.com/examples#>.
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>.

ex:foo skos:prefLabel "foo"@en.
ex:foo skos:hiddenLabel "foo"@en.

The label "foo"@en is given as both a preferred and a hidden lexical label for
the resource ex:foo. Is this graph inconsistent?

Finally, consider:

@prefix ex: <http://www.example.com/examples#>.
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>.

ex:foo skos:altLabel "foo"@en.
ex:foo skos:hiddenLabel "foo"@en.

The label "foo"@en is given as both an alternative and a hidden lexical label
for the resource ex:foo. Is this graph inconsistent?
Related emails:
  1. ISSUE-31: BasicLexicalLabelSemantics (from dean+cgi@w3.org on 2007-03-19)
  2. RE: [SKOS] Possible issue: Uniqueness of skos:prefLabel [was Re: [SKOS] inconsistency between Guide and Specification (from A.J.Miles@rl.ac.uk on 2007-03-19)
  3. [SKOS] central issues (from A.J.Miles@rl.ac.uk on 2007-06-26)
  4. Re: [SKOS] central issues (from bernard.vatant@mondeca.com on 2007-06-26)
  5. [SKOS] ISSUE-31 BasicLexicalLabelSemantics proposed resolution (from A.J.Miles@rl.ac.uk on 2007-06-26)
  6. [SKOS] question about SKOS semantics document (was Re: [SKOS] ISSUE-31 BasicLexicalLabelSemantics proposed resolution) (from aisaac@few.vu.nl on 2007-06-26)
  7. Re: [SKOS] ISSUE-31 BasicLexicalLabelSemantics proposed resolution (from aisaac@few.vu.nl on 2007-06-26)
  8. Re: [SKOS] ISSUE-31 BasicLexicalLabelSemantics proposed resolution (from bernard.vatant@mondeca.com on 2007-06-27)
  9. Re: [SKOS] central issues (from aisaac@few.vu.nl on 2007-06-27)
  10. Re: [SKOS] central issues (from bernard.vatant@mondeca.com on 2007-06-27)
  11. Re: [SKOS] central issues (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2007-07-02)
  12. [ALL] agenda July 3 telecon 1500 UTC (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2007-07-02)
  13. Re: [ALL] agenda July 3 telecon 1500 UTC (from Bernard.Horan@sun.com on 2007-07-02)
  14. Re: [SKOS] central issues (from jphipps@madcreek.com on 2007-07-02)
  15. Re: [SKOS] central issues (from aisaac@few.vu.nl on 2007-07-03)
  16. Re: [SKOS] central issues (from jphipps@madcreek.com on 2007-07-03)
  17. Re: [ALL] agenda July 3 telecon 1500 UTC (from ekendall@sandsoft.com on 2007-07-03)
  18. Re: [ALL] agenda July 3 telecon 1500 UTC (from simone.onofri@gmail.com on 2007-07-03)
  19. Re: [ALL] agenda July 3 telecon 1500 UTC (from juth@loc.gov on 2007-07-03)
  20. Re: [SKOS] central issues (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2007-07-04)
  21. belated regrets (was RE: [ALL] agenda July 3 telecon 1500 UTC) (from A.J.Miles@rl.ac.uk on 2007-07-04)
  22. Minutes from July 3 tcon (from rubin@med.stanford.edu on 2007-07-05)
  23. [ALL] Agenda - July 10 2007 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de on 2007-07-09)
  24. Re: [ALL] Agenda - July 10 2007 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from ekendall@sandsoft.com on 2007-07-09)
  25. Re: [ALL] Agenda - July 10 2007 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from cred@loc.gov on 2007-07-09)
  26. [ALL] SWD telecon - July 17 2007 - agenda (from baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de on 2007-07-16)
  27. Re: [ALL] SWD telecon - July 17 2007 - agenda (from baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de on 2007-07-16)
  28. [ALL] agenda July 24 telecon - 1500 UTC (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2007-07-23)
  29. Re: [ALL] agenda July 24 telecon - 1500 UTC (from ben@adida.net on 2007-07-23)
  30. Regrets - Re: [ALL] agenda July 24 telecon - 1500 UTC (from juth@loc.gov on 2007-07-23)
  31. [ALL] agenda Aug 7 telecon - 1500 UTC (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2007-08-07)
  32. regrets for Aug 7 telecon - 1500 UTC (from rubin@med.stanford.edu on 2007-08-06)
  33. Agenda - Aug 21 2007 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de on 2007-08-20)
  34. Re: Agenda - Aug 21 2007 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from Bernard.Horan@sun.com on 2007-08-20)
  35. Scribing - Re: Agenda - Aug 21 2007 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from juth@loc.gov on 2007-08-21)
  36. [ALL] SWD face-to-face - draft agenda (from baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de on 2007-08-22)
  37. RE: [ALL] SWD face-to-face - draft agenda (from A.J.Miles@rl.ac.uk on 2007-08-24)
  38. [ALL] agenda 28 Aug telecon - 1500 UTC (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2007-08-27)
  39. Re: [ALL] SWD face-to-face - draft agenda (from aisaac@few.vu.nl on 2007-08-27)
  40. Re: [ALL] agenda 28 Aug telecon - 1500 UTC (from ekendall@sandsoft.com on 2007-08-27)
  41. Re: [ALL] agenda 28 Aug telecon - 1500 UTC (from Bernard.Horan@sun.com on 2007-08-28)
  42. Agenda - Sep 04 2007 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de on 2007-09-03)
  43. Meeting record: 2007-09-04 (from michael.hausenblas@joanneum.at on 2007-09-05)
  44. LATE REGRETS - Re: Meeting record: 2007-09-04 (from juth@loc.gov on 2007-09-05)
  45. [ALL] agenda 11 Sep telecon - 1500 UTC (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2007-09-11)
  46. RE: [ALL] agenda 11 Sep telecon - 1500 UTC (from A.J.Miles@rl.ac.uk on 2007-09-11)
  47. RE: [SKOS] Amsterdam topic 'Labeling properties' (from A.J.Miles@rl.ac.uk on 2007-10-02)
  48. [SKOS] Amsterdam topic: 'Labeling properties' (from qreul@csd.abdn.ac.uk on 2007-10-05)
  49. [SKOS] ISSUE-31 proposed resolution (from A.J.Miles@rl.ac.uk on 2008-01-29)
  50. Meeting record: 2008-02-12 SWD telecon (from q.reul@abdn.ac.uk on 2008-02-14)

Related notes:

2007-03-19: Issues Sandbox: http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/wiki/SkosIssuesSandbox#head-5593998a47bf818e6bbcf40d289d95f6390c320a

2008-02-12: 2008-02-12. RESOLVED ISSUE-31 is as per email (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swd-wg/2008Jan/0191.html)