Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Ontology

Namespace Document - v 1.1

This version:
http://viaf.org/ontology/1.1/, (html), (owl)
Authors:
Thom Hickey, Jeff Young

Copyright © 2010 OCLC Research

Abstract

This specification describes the VIAF language, defined as a dictionary of named properties and classes using W3C's RDF technology.

Status of This Document

The VIAF specification is produced as part of the VIAF project, to provide authoritative documentation of the contents, status and purpose of its RDF vocabulary.

The authors welcome comments on this document, preferably via email to research@oclc.org.

VIAF at a glance

An index of VIAF terms, by class and by property.

Classes: | AuthorityScheme | AuthorityAgency | NameAuthorityCluster | Heading |

Datatype Properties: |

Object Properties: | hasEstablishedForm | hasXrefAlternate | hasXrefRelated |

Classes and Properties (full detail)

Classes

Class: AuthorityAgency

Label: Authority Agency
Subclass Of:

[#]


Class: NameAuthorityCluster

Label: Name Authority Cluster
Status: testing
Comment:
  • A NameAuthorityCluster acts as a skos:Concept hub for contributed authorities.
  • Instances of this class live under http://viaf.org/viaf/*.
Subclass Of:
Object properties:

[#]


Class: Heading

Label: Heading
Status: testing
Subclass Of:
Specified as range of:

[#]


Properties

ObjectProperty: hasEstablishedForm

Label: has established form
Status: testing
Domain: NameAuthorityCluster
Range: Heading
Subproperty Of:

[#]


ObjectProperty: hasXrefAlternate

Label: has xref alternate
Status: testing
Domain: NameAuthorityCluster
Range: Heading
Subproperty Of:

[#]


ObjectProperty: hasXrefRelated

Label: has xref related
Status: testing
Domain: NameAuthorityCluster
Range: Heading
Subproperty Of:

[#]


Acknowledgments

Thanks to Ralph Levan for adding OWL version and content negotiation support.