org.w3c.ddr.simple
Interface PropertyName

public interface PropertyName

This class represents the name of a property, drawn from a particular vocabulary (which is identified by a unique namespace). Refer to the vocabulary definition for the list of terms, their formal names (IDs) and their semantics.

Author:

Jo Rabin (dotMobi),
Jose Manuel Cantera Fonseca (Telefonica I+D),
Rotan Hanrahan (MobileAware),
Ignacio Marin (Fundacion CTIC)
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See Also:

PropertyRef, Service.newPropertyName(java.lang.String)

Method Summary

String	getLocalPropertyName() The formal name (ID) of the property term from a vocabulary of property terms.
String	getNamespace() The namespace of the vocabulary containing the property term.

Method Detail

getLocalPropertyName

String getLocalPropertyName()

The formal name (ID) of the property term from a vocabulary of property terms. The names are locally unique within their vocabulary.

Returns:

The formal name of the term from its vocabulary.

getNamespace

String getNamespace()

The namespace of the vocabulary containing the property term. It is not a requirement that a namespace IRI can be dereferenced, nor is it a requirement that any content obtained by dereferencing a namespace IRI can be machine-interpreted.

Returns:

An IRI.