@prefix dc: . <> dc:Author "Sandro Hawke, sandro@w3.org"; dc:Description """ Describes an RDF vocabulary for data about for people working on shared or related activities, particularly as needed for semantic web software development at the W3C.

This is how I model work: actors (mostly people) perform actions (mostly creating and modifying digital content) and talk to each other in many ways. The work products are mostly computer software systems and specifications for such systems. """; dc:Description """ STILL PRE-RELEASE -- DO *NOT* CONSIDER THE CONTENTS STABLE OR PARTICULARLY WELL-THOUGHT-OUT IN ALL PARTS! """. @prefix rdf: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix daml: . @prefix rx: . # @prefix prov < ... who said it? when? where/how ... >. # @prefix time < ... point in time, duration, ... >. @prefix cw: . @prefix : . <> daml:imports ; daml:versionInfo "$Id: v1.n3,v 1.5 2002/05/28 18:48:40 sandro Exp $"; rdfs:seeAlso . # this stuff is mostly covered over in 2000/01/sw, but it should # move over here.... # # # # ACTIONS # # # :Action a rdfs:Class. :Project a rdfs:Class. :PromisedAction a rdfs:Class. :PlannedAction a rdfs:Class. :CompletedAction a rdfs:Class. :ActionItem rx:cdef """An action which a person has committed to do, in some forum, with an expectation of reporting completion to that same forum, usually within a few weeks"""; rx:subclass :PendingActionItem, :CompletedActionItem, :CancelledActionItem. :by rx:pdef """A person (actor) who did, does, or plans to perform the subject Action"""; rdfs:domain :Action; rdfs:range :Actor. :accepted rx:pdef """A forum in which the subject ActionItem was agreed-to"""; rdfs:domain :ActionItem; rdfs:range :Forum; rx:note "Or is this provenance???". # goals? deadlines? # # if the action is to achieve some goal, then typically the # goal has the deadline, not the action. # currentAssignment (person/project) # or: which projects are "current" and # if it's only current for one person, then # make a subProject current, and only for that person. # # # # ACTORS # # # :Actor a rdfs:Class. :Person a rdfs:Class. :Organization a rdfs:Class. :todo :pdef "An action the subject actor is expected to complete soon". :done :pdef "An action the subject actor has completed". # person:sandro cw:todo [ is :subproject of project:foo ]. # aka plannedAction expectedAction desiredAction # and completeAction # # # # DECISIONS, ISSUES, PLANNING # # # :Discussion a rdfs:Class. # Hrm. Maybe an AgendaItem is itself a Forum. :AgendaItem a rdfs:Class; rdfs:subClassOf :Context; rx:equal :Agendum; rx:cdef """an event (such as a real-time discussion) scheduled as part of some meeting."""; :note """has a Meeting, a Subject, times stuff, people stuff, maybe a title overriding the subject's. My be floating without a meeting, I suppose. I guess the meeting has agendaItems, really."""; :note """Conceptually, it's very similar to a thread, somehow""". :agendaItem rx:pdef """An AgendaItem which is on the Agenda of the subject Meeting"""; rdfs:domain :Meeting; rdfs:range :AgendaItem. :title rdfs:range rx:Comment. :subject rx:pdef """a main thing discussed in a Forum"""; rdfs:domain :Forum. :Decision a rdfs:Class. :Question a rdfs:Class. :Answer a rdfs:Class. # # # # COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA (how much to roll this into URIs?) # # # Where/when was something said? Where/when will it be discussed? # (venue, locale, site, ? forum? ) # # where [Location], where+when [Meeting, Discussion] # :Forum :equal :Context. # or maybe we can draw a distinction? :Context rx:cdef """a situation or context, in one or more communications media, where information can be passed between parties"""; rx:subclass :Meeting, :MeetingSeries, :WebSite, :MailingList, :MailMessage, :IRCChannel, :TeleconferenceChannel, :Room. :summary rx:pdef """a relatively brief description of what was said, like an abstract for a scientific publication"""; rdfs:domain :Context; rdfs:range rx:Comment. :teaser rx:pdef """a relatively brief description of what is expected to be said, sometimes phrased provocatively, and perhaps including a little background."""; rx:note """After the title, this should be the part we can most expect someone to have read. We may have links to more detailed background material, but they are likely to be displayed on another page."""; rdfs:domain :Context; rdfs:range rx:Comment. :subcontext rx:pdef """a context which is entirely within the subject context"""; rdfs:domain :Context; rdfs:range :Context; rx:note """an agenda item is a subcontext of a meeting, a mail message might be a subcontext of a mailing list, a subcommittee is a subcontext of a committee (if you're viewing the committee as a context instea d of a group of people, as we well might.)""". :ircLogStart rx:pdef """A point in an IRC log marking the start of IRC events contained in the subject context"""; rdfs:domain :Context; rx:note """Somewhat informal, since we don't assume any particular IRC ontology."""; rx:note """IRC events are not always perfectly well ordered; these pointers should be taken with a grain of salt""". # presumably we want ircLogStop and ircEventList or something? # # # # WORK PRODUCTS (creations, digital content, artifact) # # # :Creation a rdfs:Class. :DigitalCreation a rdfs:Class. # or is this our default :Specification a rdfs:Class. :UseCase a rdfs:Class. :TestCase a rdfs:Class. :Scenario a rdfs:Class; rx:cdef """a story illustrating a #UseCase by filling in vivid (but often fictitious) instance details, such as names and motivations for actors"""; rx:note """can sometimes make a #UseCase much easier to understand.""". :AbstractDigitalCreation a rdfs:Class. # a class of files? WorkProduct? # # # # SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION # # # :Technique a rdfs:Class. :System a rdfs:Class. :Behavior a rdfs:Class.