Vocabulary of a Friend (VOAF)

VOAF is a vocabulary specification providing elements allowing the description of vocabularies (RDFS vocabularies or OWL ontologies) used in the Linked Data Cloud. In particular it provides properties expressing the different ways such vocabularies can rely on, extend, specify, annotate or otherwise link to each other. It relies itself on Dublin Core and voiD. The name of the vocabulary makes an explicit reference to FOAF because VOAF can be used to define networks of vocabularies in a way similar to the one FOAF is used to define networks of people.

voaf:Vocabulary

Vocabulary - A vocabulary used in the linked data cloud. An instance of voaf:Vocabulary relies on or is used by at least another instance of voaf:Vocabulary

voaf:VocabularySpace

Vocabulary Space - A vocabulary space defines any relevant grouping of vocabularies e.g., designed for similar purposes or domains, or designed by the same publisher or the same project, etc. A vocabulary can belong to zero, one or more vocabulary spaces. Dublin Core properties isPartOf and hasPart are used to link a vocabulary to a vocabulary space

voaf:classNumber

number of classes - The number of classes defined in the vocabulary namespace.

voaf:propertyNumber

number of properties - The number of properties defined in the vocabulary namespace.

voaf:reliesOn

relies on - Indicates that the subject vocabulary uses or extends some class or property of the object vocabulary

voaf:usedBy

used by - Indicates that the subject vocabulary is used by the object vocabulary

voaf:metadataVoc

metadata vocabulary - Indicates that the subject vocabulary uses the object vocabulary in metadata at vocabulary or element level

voaf:extends

extends - Indicates that the subject vocabulary extends the expressivity of the object vocabulary by declaring subsumption relationships, using object vocabulary class as domain or range of a subject vocabulary property, defining local restrictions etc ...

voaf:specializes

specializes - Indicates that the subject vocabulary defines some subclasses or subproperties of the object vocabulary, or local restrictions on those.

voaf:generalizes

generalizes - Indicates that the subject vocabulary generalizes by some superclasses or superproperties the object vocabulary.

voaf:hasEquivalencesWith

has equivalences with - Indicates that the subject vocabulary declares some equivalent classes or properties with the object vocabulary.

voaf:hasDisjunctionsWith

has disjunctions with - Indicates that the subject vocabulary declares some disjunct classes with the object vocabulary.

voaf:similar

similar - Used to assert that two vocabularies are similar in scope and objectives, independently of the fact that they otherwise refer to each other.

voaf:dataset

dataset - A dataset using this vocabulary.

voaf:toDoList

to-do list - Describes future tasks planned by a resource curator. This property is primarily intended to be used for vocabularies or datasets, but the domain is left open, it can be used for any resource. Use iCalendar Vtodo class and its properties to further describe the task calendar, priorities etc.