ConceptScheme

CDIFConceptScheme::Classes::ConceptScheme

Definition

Documentation

Original

Reference

skos:ConceptScheme

Definition

A set of concepts, optionally including statements about semantic relationships between those concepts.

CDIF

Definition

Profile module for SKOS concept schemes used as controlled vocabularies in CDIF metadata. Thin wrapper around skosConceptScheme.

Scope

A SKOS Concept Scheme - a controlled vocabulary aggregating one or more SKOS Concepts. Required attributes: @type (containing skos:ConceptScheme), skos:prefLabel, skos:definition, skos:hasTopConcept (at least one). The metadata record describing this scheme (schema:subjectOf > CatalogRecord) MUST declare conformance to https://w3id.org/cdif/conceptscheme/1.1.

Diagram

Inheritance

No generalization relationships.

Attributes

Name	Type	Multiplicity	Description
identifier	XsdAnyUri	[0..1]	Documentation Original Reference schema:identifier Definition The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of [[Thing]], such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See [background notes](/docs/datamodel.html#identifierBg) for more details. Scope Domain: Thing (https://schema.org/Thing). Range: PropertyValue (https://schema.org/PropertyValue), Text (https://schema.org/Text), URL (https://schema.org/URL). CDIF Definition @id - URI identifier for this concept scheme.
prefLabel	string	[1..*]	Documentation Original Reference skos:prefLabel Definition A resource has no more than one value of skos:prefLabel per language tag, and no more than one value of skos:prefLabel without language tag. CDIF Definition Preferred lexical label for the concept scheme. A single string, a single language-tagged value, or an array of language-tagged values. Each language should appear at most once. Scope skos:prefLabel - preferred lexical label for the concept scheme. Required. May be a plain string or a language-tagged value (LanguageTaggedValue is collapsed to String per the union-type policy).
altLabel	string	[0..*]	Documentation Original Reference skos:altLabel Definition The range of skos:altLabel is the class of RDF plain literals. CDIF Definition Alternative lexical labels (acronyms, abbreviations, spelling variants). Scope skos:altLabel - alternative lexical labels (acronyms, abbreviations, spelling variants).
definition	string	[1..*]	Documentation Original Reference skos:definition Definition A statement or formal explanation of the meaning of a concept. CDIF Definition Formal explanation of the meaning or purpose of this concept scheme. Scope skos:definition - formal explanation of the meaning or purpose of this concept scheme. Required.
notation	string	[0..*]	Documentation Original Reference skos:notation Definition A notation, also known as classification code, is a string of characters such as "T58.5" or "303.4833" used to uniquely identify a concept within the scope of a given concept scheme. CDIF Definition Classification code or notation for this concept scheme. Scope skos:notation - classification code or notation for this concept scheme.
note	string	[0..*]	Documentation Original Reference skos:note Definition A general note, for any purpose. CDIF Definition General note about the concept scheme. Scope skos:note - general note about the concept scheme.
version	string	[0..1]	Documentation Original Reference schema:version Definition The version of the CreativeWork embodied by a specified resource. Scope Domain: CreativeWork (https://schema.org/CreativeWork). Range: Number (https://schema.org/Number), Text (https://schema.org/Text). CDIF Definition Version identifier for the concept scheme. Scope schema:version - version identifier for the concept scheme.

Associations

Role	Target	Multiplicity	Kind
subjectOf	→ CatalogRecord	[0..1]	composition
hasTopConcept	→ Concept	[1..*]	composition
inScheme	← Concept	[0..*]	association