SKOS/foaf:focus is really excellent at managing labels for things
according to various schemes. 

SKOS is excellent for authority control in general.

Jeff

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> Subject: [BIBFRAME] Filing indicators
> 
> I've noticed no discussion on Bibframe of filing indicators, nor
> indication of such in posted examples.  Did I miss it?
> 
> There was a recent discussion on another list of titles which should
> file under what appears to be an initial article, e.g, "A is for ...".
> 
> How will this be handled in Bibframe?  Initial articles differ between
> languages, as well as "A", "An" and "The" being occasionally the word
> by which to file.   Programming to recognize this would be very
> complex.  I have seen no discussion concerning indication of language
> in Bibframe, on which to base such programming.
> 
> Are we to no longer have alphabetical browse lists, only web style
> searching?  I would miss alphabetical browse lists apart from subject
> searches, which I prefer to have in inverse chronological order.  That
> too would be more difficult to program based on imprint date in the
> absence of a date fixed field.  The imprint date may even be lacking,
> if that CONSER provision is carried over.
> 
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