Concordia Thesaurus

ConcordiaThesaurus is a controlled vocabulary for expressing classes of relationships (or even assertions) between web-based resources in the context of Linked Data and Atom+GeoRSS feed applications. Its original version was a project deliverable for the NEH-funded Concordia Project.

See also (from October 2008 Workshop): ConcordiaTypeThesaurus

Vocabulary

Terms: 

Base: http://gawd.atlantides.org/terms/

where (item -> place; generic location relation type, modeled on the [http://code.google.com/p/where-link-relation-type/ where relation link type] proposed by Sean Gillies)
findspot (item -> place; identifies the place where the item was found by modern persons)
origin (item -> place; identifies the place where the item is reasoned, by modern persons, to have originated)
observedAt (item -> place; identifies a place where the item was observed by modern persons)

attestsTo (item -> place/person; identifies a historical place or person whose existence or name is attested by the item in question)

depicts (image -> place/object/inscription; same as CIDOC CRM p62 "depicts")
# isEditionOf (IAph/ALA web doc -> inscription)
alternateEdition (published edition -> published edition; indicates that two published editions treat the same ancient text or document)

http://purl.org/dc/terms/references (online resource -> online resource; indicates that one resource makes some kind of reference to another resource)

Issues:

  • EDH and King's have solid use cases for relationship(s) involving photographs, squeezes, copies and sketches (and the digital versions thereof). 2009-07-17

Code:

  • there is not yet a module for the thesaurus

See also ConcordiaGraph.

Other deliverables that are dependent on this one

Related milestones:

  • we have not yet established a milestone for this deliverable

Related tickets (probably):

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