--- a/rdf-schema/index.html Tue Nov 05 10:18:24 2013 -0500
+++ b/rdf-schema/index.html Tue Nov 05 16:46:44 2013 +0100
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+ <script src="https://www.w3.org/Tools/respec/respec-w3c-common" class="remove"></script>
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// the specification's short name, as in http://www.w3.org/TR/short-name/
- shortName: "rdf11-schema",
+ shortName: "rdf-schema",
// if your specification has a subtitle that goes below the main
// formal title, define it here
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// if you wish the publication date to be other than today, set this
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+ // publishDate: "",
+
// if the specification's copyright date is a range of years, specify
// the start date here:
- copyrightStart: "1998",
+ copyrightStart: "2004",
// if there is a previously published draft, uncomment this and set its YYYY-MM-DD date
// and its maturity status
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+ previousPublishDate: "2004-02-10",
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// if there a publicly available Editor's Draft, this is the link
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+ edDraftURI: "https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/rdf/raw-file/default/rdf-schema/index.html",
// if this is a LCWD, uncomment and set the end of its review period
- // lcEnd: "2009-08-05",
+ // lcEnd: "2013-09-06",
// if there is an earler version of this specification at the Recommendation level,
// set this to the shortname of that version. This is optional and not usually
// necessary.
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+ prevRecShortname: "rdf-concepts",
// editors, add as many as you like
// only "name" is required
editors: [
{ name: "Dan Brickley", url: "http://danbri.org/",
- company: "VU University, Amsterdam", companyURL: "http://www.vu.nl/",
+ company: "", companyURL: "",
},
- { name: "R.V. Guha", url: "http://example.org/",
- company: "", //companyURL: "http://www.guha.com/",
+ { name: "R.V. Guha", url: "",
+ company: "", //companyURL: "",
},
],
- otherContributors: {
- "Previous editor": [
-// @@@ Graham's affiliation has changed (this left in from concepts template)
- { name: "Graham Klyne",
- url: "http://www.ninebynine.org/",
- company: "Nine by Nine",
- //companyURL: "http://example.com/"
- //mailto: "GK@NineByNine.org",
- },
-// @@@ Jeremy's affiliation has changed
- { name: "Jeremy J. Carroll",
- //url: "http://www-uk.hpl.hp.com/people/jjc/",
- company: "Hewlett Packard Labs",
- //companyURL: "http://example.com/"
- //mailto: "jjc@hpl.hp.com",
- },
-// @@@ Brian's affiliation has changed
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- //url: "http://www-uk.hpl.hp.com/people/bwm/",
- company: "Hewlett Packard Labs",
- //companyURL: "http://example.com/"
- //mailto: "bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com",
- note: "RDF 2004 Series Editor",
- },
- ],
- },
+ otherLinks: [
+ {
+ key: "Previous Editors",
+ data: [
+ {
+ value: "Brian McBride"
+ }
+ ]
+ }
+ ],
- // authors, add as many as you like.
+ // authors, add as many as you like.
// This is optional, uncomment if you have authors as well as editors.
// only "name" is required. Same format as editors.
@@ -177,16 +73,16 @@
// { name: "Your Name", url: "http://example.org/",
// company: "Your Company", companyURL: "http://example.com/" },
//],
-
+
// name of the WG
wg: "RDF Working Group",
-
+
// URI of the public WG page
wgURI: "http://www.w3.org/2011/rdf-wg/",
-
+
// name (with the @w3c.org) of the public mailing to which comments are due
wgPublicList: "public-rdf-comments",
-
+
// URI of the patent status for this WG, for Rec-track documents
// !!!! IMPORTANT !!!!
// This is important for Rec-track documents, do not copy a patent URI from a random
@@ -197,239 +93,44 @@
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// throughout the generated specification. The triples generated use vocabulary items
// from the dcterms, foaf, and bibo. The parameter defaults to false.
- doRDFa: true,
- };
-
-// @@@ A number of references have been patched into the local berjon.biblio and need to be added to the global biblio in CVS:
+ doRDFa: "1.1",
+ alternateFormats: [ { uri: "diff-20130723.html", label: "diff to previous version" } ]
+ };
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<body>
<div class="head">
-<p><a href="http://www.w3.org/"><img height="48" width="72"
-src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" alt="W3C" border="0" /></a></p>
-
-<h1 id="title">RDF Vocabulary Description Language 1.1: RDF Schema</h1>
-
-<h2 id="doctype">W3C Editor's Draft @@ August 2011</h2>
-
-
-
-
-<dl>
- <dt>This Version:</dt>
- <dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-schema-20040210/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-schema-20040210/</a></dd>
- <dt>Latest Version:</dt>
- <dd><a
- href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-schema/">http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-schema/</a></dd>
- <dt>Previous Version:</dt>
- <dd><a
- href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-schema-20040210/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-schema-20040210/</a></dd>
- <dt>Editors:</dt>
- <dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/People/DanBri/">Dan Brickley</a>, W3C <<a>danbri@w3.org</a>></dd> <dd>R.V. Guha <<a
- href="mailto:guha@guha.com">guha@guha.com</a>></dd>
- <dt>(Previous) Series editor:</dt>
- <dd><a href="http://www-uk.hpl.hp.com/people/bwm/">Brian McBride</a>
- (Hewlett Packard Labs) <<a
- href="mailto:bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com">bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com</a>></dd>
-</dl>
- <a href="#ch_acknowledgments">Acknowledgments</a>
-
+
+ <section id="abstract">
-
-
-<p><strong>NOTE:</strong> This is a working file, it has not been substantially updated yet.</p>
-
-
-
-<p>Please refer to the <a
-href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/errata#rdf-schema"><strong>errata</strong></a>
-for this document, which may include some normative corrections.</p>
-
-<p>See also <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/translation/rdf-schema">translations</a>.</p>
-
-<p class="copyright"><a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#Copyright"> Copyright</a>
- © 2004 <a href="http://www.w3.org/"><acronym title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym></a>
- <sup>®</sup> (<a href="http://www.csail.mit.edu/"><acronym title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">MIT</acronym></a>,
- <a href="http://www.ercim.org/">
- <acronym title="European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics">ERCIM</acronym>
- </a>, <a href="http://www.keio.ac.jp/">Keio</a>), All Rights Reserved. W3C
- <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#Legal_Disclaimer">liability</a>,
- <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#W3C_Trademarks">trademark</a>,
- <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/copyright-documents">document use</a> and
- <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/copyright-software">software licensing</a> rules apply.</p>
-
-
-</div>
-<hr />
-
-<h2 ID='abstract'>Abstract</h2>
-
-<p>The Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a general-purpose language for
+ <p>The Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a general-purpose language for
representing information in the Web. This specification describes how to use
RDF to describe RDF vocabularies. This specification defines a vocabulary for
-this purpose and defines other built-in RDF vocabulary initially specified in
-the RDF Model and Syntax Specification.</p>
-
-<div class="status">
-
-<h2 class="nonum">
-<a id="status" name="status">Status of this Document</a>
-</h2>
-<!-- Start Status-Of-This-Document Text -->
-
-<p>This document has been reviewed by W3C Members and other interested
-parties, and it has been endorsed by the Director as a <a
-href="http://www.w3.org/2003/06/Process-20030618/tr.html#RecsW3C">W3C
-Recommendation</a>. W3C's role in making the Recommendation is to
-draw attention to the specification and to promote its widespread
-deployment. This enhances the functionality and interoperability of
-the Web.</p>
-
-<p>This is one document in a <a
-href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210/#section-Introduction">set
-of six</a> (<a
-href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-primer-20040210/">Primer</a>,
-<a
-href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210/">Concepts</a>,
-<a
-href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-syntax-grammar-20040210/">Syntax</a>,
-<a
-href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-mt-20040210/">Semantics</a>,
-<a
-href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-schema-20040210/">Vocabulary</a>,
-and <a
-href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-testcases-20040210/">Test
-Cases</a>) intended to jointly replace the original Resource
-Description Framework specifications, <a
-href="http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-rdf-syntax-19990222/">RDF Model and Syntax (1999
-Recommendation)</a> and <a
-href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/CR-rdf-schema-20000327/">RDF Schema
-(2000 Candidate Recommendation)</a>. It has been developed by the <a
-href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/">RDF Core Working Group</a>
-as part of the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/">W3C Semantic Web
-Activity</a> (<a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Activity">Activity
-Statement</a>, <a
-href="http://www.w3.org/2002/11/swv2/charters/RDFCoreWGCharter">Group
-Charter</a>) for publication on 10 February 2004.
-</p>
-
-<p>Changes to this document since the <a
-href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/PR-rdf-schema-20031215/"
-shape="rect">Proposed Recommendation Working Draft</a> are detailed in
-the <a href="#changes" shape="rect">change log</a>. </p>
-
-<p> The public is invited to send comments to <a
-href="mailto:www-rdf-comments@w3.org">www-rdf-comments@w3.org</a> (<a
-href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-comments/">archive</a>)
-and to participate in general discussion of related technology on <a
-href="mailto:www-rdf-interest@w3.org"
-shape="rect">www-rdf-interest@w3.org</a> (<a
-href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-interest/"
-shape="rect">archive</a>). </p>
-
-<p>A list of <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/impls">
-implementations</a> is available.</p>
-
-<p>The W3C maintains a list of <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/ipr-statements"
-rel="disclosure">any patent disclosures related to this work</a>.</p>
+this purpose and defines other built-in RDF vocabulary.</p>
-<p><em>This section describes the status of this document at the time of its
-publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of current W3C
-publications and the latest revision of this technical report can be found in
-the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/">W3C technical reports index</a> at
-http://www.w3.org/TR/.</em></p>
-
-<!-- End Status-Of-This-Document Text -->
-
-</div>
-
-
-<h2><a id="ch_contents" name="ch_contents"></a> Contents</h2>
+ </section>
-<blockquote>
- 1. <a href="#ch_introduction">Introduction</a><br />
- 2. <a href="#ch_classes">Classes</a><br />
- 2.1 <a href="#ch_resource">rdfs:Resource</a><br />
- 2.2 <a href="#ch_class">rdfs:Class</a><br />
- 2.3 <a href="#ch_literal">rdfs:Literal</a><br />
- 2.4 <a href="#ch_datatype">rdfs:Datatype</a><br />
- 2.5 <a href="#ch_xmlliteral">rdf:XMLLiteral</a><br />
- 2.6 <a href="#ch_property">rdf:Property</a><br />
- 3. <a href="#ch_properties">Properties</a><br />
- 3.1 <a href="#ch_range">rdfs:range</a><br />
- 3.2 <a href="#ch_domain">rdfs:domain</a><br />
- 3.3 <a href="#ch_type">rdf:type</a><br />
- 3.4 <a href="#ch_subclassof">rdfs:subClassOf</a><br />
- 3.5 <a href="#ch_subpropertyof">rdfs:subPropertyOf</a><br />
- 3.6 <a href="#ch_label">rdfs:label</a><br />
- 3.7 <a href="#ch_comment">rdfs:comment</a><br />
- 4. <a href="#ch_domainrange">Using the Domain and Range vocabulary
- (Informative)</a><br />
- 5. <a href="#ch_othervocab">Other vocabulary</a><br />
- 5.1 <a href="#ch_containervocab">Container Classes and
- Properties</a> <br />
- 5.1.1 <a
- href="#ch_container">rdfs:Container</a><br />
- 5.1.2 <a href="#ch_bag">rdf:Bag</a><br />
- 5.1.3 <a href="#ch_seq">rdf:Seq</a><br />
- 5.1.4 <a href="#ch_alt">rdf:Alt</a><br />
- 5.1.5 <a
- href="#ch_containermembershipproperty">rdfs:ContainerMembershipProperty</a><br
- />
- 5.1.6 <a href="#ch_member">rdfs:member</a><br />
- 5.2 <a href="#ch_collectionvocab">RDF Collections</a><br />
- 5.2.1 <a href="#ch_list">rdf:List</a><br />
- 5.2.2 <a href="#ch_first">rdf:first</a><br />
- 5.2.3 <a href="#ch_rest">rdf:rest</a><br />
- 5.2.4 <a href="#ch_nil">rdf:nil</a><br />
- 5.3 <a href="#ch_reificationvocab">Reification
- Vocabulary</a><br />
- 5.3.1 <a
- href="#ch_statement">rdf:Statement</a><br />
- 5.3.2 <a href="#ch_subject">rdf:subject</a><br />
- 5.3.3 <a
- href="#ch_predicate">rdf:predicate</a><br />
- 5.3.4 <a href="#ch_object">rdf:object</a><br />
- 5.4 <a href="#ch_utilvocab">Utility Properties</a><br />
- 5.4.1 <a href="#ch_seealso">rdfs:seeAlso</a><br
- />
- 5.4.2 <a
- href="#ch_isdefinedby">rdfs:isDefinedBy</a><br />
- 5.4.3 <a href="#ch_value">rdf:value</a><br />
- 6. <a href="#ch_summary">RDF Schema summary (Informative)</a> <br /> 6.1 <a href="#ch_sumclasses">Classes</a><br />
- 6.2 <a href="#ch_sumproperties">Properties</a><br />
- 7. <a href="#ch_references">References</a> <br /> 7.1 <a href="#ch_normreferences">Normative References</a><br
- /> 7.2 <a href="#ch_inforeferences">Informational
- References</a><br />
- 8. <a href="#ch_acknowledgments">Acknowledgments</a><br />
- Appendix A <a href="#ch_appendix_rdfs">RDF Schema as RDF/XML</a><br />
-</blockquote>
-<hr />
+ <section id="sotd">
-<h2><a id="ch_introduction" name="ch_introduction"></a>1. Introduction</h2>
+ @@ edited rec
+
+ </section>
+</div>
+
+<section id="ch_introduction">
+<h2>Introduction</h2>
<p>The Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a general-purpose language for
representing information in the Web.</p>
-<p>This specification is one of several [<a
-href="#ref-rdf-primer">RDF-PRIMER</a>] [<a
-href="#ref-rdf-syntax">RDF-SYNTAX</a>] [<a
-href="#ref-rdf-concepts">RDF-CONCEPTS</a>] [<a
-href="#ref-rdf-semantics">RDF-SEMANTICS</a>] [<a
-href="#ref-rdf-tests">RDF-TESTS</a>] related to RDF. The reader is referred
-to the <a
-href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-primer-20040210/#rdfschema">RDF
-schema chapter</a> in the RDF Primer [<a
-href="#ref-rdf-primer">RDF-PRIMER</a>] for an informal introduction and
-examples of the use of the concepts specified in this document.</p>
-
-<p>This specification introduces RDF's vocabulary description language, RDF
+<p>@@ update: This specification introduces RDF's vocabulary description language, RDF
Schema. It is complemented by several companion documents which describe
RDF's XML encoding [<a href="#ref-rdf-syntax">RDF-SYNTAX</a>], mathematical foundations [<a href="#ref-rdf-semantics">RDF-SEMANTICS</a>] and Resource
Description Framework (RDF): Concepts and Abstract Syntax [<a
@@ -439,7 +140,7 @@
<p>This document is intended to provide a clear specification of the RDF
vocabulary description language to those who find the formal semantics
-specification, RDF Semantics [<a href="#ref-rdf-semantics">RDF-SEMANTICS</a>]
+specification [RDF11-MT]
daunting. Thus, this document duplicates material also specified in the RDF
Semantics specification . Where there is disagreement between this document
and the RDF Semantics specification, the RDF Semantics specification should
@@ -459,8 +160,8 @@
<p>
RDF's vocabulary description language, RDF Schema, is a
-semantic extension (as
-<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-mt/#intro">defined</a> in [<a href="#ref-rdf-semantics">RDF-SEMANTICS</a>]) of RDF. It provides
+<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-mt/#semantic-extensions-and-entailment-regimes">semantic
+extension</a> of RDF. It provides
mechanisms for describing groups of related resources and the
relationships between these resources. RDF Schema vocabulary
descriptions are written in RDF using the terms described in this document.
@@ -477,20 +178,18 @@
This can be done without the need to re-define the original description of
these classes. One benefit of the RDF property-centric approach is that it
allows anyone to extend the description of existing resources, one of the
-architectural principles of the Web [<a
-href="#rdfnotcite">BERNERS-LEE98</a>].</p>
+architectural principles of the Web [BERNERS-LEE98].</p>
<p>This specification does not attempt to enumerate all the possible forms of
vocabulary description that are useful for representing the meaning of RDF
classes and properties. Instead, the RDF vocabulary description strategy is
to acknowledge that there are many techniques through which the meaning of
classes and properties can be described. Richer vocabulary or 'ontology'
-languages such as DAML+OIL, W3C's [<a href="#ref-owl">OWL</a>] language,
-inference rule
+languages such as OWL [OWL2-OVERVIEW], inference rule
languages and other formalisms (for example temporal logics) will each
contribute to our ability to capture meaningful generalizations about data in
the Web. RDF vocabulary designers can create and deploy Semantic Web
-applications using the RDF vocabulary description language 1.0 facilities,
+applications using the RDF vocabulary description language facilities,
while exploring richer vocabulary description languages that share this
general approach.</p>
@@ -498,24 +197,28 @@
of RDF resources that can be used to describe properties of other RDF
resources (including properties) in application-specific RDF
vocabularies. The core vocabulary is defined in a namespace informally
-called 'rdfs' here. That namespace is identified by the URI-Reference
+called 'rdfs' here. That namespace is identified by the IRI
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema# and is associated with the prefix
'rdfs'. This specification also uses the prefix 'rdf' to refer to the <a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-syntax-grammar-20040210/#section-Namespace">RDF
namespace</a> http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#.</p>
<p>For convenience and readability, this specification uses an abbreviated
-form to represent URI-References. A name of the form prefix:suffix should be
-interpreted as a URI-Reference consisting of the URI-Reference associated
+form to represent IRIs. A name of the form prefix:suffix should be
+interpreted as a IRI consisting of the IRI associated
with the prefix concatenated with the suffix.</p>
-<h2><a name="ch_classes" id="ch_classes">2. Classes</a></h2>
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_classes">
+
+<h2>Classes</h2>
<p>Resources may be divided into groups called classes. The members of a
class are known as <em>instances</em> of the class. Classes are themselves
resources. They are often identified by <a
-href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210/#section-Graph-URIref">RDF
-URI References</a> and may be described using RDF properties. The <code><a
+href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#section-IRIs">RDF
+IRIs</a> and may be described using RDF properties. The <code><a
href="#ch_type">rdf:type</a></code> property may be used to state that a
resource is an instance of a class.</p>
@@ -546,65 +249,86 @@
super-class of a class C, then all instances of C are also instances of C'.
</p>
-
- <p>The RDF Concepts and Abstract Syntax [<a
-href="#ref-rdf-concepts">RDF-CONCEPTS</a>] specification defines the RDF
-concept of an <a
-href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210/#section-Datatypes">RDF
+<p>The RDF Concepts and Abstract Syntax [RDF11-CONCEPTS] specification
+defines the RDF concept of an <a
+href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#section-Datatypes">RDF
datatype</a>. All datatypes are classes. The instances of a class that is a
datatype are the members of the value space of the datatype.</p>
- <h4><a id="ch_resource" name="ch_resource" />2.1 rdfs:Resource</h4>
- <p>All things described by RDF are called <em>resources</em>, and are
+
+<section id="ch_resource">
+<h3>rdfs:Resource</h3>
+
+<p>All things described by RDF are called <em>resources</em>, and are
instances of the class <code>rdfs:Resource</code>. This is the class of
everything. All other classes are <a href="#def-subclass">subclasses</a> of
this class. <code>rdfs:Resource</code> is an instance of <a
href="#ch_class"><code>rdfs:Class</code></a>.</p>
- <h4><a id="ch_class" name="ch_class"></a>2.2 rdfs:Class</h4>
+
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_class">
+<h3>rdfs:Class</h3>
<p>This is the class of resources that are RDF classes.
<code>rdfs:Class</code> is an instance of <code>rdfs:Class.</code></p>
-<h4><a id="ch_literal" name="ch_literal"></a>2.3 rdfs:Literal</h4>
+</section>
-<p>The class <code>rdfs:Literal</code> is the class of <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210/#section-Literals">literal</a>
+<section id="ch_literal">
+<h3>rdfs:Literal</h3>
+
+<p>The class <code>rdfs:Literal</code> is the class of <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#section-Graph-Literal">literal</a>
values such as strings and integers. Property values such as textual
-strings are examples of RDF literals. Literals may be <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210/#dfn-plain-literal">plain</a>
-or <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210/#dfn-typed-literal">typed</a>. A typed literal is an instance of a datatype class. This specification does not define the class of plain literals.</p>
+strings are examples of RDF literals.</p>
<p><code>rdfs:Literal</code> is an instance of <a
href="#ch_class"><code>rdfs:Class</code></a>. rdfs:Literal is a <a
href="#def-subclass">subclass</a> of <a
href="#ch_resource">rdfs:Resource</a>.</p>
-<h4><a id="ch_datatype" name="ch_datatype"></a>2.4 rdfs:Datatype</h4>
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_datatype">
+<h3>rdfs:Datatype</h3>
<p><code>rdfs:Datatype</code> is the class of datatypes. All instances of
<code>rdfs:Datatype</code> correspond to the <a
-href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210/#section-Datatypes">RDF
-model of a datatype</a> described in the RDF Concepts specification [<a
-href="#ref-rdf-concepts">RDF-CONCEPTS</a>]. <code>rdfs:Datatype</code> is
+href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#section-Datatypes">RDF
+model of a datatype</a> described in the RDF Concepts specification
+[RDF11-CONCEPTS].
+<code>rdfs:Datatype</code> is
both an instance of and a <a href="#def-subclass">subclass</a> of <a
href="#ch_class"><code>rdfs:Class</code></a>. Each instance of <code>rdfs:Datatype</code> is a <a href="#def-subclass">subclass</a> of rdfs:Literal.</p>
-<h4><a id="ch_xmlliteral" name="ch_xmlliteral"></a>2.5 rdf:XMLLiteral</h4>
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_xmlliteral">
+<h3>rdf:XMLLiteral</h3>
<p>The class <code>rdf:XMLLiteral</code> is the class of <a
-href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210/#dfn-rdf-XMLLiteral">XML
+href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#section-XMLLiteral">XML
literal values</a>. <code>rdf:XMLLiteral</code> is an instance of
<code>rdfs:Datatype</code> and a <a href="#def-subclass">subclass</a> of <a
href="#ch_literal"><code>rdfs:Literal</code></a>.</p>
-<h4><a id="ch_property" name="ch_property"></a>2.6 rdf:Property</h4>
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_property">
+<h3>rdf:Property</h3>
<p><code>rdf:Property</code> is the class of RDF properties.
<code>rdf:Property</code> is an instance of <a
href="#ch_class"><code>rdfs:Class</code></a>.</p>
-<h2><a name="ch_properties" id="ch_properties">3. Properties</a></h2>
+</section>
+</section>
-<p>The RDF Concepts and Abstract Syntax specification [<a
-href="#ref-rdf-concepts">RDF-CONCEPTS</a>] describes the concept of an RDF
-property as a relation between subject resources and object resources.</p>
+<section id="ch_properties">
+<h2>Properties</a></h2>
+
+<p>The RDF Concepts and Abstract Syntax specification [RDF-CONCEPTS]
+describes the concept of an RDF property as a relation between subject
+resources and object resources.</p>
<p><a name="def-subproperty" id="def-subproperty"></a>
This specification defines the concept of subproperty.
@@ -626,11 +350,11 @@
it is possible to combine use <a
href="#ch_domain"><code>rdfs:domain</code></a> and <a href="#ch_range"><code>rdfs:range</code></a>
with sub-property hierarchies, direct support for such declarations are
-provided by richer <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/WebOnt/">Web
-Ontology</a> languages such as [<a href="#ref-owl">OWL</a>].
+provided by richer Web Ontology</a> languages such as OWL [OWL2-OVERVIEW].
</p>
-<h4><a id="ch_range" name="ch_range"></a>3.1 rdfs:range</h4>
+<section id="ch_range">
+<h3>rdfs:range</h3>
<p><code>rdfs:range</code> is an instance of <a
href="#ch_property"><code>rdf:Property</code></a> that is used to state that
@@ -656,8 +380,13 @@
the class <a href="#ch_property"><code>rdf:Property</code></a>. This states
that any resource with an <code>rdfs:range</code> property is an instance of
<code><a href="#ch_property">rdf:Property</a></code>.</p>
- <h4><a id="ch_domain" name="ch_domain" />3.2 rdfs:domain</h4>
- <p><code>rdfs:domain</code> is an instance of <a
+
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_domain">
+<h3>rdfs:domain</h3>
+
+<p><code>rdfs:domain</code> is an instance of <a
href="#ch_property"><code>rdf:Property</code></a> that is used to state that
any resource that has a given property is an instance of one or more
classes.</p>
@@ -676,11 +405,17 @@
<p>The <a href="#ch_range"><code>rdfs:range</code></a> of
<code>rdfs:domain</code> is the class <code><a href="#ch_class">rdfs:Class</a></code>. This states that any resource that is the value of an <code>rdfs:domain</code> property is an
instance of <code><a href="#ch_class">rdfs:Class</a></code>.</p>
- <h4><a id="ch_type" name="ch_type" />3.3 rdf:type</h4>
- <p><code>rdf:type</code> is an instance of <a
-href="#ch_property"><code>rdf:Property</code></a> that is used to state that
-a resource is an instance of a class.</p>
- <p>A triple of the form:</p>
+
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_type">
+<h3>rdf:type</h3>
+
+<p><code>rdf:type</code> is an instance of <a
+href="#ch_property"><code>rdf:Property</code></a> that is used to
+state that a resource is an instance of a class.</p>
+
+<p>A triple of the form:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>R rdf:type C</p>
@@ -694,8 +429,12 @@
href="#ch_range"><code>rdfs:range</code></a> of rdf:type is <a
href="#ch_class"><code>rdfs:Class</code></a>.</p>
-<h4><a id="ch_subclassof" name="ch_subclassof"></a>3.4 rdfs:subClassOf</h4>
- <p>The property <code>rdfs:subClassOf</code> is an instance of <code><a href="#ch_property">rdf:Property</a></code> that is used to state that all the instances of one class are instances of another.</p>
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_subclassof">
+<h3>rdfs:subClassOf</h3>
+
+<p>The property <code>rdfs:subClassOf</code> is an instance of <code><a href="#ch_property">rdf:Property</a></code> that is used to state that all the instances of one class are instances of another.</p>
<p>A triple of the form:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>C1 rdfs:subClassOf C2</p>
@@ -712,9 +451,12 @@
href="#ch_range"><code>rdfs:range</code></a> of <code>rdfs:subClassOf</code>
is <a href="#ch_class"><code>rdfs:Class</code></a>.</p>
-<h4><a id="ch_subpropertyof" name="ch_subpropertyof"></a>3.5
-rdfs:subPropertyOf</h4>
- <p>The property <code>rdfs:subPropertyOf</code> is an instance of <code><a href="#ch_property">rdf:Property</a></code> that is used to state that all resources related by one property are also related by another.</p>
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_subpropertyof">
+<h3>rdfs:subPropertyOf</h3>
+
+<p>The property <code>rdfs:subPropertyOf</code> is an instance of <code><a href="#ch_property">rdf:Property</a></code> that is used to state that all resources related by one property are also related by another.</p>
<p>A triple of the form:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>P1 rdfs:subPropertyOf P2</p>
@@ -732,7 +474,10 @@
href="#ch_range"><code>rdfs:range</code></a> of rdfs:subPropertyOf is <a
href="#ch_property"><code>rdf:Property</code></a>.</p>
-<h4><a id="ch_label" name="ch_label"></a>3.6 rdfs:label</h4>
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_label">
+<h3>rdfs:label</h3>
<p><code>rdfs:label</code> is an instance of <a href="#ch_property"><code>rdf:Property</code></a> that may be used to provide a human-readable version of a resource's name.</p>
@@ -754,7 +499,10 @@
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210/#section-Graph-Literal">language
tagging</a> facility of RDF literals.</p>
-<h4><a id="ch_comment" name="ch_comment"></a>3.7 rdfs:comment</h4>
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_comment">
+<h3>rdfs:comment</h3>
<p><code>rdfs:comment</code> is an instance of <code><a href="#ch_property">rdf:Property</a></code> that may be used to provide a human-readable description of a resource.</p>
@@ -781,11 +529,14 @@
defined in other namespaces may be used to provide richer documentation.</p>
<p>Multilingual documentation is supported through use of the <a
-href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210/#section-Graph-Literal">language
+href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#section-Graph-Literal">language
tagging</a> facility of RDF literals.</p>
-<h2><a id="ch_domainrange" name="ch_domainrange"></a>4. Using the Domain and
-Range Vocabulary (Informative)</h2>
+</section>
+</section>
+
+<section class="informative" id="ch_domainrange">
+<h2>Using the Domain and Range Vocabulary</h2>
<p>This specification introduces an RDF vocabulary for describing the
meaningful use of properties and classes in RDF data. For example, an RDF
@@ -803,33 +554,39 @@
additional information from instance data.</p>
<p>RDF vocabularies can describe relationships between vocabulary items from
-multiple independently developed vocabularies. Since URI-References are used
+multiple independently developed vocabularies. Since IRIs are used
to identify classes and properties in the Web, it is possible to create new
properties that have a <code>domain</code> or <code>range</code> whose value
is a class defined in another namespace.</p>
-<h2><a id="ch_othervocab" name="ch_othervocab"></a>5. Other vocabulary</h2>
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_othervocab">
+<h2>Other vocabulary</h2>
<p>Additional classes and properties, including constructs for representing
containers and RDF statements, and for deploying RDF vocabulary descriptions
in the World Wide Web are defined in this section.</p>
-<h3><a id="ch_containervocab" name="ch_containervocab">5.1</a> Container
-Classes and Properties</h3>
+<section id="ch_containervocab">
+<h3>Container Classes and Properties</h3>
-<p>RDF containers are resources that are used to represent collections. An <a
-href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-primer-20040210/#containers">introduction</a>
-to RDF containers with examples may be found in the RDF Primer [<a
-href="#ref-rdf-primer">RDF-PRIMER</a>]. The same resource may appear in a
-container more than once. Unlike containment in the physical world, a
-container may be contained in itself.</p>
+<p>RDF containers are resources that are used to represent collections. An introduction
+to RDF containers with examples may be found in the RDF 2004 Primer
+[RDF-PRIMER]. The same resource may appear in a container more than
+once. Unlike containment in the physical world, a container may be
+contained in itself.</p>
<p>Three different kinds of container are defined. Whilst the formal
-semantics [<a href="#ref-rdf-semantics">RDF-SEMANTICS</a>] of all three classes of container are identical, different classes may be used to indicate informally further information. An rdf:Bag is used to indicate that the container is intended to be unordered. An rdf:Seq is used to indicate that the order indicated by the numerical order of the <a
+semantics [RDF11-MT] of all three classes of container are identical,
+different classes may be used to indicate informally further
+information. An rdf:Bag is used to indicate that the container is
+intended to be unordered. An rdf:Seq is used to indicate that the
+order indicated by the numerical order of the <a
href="#ch_containermembershipproperty">container member ship properties</a>
of the container is intended to be significant. An rdf:Alt container is used
to indicate that typical processing of the container will be to select one of
-the members.</p>
+the members.</p>
<p>Just as a hen house may have the property that it is made of wood, that
does not mean that all the hens it contains are made of wood, a property of a
@@ -837,14 +594,18 @@
<p>RDF containers are defined by the following classes and properties.</p>
-<h4><a id="ch_container" name="ch_container"></a>5.1.1 rdfs:Container</h4>
+<section id="ch_container">
+<h4>rdfs:Container</h4>
<p>The <code>rdfs:Container</code> class is a super-class of the RDF
Container classes, i.e. <code><a href="#ch_bag">rdf:Bag</a></code>, <code><a
href="#ch_seq">rdf:Seq</a></code>, <code><a
href="#ch_alt">rdf:Alt</a></code>.</p>
-<h4><a id="ch_bag" name="ch_bag"></a>5.1.2 rdf:Bag</h4>
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_bag">
+<h4>rdf:Bag</h4>
<p>The <code>rdf:Bag</code> class is the class of RDF 'Bag' containers. It is
a <a href="#def-subclass">subclass</a> of <code><a
@@ -854,7 +615,10 @@
conventionally to indicate to a human reader that the container is intended
to be unordered.</p>
-<h4><a id="ch_seq" name="ch_seq"></a>5.1.3 rdf:Seq</h4>
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_seq">
+<h4>rdf:Seq</h4>
<p>The <code>rdf:Seq</code> class is the class of RDF 'Sequence' containers.
It is a <a href="#def-subclass">subclass</a> of <code><a
@@ -865,7 +629,10 @@
the <a href="#ch_containermembershipproperty">container membership
properties</a> of the container is intended to be significant.</p>
-<h4><a id="ch_alt" name="ch_alt"></a>5.1.4 rdf:Alt</h4>
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_alt">
+<h4>rdf:Alt</h4>
<p>The <code>rdf:Alt</code> class is the class of RDF 'Alternative'
containers. It is a <a href="#def-subclass">subclass</a> of <code><a
@@ -878,9 +645,10 @@
href="#ch_containermembershipproperty">rdf:_1</a></code> property, is the
default choice.</p>
-<h4><a id="ch_containermembershipproperty"
-name="ch_containermembershipproperty"></a>5.1.5
-rdfs:ContainerMembershipProperty</h4>
+</section>
+
+</section id="ch_containermembershipproperty">
+<h4>rdfs:ContainerMembershipProperty</h4>
<p>The <code>rdfs:ContainerMembershipProperty</code> class has as instances
the properties <code>rdf:_1, rdf:_2, rdf:_3 ...</code> that are used to state
@@ -903,7 +671,10 @@
<p>Container membership properties may be applied to resources other than containers.</p>
-<h4><a id="ch_member" name="ch_member"></a>5.1.6 rdfs:member</h4>
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_member">
+<h4>rdfs:member</h4>
<p><code>rdfs:member</code> is an instance of <code><a
href="#ch_property">rdf:Property</a></code> that is a super-property of all
@@ -917,8 +688,11 @@
href="#ch_range"><code>rdfs:range</code></a> of <code>rdfs:member</code> is
<code><a href="#ch_resource">rdfs:Resource</a></code>.</p>
-<h3><a id="ch_collectionvocab" name="ch_collectionvocab">5.2</a> RDF
-Collections</h3>
+</section>
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_collectionvocab">
+<h3>RDF Collections</h3>
<p>RDF containers are open in the sense that the core RDF specifications
define no mechanism to state that there are no more members. The RDF
@@ -926,27 +700,30 @@
collection, i.e. one that can have no more members. The reader is referred to
the <a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-primer-20040210/#collections">collections</a>
-section of the RDF primer for an informal introduction to collections with
+section of the RDF 2004 primer for an informal introduction to collections with
examples.</p>
<p>A collection is represented as a list of items, a representation that
will be familiar to those with experience of Lisp and similar
programming languages. There is a <a
-href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-syntax-grammar-20040210/#section-Syntax-parsetype-Collection">shorthand notation</a> in the RDF/XML syntax specification [<a href="#ref-rdf-syntax">RDF-SYNTAX</a>] for representing collections.</p>
+href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-syntax-grammar-20040210/#section-Syntax-parsetype-Collection">shorthand notation</a> in the RDF/XML syntax specification for representing collections.</p>
<p><strong>Note</strong>: RDFS does not require that there be only one
first element of a list-like structure, or even that a list-like structure
have a first element.
</p>
-
-<h4><a id="ch_list" name="ch_list"></a>5.2.1 rdf:List</h4>
+<section id="ch_list">
+<h4>rdf:List</h4>
<p><code>rdf:List</code> is an instance of <a href="#ch_class"><code>rdfs:Class</code></a>
that can be used to build descriptions of lists and other list-like structures.
</p>
-<h4><a id="ch_first" name="ch_first"></a>5.2.2 rdf:first</h4>
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_first">
+<h4>rdf:first</h4>
<p><code>rdf:first</code> is an instance of <a
href="#ch_property"><code>rdf:Property</code></a> that can be used to
@@ -968,7 +745,10 @@
<code>rdf:first</code> is <code><a href="#ch_resource">rdfs:Resource</a></code>.
</p>
-<h4><a id="ch_rest" name="ch_rest"></a>5.2.3 rdf:rest</h4>
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_rest">
+<h4>rdf:rest</h4>
<p><code>rdf:rest</code> is an instance of <a
href="#ch_property"><code>rdf:Property</code></a> that can be used to
@@ -991,7 +771,10 @@
</p>
-<h4><a id="ch_nil" name="ch_nil"></a>5.2.4 rdf:nil</h4>
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_nil">
+<h4>rdf:nil</h4>
<p>The resource <code>rdf:nil</code> is an instance of <code><a
href="#ch_list">rdf:List</a></code> that can be used to represent an
@@ -1007,36 +790,31 @@
href="#ch_list">rdf:List</a></code> that has one item; that item can be
indicated using the <code><a href="#ch_first">rdf:first</a></code> property.</p>
-<h3><a id="ch_reificationvocab" name="ch_reificationvocab">5.3</a>
-Reification Vocabulary</h3>
-
-
+</section>
+</section>
-<p>
-The original RDF Model and Syntax Specification [<a
-href="#rdfmscite">RDFMS</a>] defined a
-vocabulary for describing RDF statements without stating them. [<a href="#rdfmscite">RDFMS</a>]
-did not provide a formal semantics for this vocabulary, and the informal
-definition that was provided was somewhat inconsistent.
-The current RDF specification does not assign a normative
+<section id="ch_reificationvocab">
+<h3>Reification Vocabulary</h3>
+
+<p>@@ Check. The 1999 RDF Model and Syntax Specification [RDFMS] defined a
+vocabulary for describing RDF statements without stating them.
+The 2004 RDF specification did not assign a normative
formal semantics to this vocabulary. However, an intended meaning of
this vocabulary (which generally clarifies the intent of the
-[<a href="#rdfmscite">RDFMS</a>] definition) is described here.
+RDFMS definition) is described here.
An informal introduction to the reification vocabulary, with examples,
-may be found in the RDF Primer [<a
-href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-primer-20040210/#reification">RDF-PRIMER</a>].
+may be found in the <a
+href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-primer-20040210/#reification">RDF
+2004 primer</a>.
</p>
-<h4><a id="ch_statement" name="ch_statement"></a>5.3.1 rdf:Statement</h4>
+<section id="ch_statement">
+<h4>rdf:Statement</h4>
-
-<p>
-<code>rdf:Statement</code> is an instance of
+<p><code>rdf:Statement</code> is an instance of
<code><a href="#ch_class">rdfs:Class.</a></code>
It is intended to represent the class of RDF statements. An RDF statement is the
-statement made by a token of an RDF
-<a
-href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210/#section-triples">triple</a>.
+statement made by a token of an RDF triple.
The subject of an RDF statement is the instance of
<code><a
href="#ch_resource">rdfs:Resource</a></code>
@@ -1061,7 +839,10 @@
and <code><a href="#ch_object">rdf:object</a></code> properties.
</p>
-<h4><a id="ch_subject" name="ch_subject"></a>5.3.2 rdf:subject</h4>
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_subject">
+<h4>rdf:subject</h4>
<p><code>rdf:subject</code> is an instance of <a
href="#ch_property"><code>rdf:Property</code></a> that is used to state the
@@ -1083,7 +864,10 @@
href="#ch_range"><code>rdfs:range</code></a> of <code>rdf:subject</code> is
<code><a href="#ch_resource">rdfs:Resource</a></code>.</p>
-<h4><a id="ch_predicate" name="ch_predicate"></a>5.3.3 rdf:predicate</h4>
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_predicate">
+<h4>rdf:predicate</h4>
<p>rdf:predicate is an instance of <a
href="#ch_property"><code>rdf:Property</code></a> that is used to state the
@@ -1097,8 +881,7 @@
<p>states that S is an instance of <code><a
href="#ch_statement">rdf:Statement</a></code>, that P is an instance of
-<code><a href="#ch_property">rdf:Property</a></code> and that the <a
-href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210/#section-data-model">predicate</a>
+<code><a href="#ch_property">rdf:Property</a></code> and that the predicate
of S is P.</p>
<p>The <a href="#ch_domain"><code>rdfs:domain</code></a> of
@@ -1107,7 +890,10 @@
href="#ch_range"><code>rdfs:range</code></a> is <a
href="#ch_resource"><code>rdfs:Resource</code></a>.</p>
-<h4><a id="ch_object" name="ch_object"></a>5.3.4 rdf:object</h4>
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_object">
+<h4>rdf:object</h4>
<p>rdf:object is an instance of <a
href="#ch_property"><code>rdf:Property</code></a> that is used to state the
@@ -1129,12 +915,19 @@
href="#ch_range"><code>rdfs:range</code></a> of <code>rdf:object</code> is
<code><a href="#ch_resource">rdfs:Resource</a></code>.</p>
-<h3><a id="ch_utilvocab" name="ch_utilvocab"></a>5.4 Utility Properties</h3>
+</section>
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_utilvocab">
+
+<h3>Utility Properties</h3>
<p>The following utility classes and properties are defined in the RDF core
namespaces.</p>
-<h4><a id="ch_seealso" name="ch_seealso"></a>5.4.1 rdfs:seeAlso</h4>
+<section id="ch_seealso">
+
+<h4>rdfs:seeAlso</h4>
<p><code>rdfs:seeAlso</code> is an instance of <a
href="#ch_property"><code>rdf:Property</code></a> that is used to indicate a
@@ -1158,8 +951,11 @@
href="#ch_range">rdfs:range</a></code> of <code>rdfs:seeAlso</code> is
<code><a href="#ch_resource">rdfs:Resource</a></code>.</p>
-<h4><a id="ch_isdefinedby" name="ch_isdefinedby"></a>5.4.2
-rdfs:isDefinedBy</h4>
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_isdefinedby">
+
+<h4>rdfs:isDefinedBy</h4>
<p><code>rdfs:isDefinedBy</code> is an instance of <a
href="#ch_property"><code>rdf:Property</code></a> that is used to indicate a
@@ -1185,7 +981,11 @@
href="#ch_range">rdfs:range</a></code> of <code>rdfs:isDefinedBy</code> is
<code><a href="#ch_resource">rdfs:Resource</a></code>.</p>
-<h4><a id="ch_value" name="ch_value"></a>5.4.3 rdf:value</h4>
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_value">
+
+<h4>rdf:value</h4>
<p><code>rdf:value</code> is an instance of <a
href="#ch_property"><code>rdf:Property</code></a> that may be used in
@@ -1194,7 +994,7 @@
<p>rdf:value has no meaning on its own. It is provided as a piece of
vocabulary that may be used in idioms such as illustrated in <a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-primer-20040210/#example16">example
-16</a> of the RDF primer [<a href="#ref-rdf-primer">RDF-PRIMER</a>]. Despite
+16</a> of the RDF 1.0 primer. Despite
the lack of formal specification of the meaning of this property, there is
value in defining it to encourage the use of a common idiom in examples of
this kind.</p>
@@ -1205,13 +1005,21 @@
href="#ch_range">rdfs:range</a></code> of <code>rdf:value</code> is <code><a
href="#ch_resource">rdfs:Resource</a></code>.</p>
-<h2><a id="ch_summary" name="ch_summary"></a>6. RDF Schema summary (Informative)</h2>
+</section>
+</section>
+</section>
+
+<section class="informative" id="ch_summary">
+
+<h2>RDF Schema summary</h2>
<p>This table presents an overview of the vocabulary of RDF, drawing together
vocabulary originally defined in the RDF Model and Syntax specification with
classes and properties that originate with RDF Schema.</p>
-<h3><a id="ch_sumclasses" name="ch_sumclasses"></a>6.1 RDF classes</h3>
+<section id="ch_sumclasses">
+
+<h3>RDF classes</h3>
<table border="1" summary="RDF classes">
<tbody valign="top">
@@ -1275,8 +1083,11 @@
</tbody>
</table>
-<h3><a id="ch_sumproperties" name="ch_sumproperties"></a>6.2 RDF
-properties</h3>
+</section>
+
+<section id="ch_sumproperties">
+
+<h3>RDF properties</h3>
<table border="1" summary="RDF properties">
<tbody valign="top">
@@ -1394,113 +1205,12 @@
also an instance of <code>rdf:List</code> called <code>rdf:nil</code> that is
an empty <code>rdf:List</code>.</p>
-<h3><a id="ch_cores" name="ch_cores"></a></h3>
-<hr />
-
-<h2><a id="ch_references" name="ch_references">7.</a>References</h2>
-
-<h3><a id="ch_normreferences" name="ch_normreferences"></a>7.1 Normative
-References</h3>
-<dl>
-
-
-
- <dt><a id="ref-rdf-concepts"
- name="ref-rdf-concepts"></a>[RDF-CONCEPTS]</dt>
-<dd><cite><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210/">Resource Description Framework (RDF): Concepts and Abstract Syntax</a></cite>, Graham Klyne and Jeremy J. Carroll, Editors, W3C Recommendation, 10 February 2004, http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210/ . <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-concepts/">Latest version</a> available at http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-concepts/ .</dd>
-
-
- <dt><a id="ref-rdf-semantics"
- name="ref-rdf-semantics"></a>[RDF-SEMANTICS]</dt>
-<dd><cite><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-mt-20040210/">RDF Semantics</a></cite>, Patrick Hayes, Editor, W3C Recommendation, 10 February 2004, http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-mt-20040210/ . <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-mt/">Latest version</a> available at http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-mt/ .</dd>
-
- <dt><a id="ref-rdf-syntax"
- name="ref-rdf-syntax"></a>[RDF-SYNTAX]</dt>
-<dd><cite><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-syntax-grammar-20040210/">RDF/XML Syntax Specification (Revised)</a></cite>, Dave Beckett, Editor, W3C Recommendation, 10 February 2004, http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-syntax-grammar-20040210/ . <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-syntax-grammar/">Latest version</a> available at http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-syntax-grammar/ .</dd>
-
- <dt><a id="ref-rdf-tests"
- name="ref-rdf-tests"></a>[RDF-TESTS]</dt>
-<dd><cite><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-testcases-20040210/">RDF Test Cases</a></cite>, Jan Grant and Dave Beckett, Editors, W3C Recommendation, 10 February 2004, http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-testcases-20040210/ . <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-testcases/">Latest version</a> available at http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-testcases/ .</dd>
-
-
-
- <dt><a id="rdfmscite" name="rdfmscite"></a> [RDFMS]</dt>
- <dd><a
- href="http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-rdf-syntax-19990222/"><cite>Resource
- Description Framework (RDF) Model and Syntax</cite></a>, W3C
- Recommendation, 22 February 1999<br />
- <small><tt><a
- href="http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-rdf-syntax-19990222/">http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-rdf-syntax-19990222/</a></tt></small><br
- />
- </dd>
- <dt><a id="xmlnscite" name="xmlnscite"></a>[XMLNS]</dt>
- <dd><a
- href="http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/"><cite>Namespaces
- in XML</cite></a>; W3C Recommendation, 14 January 1999<br />
- <small><tt><a
- href="http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/">http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/</a></tt></small><br
- />
- </dd>
-</dl>
-
-<h3><a id="ch_inforeferences" name="ch_inforeferences"></a>7.2 Informational
-References</h3>
-<dl>
+</section>
+</section>
- <dt><a id="ref-rdf-primer" name="ref-rdf-primer">[RDF-PRIMER]</a>
- </dt>
-<dd><cite><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-primer-20040210/">RDF Primer</a></cite>, Frank Manola and Eric Miller, Editors, W3C Recommendation, 10 February 2004, http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-primer-20040210/ . <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-primer/">Latest version</a> available at http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-primer/ .</dd>
-
+<section class="appendix informative" id="ch_acknowledgements">
- <dt><a id="rdfnotcite" name="rdfnotcite">[BERNERS-LEE98]</a></dt>
- <dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/RDFnot.html"><cite>What the
- Semantic Web can represent</cite></a>, Tim Berners-Lee, 1998<br />
- <small><tt><a
- href="http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/RDFnot.html">http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/RDFnot.html</a></tt></small><br
- />
- </dd>
- <dt><a id="xlcite" name="xlcite"></a>[EXTWEB]</dt>
- <dd><a
- href="http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/NOTE-webarch-extlang-19980210"><cite>Web
- Architecture: Extensible Languages</cite></a>, Tim Berners-Lee and Dan
- Connolly, 1998<br />
- <small><tt><a
- href="http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/NOTE-webarch-extlang-19980210">http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/NOTE-webarch-extlang-19980210</a></tt></small><br
- />
- </dd>
- <dt><a id="ref_dcmi" name="ref_dcmi"></a> [DCMI]</dt>
- <dd><a href="http://www.dublincore.org/"><cite>Dublin Core Metadata
- Initiative</cite></a><br />
- <small><tt><a
- href="http://www.dublincore.org/">http://www.dublincore.org/</a></tt></small><br
- />
- </dd>
-
- <dt><a id="ref-owl" name="ref-owl"></a>[OWL]</dt>
-<dd><cite><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-owl-ref-20040210/">OWL Web Ontology Language Reference</a></cite>, Mike Dean and Guus Schreiber, Editors, W3C Recommendation, 10 February 2004, http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-owl-ref-20040210/ . <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref/">Latest version</a> available at http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref/ .</dd>
-
-
- <dt><a id="cccite" name="cccite"></a>[SCHEMA-ARCH]</dt>
- <dd><a
- href="http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/NOTE-schema-arch-19991007"><cite>The
- Cambridge Communiqué</cite></a>, W3C NOTE, 7 October 1999, Swick and
- Thompson<br />
- <small><tt><a
- href="http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/NOTE-schema-arch-19991007">http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/NOTE-schema-arch-19991007</a></tt></small><br
- />
- </dd>
- <dt><a id="dtdcite" name="dtdcite"></a>[XML]</dt>
- <dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-xml-19980210"><cite>Extensible
- Markup Language (XML) 1.0</cite></a>, W3C Recommendation,
- 10-February-1988, Section 3.2 Element Type Declarations<br />
- <small><tt><a
- href="http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-xml-19980210.html#elemdecls">http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-xml-19980210.html#elemdecls</a></tt></small><br
- />
- </dd>
-</dl>
-
-<h2><a id="ch_acknowledgements" name="ch_acknowledgements"></a> <a
-id="ch_acknowledgments" name="ch_acknowledgments"></a>8. Acknowledgments</h2>
+<h2>Acknowledgments</h2>
<p>The RDF Schema design was originally produced by the RDF Schema Working
Group (1997-2000). The current specification is largely an editorial
@@ -1533,12 +1243,32 @@
Ralph Swick (W3C), Naohiko Uramoto (IBM), Charles Wicksteed (Reuters Ltd.),
Misha Wolf (Reuters Ltd.)</p>
-<h2><a id="ch_appendix_figs" name="ch_appendix_figs"></a></h2>
+</section>
-<h2><a id="changes" name="changes"></a>Changes</h2>
+<section class="appendix informative" id="changes">
-<p>
-The following is an outline of the main changes made to this specification, latest first,
+<h2>Change history</h2>
+
+<section id="PER-changes">
+
+<h3>Changes for Proposed Edited Recommendation in 2013</h2>
+
+<ul>
+ <li>Refereces and anchors to RDF 1.0 documents replaced by
+ references and anchors to RDF 1.1 documents.</li>
+ <li>Replaced the term "URI Reference" with the "IRI". </li>
+ <li>Removed discussion about distinction between plain and typed
+ literals, as this distinction absent in RDF 1.1 and has no technical
+ bearing on RDF Schema.</li>
+</ul>
+
+</section>
+
+<section id="2004-changes">
+
+<h3>Changes history of the 2004 Recommendation</h3>
+
+<p>The following is an outline of the main changes made to the 2004 specification, latest first,
since the Last Call Working Draft of <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-rdf-schema-20030123/">23
January 2003</a>. See the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/20030123-issues/#schema">Last Call issue tracking
document</a> for details of the specific issues raised regarding this specification.
@@ -1577,17 +1307,19 @@
in the RDF Semantics document. This closes rdfcore last call issue pfps-24.</li>
</ul>
-
+</section>
+</section>
-<h2><a id="ch_appendix_rdfs" name="ch_appendix_rdfs"></a>Appendix A: RDF
-Schema as RDF/XML</h2>
+<section class="appendix informative" id="ch_appendix_rdfs">
-<p>
-An RDFS description of the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-mt-20040210/#InterpVocab">RDF vocabulary</a>
-and <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-mt-20040210/#rdfs_interp">RDFS vocabulary</a> is given here in RDF/XML syntax.
+<h2><RDF Schema as RDF/XML</h2>
+
+<p>
+An RDFS description of the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-mt/#rdf-interpretations">RDF vocabulary</a>
+and <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-mt/#rdfs-interpretations">RDFS vocabulary</a> is given here in RDF/XML syntax.
It includes statements describing RDF resources originally introduced by
the 1999 RDF Model and Syntax specification, as well as definitions for
-resources introduced in the RDF Core Schema vocabulary.</p>
+resources introduced in the RDF Schema vocabulary.</p>
<p>
This material is also available as <a href="rdfs-namespace">a separate
@@ -1850,10 +1582,7 @@
</table>
<hr />
-<div class="metadata">
-<p><a href="metadata.rdf"><img border="0"
-src="http://www.w3.org/RDF/icons/rdf_metadata_button.40"
-alt="RDF/XML Metadata" /></a></p>
-</div>
+</section>
+
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