Date:         Fri, 22 Oct 2004 11:48:06 -0400
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From:         Bruce D'Arcus <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      rdf and subjects
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BTW, related to info discussion, SKOS seems to have relevance to
MODS/MADS:

        http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core/spec/

Example:

   <skos:Concept rdf:about="http://my.example.org/GCL/529#concept">
     <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">Parks and gardens</skos:prefLabel>
     <skos:altLabel xml:lang="en">Allotments</skos:altLabel>
     <skos:altLabel xml:lang="en">Country parks</skos:altLabel>
     <skos:altLabel xml:lang="en">Gardens</skos:altLabel>
     <skos:altLabel xml:lang="en">Grass cutting (garden
maintenance)</skos:altLabel>
     <skos:altLabel xml:lang="en">Royal parks</skos:altLabel>
     <skos:broader rdf:resource="http://my.example.org/GCL/616#concept"/>
     <skos:related rdf:resource="http://my.example.org/GCL/496#concept"/>
     <skos:related
rdf:resource="http://my.example.org/GCL/1468#concept"/>
     <skos:related rdf:resource="http://my.example.org/GCL/896#concept"/>
     <skos:inScheme rdf:resource="http://my.example.org/myThesaurus"/>
     <dct:modified>2002-08-30</dct:modified>
   </skos:Concept>