[VoCamp Discuss] open Vocamp questions and projects

[Tom Heath]

Hi Paola,

I can wholeheartedly recommend Dean Allemang and Jim Hendler's book
Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Semantic-Web-Working-Ontologist-Effective/dp/0123735564/tomheathcom-21

Don't be put off by the title, it's an excellent introduction to RDF,
RDFS and OWL, and would be a good place to start looking for answers
to your questions.

Cheers,

Tom.


2009/4/19  <paola.dimaio at gmail.com>:
>
> I very much enjoyed breathing the same air of people who actually understand
> all of this RDF and OWL stuff in this Ibiza vocamp just gone (well mixed
> with sea breeze). I sincerely hope to absorb some such wisdom by osmosis.
>
> We have already exchanged niceties offlist, but let me take the chance to
> thank the organisers and sponsors again for the opportunity,
>
> I am also learning that it is not easy to get 'straight answers' (probably
> cause there arent straight answers).
>
> A couple of open points that we did not get the chance to discuss in detail
> below
>
> cheers
>
> PDM
>
>
> - how do I intersect vocabularies expressed in RDF?
> I think one suggestion was use OWL same_as property. But not all RDF is OWL,
> is it not (or is it?)
> 'define intersect':  for simplicity assume all 'lexical and logica relation
> between two words as an intersection ' .
>
> - this leads onto another q: why does  RDF/OWL not support all kind
> relations (or does it? if so, please point me to related resource)
>
> additionally, i would like to extend an invitation to anyone on this list
> interested to collaborate on
> a)further foafx development http://vocamp.org/wiki/VoCampIbiza2009#FoafX
> b)emergency management vocabulary
> http://www.knoodl.com/ui/groups/Emergency_Management/vocab/EIIF_Glossary/entry/Emergency
>
>
>
> cheers, and keep up z good work
>
>
>
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