How to deal with VCard?

[CiaranWelsh]

Here is a snippet from a biomodels xml:

                <rdf:Description rdf:about="#_272044">
                    <dc:creator>
                        <rdf:Bag>
                            <rdf:li rdf:parseType="Resource">
                                <vCard:N rdf:parseType="Resource">
                                    <vCard:Family>Chelliah</vCard:Family>
                                    <vCard:Given>Vijayalakshmi</vCard:Given>
                                </vCard:N>
                                <vCard:EMAIL>viji@ebi.ac.uk</vCard:EMAIL>
                                <vCard:ORG rdf:parseType="Resource">
                                    <vCard:Orgname>EMBL-EBI</vCard:Orgname>
                                </vCard:ORG>
                            </rdf:li>

                            <rdf:li rdf:parseType="Resource">
                                <vCard:N rdf:parseType="Resource">
                                    <vCard:Family>Nikoloski</vCard:Family>
                                    <vCard:Given>Zoran</vCard:Given>
                                </vCard:N>
                                <vCard:EMAIL>nikoloski@mpimp-golm.mpg.de</vCard:EMAIL>
                                <vCard:ORG rdf:parseType="Resource">
                                    <vCard:Orgname>Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, 14476
                                        Potsdam, Germany
                                    </vCard:Orgname>
                                </vCard:ORG>
                            </rdf:li>
                            <rdf:li rdf:parseType="Resource">
                                <vCard:N rdf:parseType="Resource">
                                    <vCard:Family>Arnold</vCard:Family>
                                    <vCard:Given>Anne</vCard:Given>
                                </vCard:N>
                                <vCard:EMAIL>arnold@mpimp-golm.mpg.de</vCard:EMAIL>
                                <vCard:ORG rdf:parseType="Resource">
                                    <vCard:Orgname>Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology</vCard:Orgname>
                                </vCard:ORG>
                            </rdf:li>
                        </rdf:Bag>
                    </dc:creator>
        ...........................................

This needs to be translated somehow. What should the resulting triples look like after translating?

[CiaranWelsh]

This issue will be dealt together with #59 because they are related. However, this issue cannot progress further until there is an appropriate translation for VCard.

[jhgennari]

Okay, here's a stab at a translation of the VCard information in the foaf standard:

vCard:Email --> foaf:mbox
vCard:Family --> foaf:familyName
vCard:Given --> foaf:givenName
vCard:Orgname --> foaf:organization

We should also get rid of the rdf:Bag construct (see issue #49 ). Also the construct "vCard:N" is unnecessary and should be dropped. (This information is captured in the foaf terms familyName and givenName.) Likewise for vCard:ORG.

In the example above, you've got three names listed as "dc:creator" for this model. As discussed in email, we are going to assume that these folk are all curators (rather than model authors). Thus, you'd need three lines as follows:

http://omex-library.org/ModelName.OMEX/ModelName.rdf dc:creator local:entity123 . http://omex-library.org/ModelName.OMEX/ModelName.rdf dc:creator local:entity124 . http://omex-library.org/ModelName.OMEX/ModelName.rdf dc:creator local:entity125 .

And then, for example, the first curator would look like:

local:entity123 foaf:familyName "Chelliah" ; foaf:givenName "Vijayalakshmi"; foaf:organization "EMBL-EBI"; foaf:mbox "viji@ebi.ac.uk" .

Note that the last triple could also be foaf:mbox mailto:viji@ebi.ac.uk

Then you would need similar local entities for Zoran N and Anne A, the other two curators.

Hope that's clear! -John G.

[CiaranWelsh]

resolved with #62