Very good suggestions Karen. I'd also recommend attendees study the EBU core ontology http://www.ebu.ch/metadata/ontologies/ebucore/. While I will be unable to attend, I'm extremely interested in where you find this existing solution to be deficient. Justin On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Karen Coyle <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Casey, I have some suggestions: > > 1) Everyone should read at least the first chapters of the Allemang book, > Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist: > http://www.worldcat.org/title/semantic-web-for-the-working- > ontologist-effective-modeling-in-rdfs-and-owl/oclc/73393667 > > 2) Everyone should understand the RDF meaning of classes, properties, > domain and range before beginning. (cf: http://kcoyle.blogspot.com/ > 2014/11/classes-in-rdf.html) > > 3) Don't lean too heavily on Protege. Protege is very OWL-oriented and can > lead one far astray. It's easy to click on check boxes without knowing what > they really mean. Do as much development as you can without using Protege, > and do your development in RDFS not OWL. Later you can use Protege to check > your work, or to complete the code. > > 4) Develop in ntriples or turtle but NOT rdf/xml. RDF differs from XML in > some fundamental ways that are not obvious, and developing in rdf/xml masks > these differences and often leads to the development of not very good > ontologies. > > kc > > > On 1/5/15 9:35 AM, Casey Davis wrote: > >> Hi Code4Libbers, >> >> In case you are interested in attending or staying in the know about the >> PBCore RDF ontology hackathon happening on February 7 & 8 before Code4Lib, >> check out the Wiki page: http://wiki.code4lib.org/PBCore_RDF_Hackathon. >> This is also where we will provide links to all documentation created >> during the hackathon. In case you are unable to join us, we will be using >> the hashtag #PBCoreRDF15 on the days of the event. >> >> Best, >> Casey >> >> Casey E. Davis, MLIS | Project Manager, American Archive of Public >> Broadcasting >> WGBH Media Library and Archives | WGBH Educational Foundation >> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> | 617-300-5921 | One >> Guest Street | Boston, MA 02135 >> >> Subscribe to the American Archive blog<http://americanarchivepb. >> wordpress.com/> >> Follow the #AmericanArchive @amarchivepub >> > > -- > Karen Coyle > [log in to unmask] http://kcoyle.net > m: +1-510-435-8234 > skype: kcoylenet/+1-510-984-3600 >