On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Eric Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The suggested namespace for the BIBFRAME model is http://loc.gov/bibframe/vocab. An RDF/XML serialization of this vocabulary is expected to be available at this location. While the recommendation of a singular namespace is counter to several current Linked Data bibliographic efforts, it is crucial to clarify responsibility and authority behind the schematic framework of BIBFRAME in order to minimize confusion and reduce the complexity of the resulting data formats. It will be the role of the Library’s standards stakeholders to maintain the connections between BIBFRAME model elements and source vocabularies such as Dublin Core, FOAF, SKOS and future, related vocabularies that may be developed to support different aspects of the Library workflow.

If persistence is the primary reason for not reusing existing
vocabularies, should the library community be at all concerned that
the existing vocabulary is not defined at the suggested namespace
(http://loc.gov/bibframe/vocab) but at http://bibframe.org/vocab/ ?

//Ed