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Format issue (release 1.00)
Dear vocabulary developers, I hope this is the right place to address this..? My ontology editor (Topbraid Composer) needs an incredible amount of time (> 20mins) to open the RDF files that were provided in the Core Location Vocabulary. This might be caused by the fact that these RDF files contain…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 20/12/2012Updated Date: 20/12/2012
geographic identifier property
The description and Qname of the "geographic identifier" property does not seem to make sense : Qname : rdfs:SeeAlso Description : rdfs:seeAlso fully represents the Location Core Vocabulary concept of a geographic identifier. Component Documentation Category bug
DISCUSSIONCreated: 23/05/2012Updated Date: 23/05/2012
Correct name for ISO 3166-1
No: ISO 36 Location in the document: 11. References (p44) Description: The correct name for ISO 3166-1 is "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes". See www.iso.org for names of ISO standards. https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/asset/core…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 05/04/2012Updated Date: 05/04/2012
Representation of ISO/TC 211
No: ISO 35 Location in this document: 9. (p42) and 12. (p47) Description: Rob Walker and Serena Coetzee represent ISO/TC 211 in this work. https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/asset/core_location/topic/public-comments-core-location-vocabulary-v02#comment-11775 Component Miscellaneous Category feature
DISCUSSIONCreated: 05/04/2012Updated Date: 05/04/2012
Importance of post codes
No: ISO 33 Location in document: 4.5.10 Post Code Description: Why state that it is important? This implies that the other attributes are not (so) important. Postcodes (where they exist) are important for postal delivery. https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/asset/core_location/topic/public-comments…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 05/04/2012Updated Date: 05/04/2012
other alternative address representations
No: ISO 32 Location in the document: 4.5 ADDRESS (p25) Description: vCard is mentioned as the only alternative address representation, but there are others, such as OASIS xAL. It seems that the vocabulary (model) caters for more than one alternative address representation. This should be…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 05/04/2012Updated Date: 05/04/2012
Address assigners
No: ISO 31 Location in the document: 4.5 ADDRESS (p24) Description: ‘The representation of addresses varies widely from one country’s postal system to another.’ Addresses are not only assigned and maintained by postal operators. In fact, most of the time multiple organizations are involved in…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 05/04/2012Updated Date: 05/04/2012
"a single location may be associated with multiple Geometry classes"
No: ISO 30 Location in the document: 4.4.4 Geometry (p24) Description: ‘…a single location may be associated with multiple Geometry classes.’ should be ‘…a single location may be associated with multiple Geometry objects (or instances)’. https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/asset/core_location/topic…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 05/04/2012Updated Date: 05/04/2012
Geometry relationship: no relationship with any Resource class
No: ISO 29 Location in the document: 4.4.4 Geometry (p24) Description: This section states that the “…’geometry’ relationship associates any resource with the Geometry Class.” It is not clear from the diagram in Figure 1 (p10) what a resource is. The Geometry class has an association with the…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 05/04/2012Updated Date: 05/04/2012
"a single location may be associated with multiple Address classes."
No: ISO 28 Location in the document 4.4.3 Address (p24) Description: ‘…a single location may be associated with multiple Address classes.’ should be ‘…a single location may be associated with multiple addresses’. https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/asset/core_location/topic/public-comments-core…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 05/04/2012Updated Date: 05/04/2012
Address relationship: no associations with a resource
No: ISO 27 Location in the document: 4.4.4 Address (p24) Description: This section states that the “…’address’ relationship associates any resource with the Address Class.” It is not clear from the diagram in Figure 1 (p10) what a resource is. The Address class does not have any associations…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 05/04/2012Updated Date: 05/04/2012
Advantages of a URI
No: ISO 26 Location in the document: 4.4.2 Geographic Identifier (p23) Description: The advantage of a URI described in b. on this page, claims that a URI is stored once for all persons, while a string is stored once for every person in a triple store. This is not true, it is the linked data…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 05/04/2012Updated Date: 05/04/2012