VANN: A vocabulary for annotating vocabulary descriptions

This Version

http://purl.org/vocab/vann/vann-vocab-20050401 [HTML] [RDF]

Latest Version

http://purl.org/vocab/vann/

Previous Version

http://purl.org/vocab/vann/vann-vocab-20040305

Contributors

Ian Davis

Copyright © 2005 Ian Davis

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Changes From Previous Version
• Namespace
• Vocabulary Properties
• RDF Schema
• License

Introduction

This document describes a vocabulary for annotating descriptions of vocabularies with examples and usage notes.

Changes From Previous Version

Namespace

The preferred namespace URI for this vocabulary is http://purl.org/vocab/vann/ and the preferred prefix is vann

Vocabulary Properties

The following properties are defined by this vocabulary:

• changes - A reference to a resource that describes changes between this version of a vocabulary and the previous.
• usageNote - A reference to a resource that provides information on how this resource is to be used.
• example - A reference to a resource that provides an example of how this resource can be used.
• preferredNamespaceUri - The preferred namespace URI to use when using terms from this vocabulary in an XML document.
• preferredNamespacePrefix - The preferred namespace prefix to use when using terms from this vocabulary in an XML document.

RDF Schema

The schema included here is informational only. The normative schema can be found at http://purl.org/vocab/vann/vann-vocab-20050401.rdf

<rdf:RDF
   xmlns:cc="http://web.resource.org/cc/"
   xmlns:dcterm="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
   xmlns:vann="http://purl.org/vocab/vann/"
   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
   xmlns:bio="http://purl.org/vocab/bio/0.1/"
   xmlns:owl="http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#"
   xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#"
   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
  
  <owl:Ontology rdf:about="">
    <dc:title xml:lang="en">VANN: A vocabulary for annotating vocabulary descriptions</dc:title>
    <dc:date>2005-04-01</dc:date>
    <dc:description xml:lang="en">
      This document describes a vocabulary for annotating descriptions of 
      vocabularies with examples and usage notes.
    </dc:description>
    <dc:identifier>http://purl.org/vocab/vann/vann-vocab-20050401</dc:identifier>
    <dcterm:isVersionOf rdf:resource="http://purl.org/vocab/vann/"/>
    <dcterm:replaces rdf:resource="http://purl.org/vocab/vann/vann-vocab-20040305"/>
    <dc:contributor>Ian Davis</dc:contributor>
    <dc:rights>Copyright © 2005 Ian Davis</dc:rights>
    <owl:versionInfo/>
    <owl:priorVersion rdf:resource="http://purl.org/vocab/vann/vann-vocab-20040305"/>
    <vann:changes rdf:resource="http://purl.org/vocab/vann/vann-changes-20050401.html"/>
    <vann:preferredNamespaceUri>http://purl.org/vocab/vann/</vann:preferredNamespaceUri>
    <vann:preferredNamespacePrefix>vann</vann:preferredNamespacePrefix>
    <dcterm:hasFormat>
      <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://purl.org/vocab/vann/vann-vocab-20050401.html">
        <dc:format>
          <dcterm:IMT>
            <rdf:value>text/html</rdf:value>
            <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">HTML</rdfs:label>
          </dcterm:IMT>
        </dc:format>
      </rdf:Description>
    </dcterm:hasFormat>
    <dcterm:hasFormat>
      <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://purl.org/vocab/vann/vann-vocab-20050401.rdf">
        <dc:format>
          <dcterm:IMT>
            <rdf:value>application/rdf+xml</rdf:value>
            <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">RDF</rdfs:label>
          </dcterm:IMT>
        </dc:format>
      </rdf:Description>
    </dcterm:hasFormat>
  </owl:Ontology>
  
  <cc:Work rdf:about="">
    <cc:license rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/"/>
    <dc:type rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text"/>
  </cc:Work>
  
  <cc:License rdf:about="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/">
    <cc:permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Reproduction"/>
    <cc:permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Distribution"/>
    <cc:requires rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Notice"/>
    <cc:requires rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Attribution"/>
    <cc:permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/DerivativeWorks"/>
  </cc:License>
  
  <owl:AnnotationProperty rdf:about="http://purl.org/vocab/vann/changes">
    <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">changes</rdfs:label>
    <rdfs:comment xml:lang="en">
      A reference to a resource that describes changes between this version of 
      a vocabulary and the previous.
    </rdfs:comment>
    <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#seeAlso"/>
  </owl:AnnotationProperty>
  
  <owl:AnnotationProperty rdf:about="http://purl.org/vocab/vann/usageNote">
    <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">usageNote</rdfs:label>
    <rdfs:comment xml:lang="en">
      A reference to a resource that provides information on how this resource 
      is to be used.
    </rdfs:comment>
    <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#seeAlso"/>
  </owl:AnnotationProperty>
  
  <owl:AnnotationProperty rdf:about="http://purl.org/vocab/vann/example">
    <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">example</rdfs:label>
    <rdfs:comment xml:lang="en">
      A reference to a resource that provides an example of how this resource 
      can be used.
    </rdfs:comment>
    <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#seeAlso"/>
  </owl:AnnotationProperty>
  
  <owl:AnnotationProperty rdf:about="http://purl.org/vocab/vann/preferredNamespaceUri">
    <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Preferred Namespace Uri</rdfs:label>
    <rdfs:comment xml:lang="en">
      The preferred namespace URI to use when using terms from this vocabulary 
      in an XML document.
    </rdfs:comment>
  </owl:AnnotationProperty>
  
  <owl:AnnotationProperty rdf:about="http://purl.org/vocab/vann/preferredNamespacePrefix">
    <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Preferred Namespace Prefix</rdfs:label>
    <rdfs:comment xml:lang="en">
      The preferred namespace prefix to use when using terms from this 
      vocabulary in an XML document.
    </rdfs:comment>
  </owl:AnnotationProperty>
</rdf:RDF>

License

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The following section is informational only, please refer to the Original License for complete license terms.

This license grants the following rights:

• making multiple copies (http://web.resource.org/cc/Reproduction)
• distribution, public display, and publicly performance (http://web.resource.org/cc/Distribution)
• creation and distribution of derivative works (http://web.resource.org/cc/DerivativeWorks)

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• copyright and license notices be kept intact (http://web.resource.org/cc/Notice)
• credit be given to copyright holder and/or author (http://web.resource.org/cc/Attribution)