[rdfweb-dev] Names In FOAF

[Jonathan Greensted]

> I've made an alternate suggestion[3], which is to forego any kind of 
> structural modelling and tackle it from a mode of address angle. I 
> propose to drop everything but foaf:name (which is well established) and 
>   add four new properties:

Why not just drop everything? :-)

How long does this project need to flounder before someone puts a gun to it's
head?

I've been watching for nearly two years now and what progress has been made?

Sorry to be neg but there are some brilliant minds on this list and those brain
cycles should be focused on something which has traction.

Please shoot me down if I'm wrong but sometimes these things just need saying.

J.

Quoting Ian Davis <iand at internetalchemy.org>:

> I've been thinking about names in FOAF. There's an issue[1] in the 
> tracker to rationalise the properties here and Morten has made a 
> concrete proposal[2]. It's a tricky area to model because of the variety 
> and complexity of names in various cultures.
> 
> I've made an alternate suggestion[3], which is to forego any kind of 
> structural modelling and tackle it from a mode of address angle. I 
> propose to drop everything but foaf:name (which is well established) and 
>   add four new properties:
> 
> familiarName - the name used in familiar situations by friends, e.g. Ian
> 
> informalName - the name used when referred to in informal situations, 
> e.g. Ian Davis
> 
> formalName - the name used when referred to in formal situations, e.g. 
> Mr. Davis
> 
> fullName - the full name as expected to be used on an identifying 
> document e.g. Mr Ian Robert Davis
> 
> 
> I think this approach would fit better with the social nature of FOAF.
> 
> Ian
> 
> [1] http://rdfweb.org/topic/NameVocabIssue
> [2] http://rdfweb.org/topic/NamesInFoaf
> [3] http://rdfweb.org/topic/NamesInFoafAlternate
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