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Place Names Profile

Metadata

URI
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames
Publisher(s)
Geoscience Australia
Creator(s)
Nicholas Car Orcid logo (nicholas.car@csiro.au) of CSIRO
Contributor(s)
Armin Haller
Irina Bastrakova
Created
2018-08-02
Modified
2019-06-01
Version Information
2
Rights
© Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2019
Ontology RDF
RDF (turtle)

Description

This is an ontology that profiles several other ontologies. It describes Place Names that are used in the Place Names Gazetteer of Australia. Place Names are names given to natural and artificial geospatial features, such as administrative areas, political regions, mountain ranges, rivers, bays etc. Place Names are assigned and managed by multiple Jurisdictions around Australia and may have varying status: official, historical etc. This ontology provides a meta model to bring Place Name data together in one Semantic Web data collection.

History Note:

This version of this ontology, 2, covers the same conceptual territory of the original ontology (see placenames-original.ttl) but is aligned with:

* GeoSPARQL ontology - Features & Geometries
* ISA Programme Location Core Vocabulary (locn) - Location class
* ASGS Ontology - ASGS Features
* GNAF Ontology - Addresses
* schema.org - Agent subclasses and some Place Name annotations
* Time Ontology in OWL - for temporal extents

The first version of this Place Names ontology is archived online at https://github.com/GeoscienceAustralia/Place-Names.

Table of Contents

  1. Classes
  2. Object Properties
  3. Datatype Properties
  4. Annotation Properties
  5. Named Individuals
  6. Namespaces
  7. Legend

Overview

Pictures say 1,000 words
Figure 1: Ontology overview

Classes

ASGS Featurec

URI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs#Feature
Description

The ASGS Ontology's Feature Class

Super-classes geosparql:Featurec

State or Territoryc

URI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs#StateOrTerritory
Super-classes http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/Jurisdictionc

Addressc

URI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/gnaf#Address
Description

The GNAF Ontology's Address Class

Super-classes geosparql:Featurec

ContractedCatchmentc

URI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/ContractedCatchment
Super-classes geosparql:Featurec

Gazetteerc

URI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/Gazetteer
Description

A Gazetteer is a Register of Place Names created by a Jurisdiction

Super-classes http://purl.org/linked-data/registry#Registerc
Restrictions http://purl.org/linked-data/registry#containedItemClassop value http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/PlaceNamec

Jurisdictionc

URI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/Jurisdiction
Description

A Jurisdiction is an Organisation that has authority to make choices within its allocated domain.

In the context of the Place Names Profile, Jurisdictions may select Place Names for Features within their allocated area - Australian state, local government area etc.

Super-classes sdo:Organizationc
Sub-classes http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs#StateOrTerritoryc
In range of http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/wasNamedByop
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/hasPlaceNamingAuthorityop

Placec

URI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/Place
Description

An identifiable geographic Place as defined by the Composite Gazetteer of Australia.

Super-classes geosparql:Featurec
Restrictions http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/registerop some http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/Gazetteerc
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/hasFeatureClassificationop only http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/PlaceTypec
Sub-classes http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/Regionc
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/PointOfInterestc
In domain of http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/hasFeatureClassificationop

Place Namec

URI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/PlaceName
Description

The name of a place, assigned by an official naming authority in the Place Names Gazeteer of Australia.

Super-classes http://purl.org/linked-data/registry#RegisteredItemc
Restrictions http://purl.org/linked-data/registry#statusop some http://purl.org/linked-data/registry#Statusc
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/hasPronunciationop some xsd:stringc
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/registerop some http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/Gazetteerc
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/wasNamedByop some http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/Jurisdictionc
https://www.w3.org/ns/adms#identifierop some https://www.w3.org/ns/adms#Identifierc
In domain of http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/hasPlaceNameFormalityop
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/wasNamedByop
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/hasPronunciationop
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/hasPlaceNamingAuthorityop

Place Name Formalityc

URI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/PlaceNameFormality
Description

The formality of a Place Name: is it official, historical, colloquilal one?

Super-classes skos:Conceptc
In range of http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/hasPlaceNameFormalityop

Place Typec

URI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/PlaceType
Description

The Place Type classification as of the ICSM Permanent Committee on Place Names classification scheme.

Super-classes skos:Conceptc
In range of http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/hasFeatureClassificationop

Point of Interestc

URI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/PointOfInterest
Description

A specific point Location that someone may find useful or interesting.

Super-classes http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/Placec
Restrictions http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/wasNamedByop only prov:Agentc

Regionc

URI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/Region
Description

A Region is an area of land that has common features.

Super-classes http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/Placec

Registerc

URI http://purl.org/linked-data/registry#Register
Sub-classes http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/Gazetteerc

Registered Itemc

URI http://purl.org/linked-data/registry#RegisteredItem
Sub-classes http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/PlaceNamec

Registry Statusc

URI http://purl.org/linked-data/registry#Status
Super-classes skos:Conceptc
In range of http://purl.org/linked-data/registry#statusop

Featurec

URI http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#Feature
Description

The GeoSPARQL Ontology's Feature Class

Restrictions http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/hasPlaceNameop some http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/PlaceNamec
Sub-classes http://linked.data.gov.au/def/gnaf#Addressc
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs#Featurec
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/ContractedCatchmentc
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/Placec
In domain of http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/hasPlaceNameop
geosparql:hasGeometryop

Geometryc

URI http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#Geometry
Description

The GeoSPARQL Ontology's Geometry Class

In range of geosparql:hasGeometryop

stringc

URI http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string

Conceptc

URI http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept
Sub-classes http://purl.org/linked-data/registry#Statusc
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/PlaceNameFormalityc
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/PlaceTypec

Temporal Entityc

URI http://www.w3.org/2006/time#TemporalEntity

Agentc

URI http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Agent
Description

The Provenance Ontology's Agent Class

Sub-classes sdo:Organizationc

Organizationc

URI https://schema.org/Organization
Description

Schema.org's Organization Class

Super-classes prov:Agentc
Sub-classes http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/Jurisdictionc

Identifierc

URI https://www.w3.org/ns/adms#Identifier

Object Properties

has feature classificationop

URI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/hasFeatureClassification
Description A relation between a Feature and a classification of its real world phenomena.
Super-properties dcat:themeop
Domain(s) http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/Placec
Range(s) http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/PlaceTypec

hasGeometryop

URI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/hasGeometry

has place nameop

URI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/hasPlaceName
Description The Feature has a place name (label) assigned to it
Scope Notes All PlaceName objects names indicated by hasPlaceName should have the role of the name indicated with a Name Type
Inverse properties http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/placeNameOfop
Domain(s) geosparql:Featurec
Range(s) http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/PlaceNamec xsd:stringc

has place name formalityop

URI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/hasPlaceNameFormality
Description The formality of a Place Name
Scope Notes Values for this property must be selected from the Place Name Formality vocabulary
Domain(s) http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/PlaceNamec
Range(s) http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/PlaceNameFormalityc

has place naming authorityop

URI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/hasPlaceNamingAuthority
Description A relation definining the Naming Authority responsible for the naming of a Place.
Domain(s) http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/PlaceNamec
Range(s) http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/Jurisdictionc

pronunciationop

URI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/hasPronunciation
Description The pronunciation of a Place Name, indicated by means of a phonetic alphabet string
Super-properties skos:notationop
Domain(s) http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/PlaceNamec

place name ofop

URI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/placeNameOf

registerop

URI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/register

was named byop

URI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/wasNamedBy
Description A relation that states the Jurisdiction that named a Feature
Super-properties prov:wasAttributedToop
Domain(s) http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/PlaceNamec
Range(s) http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/Jurisdictionc

containedItemClassop

URI http://purl.org/linked-data/registry#containedItemClass

has statusop

URI http://purl.org/linked-data/registry#status
Scope Notes This property is the generic Registry Ontology status property indicating the status of a RegisteredItem in a Registry but in this ontology it is used to indicate only the status of a Place Name in a Gazetteer.
Range(s) http://purl.org/linked-data/registry#Statusc

has geometryop

URI http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#hasGeometry
Description GeoSPARQL Ontology's hasGeometry property
Domain(s) geosparql:Featurec
Range(s) geosparql:Geometryc

notationop

URI http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#notation

has timeop

URI http://www.w3.org/2006/time#hastime

themeop

URI http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#theme

wasAttributedToop

URI http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#wasAttributedTo

identifierop

URI https://www.w3.org/ns/adms#identifier

Datatype Properties

stringdp

URI http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string

identifierdp

URI https://schema.org/identifier

Annotation Properties

scopeNoteap

URI http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#scopeNote

nameap

URI https://schema.org/name

Named Individuals

Place Nameni

Classes(s)
rdfs:Class
owl:Class
URI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/PlaceName
Description The name of a place, assigned by an official naming authority in the Place Names Gazeteer of Australia.

Namespaces

dcat
http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#
dct
http://purl.org/dc/terms/
geosparql
http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#
owl
http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#
prov
http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#
rdf
http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
rdfs
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
sdo
https://schema.org/
skos
http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#
time
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#
vann
http://purl.org/vocab/vann/
xsd
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#

Legend

cClasses
opObject Properties
fpFunctional Properties
dpData Properties
dpAnnotation Properties
pProperties
niNamed Individuals