frbr:embodiment is enough without frbr:embodimentOf, no?

Submitted by connolly on Wed, 2005-12-28 12:25. ::
In #swig discussion today, I (re?)discovered Ian Davis's FRBR and RDF. Nifty stuff, but this business of making two properties for each relationship (embodiment and embodimentOf) seems like a bad idea... an AntiPattern, even. Let's see if HasPropertyOf stands the test of WikiConsensus.

I tried to note this as a comment on Ian's item, but comments are closed. I wonder why.

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Inverse properties as anti-pattern
Submitted by Ian Davis (not verified) (%c) on Wed, 2005-12-28 18:39.

After reading your wiki page I have to say I agree. But the pragmatist in me would retain the convenience of the inverse properties because there's no clean way to reverse the roles of elements in RDF/XML. Strange how often a design is influenced by constraints such as output syntax.

BTW, comments are closed on that item to cut down on comment spam I'm afraid. I have a script that closes comments and trackbacks after 14 days. I hate to do it but am basically forced to or spend huge amounts of time deleting comments from the moderation queue.

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two week comment window
Submitted by connolly (OpenID: http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/) on Fri, 2005-12-30 23:33.

I suspected something like that. Good to know. Thanks.

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