John McClure wrote: "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topic_Maps gives links to iso/iec
13250"
???
There seems to be a misunderstanding. I was having rather the meta descriptions of general
ISO items in mind, not the description of a topic map per se. (and apart from that I
thought wikidata wanted to use RDF ? )
The ISO site is rather cryptic and most of it is not accessible (see e.g.
http://isotc.iso.org/livelink/livelink/open/jtc1sc36) however I understood sentences (see
http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnu…)
like:
"ISO/IEC 19788-1:2011 provides principles, rules and structures for the specification
of the description of a learning resource; it identifies and specifies the attributes of a
data element as well as the rules governing their use. The key principles stated in
ISO/IEC 19788-1:2011 are informed by a user requirements-driven context with the aim of
supporting multilingual and cultural adaptability requirements from a global perspective.
ISO/IEC 19788-1:2011 is information-technology-neutral and defines a set of common
approaches, i.e. methodologies and constructs, which apply to the development of the
subsequent parts of ISO/IEC 19788."
as that the ISO is in the process of turning parts of their database into a
machine-readable standard format. So I assumed that
the "identification of a data element" for learning ressources could be sort of
planned to be extendend to all of (or already have?) their standards, which reaches from
screw threads
http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnu…
over mathematical symbols
http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnu…
to copper alloys
http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_tc_browse.htm?c…
If that would be the case then companies etc. could link and conform to standards (here
for example an unlinked reference
to a DIN standard for
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wärmeleitzahl in a product for insulation:
http://isofloc.de/index.php?technische-daten)
That is especially companies could be interested in promoting parts of their technical
data in a ISO standartized format (which makes the comparision of technical data of
products easier)
so for example crawlers could collect products which set out certain technical
specifications. Organizations could
link easier to companies which conform e.g. to social standards etc.
So when I wrote that Wikidata could eventually base their data on the ISO standards then I
meant that it
would make sense to have a structural correspondence
between ISO standards and definitions (or e.g. standards from the DIN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsches_Institut_f%C3%BCr_Normung or other similar
organizations) and the wikidata ontology, because wikidata would for materials etc.
anyways have an entry for the corresponding standards.
Friedrich Roehrs wrote:"1c. You're arguing over CHF 200 -- which
extraordinarily-cheaply and
fundamentally PROTECTS the MWF from copyright infringement suits? Can
the SNAK architecture provide that reassurance to the MWF community?"
I don't know what you mean by that. As you can see in the ISO links:
http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnu…
each item alone costs something in that range.