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Concepts — RDF Data Model

Graph location

Section titled “Graph location”
Graph IRI
Concepts & Collections concepts/definitions
Concept Scheme concepts/definitions/scheme

Namespace prefixes

Section titled “Namespace prefixes”
Prefix Namespace
rdf http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
skos http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#
dc http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
dcterms http://purl.org/dc/terms/
insee http://rdf.insee.fr/def/base#
pav http://purl.org/pav/
evoc http://eurovoc.europa.eu/schema#
xkos http://rdf-vocabulary.ddialliance.org/xkos#

Concept (skos:Concept)

Section titled “Concept (skos:Concept)”

Identity

Section titled “Identity”
Predicate Type Description
rdf:type IRI Always skos:Concept
skos:notation Literal Unique identifier of the concept
skos:inScheme IRI Reference to the concept scheme (concepts/definitions/scheme)

Labels

Section titled “Labels”
Predicate Type Description
skos:prefLabel Literal (lang) Preferred label — multilingual (fr, en)
skos:altLabel Literal (lang) Alternative labels — multilingual

Notes

Section titled “Notes”
Predicate Type Description
skos:definition Literal / blank node Definition of the concept
skos:scopeNote Literal / blank node Short scope note
skos:editorialNote Literal / blank node Editorial note (internal)
skos:changeNote Literal / blank node Change history note
evoc:noteLiteral Literal Plain-text note (EuroVoc)
xkos:ExplanatoryNote Literal Explanatory note (DDI/XKOS)

Notes are stored as blank nodes with rdf:value (content) and dcterms:language (language tag) and insee:conceptVersion (version number).

Dates & lifecycle

Section titled “Dates & lifecycle”
Predicate Type Description
dcterms:created xsd:date Creation date
dcterms:modified xsd:date Last modification date
dcterms:valid xsd:date Validity date
insee:validFrom xsd:date Validity start date
insee:validUntil xsd:date Validity end date
pav:version Literal Version number

Ownership & publication

Section titled “Ownership & publication”
Predicate Type Description
dc:creator Literal Stamp of the creator
dc:contributor Literal Stamp(s) of contributors
insee:isValidated xsd:boolean Whether the concept is validated/published
insee:disseminationStatus IRI Dissemination status
insee:additionalMaterial IRI Link to additional reference materials

Relationships

Section titled “Relationships”
Predicate Type Description
skos:broader IRI Hierarchical broader concept
skos:narrower IRI Hierarchical narrower concept
skos:related IRI Related concept (symmetric association)
skos:closeMatch IRI Close match with an external concept
dcterms:references IRI Reference link to another concept
dcterms:replaces IRI Concept that this one replaces (succession)
dcterms:isReplacedBy IRI Concept that replaces this one (succession)
dcterms:hasPart IRI Compositional part relationship

Collection (skos:Collection)

Section titled “Collection (skos:Collection)”

Identity

Section titled “Identity”
Predicate Type Description
rdf:type IRI Always skos:Collection

Labels & description

Section titled “Labels & description”
Predicate Type Description
skos:prefLabel Literal (lang) Preferred label — multilingual (fr, en)
dcterms:title Literal (lang) Title — multilingual
dcterms:description Literal (lang) Description — multilingual

Dates & ownership

Section titled “Dates & ownership”
Predicate Type Description
dcterms:created xsd:date Creation date
dcterms:modified xsd:date Last modification date
dc:creator Literal Stamp of the creator
dc:contributor Literal Stamp(s) of contributors

Members

Section titled “Members”
Predicate Type Description
skos:member IRI Reference to a skos:Concept belonging to this collection