View source for Library Ontology Concepts

This page collects some concepts (classes and properties) of the [[Library Ontology]]. To refer to other ontolgies the following namespace prefixes are defined (all in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_(syntax) Turtle syntax]):

<pre>
# RDF basics
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
@prefix ns: <http://www.w3.org/2003/06/sw-vocab-status/ns#> .

# Other Ontologies
@prefix dct:  <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> .
@prefix dc:   <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/> .
@prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .
@prefix event: <http://purl.org/NET/c4dm/event.owl#> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2008/05/skos#> .
@prefix bibo: <http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/> .
@prefix daia: <http://purl.org/ontology/daia/> .
@prefix geo: <http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#> .
@prefix frbr: <http://purl.org/vocab/frbr/core#> .
@prefix vcard: <http://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns#> .
@prefix address: <http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema#> .
@prefix mods: <http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3> . # experimental - MODS is not RDF but parts of it can be used
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In addition <tt>mfc:</tt> refers to the [http://www.loc.gov/marc/community/eccihome.html MARC 21 Format for Community Information] which is not an ontology at all - but at least you can point to some existing MARC fields. For instance <tt>mfc:270$k</tt> is the telephone number (which can better be expressed as <tt>vcard:tel</tt> in RDF). In the same way <tt>zeta:</tt> refers to the ZETA cataloging format in PICA+ which is used by the German Sigelverzeichnis (see [http://www.zeitschriftendatenbank.de/erschliessung/arbeitsunterlagen/zeta.html#c10787 their rules]). For instance the telephone number is <tt>zeta:035B$a</tt>.

== Classes ==
=== Library ===
A library can be a collection, an organization, or a place.

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:Library rdf:type owl:Class ;
    rdfs:subClassOf [ 
        rdf:type owl:Class ;
        owl:unionOf ( bibo:Collection foaf:Organization geo:SpatialThing )
    ] .

:LibraryBuilding rdf:type owl:Class ;
    rdfs:subClassOf :Library , geo:SpatialThing  ;
    owl:intersectionOf ( :Library , geo:SpatialThing ) .

:LibraryOrganization rdf:type owl:Class ;
    rdfs:subClassOf :Library , foaf:Organization ;
    owl:intersectionOf ( :Library , foaf:Organization ) .

:LibraryCollection rdf:type owl:Class ;
    rdfs:subClassOf :Library , bibo:Collection .
    owl:intersectionOf ( :Library , bibo:Collection ) .
</pre>

=== Addresses ===
The Library Ontology does not define address classes and properties because there already is vCard.

=== Library Services ===
See DAIA (see http://purl.org/ontology/daia/ and [http://www.gbv.de/wikis/cls/DAIA_Format/RDF some notes])

=== Other concepts ===
holding, store, stack, loan...

== Properties ==

=== FRBR simplified ===

* libo:exemplar can link a work, expression or manifestation to an item
* libo:exemplarOf implies beeing a frbr:item but nothing less

=== Identifiers ===
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:isil rdf:type owl:DatatypeProperty ;
    rdfs:subClassOf dct:identifier .
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=== Relationships between Libraries and their collections ===

* owns ?
* holds ?
* provides ?

=== Relationships between Libraries ===
Libraries can be and have subordinate entities which do not need to be libraries. Libraries can split and join. Libraries can be friends ;-)

* dct:hasPart/dct:isPartOf
* foaf:knows
* branch? subunit? partner?