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Annotation Property: skos:definition

Annotations (3)

  • rdfs:isDefinedBy http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core
  • rdfs:label "definition" @en
  • skos:definition "A statement or formal explanation of the meaning of a concept." @en

Usage (145)

  • VocabularyEncodingScheme skos:definition "An enumerated set of resources." @en-us 
  • memberOf skos:definition "A relationship between a resource and a vocabulary encoding scheme which indicates that the resource is a member of a set." @en-us 
  • dc:contributor dc:contributor dc:contributor skos:definition "A media type or extent." @en-us 
  • dc:contributor dc:contributor dc:contributor skos:definition "An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource." @en-us 
  • dc:contributor dc:contributor dc:contributor skos:definition "The set of conceptual resources specified by the Universal Decimal Classification." @en-us 
  • dc:coverage skos:definition "The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant." @en-us 
  • dc:creator skos:definition "An entity primarily responsible for making the resource." @en-us 
  • dc:date skos:definition "A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource." @en-us 
  • dc:description skos:definition "An account of the resource." @en-us 
  • dc:format skos:definition "The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource." @en-us 
  • dc:identifier skos:definition "An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context." @en-us 
  • dc:language skos:definition "A language of the resource." @en-us 
  • dc:publisher skos:definition "An entity responsible for making the resource available." @en-us 
  • dc:relation skos:definition "A related resource." @en-us 
  • dc:rights skos:definition "Information about rights held in and over the resource." @en-us 
  • dc:source skos:definition "A related resource from which the described resource is derived." @en-us 
  • dc:subject skos:definition "The topic of the resource." @en-us 
  • dc:title skos:definition "A name given to the resource." @en-us 
  • dc:type skos:definition "The nature or genre of the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:Agent skos:definition "A resource that acts or has the power to act." @en-us 
  • dcterms:AgentClass dcterms:AgentClass skos:definition "A group of agents." @en-us 
  • dcterms:BibliographicResource skos:definition "A book, article, or other documentary resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:Box skos:definition "The set of regions in space defined by their geographic coordinates according to the DCMI Box Encoding Scheme." @en-us 
  • dcterms:DCMIType skos:definition "The set of classes specified by the DCMI Type Vocabulary, used to categorize the nature or genre of the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:DDC skos:definition "The set of conceptual resources specified by the Dewey Decimal Classification." @en-us 
  • dcterms:FileFormat dcterms:FileFormat skos:definition "A digital resource format." @en-us 
  • dcterms:Frequency skos:definition "A rate at which something recurs." @en-us 
  • dcterms:IMT skos:definition "The set of media types specified by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority." @en-us 
  • dcterms:ISO3166 skos:definition "The set of codes listed in ISO 3166-1 for the representation of names of countries." @en-us 
  • dcterms:ISO639-2 skos:definition "The three-letter alphabetic codes listed in ISO639-2 for the representation of names of languages." @en-us 
  • dcterms:ISO639-3 skos:definition "The set of three-letter codes listed in ISO 639-3 for the representation of names of languages." @en-us 
  • dcterms:Jurisdiction dcterms:Jurisdiction skos:definition "The extent or range of judicial, law enforcement, or other authority." @en-us 
  • dcterms:LCC skos:definition "The set of conceptual resources specified by the Library of Congress Classification." @en-us 
  • dcterms:LCSH skos:definition "The set of labeled concepts specified by the Library of Congress Subject Headings." @en-us 
  • dcterms:LicenseDocument dcterms:LicenseDocument skos:definition "A legal document giving official permission to do something with a Resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:LinguisticSystem skos:definition "A system of signs, symbols, sounds, gestures, or rules used in communication." @en-us 
  • dcterms:Location dcterms:Location skos:definition "A spatial region or named place." @en-us 
  • dcterms:LocationPeriodOrJurisdiction dcterms:LocationPeriodOrJurisdiction skos:definition "A location, period of time, or jurisdiction." @en-us 
  • dcterms:MESH skos:definition "The set of labeled concepts specified by the Medical Subject Headings." @en-us 
  • dcterms:MediaType dcterms:MediaType skos:definition "A file format or physical medium." @en-us 
  • dcterms:MethodOfAccrual skos:definition "A method by which resources are added to a collection." @en-us 
  • dcterms:MethodOfInstruction skos:definition "A process that is used to engender knowledge, attitudes, and skills." @en-us 
  • dcterms:NLM skos:definition "The set of conceptual resources specified by the National Library of Medicine Classification." @en-us 
  • dcterms:Period skos:definition "The set of time intervals defined by their limits according to the DCMI Period Encoding Scheme." @en-us 
  • dcterms:PeriodOfTime dcterms:PeriodOfTime skos:definition "An interval of time that is named or defined by its start and end dates." @en-us 
  • dcterms:PhysicalMedium dcterms:PhysicalMedium skos:definition "A physical material or carrier." @en-us 
  • dcterms:PhysicalResource skos:definition "A material thing." @en-us 
  • dcterms:Point skos:definition "The set of points in space defined by their geographic coordinates according to the DCMI Point Encoding Scheme." @en-us 
  • dcterms:Policy skos:definition "A plan or course of action by an authority, intended to influence and determine decisions, actions, and other matters." @en-us 
  • dcterms:ProvenanceStatement skos:definition "A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of a resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation." @en-us 
  • dcterms:RFC1766 skos:definition "The set of tags, constructed according to RFC 1766, for the identification of languages." @en-us 
  • dcterms:RFC3066 skos:definition "The set of tags constructed according to RFC 3066 for the identification of languages." @en-us 
  • dcterms:RFC4646 skos:definition "The set of tags constructed according to RFC 4646 for the identification of languages." @en-us 
  • dcterms:RightsStatement dcterms:RightsStatement skos:definition "A statement about the intellectual property rights (IPR) held in or over a Resource, a legal document giving official permission to do something with a resource, or a statement about access rights." @en-us 
  • dcterms:SizeOrDuration dcterms:SizeOrDuration skos:definition "A dimension or extent, or a time taken to play or execute." @en-us 
  • dcterms:Standard skos:definition "A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated." @en-us 
  • dcterms:TGN skos:definition "The set of places specified by the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names." @en-us 
  • dcterms:URI skos:definition "The set of identifiers constructed according to the generic syntax for Uniform Resource Identifiers as specified by the Internet Engineering Task Force." @en-us 
  • dcterms:W3CDTF skos:definition "The set of dates and times constructed according to the W3C Date and Time Formats Specification." @en-us 
  • dcterms:abstract skos:definition "A summary of the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:accessRights skos:definition "Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status." @en-us 
  • dcterms:accrualMethod skos:definition "The method by which items are added to a collection." @en-us 
  • dcterms:accrualPeriodicity skos:definition "The frequency with which items are added to a collection." @en-us 
  • dcterms:accrualPolicy skos:definition "The policy governing the addition of items to a collection." @en-us 
  • dcterms:alternative skos:definition "An alternative name for the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:audience skos:definition "A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful." @en-us 
  • dcterms:available skos:definition "Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available." @en-us 
  • dcterms:bibliographicCitation skos:definition "A bibliographic reference for the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:conformsTo skos:definition "An established standard to which the described resource conforms." @en-us 
  • dcterms:contributor skos:definition "An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:coverage skos:definition "The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant." @en-us 
  • dcterms:created skos:definition "Date of creation of the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:creator skos:definition "An entity primarily responsible for making the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:date skos:definition "A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:dateAccepted skos:definition "Date of acceptance of the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:dateCopyrighted skos:definition "Date of copyright." @en-us 
  • dcterms:dateSubmitted skos:definition "Date of submission of the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:description skos:definition "An account of the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:educationLevel skos:definition "A class of entity, defined in terms of progression through an educational or training context, for which the described resource is intended." @en-us 
  • dcterms:extent skos:definition "The size or duration of the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:format skos:definition "The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:hasFormat skos:definition "A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format." @en-us 
  • dcterms:hasPart skos:definition "A related resource that is included either physically or logically in the described resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:hasVersion skos:definition "A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:identifier skos:definition "An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context." @en-us 
  • dcterms:instructionalMethod skos:definition "A process, used to engender knowledge, attitudes and skills, that the described resource is designed to support." @en-us 
  • dcterms:isFormatOf skos:definition "A related resource that is substantially the same as the described resource, but in another format." @en-us 
  • dcterms:isPartOf skos:definition "A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included." @en-us 
  • dcterms:isReferencedBy skos:definition "A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:isReplacedBy skos:definition "A related resource that supplants, displaces, or supersedes the described resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:isRequiredBy skos:definition "A related resource that requires the described resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence." @en-us 
  • dcterms:isVersionOf skos:definition "A related resource of which the described resource is a version, edition, or adaptation." @en-us 
  • dcterms:issued skos:definition "Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:language skos:definition "A language of the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:license skos:definition "A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:mediator skos:definition "An entity that mediates access to the resource and for whom the resource is intended or useful." @en-us 
  • dcterms:medium skos:definition "The material or physical carrier of the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:modified skos:definition "Date on which the resource was changed." @en-us 
  • dcterms:provenance skos:definition "A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation." @en-us 
  • dcterms:publisher skos:definition "An entity responsible for making the resource available." @en-us 
  • dcterms:references skos:definition "A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:relation skos:definition "A related resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:replaces skos:definition "A related resource that is supplanted, displaced, or superseded by the described resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:requires skos:definition "A related resource that is required by the described resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence." @en-us 
  • dcterms:rights skos:definition "Information about rights held in and over the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:rightsHolder skos:definition "A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:source skos:definition "A related resource from which the described resource is derived." @en-us 
  • dcterms:spatial skos:definition "Spatial characteristics of the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:subject skos:definition "The topic of the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:tableOfContents skos:definition "A list of subunits of the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:temporal skos:definition "Temporal characteristics of the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:title skos:definition "A name given to the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:type skos:definition "The nature or genre of the resource." @en-us 
  • dcterms:valid skos:definition "Date (often a range) of validity of a resource." @en-us 
  • skos:Collection skos:definition "A meaningful collection of concepts." @en 
  • skos:Concept skos:definition "An idea or notion; a unit of thought." @en 
  • skos:ConceptScheme skos:definition "A set of concepts, optionally including statements about semantic relationships between those concepts." @en 
  • skos:OrderedCollection skos:definition "An ordered collection of concepts, where both the grouping and the ordering are meaningful." @en 
  • skos:altLabel skos:definition "An alternative lexical label for a resource." @en 
  • skos:broadMatch skos:definition "skos:broadMatch is used to state a hierarchical mapping link between two conceptual resources in different concept schemes." @en 
  • skos:broader skos:definition "Relates a concept to a concept that is more general in meaning." @en 
  • skos:broaderTransitive skos:definition "skos:broaderTransitive is a transitive superproperty of skos:broader." 
  • skos:changeNote skos:definition "A note about a modification to a concept." @en 
  • skos:closeMatch skos:definition "skos:closeMatch is used to link two concepts that are sufficiently similar that they can be used interchangeably in some information retrieval applications. In order to avoid the possibility of "compound errors" when combining mappings across more than two concept schemes, skos:closeMatch is not declared to be a transitive property." @en 
  • skos:editorialNote skos:definition "A note for an editor, translator or maintainer of the vocabulary." @en 
  • skos:exactMatch skos:definition "skos:exactMatch is used to link two concepts, indicating a high degree of confidence that the concepts can be used interchangeably across a wide range of information retrieval applications. skos:exactMatch is a transitive property, and is a sub-property of skos:closeMatch." @en 
  • skos:example skos:definition "An example of the use of a concept." @en 
  • skos:hasTopConcept skos:definition "Relates, by convention, a concept scheme to a concept which is topmost in the broader/narrower concept hierarchies for that scheme, providing an entry point to these hierarchies." @en 
  • skos:hiddenLabel skos:definition "A lexical label for a resource that should be hidden when generating visual displays of the resource, but should still be accessible to free text search operations." @en 
  • skos:historyNote skos:definition "A note about the past state/use/meaning of a concept." @en 
  • skos:inScheme skos:definition "Relates a resource (for example a concept) to a concept scheme in which it is included." @en 
  • skos:mappingRelation skos:definition "Relates two concepts coming, by convention, from different schemes, and that have comparable meanings" @en 
  • skos:member skos:definition "Relates a collection to one of its members." @en 
  • skos:memberList skos:definition "Relates an ordered collection to the RDF list containing its members." @en 
  • skos:narrowMatch skos:definition "skos:narrowMatch is used to state a hierarchical mapping link between two conceptual resources in different concept schemes." @en 
  • skos:narrower skos:definition "Relates a concept to a concept that is more specific in meaning." @en 
  • skos:narrowerTransitive skos:definition "skos:narrowerTransitive is a transitive superproperty of skos:narrower." 
  • skos:notation skos: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." @en 
  • skos:note skos:definition "A general note, for any purpose." @en 
  • skos:prefLabel skos:definition "The preferred lexical label for a resource, in a given language." @en 
  • skos:related skos:definition "Relates a concept to a concept with which there is an associative semantic relationship." @en 
  • skos:relatedMatch skos:definition "skos:relatedMatch is used to state an associative mapping link between two conceptual resources in different concept schemes." @en 
  • skos:scopeNote skos:definition "A note that helps to clarify the meaning and/or the use of a concept." @en 
  • skos:semanticRelation skos:definition "Links a concept to a concept related by meaning." @en 
  • skos:topConceptOf skos:definition "Relates a concept to the concept scheme that it is a top level concept of." @en