RE: [egov] Representing polyhierarchical taxonomies in XML

["Paul Spencer" <paul.spencer@boynings.co.uk>]

Farrukh,

Reading through this, OWL seems to be the W3C-REC successor to the DAML+OIL
NOTE. I think this is probably what I need. Thanks.

Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Farrukh Najmi [mailto:Farrukh.Najmi@Sun.COM]
> Sent: 02 July 2004 14:07
> To: Paul Spencer
> Cc: e-Gov
> Subject: Re: [egov] Representing polyhierarchical taxonomies in XML
>
>
> Paul Spencer wrote:
>
> >The UK e-GMS metadata standard is a polyhierarchical taxonomy*
> in which an
> >item in the hierarchy can have more than one parent. What would people
> >consider the best way to represent this in XML? One option is
> DAML+OIL, but
> >I am not sure of the status of this and defer to those with greater
> >knowledge of representing taxonomies in XML.
> >
> >My aim is to be able to navigate through the taxonomy, in particular, to
> >find the parent(s) of a known taxonomy item. However, I am sure there are
> >further applications in the taxonomy reconciliation work.
> >
> >* see
> >http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/documents/Tomatoes%20are%20not%20the%20
> only%20frui
> >t%202002-12-19.doc
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >Paul Spencer
> >Director
> >Boynings Consulting Ltd
> >http://www.boynings.co.uk
> >
> >
> >
> In ebXML Registry Semantic Content Management work we are likely to
> support OWL for this purpose.
> In current ebXML Registry a ClassificationScheme may have a
> ClassificationNode that can typically have only one parent.
> However, by using EquiovalentTo Associations you can have the same
> logical node as multiple equivalent physical nodes under different
> parents this achieving some modicum of a polyhierarchical taxonomy.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Farrukh
>
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