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* I've requested information from Rebecca Guenther and Eric Childress about the administrative information around the LC vocabularies and DDC (respectively) that might help us manage terms in our vocabularies. | * I've requested information from Rebecca Guenther and Eric Childress about the administrative information around the LC vocabularies and DDC (respectively) that might help us manage terms in our vocabularies. | ||
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+ | * Some beginnings of consensus: | ||
+ | <ul> | ||
+ | <li>URIs should be stable so long as the semantics of the term/concept do not change | ||
+ | <li>Non-semantic changes might be: | ||
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+ | <ol> | ||
+ | <li>Additions of broader, narrower or related terms | ||
+ | <li>Changes in definition for clarification, correction of typos or grammar, etc. | ||
+ | <li>Addition of definition or scope note when none is present | ||
+ | <li>Change in term status | ||
+ | <li>Addition of other information (references, etc.) | ||
+ | </ol> | ||
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+ | <li>Semantic changes, requiring a change in URI, might include: | ||
+ | <ol> | ||
+ | <li>Term splitting or consolidation | ||
+ | <li>Semantic changes in definition | ||
+ | <li>[Possibly] changes in hierarchical relationships (only when there's no definition and the hierarchy placement is the only semantic clue?) [Not sure how we would enforce this] | ||
+ | </ol> | ||
+ | </ul> |
Revision as of 06:18, 22 September 2005
Versioning for Vocabularies
At this point it seems relevant to gather information about the issue:
- Email from Alistair Miles on the SKOS list discussing versioning for concepts
- I've requested information from Rebecca Guenther and Eric Childress about the administrative information around the LC vocabularies and DDC (respectively) that might help us manage terms in our vocabularies.
- Some beginnings of consensus:
- URIs should be stable so long as the semantics of the term/concept do not change
- Non-semantic changes might be:
- Additions of broader, narrower or related terms
- Changes in definition for clarification, correction of typos or grammar, etc.
- Addition of definition or scope note when none is present
- Change in term status
- Addition of other information (references, etc.)
- Semantic changes, requiring a change in URI, might include:
- Term splitting or consolidation
- Semantic changes in definition
- [Possibly] changes in hierarchical relationships (only when there's no definition and the hierarchy placement is the only semantic clue?) [Not sure how we would enforce this]