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SKOS eXtension for Labels (SKOS-XL) Namespace Document - HTML Variant, 18 August 2009 Recommendation Edition
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>SKOS eXtension for Labels (SKOS-XL) Namespace Document - HTML Variant, 18 August 2009 Recommendation Edition</title> <link href="extras.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <link href="https://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/TR/base" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> <body> <!-- HEADER --> <div class="head"> <a href="https://www.w3.org/"><img src="https://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" alt="W3C" height="48" width="72" /></a> <h1 id="title">SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System eXtension for Labels (SKOS-XL) Namespace Document - HTML Variant</h1> <h2>18th August 2009 Recommendation Edition</h2> <dl> <dt>This version: </dt> <dd><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2009/REC-skos-reference-20090818/skos-xl.html ">http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/REC-skos-reference-20090818/skos-xl.html </a><br /></dd> <dt>Latest version:</dt> <dd><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/skos-xl.html">http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/skos-xl.html</a></dd> <dt>Editors:</dt> <dd><a href="http://purl.org/net/aliman">Alistair Miles</a>, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory / University of Oxford<br /> <a href="http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~seanb/">Sean Bechhofer</a>, University of Manchester<br /> </dd> </dl> <hr /> </div> <!-- ABSTRACT --> <!-- <h2 class="notoc"><a id="abstract" name="abstract">Abstract</a></h2> <p>Abstract?? </p> <hr /> --> <!-- SOTD --> <!-- <h2 id="Status">Status of this Document</h2> <p>Status information</p> <hr /> --> <!-- CONTENTS --> <!-- INTRODUCTION --> <h2 id="Status">Status of this Document</h2> <p>This document describes the schema available from the SKOS-XL namespace.</p> <hr /> <h2 id="secintro1">Introduction</h2> <p>The Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) is a common data model for sharing and linking knowledge organization systems via the Semantic Web. SKOS-XL defines an extension for the Simple Knowledge Organization System, providing additional support for describing and linking lexical entities.This document provides a brief description of the SKOS-XL vocabulary. </p> <p>For detailed information about the SKOS Recommendation, please consult the SKOS Reference [<a class="citation" rel="citation" href="#SKOS-REFERENCE">SKOS-REFERENCE</a>] or the SKOS Primer [<a class="citation" rel="citation" href="#SKOS-PRIMER">SKOS-PRIMER</a>].</p> <h2 id="sectable">SKOS-XL Schema Overview</h2> <p>The following table gives a non-normative overview of the SKOS-XL vocabulary; it replicates a table found in the (normative) SKOS Reference [<a class="citation" rel="citation" href="#SKOS-REFERENCE">SKOS-REFERENCE</a>]. This document can be referenced directly, by its own URI <code><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/skos-xl.html">http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/skos-xl.html</a></code>, or indirectly, by content negotiation from the SKOS-XL namespace URI <code><a href="https://www.w3.org/2008/05/skos-xl#">http://www.w3.org/2008/05/skos-xl#</a></code> as described in Appendix C of SKOS Reference [<a class="citation" rel="citation" href="#SKOS-REFERENCE">SKOS-REFERENCE</a>].</p> <p>See also the SKOS-XL Namespace Document - RDF/XML Variant [<a class="citation" rel="citation" href="#SKOS-XL-RDF">SKOS-XL-RDF</a>].</p> <div id="div-overview-classes"> <h3>Classes</h3> <table class="quick-reference"> <caption></caption> <colgroup><col class="quick-ref-key" /><col class="quick-ref-value" /></colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#Label" id="Label" name="Label">skosxl:Label</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2008/05/skos-xl#Label</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference#xl-Label">Section B.2. The skosxl:Label Class</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>Label</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Super-classes:</td> <td>restriction on <code><a href="#literalForm">skosxl:literalForm</a></code> cardinality exactly 1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Disjoint classes: </td> <td><code><a href="https://www.w3.org/2008/05/skos#Collection">skos:Collection</a></code><br /><code><a href="https://www.w3.org/2008/05/skos#Concept">skos:Concept</a></code><br /><code><a href="https://www.w3.org/2008/05/skos#ConceptScheme">skos:ConceptScheme</a></code><br /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div id="div-overview-properties"> <h3>Properties</h3> <table class="quick-reference"> <caption></caption> <colgroup><col class="quick-ref-key" /><col class="quick-ref-value" /></colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#altLabel" id="altLabel" name="altLabel">skosxl:altLabel</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2008/05/skos-xl#altLabel</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference#xl-labels">Section B.3. Preferred, Alternate and Hidden skosxl:Labels</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>alternative label</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Range:</td> <td><code><a href="#Label">skosxl:Label</a></code><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#hiddenLabel" id="hiddenLabel" name="hiddenLabel">skosxl:hiddenLabel</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2008/05/skos-xl#hiddenLabel</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference#xl-labels">Section B.3. Preferred, Alternate and Hidden skosxl:Labels</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>hidden label</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Range:</td> <td><code><a href="#Label">skosxl:Label</a></code><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#labelRelation" id="labelRelation" name="labelRelation">skosxl:labelRelation</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2008/05/skos-xl#labelRelation</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference#xl-label-relations">Section B.4. Links Between skosxl:Labels</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>label relation</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Domain:</td> <td><code><a href="#Label">skosxl:Label</a></code><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Range:</td> <td><code><a href="#Label">skosxl:Label</a></code><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Other characteristics:</td> <td>Symmetric<br/></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#literalForm" id="literalForm" name="literalForm">skosxl:literalForm</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2008/05/skos-xl#literalForm</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference#xl-Label">Section B.2. The skosxl:Label Class</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>literal form</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Domain:</td> <td><code><a href="#Label">skosxl:Label</a></code><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#prefLabel" id="prefLabel" name="prefLabel">skosxl:prefLabel</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2008/05/skos-xl#prefLabel</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference#xl-labels">Section B.3. Preferred, Alternate and Hidden skosxl:Labels</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>preferred label</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Range:</td> <td><code><a href="#Label">skosxl:Label</a></code><br /></td> </tr></tbody> </table> </div> <hr/> <h2 id="secref">References</h2> <dl> <dt><a id="SKOS-REFERENCE" name="SKOS-REFERENCE">[SKOS-REFERENCE]</a></dt> <dd><cite><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference">SKOS Reference</a></cite>, Alistair Miles, Sean Bechhofer, Editors. <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference" title="Latest version of SKOS Reference">Latest version</a> available at http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference.</dd> <dt><a id="SKOS-PRIMER" name="SKOS-PRIMER">[SKOS-PRIMER]</a></dt> <dd><cite><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-primer">SKOS Primer</a></cite>, Antoine Isaac, Ed Summers, Editors. <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-primer" title="Latest version of SKOS Primer">Latest version</a> available at http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-primer.</dd> <dt><a id="SKOS-XL-RDF" name="SKOS-XL-RDF">[SKOS-XL-RDF]</a></dt> <dd><cite><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/skos-xl.rdf">SKOS-XL Namespace - RDF/XML Variant</a></cite>. <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/skos-xl.rdf">Latest version</a> available at http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/skos-xl.rdf</dd> <!-- <dt><a id="RDF-RECIPES" name="RDF-RECIPES">[RDF-RECIPES]</a></dt> <dd><cite><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/swbp-vocab-pub/">Best Practice Recipes for Publishing RDF Vocabularies </a></cite>, Diego Berrueta, Jon Phipps, Editors, W3C Working Group Note, 28 August 2008. <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/swbp-vocab-pub" title="Latest version of Best Practice Recipes">Latest version</a> available at http://www.w3.org/TR/swbp-vocab-pub.</dd> <dt><a id="OWL-REFERENCE" name="OWL-REFERENCE">[OWL-REFERENCE]</a></dt> <dd><cite><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref">OWL Web Ontology Language Semantics and Abstract Syntax </a></cite>, Mike Dean, Guus Schreiber, Editors, W3C Working Draft, 10 February 2004. <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref" title="W3C Recommendation">W3C Recommendation</a> available at http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref.</dd> <dt><a id="OWL-SEMANTICS" name="OWL-SEMANTICS">[OWL-SEMANTICS]</a></dt> <dd><cite><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-semantics">OWL Web Ontology Language Semantics and Abstract Syntax </a></cite>, Peter F. Patel-Schneider, Patrick Hayes, Ian Horrocks, Editors, W3C Working Draft, 10 February 2004. <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-semantics" title="W3C Recommendation">W3C Recommendation</a> available at http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-semantics.</dd> --> </dl> <!-- </div> --> <hr /> <!-- FOOTER --> <h2>Acknowledgements</h2> <p>This document is the result of extensive discussions within the W3C's <a href="https://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/">Semantic Web Deployment Working Group</a>. The document drew on the experiences of earlier groups and projects including <a href="https://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe/">SWAD-Europe</a> and W3C's <a href="https://www.w3.org/2001/sw/BestPractices/">Semantic Web Best Practices and Deployment Working Group</a>. Members of the W3C's <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-esw-thes/">public-esw-thes</a> also made valuable contributions.</p> <hr/> <p> $Revision: 1.4 $ of $Date: 2009/11/27 13:29:24 $ </p> </body> </html>