In plain English, isn't Mark Twain simply a pen-name, denoting an
alternate persona, for the person Samuel Clemens? Shouldn't the
modeling reflect that basic, fairly simple, logic?
E.g. the most simple modeling:
<http:whatever.org/1> a foaf:Person ;
foaf:name "Samuel Clemens" ;
mads:penName "Mark Twain" .
... or a little more complex, treat the two as discrete foaf:Person subjects:
<http:whatever.org/1> a foaf:Person ;
foaf:name "Samuel Clemens" ;
mads:alternatePersona <http:whatever.org/2> .
<http:whatever.org/2> a foaf:Person ;
foaf:name "Mark Twain" ;
mads:alternatePersonaOf <http:whatever.org/1> .
I don't get the value of indirection: of treating authors as concepts.
Bruce
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