Appendix A: XML Serialization

An RDF specification of the core RDF Schema model is given here in RDF/XML serialization syntax. Please note that the namespace URI for the RDF Schema Specification will change in future versions of this specification if the schema changes. This RDF schema includes annotations describing RDF rdf:resources defined formally in the RDF Model and Syntax specification, as well as definitions for new rdf:resources belonging to the RDF Schema namespace.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<rdf:RDF
   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
   xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#">

<rdfs:Class rdf:ID="Resource">
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Resource</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">Ressource</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>The most general class</rdfs:comment>
</rdfs:Class>

<rdf:Property rdf:about="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type">
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">type</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">type</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>Indicates membership of a class</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:range rdf:resource="#Class"/>
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:ID="comment">
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">comment</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">commentaire</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:domain rdf:resource="#Resource"/>
  <rdfs:comment>Use this for descriptions</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:range rdf:resource="#Literal"/>
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:ID="label">
 <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property"/>
 <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">label</rdfs:label>
 <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">label</rdfs:label>
 <rdfs:domain rdf:resource="#Resource"/>
 <rdfs:comment>Provides a human-readable version of a rdf:resource name.</rdfs:comment>
 <rdfs:range rdf:resource="#Literal"/>
</rdf:Property>

<rdfs:Class rdf:ID="Class">
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Class</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">Classe</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>The concept of Class</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="#Resource"/>
</rdfs:Class>

<rdf:Property rdf:ID="subClassOf">
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">subClassOf</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">sousClasseDe</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>Indicates membership of a class</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:range rdf:resource="#Class"/>
  <rdfs:domain rdf:resource="#Class"/>
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:ID="subPropertyOf">
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">subPropertyOf</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">sousPropriétéDe</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>Indicates specialization of properties</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:range rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property"/>
  <rdfs:domain rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property"/>
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:ID="seeAlso">
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">seeAlso</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">voirAussi</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>Indicates a rdf:resource that provides information rdf:about the subject rdf:resource.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:range rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Resource"/>
  <rdfs:domain rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Resource"/>
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:ID="isDefinedBy">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property"/>
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="#seeAlso"/>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">isDefinedBy</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">estDéfiniPar</rdfs:label>
Jeremy's note: I changed the French there from: esDéfiniPar which is right?
  <rdfs:comment>Indicates a rdf:resource containing and defining the subject rdf:resource.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:range rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Resource"/>
  <rdfs:domain rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Resource"/>
</rdf:Property>

<rdfs:Class rdf:ID="ConstraintResource">
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">ConstraintResource</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">RessourceContrainte</rdfs:label>
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#Class"/>
  <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="#Resource"/>
  <rdfs:comment>Resources used to express RDF Schema constraints.</rdfs:comment>
</rdfs:Class>

<rdfs:Class rdf:ID="ConstraintProperty">
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">ConstraintProperty</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">PropriétéContrainte</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property"/>
  <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="#ConstraintResource"/>
  <rdfs:comment>Properties used to express RDF Schema constraints.</rdfs:comment>
</rdfs:Class>

<rdfs:ConstraintProperty rdf:ID="domain">
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">domain</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">domaine</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>This is how we associate a class with
  properties that its instances can have</rdfs:comment>
</rdfs:ConstraintProperty>

<rdfs:ConstraintProperty rdf:ID="range">
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">range</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">étendue</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>Properties that can be used in a
  schema to provide constraints</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:range rdf:resource="#Class"/>
  <rdfs:domain rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property"/>
</rdfs:ConstraintProperty>

<rdfs:Class rdf:about="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property">
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Property</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">Propriété</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>The concept of a property.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="#Resource"/>
</rdfs:Class>

<rdfs:Class rdf:ID="Literal">
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Literal</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">Littéral</rdfs:label>
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#Class"/>
  <rdfs:comment>This represents the set of atomic values, eg. textual strings.</rdfs:comment>
</rdfs:Class>

<rdfs:Class rdf:about="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Statement">
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Statement</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">Déclaration</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="#Resource"/>
  <rdfs:comment>This represents the set of reified statements.</rdfs:comment>
</rdfs:Class>

<rdf:Property rdf:about="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#subject">
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">subject</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">sujet</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:domain rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Statement"/>
  <rdfs:range rdf:resource="#Resource"/>
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:about="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#predicate">
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">predicate</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">prédicat</rdfs:label>
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property"/>
  <rdfs:domain rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Statement"/>
  <rdfs:range rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property"/>
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:about="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#object">
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">object</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">objet</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:domain rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Statement"/>
</rdf:Property>

<rdfs:Class rdf:ID="Container">
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Container</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">Enveloppe</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="#Resource"/>
  <rdfs:comment>This represents the set Containers.</rdfs:comment>
</rdfs:Class>

<rdfs:Class rdf:about="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Bag">
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Bag</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">Ensemble</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="#Container"/>
</rdfs:Class>

<rdfs:Class rdf:about="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Seq">
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Sequence</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">Séquence</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="#Container"/>
</rdfs:Class>

<rdfs:Class rdf:about="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Alt">
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Alt</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">Choix</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="#Container"/>
</rdfs:Class>

<rdfs:Class rdf:ID="ContainerMembershipProperty">
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">ContainerMembershipProperty</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property"/>
</rdfs:Class>

<rdf:Property rdf:about="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#value">
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">object</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">value</rdfs:label>
</rdf:Property>

</rdf:RDF>