SIOC profile for 'sioc-project.org' A SIOC profile describes the structure and contents of a community site (e.g., weblog) in a machine processable form. For more information refer to the <a href="http://rdfs.org/sioc">SIOC project page</a> Announcing SKOS Core 2nd Public Working Drafts W3C Semantic Web Best Practices and Deployment Working Group We are pleased to announce the publication of the following technical reports as second W3C Public Working Drafts: SKOS Core Guide http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-swbp-skos-core-guide-20051102/ SKOS Core Vocabulary Specification http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-swbp-skos-core-spec-20051102/ For a summary of revisions since first Working Draft publication see: http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-swbp-skos-core-spec-20051102/#secchanges SKOS Core is a simple, flexible and extensible language for expressing in a machine-understandable form the structure and content of concept schemes such as thesauri, classification schemes, subject heading lists, taxonomies, 'folksonomies', other types of controlled vocabulary, and also concept schemes embedded in glossaries and terminologies. For links to tutorials, presentations, development information, version history, translations, proposals, datasets and more see the SKOS Core home page: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core/ The SKOS Core Vocabulary is an application of the Resource Description Framework (RDF). Using RDF allows data to be linked to and/or merged with other data. In practice, this means that distributed sources of data can be meaningfully composed and integrated. For more information about RDF and related specifications, see the Semantic Web Activity home page: http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/ The 'SKOS Core Guide' is a guide to the recommended usage of the SKOS Core Vocabulary, for readers who already have a basic understanding of RDF concepts. The 'SKOS Core Vocabulary Specification' gives a reference-style overview of the SKOS Core Vocabulary, and describes policies for ownership, naming, persistence and change management. These reports are second public Working Drafts, and are work in progress. We ask at this stage for feedback from anyone with a potential interest in using these specifications, or with relevant expertise. Please send comments and suggestions on these drafts to public-esw-thes@w3.org and begin the subject line of the message with 'comment:'. If possible, please send comments before 31st January 2006. The Semantic Web Best Practices and Deployment Working Group is committed to a public, consensus-driven design environment for SKOS Core, and to this end conducts all SKOS-related discussion in public, in particular drawing on feedback from the Semantic Web Interest Group mailing list: public-esw-thes@w3.org This work has benefited greatly from contributions made by the members of this mailing list, and their feedback, suggestions and encouragement are gratefully acknowledged. The public-esw-thes@w3.org mailing list is open, and anyone is welcome to subscribe or to post messages. To subscribe, send an email to public-esw-thes-request@w3.org with the subject line 'subscribe', or activate the following link: mailto:public-esw-thes-request@w3.org?subject=subscribe Yours on behalf of W3C Semantic Web Best Practices and Deployment Working Group, Alistair Miles --- Alistair Miles Research Associate CCLRC - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Building R1 Room 1.60 Fermi Avenue Chilton Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 0QX United Kingdom Email: a.j.miles@rl.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1235 445440 2006-01-10T11:35:01+00:00 2005-11-30T10:36:49+00:00