It would make perfect sense for LC to publish the LCNAF in their id.loc.gov domain. I think the foaf:focus pattern is important for "name authorities", though, and would encourage them to coin two URIs instead of just one. For example: <http://id.loc.gov/authorities/n50042127#concept> a skos:Concept ; skos:inScheme < http://id.loc.gov/authorities#nameAuthorityFooBar> skos:prefLabel "Bourbaki, Nicolas" ; skos:altLabel "Burbaki, N." foaf:focus <http://id.loc.gov/authorities/n50042127#thing> . <http://id.loc.gov/authorities/n50042127#thing> a owl:Thing . I wouldn't want to tell LC how to model the #thing resource, but I think it is important for them to at least coin a placeholder identifier for it so it doesn't get confused with the #concept. Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Jonathan Rochkind > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 2:34 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Planned changes to the VIAF RDF > > I like that you said "when" rather than "if", heh. > > Have you guys at VIAF made it clear to LC that you'd consider them > publishing in linked data to be a complement to VIAF, rather than > duplication? I think maybe some people think it'd be duplication, which > I think is not true. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Young,Jeff (OR) > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 1:50 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Planned changes to the VIAF RDF > > Update: > > > > Somebody offline asked why the diagrams have links to external Swiss > and German authority resources, but not LC. The reason is that LC > doesn't currently publish their name authority file as linked data. > When they do, the owl:sameAs links to their URIs can be added to VIAF. > > > > The only VIAF contributors we're aware of today that publish their own > authority Linked Data are Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, National Library > of Sweden, and the National Széchényi Library (Hungary). > > > > Jeff > > > > From: Young,Jeff (OR) > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 10:21 AM > Subject: Planned changes to the VIAF RDF > > > > Thom Hickey posted a blog entry about our plans to streamline the VIAF > RDF. > > > > http://outgoing.typepad.com/outgoing/2011/04/changes-to-viafs-rdf.html > > > > I can elaborate on the listserv if anyone wants to discuss the changes. > > > > Jeff > > > > --- > > Jeffrey A. Young > Software Architect > OCLC Research, Mail Code 410 > OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. > 6565 Kilgour Place > Dublin, OH 43017-3395 > www.oclc.org > > Voice: 614-764-4342 > Voice: 800-848-5878, ext. 4342 > Fax: 614-718-7477 > Email: [log in to unmask] > >