[doap-interest] How to model DOAP mailing lists in RDF?

[Sander W G van der Waal]

Thanks for your responses. I was aware of SIOC but not 
of SIOC types. It seems that these are the way forward
for mailing lists so I'll go for that. I'll surely check 
out SWAML as well.

Thanks again,

Sander

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sergio Fernández [mailto:sergio at wikier.org]
> Sent: 17 January 2011 14:20
> To: Sander W G van der Waal
> Cc: doap-interest at lists.usefulinc.com
> Subject: Re: [doap-interest] How to model DOAP mailing lists in RDF?
> 
> I'd suggest you to switch to SIOC [1] and SIOC Types [2] for modelling
> mailing lists.
> 
> SWAML [4], for instance, generates something like:
> 
> <http://foo#Project> ;
>   a doap:Project ;
>   doap:mailing-list <http://foo#ML> .
> 
> <http://foo#ML> ;
>   a sioc:Forum ;
>   a sioct:MailingList .
> 
> (you can find more examples at [4]).
> 
> For futher details, you can check [5].
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> [1] http://rdfs.org/sioc/ns#
> [2] http://rdfs.org/sioc/types#
> [3] http://swaml.berlios.de
> [4] http://swaml.berlios.de/demos
> [5] http://sioc-project.org
> 
> On 17 January 2011 14:05, Sander W G van der Waal
> <sander.vanderwaal at oucs.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> > Dear DOAP-interest,
> >
> > I am looking for the best way to model a DOAP mailing list
> > in RDF while aiming to be a good RDF/semantic web citizen.
> >
> > The DOAP spec defines the property doap:mailing-list
> > but only specifies a rdfs:domain, no rdfs:range [1].
> > The description suggests it could map onto a "Mailing
> > list home page or email address".
> >
> > Looking at FOAF as the most suitable vocabulary for
> > email addresses and home pages, I find that the domain
> > of the foaf:mbox property is foaf:Agent so I can use eg.
> > foaf:Group as a subclass of foaf:Agent which could have
> > predicates for both an foaf:mbox and a foaf:homepage.
> >
> > An example would be:
> >
> > <http://projx.com>
> >    a doap:Project ;
> >    doap:mailing-list <http://projx.com/mailing-list> .
> >
> > <http://projx.com/mailing-list>
> >    a foaf:Group ;
> >    foaf:mbox "projectx-subscribe at projx.com" ^^xsd:string ;
> >    foaf:homepage <http://projx.com/mailing-list/archives> .
> >
> > Is this similar to what other people are using for mailing
> > lists? Or is there perhaps a more suitable vocabulary?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Sander
> >
> > [1] http://usefulinc.com/ns/doap#
> > [2] http://xmlns.com/foaf/spec/
> >
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