<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
       xmlns:owl="http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#"
       xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"
   	xmlns:jpd="http://example.com/jpd"
       xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#">
<!-- defininig an rdf class with japanese iri, but same membership as foaf:Person -->
<rdfs:Class rdf:about="http://example.com/jpx#人間">
 <rdfs:label>人間</rdfs:label>
  <!-- ni n ge n -->
 <owl:sameAs rdf:resource="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Person/"/>
<!-- person or human... -->
</rdfs:Class>

<!-- properties; kota's bloodtype property with a jp iri --> 
<!-- see http://kota.s12.xrea.com/vocab/uranai/ -->

<rdf:Property rdf:about="http://example.com/jpx#血液型">
  <rdfs:label>血液型</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Blood type</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>血液型を書きます。</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:comment xml:lang="en">A blood type.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:domain rdf:resource="http://example.com/jpx#人間"/>
  <rdfs:range rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Literal"/>
</rdf:Property>

<!-- Japanese Dictionary: nouns as rdf classes
an example japanese dictionary entry, for 'silky tofu', mapped to an rdf class -->
<!-- ki nu do u fu -->
<!-- Also show a wordnet mapping. Mappings such as this, to wordnet, might be expensive to create. The point 
         here is that the Japanese dictionary distinguishes between more types of tofu than the 
         english language Wordnet. -->
<!-- see EDR pages for possible sources of data, http://www.jsa.co.jp/EDR/ -->

<rdfs:Class rdf:about="http://example.com/jpd#絹豆腐">
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="ja">絹豆腐</rdfs:label>
   <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="http://xmlns.com/wordnet/1.6/Tofu"/> 
</rdfs:Class>
<rdfs:Class rdf:about="http://example.com/jpd#振袖"><!-- furisode; a kimono for unmarried women -->
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="ja">振袖</rdfs:label> 
</rdfs:Class>
<!--  instance data --> 
<!-- silky tofu... kinudoufu -->
<foaf:Image rdf:about="http://example.com/photos/j1.jpg">
  <foaf:depicts>
    <jpd:絹豆腐/>
   </foaf:depicts>
   <foaf:depicts>
    <人間 xmlns="http://example.com/jpx#">
      <血液型>AB</血液型>
    </人間>
  </foaf:depicts>
</foaf:Image>

<foaf:Image xmlns="http://example.com/jpx#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 
    rdf:about="http://furisode.jp/catalog/slideshow/images/02m.jpg">
  <dc:format>image/jpeg</dc:format>
  <foaf:depicts>
    <人間>
      <foaf:gender>female</foaf:gender>
    </人間>
  </foaf:depicts>
  <foaf:depicts>
    <jpd:振袖/>
  </foaf:depicts>
</foaf:Image>

</rdf:RDF>

<!-- "one problem w/ japanese is that distinguishing between items in a class, and a class itself re singular/plural distinction"(martin) -->
