Cool URIs Are Human Readable

Linked Open Data and MultilingualWeb
11 June 2012

The ISA Core Vocabularies

• Person (natural person, not identities)
• Businesses (registered legal entities)
• Location (includes method for encoding INSPIRE-conformant addresses and any geolocation cordinate system)

Interoperability

English natural language terms

first name

Interoperability

English natural language terms

first name

forename

Interoperability

English natural language terms

first name

forename

Christian name

Interoperability

English natural language terms

first name

forename

Christian name

given name

Interoperability

English natural language terms

first name

forename

Christian name

given name

Agreed term

given name

Interoperability

English natural language terms

first name

forename

Christian name

given name

Agreed term

given name

Definition

A given name, or multiple given names, are the denominator(s) that identify an individual within a family. These are given to a person by his or her parents at birth or may be legally recognised as 'given names' through a formal process. All given names are ordered in one field so that, for example, the Given Name for Johan Sebastian Bach is 'Johan Sebastian.'

Interoperability

Agreed English term

given name

Definition

A given name, or multiple given names, are the denominator(s) that identify an individual within a family. These are given to a person by his or her parents at birth or may be legally recognised as 'given names' through a formal process. All given names are ordered in one field so that, for example, the Given Name for Johan Sebastian Bach is 'Johan Sebastian.'

Agreed Dutch term

voornaam

Definition

Een voornaam, of de veelvoudige voornamen, zijn de noemer die een individu binnen een familie identificeren. Deze worden gegeven aan een persoon door zijn of haar ouders bij geboorte of kunnen juridisch als ' worden gezien; gezien names' door een formeel proces. Alle voornamen worden bevolen op één gebied zodat, bijvoorbeeld, de Voornaam voor Johan Sebastian Bach ' is; Johan Sebastian.'

Interoperability

Unique identifier for the term

http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/givenName

Interoperability

Unique identifier for the term

http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/givenName

English label: givenName

Dutch label: voornaam

Chinese label: 给定的名称

Domain name neutrality

xmlns.com is:

• geographically and politically neutral (no .co.uk or .ie etc.);
• stable;
• already in massive use.

Consider alternative: http://xmlns.eu/foaf/0.1/givenName

Still have a problem

Unique identifier for the term

http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/givenName

Interoperability

Is this 'localised' linked data??

<http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/givenName>

owl:equivalentProperty

<http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/voornaam>

<http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/givenName>

owl:equivalentProperty

<http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/给定的名称>

Implications

Requires tools to recognise and process property equivalence.

More work for vocabulary publishers.

But... feels a lot less foreign and might actually increase interoperability.

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