Vocab format

[Matthew Graham]

Hi,

It works fine on a Mac.

Cheers,

Matthew

Tony Linde wrote:
>
> Good luck to anyone who tries the ThManager from Windows. It keeps 
> getting stuck at the ‘installing uninstaller’ stage (but it couyld be 
> that I’m using Vista).
>
> I finally got it to work by: installing using the 
> ThManager_2.0_jar.jar file rather than the .exe, Ctrl-C in the command 
> window when it gets stuck, then manually launching the file 
> ‘launch.bat’ in the program folder (‘run anywhere’: bah!).
>
> UI is pretty flaky but it is the only editor I’ve found so far – any 
> else know of any?
>
> T.
>
> *From:* owner-semantics at eso.org [mailto:owner-semantics at eso.org] *On 
> Behalf Of *Tony Linde
> *Sent:* 14 September 2007 16:23
> *To:* semantics at ivoa.net
> *Subject:* RE: Vocab format
>
> SKO tools which might be useful are at:
>
> http://esw.w3.org/topic/SkosDev/ToolShed
>
> T.
>
> *From:* owner-semantics at eso.org [mailto:owner-semantics at eso.org] *On 
> Behalf Of *Tony Linde
> *Sent:* 14 September 2007 15:40
> *To:* semantics at ivoa.net
> *Subject:* Vocab format
>
> What format should any vocabulary be stored in?
>
> Since there is a W3C standard for the description and definition of 
> concepts and terminology – SKOS: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/ – I’d 
> like to propose that this be used for any and all vocabularies which 
> the IVOA creates. Such a format could then be transformed into other 
> forms if these are necessary. This makes it possible for us to use any 
> existing or future tools which are created. SKOS might be extended if 
> it requires constructs unique to astronomy but since we’re discussing 
> a vocabulary, it seems unlikely.
>
> Someone mentioned that astros need to apply more than one definition 
> to a term. I think this is a bad thing to do: if a thing can be 
> defined in two or more ways then it is not a thing, it is two or more 
> things. What we ought to do is create separate definitions of the 
> different concepts and then link them back to whatever common concept 
> they are supposed to address. Having multiple definitions will make it 
> impossible to address the multiple concepts.
>
> Please add your own proposals for a definition language or reasons why 
> SKOS is or is not suitable.
>
> T.
>
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> Tony Linde
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