The W3C Linked Data Platform (LDP) Vocabulary

IRI:
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
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Abstract

This ontology provides an informal representation of the concepts and terms as defined in the LDP specification. Consult the LDP specification for normative reference.

Table of Content

  1. Classes
  2. Object Properties
  3. Named Individuals
  4. Annotation Properties
  5. Namespace Declarations

Classes

BasicContainerc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#BasicContainer

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
An LDPC that uses a predefined predicate to simply link to its contained resources.
has super-classes
Containerc

Containerc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#Container

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
A Linked Data Platform RDF Source (LDP-RS) that also conforms to additional patterns and conventions for managing membership. Readers should refer to the specification defining this ontology for the list of behaviors associated with it.
has super-classes
RDFSourcec
has sub-classes
BasicContainerc, DirectContainerc, IndirectContainerc
is in domain of
containsop, hasMemberRelationop, insertedContentRelationop, isMemmberOfRelationop, membershipResourceop

DirectContainerc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#DirectContainer

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
An LDPC that is similar to a LDP-DC but it allows an indirection with the ability to list as member a resource, such as a URI representing a real-world object, that is different from the resource that is created.
has super-classes
Containerc

IndirectContainerc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#IndirectContainer

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
An LDPC that has the flexibility of choosing what form the membership triples take.
has super-classes
Containerc

NonRDFSourcec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#NonRDFSource

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
A Linked Data Platform Resource (LDPR) whose state is NOT represented as RDF.
has super-classes
Resourcec

Pagec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#Page

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
URI signifying that the resource is an in-sequence page resource, as defined by LDP Paging. Typically used on Link rel='type' response headers.
is in domain of
pageSortCriteriaop

PageSortCriterionc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#PageSortCriterion

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
Element in the list of sorting criteria used by the server to assign container members to pages.
is in domain of
pageSortCollationop, pageSortOrderop, pageSortPredicateop

RDFSourcec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#RDFSource

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
A Linked Data Platform Resource (LDPR) whose state is represented as RDF.
has super-classes
Resourcec
has sub-classes
Containerc

Resourcec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#Resource

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
A HTTP-addressable resource whose lifecycle is managed by a LDP server.
has sub-classes
NonRDFSourcec, RDFSourcec
is in domain of
constrainedByop, memberop

Object Properties

constrainedByop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#constrainedBy

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
Links a resource with constraints that the server requires requests like creation and update to conform to.
has domain
Resourcec
has range
resourcec

containsop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#contains

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
Links a container with resources created through the container.
has domain
Containerc
has range
resourcec

hasMemberRelationop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#hasMemberRelation

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
Indicates which predicate is used in membership triples, and that the membership triple pattern is < membership-constant-URI , object-of-hasMemberRelation, member-URI >.
has domain
Containerc
has range
propertyc

insertedContentRelationop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#insertedContentRelation

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
Indicates which triple in a creation request should be used as the member-URI value in the membership triple added when the creation request is successful.
has domain
Containerc
has range
propertyc

isMemmberOfRelationop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#isMemberOfRelation

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
Indicates which predicate is used in membership triples, and that the membership triple pattern is < member-URI , object-of-isMemberOfRelation, membership-constant-URI >.
has domain
Containerc
has range
propertyc

memberop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#member

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
LDP servers should use this predicate as the membership predicate if there is no obvious predicate from an application vocabulary to use.
has domain
Resourcec
has range
resourcec

membershipResourceop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#membershipResource

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
Indicates the membership-constant-URI in a membership triple. Depending upon the membership triple pattern a container uses, as indicated by the presence of ldp:hasMemberRelation or ldp:isMemberOfRelation, the membership-constant-URI might occupy either the subject or object position in membership triples.
has domain
Containerc
has range
resourcec

pageSortCollationop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#pageSortCollation

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
The collation used to order the members across pages in a page sequence when comparing strings.
has domain
PageSortCriterionc
has range
propertyc

pageSortCriteriaop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#pageSortCriteria

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
Link to the list of sorting criteria used by the server in a representation. Typically used on Link response headers as an extension link relation URI in the rel= parameter.
has domain
Pagec
has range
listc

pageSortOrderop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#pageSortOrder

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
The ascending/descending/etc order used to order the members across pages in a page sequence.
has domain
PageSortCriterionc
has range
resourcec

pageSortPredicateop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#pageSortPredicate

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
Predicate used to specify the order of the members across a page sequence's in-sequence page resources; it asserts nothing about the order of members in the representation of a single page.
has domain
PageSortCriterionc
has range
propertyc

Named Individuals

Ascendingni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#Ascending

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
Ascending order.
belongs to
individualc

Descendingni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#Descending

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
Descending order.
belongs to
individualc

MemberSubjectni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#MemberSubject

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
Used to indicate default and typical behavior for ldp:insertedContentRelation, where the member-URI value in the membership triple added when a creation request is successful is the URI assigned to the newly created resource.
belongs to
individualc

PreferContainmentni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#PreferContainment

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
URI identifying a LDPC's containment triples, for example to allow clients to express interest in receiving them.
belongs to
individualc

PreferEmptyContainerni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#PreferEmptyContainer

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
Archaic alias for ldp:PreferMinimalContainer
belongs to
individualc

PreferMembershipni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#PreferMembership

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
URI identifying a LDPC's membership triples, for example to allow clients to express interest in receiving them.
belongs to
individualc

PreferMinimalContainerni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#PreferMinimalContainer

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
URI identifying the subset of a LDPC's triples present in an empty LDPC, for example to allow clients to express interest in receiving them. Currently this excludes containment and membership triples, but in the future other exclusions might be added. This definition is written to automatically exclude those new classes of triples.
belongs to
individualc

Annotation Properties

creatorap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator

issuedap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/issued

term statusap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/2003/06/sw-vocab-status/ns#term_status

Namespace Declarations back to ToC

default namespace
http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#
2012
http://www.w3.org/2012/
ns
http://www.w3.org/2003/06/sw-vocab-status/ns#
owl
http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#
rdf
http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
rdfs
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
terms
http://purl.org/dc/terms/
xsd
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#

This HTML document was obtained by processing the OWL ontology source code through LODE, Live OWL Documentation Environment, developed by Silvio Peroni.