ISSUE-41: use of skos:altLabel or dcterms:alternative

alt/alternative

use of skos:altLabel or dcterms:alternative

State:
CLOSED
Product:
Registered Organization Vocabulary
Raised by:
Phil Archer
Opened on:
2012-10-23
Description:
In his comments [1], Richard suggests using skos:prefLabel and skoa:altlabel for what is currently rov:legalName and dcterms:alternative.

The reasoning is sound in that this is inline with ORG. However, some jurisdictions, such as Canada, where a company can have more than one legal name. They're not translations and there is no order of preference. We'd have to allow multiple skos:preLabel properties which isn't good.

Hence ity is questionable whether it is appropriate to define rov:lagelName as a sub property of skos:prefLabel.

Richard then suggests using skos:altLabel rather than dcterms:alternative. This again seems logical but given the above, so we want to suggest the use of skos:altLabel in the absence of skos:prefLabel?

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-gld-wg/2012Oct/0101.html
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Related emails:
  1. Re: Brief introduction and some notes on ISSUE-41 (alt/alternative): use of skos:altLabel or dcterms:alternative [Registered Organization Vocabulary] (from dave.e.reynolds@gmail.com on 2013-03-04)
  2. Brief introduction and some notes on ISSUE-41 (alt/alternative): use of skos:altLabel or dcterms:alternative [Registered Organization Vocabulary] (from m.meimaris@medialab.ntua.gr on 2013-03-04)
  3. Re: ISSUE-41 (alt/alternative): use of skos:altLabel or dcterms:alternative [Registered Organization Vocabulary] (from james@opennorth.ca on 2013-02-28)
  4. Re: ISSUE-41 (alt/alternative): use of skos:altLabel or dcterms:alternative [Registered Organization Vocabulary] (from phila@w3.org on 2013-02-28)
  5. Re: ISSUE-41 (alt/alternative): use of skos:altLabel or dcterms:alternative [Registered Organization Vocabulary] (from dave.e.reynolds@gmail.com on 2013-02-28)
  6. Re: ISSUE-41 (alt/alternative): use of skos:altLabel or dcterms:alternative [Registered Organization Vocabulary] (from phila@w3.org on 2013-02-28)
  7. Open RegOrg issues (from james@opennorth.ca on 2013-02-14)
  8. Re: W3C GLD WG Thur 29-Nov-2012 15.00-16.00 UTC (10:00-11:00 Boston, 7:00-8:00 San Francisco, 15:00-16:00 London, 16:00-17:00 Paris) (from apapant@medialab.ntua.gr on 2012-11-29)
  9. Re: RegOrg update + co-editor (from richard@cyganiak.de on 2012-10-24)
  10. Re: ISSUE-41 (alt/alternative): use of skos:altLabel or dcterms:alternative [Registered Organization Vocabulary] (from richard@cyganiak.de on 2012-10-23)
  11. Re: RegOrg update + co-editor (from phila@w3.org on 2012-10-23)
  12. ISSUE-41 (alt/alternative): use of skos:altLabel or dcterms:alternative [Registered Organization Vocabulary] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2012-10-23)

Related notes:

Closed 4/4/13. PhilA to amend RegOrg to use skos:altLabel and not dcterms:alternative

Phil Archer, 4 Apr 2013, 14:50:43

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