Hello,
I am reading the documentation of WikiData where I learned that new
properties could be suggested for discussion. But this means adding
knew properties to WikiData. However, is it possible to use
existing RDF vocabularies like the RDF implementation of RDA a cataloging norm based
on the FRBR
conceptual model (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records)
(see also "What
is FRBR?") ?
Unless this could be considered like librarian stuff, the FRBR
conceptual model is an interresting way of expressing relations
between any work (book, music, movie...) and their authors because
it makes a distinction between the work ("20.000 lieues sous les
mers", the novel written by Jules Verne) and its manifestations (the
publication of this novel by Hetzel in Paris in 1871). FRBR suggest
two more levels "expression" (which I don't understood yet) and item
(an explary of the book). This model was used by the Bibliothèque
Nationale de France (BNF) for its web site data.bnf.fr, the open
data portal of the BNF.
What I mean, is that I could ask for a new property in WikiData like
p:writerOf, but why not using rdaw:author (rdaw: http://rdaregistry.info/Elements/w/)
or rather than having a WikiData property p:workTitle using
rdaw:titleOfTheWork ?
Thanks,
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