An Ontology for Relating Generic and Specific Information Resources

This ontology implements concepts discussed in the Generic URIs 'DesignIsues' note. It is also the topic of the W3C TAG issue and a related TAG finding. This ontology does not model the fact that representations of a resource can be customised as a function of things like user agent, target media, the geographical position of the user, the preferences of the user, etc. These could be and can be added. The FixedResource class is defined to be specific to ANY variation, as is the fixedResource property.

Comment
This ontology implements concepts discussed in the Generic URIs 'DesignIsues' note. It is also the topic of the W3C TAG issue and a related TAG finding. This ontology does not model the fact that representations of a resource can be customised as a function of things like user agent, target media, the geographical position of the user, the preferences of the user, etc. These could be and can be added. The FixedResource class is defined to be specific to ANY variation, as is the fixedResource property.
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LICENSE.n3
SeeAlso
Generic
Title
An Ontology for Relating Generic and Specific Information Resources
Version
$Id: ont.rdf,v 1.7 2009/04/20 10:12:30 timbl Exp $
Domain
Content-Type-specific resource
Label
Content-Type generic
Range
Content-Type-generic resource
SubPropertyOf
same work as
Domain
Content-Type-generic resource
InverseOf
ContentTypeGeneric
Label
Content-Type specific
Range
Content-Type-specific resource
SubPropertyOf
same work as

Content-Type specific

A relation between a generic resource and a fixedResource which is an everything-specific version of it.

Comment
A relation between a generic resource and a fixedResource which is an everything-specific version of it.
Domain
information resource
Label
Content-Type specific
Range
fixed resource
SubPropertyOf
Content-Type specific
language specific
version

Content-Type-generic resource

A resource which may have representations in many different Content-Types.

Comment
A resource which may have representations in many different Content-Types.
Label
Content-Type-generic resource
SubClassOf
information resource

Content-Type-specific resource

A resource of which all representations are in the same Internet media type, or 'Content-Type'.

Comment
A resource of which all representations are in the same Internet media type, or 'Content-Type'.
Label
Content-Type-specific resource
SubClassOf
information resource

fixed resource

A resource whose representation type and content will not change under any circumstances.

Comment
A resource whose representation type and content will not change under any circumstances.
Label
fixed resource
SubClassOf
contentTypeSpecificResource
language-specific resource
timeSpecificResource

information resource

An Information Resource is defined by the Architecture of the WWW.

Comment
An Information Resource is defined by the Architecture of the WWW.
Label
information resource

language generic

Domain
language-specific resource
Label
language generic
Range
language-generic resource
SubPropertyOf
same work as
Domain
language-generic resource
InverseOf
language generic
Label
language specific
Range
language-specific resource
SubPropertyOf
same work as

language-generic resource

A resource defiend without constraint as to the particular natural language in which it maight be expressed.

Comment
A resource defiend without constraint as to the particular natural language in which it maight be expressed.
Label
language-generic resource
SubClassOf
information resource

language-specific resource

A resource of which all representations are in the same natural language.

Comment
A resource of which all representations are in the same natural language.
Label
language-specific resource
SubClassOf
information resource

same work as

The equivalence relation linking all versions of a work, specific or generic along various axes.

Comment
The equivalence relation linking all versions of a work, specific or generic along various axes.
Domain
information resource
Label
same work as
Range
information resource

time generic

The related resource which for this time-sepcific resource is the related time-generic resource. A representation of the time-generic resource may be expected to be the most recent time-specific resource at the time of the representation.

Comment
The related resource which for this time-sepcific resource is the related time-generic resource. A representation of the time-generic resource may be expected to be the most recent time-specific resource at the time of the representation.
Domain
version
Label
time generic
Range
Time-generic resource
SubPropertyOf
same work as

Time-generic resource

A Information Resource which may have many versions, and therfore representations of the resource at different times may vary.

Comment
A Information Resource which may have many versions, and therfore representations of the resource at different times may vary.
Label
Time-generic resource
SubClassOf
information resource

version

A resource of which all representations are in the same version. Representations of the resource will not change as a result of th resource neing updated to a version with time. The dates of creation and of last modification of such a resource would be expected to be the same.

Comment
A resource of which all representations are in the same version. Representations of the resource will not change as a result of th resource neing updated to a version with time. The dates of creation and of last modification of such a resource would be expected to be the same.
Label
version
SubClassOf
information resource

version

Domain
Time-generic resource
InverseOf
time generic
Label
version
Range
version
SubPropertyOf
same work as