ISSUE-81

LabelRelationsNaming

State:

CLOSED

Product:

SKOS

Raised by:

Thomas Baker

Opened on:

2008-01-17

Description:

From http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swd-wg/2008Jan/0008.html ...

The draft SKOS Reference [1] very helpfully points out the
symmetry between mappingRelation (with its subproperties
broadMatch, narrowMatch, and relatedMatch) and semanticRelation
(with its subproperties broader, narrower, and related).

However, I find that this naming pattern subtly gets in the
way of grasping the much different concept of label relations.
The problem becomes clear if one puts the names side-by-side:

    Properties:   labelRelated    mappingRelation  semanticRelation
    Classes:      LabelRelation

I cannot think of a better name than LabelRelation, but I would
find it less confusing if labelRelated were renamed relatedLabel:

    Properties:   relatedLabel    mappingRelation  semanticRelation
    Classes:      LabelRelation

[1] http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/SKOS/reference/20071223

Related emails:

1. ISSUE-81: LabelRelationsNaming (from dean+cgi@w3.org on 2008-01-17)
2. RE: Label relations confusingly named? (from A.J.Miles@rl.ac.uk on 2008-01-18)
3. Several emails to reply to (from Margherita.Sini@fao.org on 2008-02-04)
4. Comment: ISSUE-81 (from rde2@utk.edu on 2008-02-09)
5. [Fwd: [SKOS] Issues Review (from alistair.miles@zoo.ox.ac.uk on 2008-02-21)
6. [SKOS] Issues Review (from alistair.miles@zoo.ox.ac.uk on 2008-02-21)
7. List of resolutions from the Face-to-Face meeting (from Margherita.Sini@fao.org on 2008-05-13)
8. Re: List of resolutions from the Face-to-Face meeting (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2008-05-14)

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