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Namespace document for W3C Web Annotation Vocabulary

Release 2016-03-31

Revision:
2016-03-31
Authors:
Robert Sanderson, Stanford University
Paolo Ciccarese, Massachusetts General Hospital
Benjamin Young, Invited Expert
Contributors:
Herbert Van de Sompel, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Stian Soiland-Reyes, University of Manchester
W3C Web Annotation Working Group
Imported Ontologies:
Activity Vocabulary
Dublin Core Terms
FOAF
schema.org
SKOS
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Abstract

This is the namespace http://www.w3.org/ns/oa# for the Web Annotation Vocabulary, which is also available as an OWL ontology:

Table of contents

1. Introduction back to ToC

This document defines terms in the Web Annotation Vocabulary namespace: 

http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

While the ontology file may be retrieved from the https:// variant of the namespace, for compatibility with the precursor Open Annotation Data Model, the namespace uses http:// in its URI.

This vocabulary corresponds to these W3C Specifications published by Web Annotation Working Group:

If you wish to make comments regarding this vocabulary, please send them to public-annotation@w3.org (subscribe, archives). All comments are welcome.

1.1. Namespace declarations back to ToC

Table 1: Namespaces used in the document
oa<http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#>
as<http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#>
dc<http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/>
dcterms<http://purl.org/dc/terms/>
dctypes<http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/>
foaf<http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/>
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#>
schema<http://schema.org/>
skos<http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>
xsd<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#>
vann<http://purl.org/vocab/vann/>

2. Web Annotation Vocabulary: Overview back to ToC

Overview of the ontology goes here: a few sentences explaining the main concepts of the ontology

Classes

Object Properties

Data Properties

Named Individuals

3. Web Annotation Vocabulary: Description back to ToC

The Web Annotation Vocabulary defines classes, properties and SKOS concepts for the Web Annotation Model and the Web Annotation Protocol.

This ontology additionally cites terms from these vocabularies with corresponding rdfs:isDefinedBy statements:

4. Cross reference for Web Annotation Vocabulary classes, properties and dataproperties

This section provides details for each class and property defined by Web Annotation Vocabulary.

Classes

agentc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Agent

is defined by
http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
has sub-classes
organization c, person c
is in domain of
mbox op

Annotationc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#Annotation

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The class for Web Annotations

has super-classes
hasBody op min 0
hasTarget op min 1
is in domain of
bodyText dp, hasBody op, hasTarget op, motivatedBy op, styledBy op

Applicationc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Application

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams

Describes a software application.

audiencec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://schema.org/Audience

is defined by
http://schema.org/Audience
is in range of
audience op

Choicec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#Choice

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

A subClass of as:OrderedCollection that conveys to a consuming application that it should select one of the resources in the as:items list to use, rather than all of them. This is typically used to provide a choice of resources to render to the user, based on further supplied properties. If the consuming application cannot determine the user's preference, then it should use the first in the list.

has super-classes
OrderedCollection c
Choice c
items op min 1
has sub-classes
Choice c
is in domain of
default op

Collectionc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Collection

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams

A Collection is a subclass of Object that represents ordered or unordered sets of Object or Link instances.

Refer to the Activity Streams 2.0 Core specification for a complete description of the Collection type.

has sub-classes
CollectionPage c, OrderedCollection c
is in domain of
items op, totalItems dp
is in range of
partOf op

CollectionPagec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#CollectionPage

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams

Used to represent distinct subsets of items from a Collection. Refer to the Activity Streams 2.0 Core for a complete description of the CollectionPage object.

has super-classes
Collection c
has sub-classes
OrderedCollectionPage c
is in domain of
first op, last op, next op, partOf op, prev op
is in range of
first op, last op, next op, prev op

compositec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#Composite

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#
has sub-classes
list c

conceptc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#
has sub-classes
Motivation c

concept schemec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#ConceptScheme

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#
has members
motivationScheme ni

Contentc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#Content

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The class for resources embedded in the Annotation graph, other than

for textual content that is the object of the hasBody relationship.

has super-classes
text dp exactly 1
has sub-classes
TextualBody c

CssSelectorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#CssSelector

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

A CssSelector describes a Segment of interest in a representation that conforms to the Document Object Model through the use of the CSS selector specification.

has super-classes
Selector c

CssStylec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#CssStyle

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

A resource which describes styles for resources participating in the Annotation using CSS.

has super-classes
Style c

DataPositionSelectorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#DataPositionSelector

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

DataPositionSelector describes a range of data by recording

the start and end positions of the selection in the stream. Position 0

would be immediately before the first byte, position 1 would be immediately

before the second byte, and so on. The start byte is thus included

in the list, but the end byte is not.

has super-classes
Selector c
end dp exactly 1
start dp exactly 1

datasetc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Dataset

is defined by
http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/
is equivalent to
dataset c

FragmentSelectorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#FragmentSelector

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The FragmentSelector class is used to record the segment of a representation using the URI fragment specification defined by the representation's media type.

This class requires a single data property rdf:value - but to remain compatible with OWL this is not expressed in the ontology.

has super-classes
Selector c

HttpRequestStatec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#HttpRequestState

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The HttpRequestState class is used to record the HTTP request headers that a client SHOULD use to request the correct representation from the resource.

There MUST be exactly 1 rdf:value property per HttpRequestState, containing HTTP request headers as a single, complete string, exactly as they would appear in an HTTP request.

has super-classes
State c

listc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#List

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#
has super-classes
composite c

Motivationc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#Motivation

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The Motivation class is used to record the user's intent or motivation for the creation of the Annotation, or the inclusion of the body or target, that it is associated with.

has super-classes
concept c
is in range of
hasPurpose op, motivatedBy op
has members
bookmarking ni, classifying ni, commenting ni, describing ni, editing ni, highlighting ni, identifying ni, linking ni, moderating ni, questioning ni, replying ni, reviewing ni, tagging ni

moving imagec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/MovingImage

is defined by
http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/
is equivalent to
video object c

OrderedCollectionc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#OrderedCollection

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams

A subclass of Collection in which members of the logical collection are assumed to always be strictly ordered.

has super-classes
Collection c
has sub-classes
Choice c, OrderedCollectionPage c

OrderedCollectionPagec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#OrderedCollectionPage

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams

Used to represent ordered subsets of items from an OrderedCollection. Refer to the Activity Streams 2.0 Core for a complete description of the OrderedCollectionPage object.

has super-classes
CollectionPage c
OrderedCollection c
is in domain of
startIndex dp

organizationc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Organization

is defined by
http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
has super-classes
agent c

personc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Person

is defined by
http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
has super-classes
agent c
is in domain of
nick op

RangeSelectorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#RangeSelector

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

A Range Selector can be used to identify the beginning and the end of the selection by using other Selectors. The selection consists of everything from the beginning of the starting selector through to the beginning of the ending selector, but not including it.

has super-classes
Selector c
hasStartSelector op exactly 1
hasEndSelector op exactly 1
is in domain of
hasEndSelector op, hasStartSelector op

ResourceSelectionc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#ResourceSelection

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

Instances of the ResourceSelection class identify part

(described by an oa:Selector) of another resource (referenced with oa:hasSource),

possibly from a particular representation of a resource (described by an oa:State).

Please note that ResourceSelection is not used directly in the Web Annotation model,

but is provided as a separate class for further application profiles to use,

separate from oa:SpecificResource which has many Annotation specific features.

has super-classes
Selector c
hasSource op exactly 1
has sub-classes
SpecificResource c
is in domain of
hasSelector op, hasSource op, hasState op

Selectorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#Selector

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

A resource which describes the segment of interest in a representation of

a Source resource, indicated with oa:hasSelector from the Specific Resource.

This class should only be used in further ontologies to derive subclasses.

has sub-classes
CssSelector c, DataPositionSelector c, FragmentSelector c, RangeSelector c, ResourceSelection c, SvgSelector c, TextPositionSelector c, TextQuoteSelector c, XPathSelector c
is in domain of
end dp, start dp
is in range of
hasEndSelector op, hasSelector op, hasStartSelector op

semantic tagc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#SemanticTag

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#
has super-classes
tag c

software applicationc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://schema.org/SoftwareApplication

is equivalent to
Application c

soundc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound

is defined by
http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/
is equivalent to
audio object c

SpecificResourcec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#SpecificResource

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

Instances of the SpecificResource class identify part of another resource

(referenced with oa:hasSource), a particular representation of a resource, a resource with

styling hints for renders, or any combination of these, as used within an Annotation.

has super-classes
ResourceSelection c
is in domain of
hasScope op, renderedVia op, styleClass dp

Statec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#State

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

A State describes the intended state of a resource as applied to the particular Annotation, and thus provides the information needed to retrieve the correct representation of that resource.

This class should only be used in further ontologies to derive subclasses.

has sub-classes
HttpRequestState c, TimeState c
is in domain of
refinedBy op
is in range of
hasState op, refinedBy op

still imagec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage

is defined by
http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/
is equivalent to
image object c

Stylec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#Style

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

A Style describes the intended styling of a resource as applied

to the particular Annotation, and thus provides the information ndeed to

ensure that rendering is consistent across implementations.

This class should only be used in further ontologies to derive subclasses.

has sub-classes
CssStyle c
is in range of
styledBy op

SvgSelectorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#SvgSelector

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

An SvgSelector defines an area through the use of the

Scalable Vector Graphics [SVG] standard. This allows the user to select a non-rectangular

area of the content, such as a circle or polygon by describing the region using SVG.

The SVG may be either embedded within the Annotation or referenced as an External Resource.

has super-classes
Selector c

tagc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#Tag

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#
has sub-classes
semantic tag c

textc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text

is defined by
http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/
has sub-classes
TextualBody c

TextPositionSelectorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#TextPositionSelector

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The TextPositionSelector describes a range of text by recording the start and end

positions of the selection in the stream. Position 0 would be immediately before the first character,

position 1 would be immediately before the second character, and so on.

has super-classes
Selector c
start dp exactly 1
end dp exactly 1

TextQuoteSelectorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#TextQuoteSelector

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The TextQuoteSelector describes a range of text by copying it, and

including some of the text immediately before (a prefix) and after (a suffix) it to

distinguish between multiple copies of the same sequence of characters.

has super-classes
Selector c
exact dp exactly 1

TextualBodyc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#TextualBody

Body text that is embedded within the annotation

has super-classes
text c
Content c
text dp exactly 1
is in domain of
hasEndSelector op, hasStartSelector op, text dp

TimeStatec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#TimeState

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

A TimeState records the time at which the resource's state

is appropriate for the Annotation, typically the time that the Annotation

was created and/or a link to a persistent copy of the current version.

has super-classes
State c
is in domain of
cachedSource op, sourceDate dp, sourceDateEnd dp, sourceDateStart dp, when dp

XPathSelectorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#XPathSelector

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

An XPathSelector is used to select elements and content within a resource that supports the Document Object Model via a specified XPath value.

This class requires the property rdf:value, but for OWL compatibility this is not expressed in the ontology.

has super-classes
Selector c

Object Properties

annotated byop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#annotatedBy

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

annotationServiceop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#annotationService

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The object of the relationship is the end point of a service

that conforms to the [annotation-protocol], and it may be associated with

any resource. The expectation of asserting the relationship is that the object

is the preferred service for maintaining annotations about the subject resource,

according to the publisher of the relationship.

This relationship is intended to be used both within Linked Data descriptions

and as the rel type of a Link, via HTTP Link Headers [RFC5988] for binary

resources and in HTML <link> elements. For more information about these,

please see the Annotation Protocol specification.

audienceop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://schema.org/audience

is defined by
http://schema.org/audience
has range
audience c

cachedSourceop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#cachedSource

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

A object of the relationship is a copy of the Source resource's representation, appropriate for the Annotation.

has domain
TimeState c

canonicalop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#canonical

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

A object of the relationship is the canonical URI that can always

be used to deduplicate the Annotation, regardless of the current URI used

to access the representation.

conforms toop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

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

is defined by
http://purl.org/dc/terms/

creatorop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

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

is defined by
http://purl.org/dc/terms/

defaultop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#default

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#
has super-properties
item op
has domain
Choice c

equivalent toop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#equivalentTo

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

firstop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#first

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams

In a paged Collection, indicates the furthest preceeding page of items in the collection.

has characteristics: functional

has domain
CollectionPage c
has range
CollectionPage c

generatorop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#generator

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams

Identifies the entity (e.g. an application) that generated the object.

hasBodyop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#hasBody

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The object of the relationship is a resource that is a body of the Annotation.

has domain
Annotation c

hasEndSelectorop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#hasEndSelector

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The relationship between a RangeSelector and the Selector that describes the end position of the range.

has characteristics: functional

has domain
RangeSelector c
TextualBody c
has range
Selector c

hasPurposeop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#hasPurpose

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The purpose served by the resource in the Annotation.

has range
Motivation c

hasScopeop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#hasScope

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The scope or context in which the resource is used within the Annotation.

has domain
SpecificResource c

hasSelectorop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#hasSelector

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The object of the relationship is a Selector that describes the segment or region of interest within the source resource. Please note that the domain (oa:ResourceSelection) is not used directly in the Web Annotation model.

has domain
ResourceSelection c
has range
Selector c

hasSourceop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#hasSource

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The resource that the ResourceSelection, or its subclass SpecificResource, is refined from, or more specific than. Please note that the domain (oa:ResourceSelection) is not used directly in the Web Annotation model.

has characteristics: functional

has domain
ResourceSelection c

hasStartSelectorop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#hasStartSelector

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The relationship between a RangeSelector and the Selector that describes the start position of the range.

has characteristics: functional

has domain
RangeSelector c
TextualBody c
has range
Selector c

hasStateop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#hasState

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The relationship between the ResourceSelection, or its subclass SpecificResource, and a State resource. Please note that the domain (oa:ResourceSelection) is not used directly in the Web Annotation model.

has domain
ResourceSelection c
has range
State c

hasTargetop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#hasTarget

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The relationship between an Annotation and its Target.

has domain
Annotation c

homepageop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/homepage

is defined by
http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/

itemop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#item

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#
has sub-properties
default op

itemsop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#items

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams

Identifies the items contained in a collection. The items might be ordered or unordered.

The range of this property is rdf:List, but for compatibility with OWL this is

not formally expressed in this ontology.

has domain
Collection c

lastop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#last

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams

In a paged Collection, indicates the furthest proceeding page of the collection.

has characteristics: functional

has domain
CollectionPage c
has range
CollectionPage c

licenseop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

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

is defined by
http://purl.org/dc/terms/

mboxop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/mbox

is defined by
http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/

has characteristics: inverse functional

has domain
agent c

motivatedByop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#motivatedBy

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The relationship between an Annotation and a Motivation that describes the reason for the Annotation's creation.

has domain
Annotation c
has range
Motivation c

nextop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#next

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams

In a paged Collection, indicates the next page of items.

has characteristics: functional

has domain
CollectionPage c
has range
CollectionPage c

nickop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/nick

is defined by
http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
has domain
person c

partOfop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#partOf

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams

Identifies the Collection to which a CollectionPage objects items belong.

has domain
CollectionPage c
has range
Collection c

prevop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#prev

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams

In a paged Collection, identifies the previous page of items.

has characteristics: functional

has domain
CollectionPage c
has range
CollectionPage c

publisherop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

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

is defined by
http://purl.org/dc/terms/

refinedByop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#refinedBy

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The relationship between a Selector or State and another Selector or State that should be applied to the results of the first to refine the processing of the source resource.

has domain
State c
has range
State c

renderedViaop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#renderedVia

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

A system that was used by the application that created the Annotation to render the resource.

has domain
SpecificResource c

rightsop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

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

is defined by
http://purl.org/dc/terms/

serialized byop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#serializedBy

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

styledByop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#styledBy

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

A reference to a Stylesheet that should be used to apply styles to the Annotation rendering.

has domain
Annotation c
has range
Style c

viaop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#via

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

A object of the relationship is a resource from which the source resource was retrieved by the providing system.

Data Properties

annotated atdp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#annotatedAt

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

bodyTextdp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#bodyText

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The object of the predicate is a plain text string to be used as

the content of the body of the Annotation. The value MUST be an xsd:string and

that data type MUST NOT be expressed in the serialization. Note that language

MUST NOT be associated with the value either as a language tag, as that is

only available for rdf:langString.

has characteristics: functional

has domain
Annotation c
hasBody op max 0
has range
string

createddp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

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

is defined by
http://purl.org/dc/terms/

enddp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#end

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The end position of the segment of text or bytes. The first character/byte in the full text/stream is position 0. The character/byte indicated at position oa:end is NOT included within the selected segment.

See oa:DataPositionSelector and oa:oa:TextPositionSelector.

has domain
Selector c
has range
non negative integer

exactdp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#exact

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

A copy of the text which is being selected, after normalization.

has range
string

issueddp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

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

is defined by
http://purl.org/dc/terms/

mbox sha1sumdp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/mbox_sha1sum

is defined by
http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/

modifieddp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

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

is defined by
http://purl.org/dc/terms/

namedp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/name

is defined by
http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/

prefixdp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#prefix

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The object of the property is a snippet of content that occurs immediately before the content which is being selected by the Selector.

has range
string

serialized atdp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#serializedAt

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

sourceDatedp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#sourceDate

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The timestamp at which the Source resource should be interpreted as being applicable to the Annotation.

has domain
TimeState c
sourceDateStart dp max 0
sourceDateEnd dp max 0
has range
date time

sourceDateEnddp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#sourceDateEnd

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The end timestamp of the interval over which the Source resource should be interpreted as being applicable to the Annotation.

has characteristics: functional

has domain
TimeState c
sourceDateStart dp exactly 1
has range
date time

sourceDateStartdp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#sourceDateStart

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The start timestamp of the interval over which the Source resource should be interpreted as being applicable to the Annotation.

has characteristics: functional

has domain
TimeState c
sourceDateEnd dp exactly 1
has range
date time

startdp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#start

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The start position in a 0-based index at which a range of content is selected from the data in the source resource.

has domain
Selector c
has range
non negative integer

startIndexdp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#startIndex

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams

A non-negative integer value identifying the relative position within the logical view of a strictly ordered collection.

has domain
OrderedCollectionPage c
has range
non negative integer

styleClassdp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#styleClass

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The name of the class used in the CSS description referenced from the Annotation that should be applied to the Specific Resource.

has domain
SpecificResource c
has range
string

suffixdp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#suffix

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The snippet of text that occurs immediately after the text which is being selected.

textdp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#text

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The content of a resource, given as text.

has characteristics: functional

has domain
TextualBody c
has range
string

totalItemsdp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#totalItems

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams

A non-negative integer specifying the total number of objects contained by the logical view of the collection. This number might not reflect the actual number of items serialized within the Collection object instance.

has domain
Collection c
has range
non negative integer

whendp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#when

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#
has domain
TimeState c
has range
date time stamp

Named Individuals

:ni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

has facts
modified dp "2016-03-30T18:45:00Z"^^date time stamp
issued dp "2016-03-31T00:00:00Z"^^date time stamp
publisher op w3 c
license op copyright software and document

bookmarkingni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#bookmarking

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The motivation for when the user intends to create a bookmark to the Target or part thereof.

belongs to
Motivation c

classifyingni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#classifying

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The motivation for when the user intends to that classify the Target as something.

belongs to
Motivation c

commentingni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#commenting

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The motivation for when the user intends to comment about the Target.

belongs to
Motivation c

describingni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#describing

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The motivation for when the user intends to describe the Target, as opposed to a comment about them.

belongs to
Motivation c

editingni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#editing

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The motivation for when the user intends to request a change or edit to the Target resource.

belongs to
Motivation c

highlightingni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#highlighting

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The motivation for when the user intends to highlight the Target resource or segment of it.

belongs to
Motivation c

identifyingni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#identifying

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The motivation for when the user intends to assign an identity to the Target or identify what is being depicted or described in the Target.

belongs to
Motivation c

linkingni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#linking

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The motivation for when the user intends to link to a resource related to the Target.

belongs to
Motivation c

moderatingni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#moderating

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The motivation for when the user intends to assign some value or quality to the Target.

belongs to
Motivation c

motivationSchemeni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#motivationScheme

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

Web Annotation Model Motivations

belongs to
concept scheme c

questioningni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#questioning

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The motivation for when the user intends to ask a question about the Target.

belongs to
Motivation c

replyingni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#replying

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The motivation for when the user intends to reply to a previous statement, either an Annotation or another resource.

belongs to
Motivation c

reviewingni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#reviewing

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The motivation for when the user intends to review the Target in some assessing fashion, rather than simply make a comment about it.

belongs to
Motivation c

taggingni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#tagging

is defined by
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#

The motivation for when the user intends to associate a tag with the Target.

belongs to
Motivation c

5. References back to ToC