Org. Namespace Example

• From: Gannon Dick <gannon_dick@yahoo.com>
• Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:52:29 -0700 (PDT)
• To: "egov-ig@w3.org" <public-egov-ig@w3.org>, Linked Data community <public-lod@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <99046.72080.qm@web112616.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

The Feature Class Definition page of the USGS (GNIS) search [1] provides a nice example for the "Government Work" subclass of the Organization Name Space.

The Mash-up (Class Definitions) is composed of Natural and Man Made (under human control) types.

An RDF/XML example for each type is below:

<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
         xmlns:db="http://dbpedia.org/page/"
         xmlns:pii="http://purl.org/pii/terms/"
         xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
         xmlns:org="http://www.w3.org/ns/org#">
  <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://dbpedia.org/page/Map">
    <org:Organization>
      <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://dbpedia.org/page/Resource">
         <dct:title xml:lang="en">Beach</dct:title>
         <dct:subject xml:lang="en">Beach</dct:subject>
         <dct:subject xml:lang="en">Coast</dct:subject>
         <dct:subject xml:lang="en">Shore</dct:subject>
         <dct:subject xml:lang="en">Strand</dct:subject>
         <org:Role>
           <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://dbpedia.org/page/Natural_resource">
              <rdf:type rdf:datatype="http://dbpedia.org/page/The_commons" />
           </rdf:Description>
         </org:Role>
         <org:purpose>
                The sloping shore along a body of water that is washed by waves or tides and is
                usually covered by sand or gravel (coast, shore, strand).
         </org:purpose>
      </rdf:Description>
    </org:Organization>
  </rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>

<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
         xmlns:db="http://dbpedia.org/page/"
         xmlns:pii="http://purl.org/pii/terms/"
         xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
         xmlns:org="http://www.w3.org/ns/org#">
  <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://dbpedia.org/page/Map">
    <org:Organization>
      <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://dbpedia.org/page/Resource">
         <dct:title xml:lang="en">Bridge</dct:title>
         <dct:subject xml:lang="en">Bridge</dct:subject>
         <dct:subject xml:lang="en">Causeway</dct:subject>
         <dct:subject xml:lang="en">Overpass</dct:subject>
         <dct:subject xml:lang="en">Trestle</dct:subject>
         <org:Role>
           <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://dbpedia.org/page/Superintendent">
             <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://purl.org/pii/terms/misc" />
           </rdf:Description>
         </org:Role>
         <org:purpose>
           Man made structure carrying a trail, road, or other transportation system across a body
           of water or depression (causeway, overpass, trestle).
         </org:purpose>
      </rdf:Description>
    </org:Organization>
  </rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>

--Gannon

[1] http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/


      

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