tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531468487316084127.post7713467888870883103..comments2009-03-17T16:16:06.416+13:00Chris Chamberlainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00294249843984687355noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531468487316084127.post-54261836899024561152009-03-17T16:16:00.000+13:002009-03-17T16:16:00.000+13:00OK - VERY ALPHA - but please have a look anyway...<BR/><BR/>http://gloss.io/domain/fonz/term/Accessioning<BR/><BR/>this is an example of one term, two meanings from the Functions of New Zealand Thesaraus (FONZ). the (c) link goes to the concept.<BR/><BR/>FYI I just completed stress testing to figure out how much. Next on the list is tidy-up some broken stuff, and theming and to get the editing functionality back together for some community input. <BR/><BR/>I suggest trying the search tool (using googlesque query syntax). And the visualisations from /concept. Note IE needs the Adobe SVG plugin, Firefox 3.0 works great.Chris Chamberlainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00294249843984687355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531468487316084127.post-29114255374940936742009-03-17T15:45:00.000+13:002009-03-17T15:45:00.000+13:00Derek - thanks for your words of encouragement<BR/><BR/>Re multiple definitions, yes we need to show when there are several concepts linked to one term - a 'disambiguation' view. The larger the domain, the more prevalent this will be, e.g. wordnet. And of course there's multiple terms for one concept.<BR/><BR/>The challenge here is the URI pattern. The term is the only natural identifier for the concept, but as you've pointed out it's not unique - in fact it's a many-to-many relation. I believe getting the URI design 'right' (ie intuitive) is a key concern, so I'm experimenting with some patterns right now.<BR/><BR/>On a related note, from the perspective of the concept, I envisage a scenario where the domain owners wish to enforce a rule that there must be a single 'preferred term' for each concept (and 0-N alternate terms). This would provide a more natural support for thesaurii (like SONZ, FONZ etc) and the SKOS object model.<BR/><BR/>I'll soon post some links to the alpha release of glossio - stay tuned :)Chris Chamberlainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00294249843984687355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531468487316084127.post-15946503567634389672009-03-17T14:59:00.000+13:002009-03-17T14:59:00.000+13:00Really interesting project - I think the problem of mismatched terminology is common to all projects where organisations try to interoperate in some way. Formal taxonomies using OWL, RDF etc. can be pretty intimidating and need quite a bit of expertise to construct, not to mention potentially endless arguments over definitions. So having tools to do this in a co-operative web space could be really productive. Are you thinking about allowing multiple definitions of a term within a domain to evolve over time. Trying to get everything "right" first time is a killer.Derek Raynerhttp://research.elabs.govt.nznoreply@blogger.com