@inproceedings{b2aba1ecbba8465ca55538c0842e9086,
title = "Towards a logical form for descriptive metadata",
abstract = "Open linked data and semantic technologies promise support for information integration and inferencing. But taking advantage of this support often requires that the information carried by ordinary {"}colloquial{"} metadata records be made explicit and computationally available. Given the structured nature of most metadata records this looks easy to do; and conversion from metadata records to computer processable knowledge representation languages such as RDF is now commonplace. Nevertheless a precise formal characterization of the semantics of common colloquial metadata records is more involved than appearances would suggest. We explore two approaches to formalization and discuss some issues related to the nature of identifier elements in colloquial metadata records and the use of individual constants in knowledge representation.",
author = "Wickett, {Karen M.} and Urban, {Richard J.} and Renear, {Allen H.}",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1145/2132176.2132294",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781450307826",
series = "ACM International Conference Proceeding Series",
pages = "574--575",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 2012 iConference",
note = "2012 iConference: Culture, Design, Society, iConference 2012 ; Conference date: 07-02-2012 Through 10-02-2012",
}