skos and dmoz

[mdou...@sphericalcowgroup.com]

I'm trying to represent the (now defunct) dmoz structure data as skos concepts.

I've been looking for a good starting point for categories for social networking for some time and discovered most obvious choices are proprietary. I liked dmoz because of the hierarchical nature, the multi-language and the relationships (seeAlso).

I wanted to deliver the data in a format that is being actively used and skos seemed a reasonable approach. Am I on the right track?

My immediate interest is the need to give a presentation at the upcoming CalConnect conference but I intend using something like the dmoz data in bedework for categorizing calendar events.

Is anybody else working with the dmoz structure data?

I've indexed a subset of the data in ElasticSearch and I can generate something like this (this still needs some work):

curl --header "Accept: application/xml" 'http://localhost:8080/bwcat/category/dmoz/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/B/Beatles/'
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
              xmlns:skos="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#">
  <skos:Concept rdf:about="/dmoz/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/B/Beatles/">
    <skos:prefLabel></skos:prefLabel>
    <skos:definition>The Beatles were a rock and roll/pop music group from Liverpool, England, U.K.; who from 1962 to 1970 as a group, and from the 1970s to the present as solo artists, have influenced modern music and culture worldwide perhaps more than any other rock/pop group or individual.</skos:definition>
    <skos:narrower rdf:resource="/dmoz/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/B/Beatles/Tribute_Bands/"/>
    <skos:narrower rdf:resource="/dmoz/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/B/Beatles/Places_and_Tours/"/>
    <skos:narrower rdf:resource="/dmoz/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/B/Beatles/Directories/"/>
    <skos:narrower rdf:resource="/dmoz/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/B/Beatles/Image_Galleries/"/>
    <skos:narrower rdf:resource="/dmoz/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/B/Beatles/Chats_and_Forums/"/>
    <skos:narrower rdf:resource="/dmoz/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/B/Beatles/Friends_and_Family/"/>
    <skos:narrower rdf:resource="/dmoz/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/B/Beatles/Movies/"/>
    <skos:narrower rdf:resource="/dmoz/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/B/Beatles/Tablature/"/>
    <skos:narrower rdf:resource="/dmoz/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/B/Beatles/Fan_Clubs/"/>
    <skos:narrower rdf:resource="/dmoz/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/B/Beatles/Fan_Fiction/"/>
    <skos:narrower rdf:resource="/dmoz/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/B/Beatles/Discography/"/>
    <skos:narrower rdf:resource="/dmoz/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/B/Beatles/Fan_Pages/"/>
    <skos:narrower rdf:resource="/dmoz/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/B/Beatles/Downloads/"/>
    <skos:narrower rdf:resource="/dmoz/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/B/Beatles/Reviews/"/>
    <skos:narrower rdf:resource="/dmoz/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/B/Beatles/Articles_and_Interviews/"/>
    <skos:narrower rdf:resource="/dmoz/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/B/Beatles/Lyrics/"/>
    <skos:narrower rdf:resource="/dmoz/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/B/Beatles/Collecting/"/>
  </skos:Concept>
</rdf:RDF>

[Tom]

Hi

Did you make any progress on this?