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Section: Documentation

This section defines the vocabulary and formal semantics for the SKOS documentation (note) properties.

The three recommended design patterns for using the SKOS documentation properties are given in the SKOS Primer.

Vocabulary

skos:note skos:changeNote skos:definition skos:editorialNote skos:example skos:historyNote skos:scopeNote

Semantic Conditions

skos:note, skos:changeNote, skos:definition, skos:editorialNote, skos:example, skos:historyNote and skos:scopeNote have type Object Property.

skos:changeNote, skos:definition, skos:editorialNote, skos:example, skos:historyNote and skos:scopeNote are each Sub-Properties of skos:note.

Examples

The graph below gives a consistent example of the "documentation as an RDF literal" pattern.

ex:a skos:note "foo bar"@en.

The graph below gives a consistent example of the "documentation as a related resource description" pattern.

ex:a skos:note [rdf:value "foo bar"@en].

The graph below gives a consistent example of the "documentation as a document reference" pattern.

ex:a skos:note ex:b.

Notes

Note that, under the RDF-compatible OWL Full semantics [@@TODO REF], the class of OWL Object Properties is equivalent to the class of RDF properties, and that owl:DatatypeProperty is a sub-class of owl:ObjectProperty. Therefore, the "documentation as an RDF literal" pattern is consistent with the SKOS documentation properties having type OWL Object Property.

However, note that this flexibility is not compatible with the OWL DL language. See @@TODO section on SKOS + OWL patterns for recommended design patterns for using SKOS in combination with OWL.

SKOS/Reference/Documentation (last edited 2007-11-20 09:15:43 by AlistairMiles)