[rdfweb-dev] foaf:weblog and OnlineAccount

[Earle Martin]

On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 10:39:13PM +0200, Morten Frederiksen wrote:
> I don't think you really want to conflate the account and the weblog, they are 
> different resources. I can certainly see your point about them being related, 
> but I think it'd be better to model that explicitly.
> 
> Do you have ideas or use cases about using the relationship?

Well, I'd like to say that I have an online account and it is a weblog. An
online account can be many things, and one of those is a weblog, so it seems
natural to be to be able to combine the two in some fashion. I guess more
explicit modelling is needed. 

thing - has type - weblog
thing - has type - online account  ?
 
> > Also, as we currently have a foaf:weblog, it would be nice to balance it
> > out by having a foaf:wiki. I'd really like to be indicate my membership of
> > a wiki in a fashion akin to the above.
>
> The wiki membership sounds more like an online account, although I can see it 
> might be different for people that have their own personal wikis.

I could have been clearer there. I meant firstly that foaf:wiki would be
good for people with their own personal wikis, as you say, or to describe a
foaf:currentProject or foaf:workInfoHomepage or any other website. Secondly
I meant that I'd like to be able to say that I have an online account on a
thing that is a wiki (and is a project, or whatever).

> If you're thinking about "LiveJournal" as the value for LJ accounts, I think 
> it might be better to trust the accountServiceHomepage itself is described 
> with a title. .... However, there's nothing wrong with using e.g. foaf:name
> for an online account...

I'm sure that the aSH itself would be described, I just wanted to provide
that information so you wouldn't have to go find it. You're right, though,
foaf:name is just fine - thanks.

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