diff --git a/docs/gistStyleGuide.md b/docs/gistStyleGuide.md index aeea45c7..1cac2982 100644 --- a/docs/gistStyleGuide.md +++ b/docs/gistStyleGuide.md @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ Certain RDFS annotations are recommended where there is no SKOS equivalent. | ---------: | ----------- | | `skos:prefLabel`, `skos:altLabel` | See section [Labels](#labels) above. | | `skos:definition`, `skos:scopeNote`, `skos:note`, `skos:editorialNote` | Full sentence(s) ending in period. It is acceptable to omit the subject at the beginning of the definition in order to avoid the vacuous "This predicate..." or "This class is..." E.g., "Relates a person to his or her spouse." or "A series of steps in a workflow." There should nevertheless be a final period. Use Oxford commas.| -| `skos:example` | May be either a full sentence or a list. Use a final period only in the former case. E.g., "SSN, driver's license number, employee ID" or "NIH sponsors a research project." Lists with short items, such as the first example, can be delimited by either commas (include Oxford commas) or semi-colons; full-sentence examples should be semi-colon-delimited. | +| `skos:example` | May be either a full sentence, a list, or a single value. Full sentence or list examples should end with a period, e.g., "SSN, driver's license number, employee ID." or "NIH sponsors a research project." Lists with short items, such as the first example, can be delimited by either commas (include Oxford commas) or semi-colons; full-sentence examples should be semi-colon-delimited. Single value examples include `"application/sparql-results+xml"` for `gist:MediaType` and datetime values such as `'2021-06-01T00:00:00-6:00'^^xsd:dateTime` for `gist:actualEndDate`. | ### Cardinality diff --git a/ontologies/gistCore.ttl b/ontologies/gistCore.ttl index f17edfa3..6de4fc2f 100644 --- a/ontologies/gistCore.ttl +++ b/ontologies/gistCore.ttl @@ -119,14 +119,15 @@ gist:Account ] ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "An agreement having a balance, as in a bank account, or credit card account, or Accounts Receivable account."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "An agreement having a balance."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "A bank account, a credit card account, an accounts receivable account."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Account"^^xsd:string ; . gist:Address a owl:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf gist:Content ; - skos:definition "A reference to a place (real or virtual) that can be located by some routing algorithm and where messages or things can be sent to or received from."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "A reference to a place (real or virtual) that can be located by some routing algorithm and where messages or things can be sent or received."^^xsd:string ; skos:example "A PO Box, a URL to a PDF file."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Address"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ gist:Agreement ] ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "Something which two or more People or Organizations mutually commit to do."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "A mutual commitment between two or more people or organizations."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Agreement"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -178,13 +179,14 @@ gist:Artifact owl:onProperty gist:hasGoal ; owl:someValuesFrom gist:Function ; ] ; - skos:definition "An intentional, person-made thing, which could be physical or content"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "An intentional, person-made thing, which could be physical or content."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Artifact"^^xsd:string ; . gist:Aspect a owl:Class ; - skos:definition "A measurable characteristic such as length, weight, cost, cycle time, or defect rate."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "A measurable characteristic."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example: "Length, weight, cost, cycle time, defect rate"^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Aspect"^^xsd:string ; skos:scopeNote "Every aspect should be related to a broader aspect or to a unit group. For example, angle of incidence should be related to the broader concept of angle, which in turn is related to a unit group."^^xsd:string ; . @@ -192,7 +194,8 @@ gist:Aspect gist:Behavior a owl:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf gist:Category ; - skos:definition "A way of categorizing events. E.g., differentiating drilling versus cutting."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "A category indicating the nature of what is happening during an event."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "Drilling and cutting are two different kinds of manufacturing event."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Behavior"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -204,7 +207,7 @@ gist:Building ; skos:definition "A relatively permanent man-made structure situated on a plot of land, having a roof and walls, commonly used for dwelling, entertaining, or working."^^xsd:string ; skos:example - "A house, school, store, factory, chicken coop."^^xsd:string , + "A house, a school, a store, a factory, a chicken coop."^^xsd:string , "Negative examples: houseboats (not built on land), caves (not man-made), food trucks and RVs (not permanently situated)."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Building"^^xsd:string ; @@ -226,7 +229,8 @@ gist:BundledCatalogItem ] ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "Any combination of descriptions of things offered together. Could be a kit (several parts offered together), but could also be a product plus a warranty."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Any combination of descriptions of things offered together."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "A kit containing several parts offered together; a product plus a warranty."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Bundled Catalog Item"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -252,7 +256,7 @@ gist:Category ) ; ] ; ] ; - skos:definition "A concept or label used to categorize other instances without specifying any formal semantics. Things that can be thought of as types are often categories."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "A concept or label used to categorize other instances without specifying any formal semantics."^^xsd:string ; skos:example "Tags used in folksonomies; formal definitions from other systems."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Category"^^xsd:string ; skos:scopeNote "Often a type can be modeled either as an owl:Class or as a gist:Category. Use the latter if you don't care much about the formal structure of the different types, or if there is a whole hierarchy of types that are going to be managed by a group separate from the ontology developers. The formal structure may be defined elsewhere and linked to, if necessary."^^xsd:string ; @@ -261,7 +265,7 @@ gist:Category gist:Collection a owl:Class ; skos:definition "A grouping of things."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "A jury is a group of people, a financial ledger is a collection of transaction entries; a route is an (ordered) collection of segments."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "A jury is a group of people; a financial ledger is a collection of transaction entries; a route is an (ordered) collection of segments."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Collection"^^xsd:string ; skos:scopeNote "Individuals are placed in the collection using the gist:isMemberOf property. Collections typically are created because the members are functionally connected in some way. This definition allows a collection to have zero members."^^xsd:string ; . @@ -313,7 +317,8 @@ gist:Component ] ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "A component is an artifact that contributes to a system. Could be a simple mechanical component, such as the float contributing to the toilet tank maintaining a constant level, or much more complex as in the internet of things."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "An artifact that contributes to a system."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "A simple mechanical component, such as the float contributing to the toilet tank maintaining a constant level; a complex technological component, such as an internet of things device."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Component"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -351,8 +356,10 @@ gist:Content gist:PhysicalSubstance , gist:UnitOfMeasure ; - skos:definition "A document, program, image, etc. (Categories are not content until they are written down.)"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Information available in some medium."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "A document, a program, an image."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Content"^^xsd:string ; + skos:scopeNote "Categories are not content until they are written down."^^xsd:string ; . gist:ContentExpression @@ -370,7 +377,7 @@ gist:ContentExpression owl:someValuesFrom gist:Language ; ] ; - skos:definition "Intellectual Property reduced to text, audio etc. If it contains text (written or spoken), it may be in a language."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Content that has been reduced to text, audio, etc. If it contains text (written or spoken), it may be in a language."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Content Expression"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -403,11 +410,7 @@ gist:ContingentEvent ) ; ] ; skos:definition "An event with a probability of happening in the future, and usually dependent upon some other event or condition."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example - "Fire insurance is contingent on a particular building burning down"^^xsd:string , - "Sell 20 shares of stock in a given company when the price drops below $200/share."^^xsd:string , - "The death benefit payout on a life insurance policy following the death of a specific person."^^xsd:string - ; + skos:example "A fire insurance payout is contingent on a particular building burning down; selling 20 shares of stock in a given company is contingent on the price dropping below $200/share; the death benefit payout on a life insurance policy is contingent on the death of a specific person."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Contingent Event"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -435,7 +438,7 @@ gist:ContingentObligation ] ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "An obligation that is not yet firm. There is some contingent event, the occurrence of which will cause the obligation to become firm."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "An obligation that is not yet firm. There is some contingent event whose occurrence will cause the obligation to become firm."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Contingent Obligation"^^xsd:string ; skos:scopeNote "A contingent obligation might have a getter counterparty (as in the case of insurance); but it might not (as in the case of an offer)."^^xsd:string ; . @@ -453,7 +456,7 @@ gist:Contract ] ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "An Agreement which can be enforced by law"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "An agreement which can be enforced by law."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Contract"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -535,7 +538,7 @@ gist:CountryGovernment ] ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "A Government Organization which asserts both sovereignty (i.e., it is not governed by some other government organization) and governance over an entity generally recognized as a 'country'."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "A government organization which asserts both sovereignty and governance over an entity generally recognized as a country."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Country Government"^^xsd:string ; skos:scopeNote "While a country government may enter into treaties with other country governments, there are no governing relationships among the treaty members."^^xsd:string ; . @@ -552,15 +555,15 @@ gist:Determination a owl:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf gist:Event ; skos:definition "An event whose purpose is to establish a specific result, value, or outcome, usually by research, measuring, evaluating, or calculating."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "Measuring the sulphur content of crude oil. Evaluating a loan application for approval. Estimating the price of gas for the next three months. Determining whether and by how much an interest rate should change. Classifying something."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "Measuring the sulphur content of crude oil; evaluating a loan application for approval; estimating the price of gas for the next three months; determining whether and by how much an interest rate should change; classifying a purchase into a budget category."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Determination"^^xsd:string ; . gist:Discipline a owl:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf gist:Category ; - skos:definition "An area of study or practice, such as accounting."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "Finance, accounting, project management, acoustics, ballistics, etc."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "An area of study or practice."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "Finance, accounting, project management, acoustics, ballistics."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Discipline"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -570,7 +573,7 @@ gist:ElectronicAddress owl:disjointWith gist:PhysicalAddress ; skos:altLabel "Virtual Address"^^xsd:string ; skos:definition "An address referring to a locatable virtual place that does not physically exist but is made by software or electronics to appear to do so."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "A path to a file in a file system, a website URL, an IP address, an email address, a mobile or landline telephone number."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "A file system path, a website URL, an IP address, an email address, a mobile or landline telephone number."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Electronic Address"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -596,14 +599,15 @@ gist:Equipment ] ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "Tangible property other than land or buildings. Any kind of equipment, could be machine, router, car etc."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Tangible property other than land or buildings."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "A machine, a router, a car."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Equipment"^^xsd:string ; . gist:EquipmentType a owl:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf gist:Category ; - skos:definition "Categories of equipment"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "A category of equipment."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Equipment Type"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -611,10 +615,10 @@ gist:Event a owl:Class ; skos:definition "Something that occurs over a period of time, often characterized as an activity being carried out by some person, organization, or software application or brought about by natural forces."^^xsd:string ; skos:editorialNote "See guidance on removing the term in the next major release at https://github.com/semanticarts/gist/issues/947#issuecomment-1679565100."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "A transaction, conference, baseball game, earthquake."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "A transaction, a conference, a baseball game, an earthquake."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Event"^^xsd:string ; skos:scopeNote - "An event does not necessarily have either planned or actual start or end datetimes. For example, a conference can be in the planning phase without any dates selected, but is nevertheless an (unscheduled) event. The subclasses of Event state particular restrictions on planned and actual start and end dates."^^xsd:string , + "An event does not necessarily have either planned or actual start or end datetimes. For example, a conference can be in the planning phase without any dates selected, but is nevertheless an (unscheduled) event. The subclasses of gist:Event state particular restrictions on planned and actual start and end dates."^^xsd:string , "An event occurs during a time interval, which is distinct from the event."^^xsd:string ; . @@ -623,7 +627,7 @@ gist:EventSpecification a owl:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf gist:Specification ; skos:definition "A characterization of an event that might happen."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "An insurance company defines the characteristics of a weather event that must be satisfied for it to qualify as a hail storm covered in its homeowner's policy. Defaulting on a loan."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "An insurance company defines the characteristics of a weather event that must be satisfied for it to qualify as a hail storm covered in its homeowner's policy; a bank defines the point at which a borrower is defaulting on a loan."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Event Specification"^^xsd:string ; skos:scopeNote "This concept is useful for risk assessment and insurance policies."^^xsd:string ; . @@ -641,14 +645,16 @@ gist:FormattedContent ] ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "Content which is in a particular format. (E.g., HTML, PDF, JPG.)"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Content which is in a particular format."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "An HTML website, a PDF document, a JPG image."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Formatted Content"^^xsd:string ; . gist:Function a owl:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf gist:Intention ; - skos:definition "A function is what a specific made item is intended to do. For instance: transmit electricity, provide ballast, control ambient temperature."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "A function is what a specific made item is intended to do."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "Transmit electricity, provide ballast, control ambient temperature."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Function"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -656,7 +662,7 @@ gist:GeneralMediaType a owl:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf gist:Category ; skos:definition "The real-world media type for content."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "Audio, still image, video, textual, physical (e.g., a statue), or performance (i.e. a play). Or it could be oil or pastel for a painting."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "Audio, still image, video, textual, physical (e.g., a statue), performance (e.g., a play, oil paint)."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "General Media Type"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -703,9 +709,9 @@ gist:GeoPoint ] ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "An individual point on the Earth's surface, identified by latitude, longitude and altitude. If altitude is missing, it is assumed to be at the Earth's surface. However, altitude is measured from sea level. these points are to the WGS-84 coordinate system using the GPS decimal lat/long"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "An individual point in physical space identified by latitude, longitude, and altitude. If altitude is missing, the point is assumed to be at the Earth's surface, and the altitude is the distance measured from sea level."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Geo Point"^^xsd:string ; - skos:scopeNote "Assume coordinate system used by Google (WGS 84 Web Mercator)."^^xsd:string ; + skos:scopeNote "Assume coordinate system used by Google (WGS 84 Web Mercator using the GPS decimal lat/long)."^^xsd:string ; . gist:GeoRegion @@ -745,7 +751,7 @@ gist:GeoRegion skos:definition "A bounded region (or set of regions) on the surface of the Earth."^^xsd:string ; skos:example "The bounded shape that defines the region occupied by Crater Lake; the bounded area known as the contiguous USA."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Geo Region"^^xsd:string ; - skos:scopeNote "A GeoRegion could be non-contiguous; e.g. the region governed by the USA is the region governed by the lower 48 states plus that of Alaska and Hawaii. Child classes in lower ontologies can make this distinction."^^xsd:string ; + skos:scopeNote "A geographical region could be non-contiguous; e.g. the region governed by the US federal government is the contiguous area of the lower 48 states plus Alaska and Hawaii. Child classes in lower ontologies can make this distinction."^^xsd:string ; . gist:GeoRoute @@ -764,7 +770,7 @@ gist:GeoRoute ] ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "An ordered set of GeoPoints that defines a path from starting point to ending point."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "An ordered set of geographical points that defines a path from starting point to ending point."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Geo Route"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -788,7 +794,7 @@ gist:GeoSegment ] ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "A single portion of a GeoRegion which has been divided (i.e., segmented)."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "A single portion of a geographical route which has been divided (i.e., segmented)."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Geo Segment"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -849,10 +855,13 @@ gist:GovernmentOrganization a owl:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf gist:Organization ; owl:disjointWith gist:IntergovernmentalOrganization ; - skos:definition "An organization which exercises political and/or regulatory authority over a political unit, people, geo-region, etc., as well as performing certain functions for this unit or body. Differs from a corporation in that it cannot be owned."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "The State of Washington Office of Financial Management; the Food and Drug Administration; the Scottish Parliament."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "An independent organization which exercises political and/or regulatory authority over a political unit, people, geographical region, etc., as well as performing certain functions for this unit or body."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example + "Negative example: A corporation, which is owned and therefore not independent."^^xsd:string , + "The State of Washington Office of Financial Management; the Food and Drug Administration; the Scottish Parliament."^^xsd:string + ; skos:prefLabel "Government Organization"^^xsd:string ; - skos:scopeNote "Includes administrative, regulatory, and enforcement organizations created or sanctioned by Country or SubCountry Governments."^^xsd:string ; + skos:scopeNote "Includes administrative, regulatory, and enforcement organizations created or sanctioned by country or sub-country governments."^^xsd:string ; . gist:HistoricalEvent @@ -903,7 +912,7 @@ gist:ID ) ; ] ; skos:definition "Content that is used to uniquely identify something or someone."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "SSN for a person; serial number for a product; employee ID."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "SSN for a person; serial number for a product; employee ID for a person."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "ID"^^xsd:string ; skos:scopeNote "This is used in conjunction with gist:isIdentifiedBy"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -919,10 +928,13 @@ gist:IntellectualProperty gist:PhysicalSubstance , gist:UnitOfMeasure ; - skos:definition "A work, invention or concept, independent of its being expressed in text, audio, video, image, or live performance. IP can also be tacit knowledge, know-how, or skill. Also includes Brands."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "The Old Man and The Sea; the Page Rank algorithm; Coca Cola"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "A work, invention or concept existing as tacit knowledge, know-how, or skill or expressed in text, audio, video, image, or live performance."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "The book 'The Old Man and the Sea' is a work; the Page Rank algorithm is an invention; the Coca Cola brand is a concept."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Intellectual Property"^^xsd:string ; - skos:scopeNote "For literature this could be called the ?Work?, except that ?work? is a highly overloaded term (expenditure of energy, resource consumption, art). Often the first expression precedes our recognition of the IP, but subsequent expressions are known to be derivatives of the IP, even if they are expression-to-expression translations (or copies)."^^xsd:string ; + skos:scopeNote + "For literature this could be called the 'work,' except that 'work' is a highly overloaded term (expenditure of energy, resource consumption, art). Often the first expression precedes our recognition of the IP."^^xsd:string , + "This term is not intended to mean intellectual property in a strictly legal sense. For example, a book whose copyright has expired is still intellectual property."^^xsd:string + ; . gist:Intention @@ -934,8 +946,9 @@ gist:Intention gist:PhysicalSubstance , gist:UnitOfMeasure ; - skos:definition 'Goal, desire, aspiration. This is the "teleologic" aspect of the system that indicates things are done with a purpose.'^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Goal, desire, aspiration."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Intention"^^xsd:string ; + skos:scopeNote "The 'teleological' aspect of a system that indicates things are done with a purpose."^^xsd:string ; . gist:IntergovernmentalOrganization @@ -955,7 +968,7 @@ gist:IntergovernmentalOrganization ) ; ] ; skos:definition "An organization whose members are government organizations. This can comprise regional, municipal, state/province, or national level entities."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "The United Nations, the European Union, the MTA (Metropolitan Transit Authority)"^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "The United Nations, the European Union, the MTA (Metropolitan Transit Authority)."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Intergovernmental Organization"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -1080,7 +1093,8 @@ gist:MediaType gist:Medium a owl:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf gist:Category ; - skos:definition "A physicality on which a work could be implemented or exposed. E.g., paper, clay, or a computer monitor."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "A physicality on which a work could be implemented or exposed."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example: "Paper, clay, a computer monitor."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Medium"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -1115,7 +1129,7 @@ gist:Message ) ; ] ; skos:definition "A specific instance of content sent from a sender to at least one other recipient."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "An email message, a phone call, a voice message, or a Web Service message."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "An email message, a phone call, a voice message, a web service message."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Message"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -1140,8 +1154,8 @@ gist:Network ] ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "A network is a set of nodes connected by links."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "A physical network could include connected computers or routers, whereas a social network would consist of related Person or Organization instances."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "A set of nodes connected by links."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "A physical network consisting of connected computers or routers; a social network consisting of related people and organizations."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Network"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -1216,9 +1230,9 @@ gist:Obligation ] ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "A future commitment from one organization or person to another. Contracts are sets of obligations to do or forbear, or to indemnify or warrant."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "A future commitment from one organization or person to another."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Obligation"^^xsd:string ; - skos:scopeNote "Obligations will often be governed by some Agreement or Offer."^^xsd:string ; + skos:scopeNote "Obligations will often be governed by some Agreement or Offer. Contracts are sets of obligations to do or forbear or to indemnify or warrant."^^xsd:string ; . gist:Offer @@ -1308,9 +1322,9 @@ gist:OrderedCollection ] ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "A collection in which the members are sequentially ordered. All members of an OrderedCollection are OrderedMembers."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "A collection whose members are ordered in some way."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Ordered Collection"^^xsd:string ; - skos:scopeNote "Includes collections in which members occupy the same position in a 'tie.'"^^xsd:string ; + skos:scopeNote "Includes partially ordered collections as well as collections in which members occupy the same position in a 'tie.' All members of an ordered collection are ordered members."^^xsd:string ; . gist:OrderedMember @@ -1390,7 +1404,8 @@ gist:Permission ] ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "A description of things one is permitted to do. This could be broad, such as free speech, but more often is very specific, such as the right of egress through a particular property."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "A description of things one is permitted to do."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "Permission could be broad, such as free speech, but more often is very specific, such as the right of egress through a particular property."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Permission"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -1407,15 +1422,16 @@ gist:Person ] ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "A human being that may or may not still be alive."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "Negative example:fictional characters."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "A human being that may or may not currently be alive."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "Negative example: fictional characters."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Person"^^xsd:string ; . gist:PhysicalActionType a owl:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf gist:Category ; - skos:definition "The effects to be realized in the real world, such as lifting a garage door, turning off a valve, dropping cadmium rods, etc."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "A category indicating the real-world effects of an action."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "Lifting a garage door, turning off a valve, dropping cadmium rods."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Physical Action Type"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -1434,7 +1450,7 @@ gist:PhysicalAddress ) ; ] ; skos:definition "An address that refers to a locatable place within the physical universe."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "A street address, a PO box address."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500; PO Box 7704, San Francisco, CA 94120-7704."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Physical Address"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -1511,9 +1527,9 @@ gist:PhysicalIdentifiableItem gist:UnitOfMeasure ; skos:definition "A discrete physical object which, if subdivided, will result in parts that are distinguishable in nature from the whole and in general also from the other parts."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "A computer, book, car."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "A computer, a book, a car."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Physical Identifiable Item"^^xsd:string ; - skos:scopeNote "This concept generally corresponds to count nouns in English. By contrast, instances of PhysicalSubstance, such as an amount of water, flour, or sand, are mass nouns. PhysicalIdentifiableItems are made up of PhysicalSubstances; e.g., a cake is made up of butter, flour, and sugar; a statue is made of bronze. If you divide a PhysicalSubstance such as an amount of water into parts, you have two amounts of water otherwise indistinguishable from one another; if you divide a PhysicalIdentifiableItem such as a computer into parts, each part is different from the whole."^^xsd:string ; + skos:scopeNote "This concept generally corresponds to count nouns in English. By contrast, physical substances, such as an amount of water, flour, or sand, are mass nouns. Physical identifiable items are made up of physical substances; e.g., a cake is made up of butter, flour, and sugar; a statue is made of bronze. If you divide a physical substance such as an amount of water into parts, you have two amounts of water otherwise indistinguishable from one another; if you divide a physical identifiable item such as a computer into parts, each part is different from the whole."^^xsd:string ; . gist:PhysicalSubstance @@ -1552,24 +1568,28 @@ gist:PhysicalSubstance ; owl:disjointWith gist:UnitOfMeasure ; skos:definition "An undifferentiated amount of physical material which, when subdivided, results in each part being indistinguishable in nature from the whole and from every other part."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "An amount of water, penicillin, sand, gold: an actual piece of gold, not the concept of gold."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example + "An amount of water, penicillin, sand, or gold."^^xsd:string , + "Negative example: the concept of gold."^^xsd:string + ; skos:prefLabel "Physical Substance"^^xsd:string ; skos:scopeNote "An instance of this class has weight and takes up space. We mean the physical gold in a ring, not the concept of gold that shows up in the periodic table."^^xsd:string , - "This concept generally corresponds to mass nouns in English. By contrast, instances of PhysicalIdentifiableItem, such as a computer, book, or car, are count nouns. PhysicalIdentifiableItems are made up of PhysicalSubstances; e.g., a cake is made up of butter, flour, and sugar; a ring is made of gold. If you divide a PhysicalSubstance such as an amount of water into parts, you have different amounts of water otherwise indistinguishable from one another; if you divide a PhysicalIdentifiableItem such as a computer into parts, each part will be distinguishable from the original whole."^^xsd:string + "This concept generally corresponds to mass nouns in English. By contrast, physical identifiable items, such as a computer, book, or car, correspond to count nouns. Physical identifiable items are made up of physical substances; e.g., a cake is made up of butter, flour, and sugar; a ring is made of gold. If you divide a physical substance such as an amount of water into parts, you have different amounts of water otherwise indistinguishable from one another; if you divide a physical identifiable item such as a computer into parts, each part will be distinguishable from the original whole."^^xsd:string ; . gist:Place a owl:Class ; - skos:definition "Union of all the geo classes"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Union of all the geo classes."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Place"^^xsd:string ; . gist:ProductCategory a owl:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf gist:Category ; - skos:definition "Any of many ways of categorizing products, including models, NATO product codes, and the like."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Any of many ways of categorizing products."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "Models, NATO product codes."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Product Category"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -1606,14 +1626,15 @@ gist:Project ) ; ] ; skos:definition "A task, usually of longer duration, made up of other tasks."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "Designing an insurance product, adding a new feature to a software application, assessing the level of risk for a mortgage application."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "Designing an insurance product; adding a new feature to a software application; assessing the level of risk for a mortgage application."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Project"^^xsd:string ; . gist:ReferenceValue a owl:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf gist:Magnitude ; - skos:definition "A measure that was neither measured nor estimated but set by fiat. For instance, a goal. There is no measurement associated with a reference value."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "A magnitude that was neither measured nor estimated but set by fiat."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "The sales goal for a company."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Reference Value"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -1635,14 +1656,16 @@ gist:RenderedContent ] ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "Content which has been expressed, either to print, or through speakers, or on a monitor."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Content which has been physically expressed."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "Words printed on paper; audio played on speakers; images displayed on monitors."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Rendered Content"^^xsd:string ; . gist:Requirement a owl:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf gist:Intention ; - skos:definition "The obligation of a person or organization to behave in a certain way (e.g., drive on the right side of the road)."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "The obligation of a person or organization to behave in a certain way."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "In the US, drivers must drive on the right side of the road."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Requirement"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -1659,7 +1682,8 @@ gist:Restriction ] ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "A description of things one is prevented from doing. Most laws are restrictions."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "A description of things one is prevented from doing."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "Tax laws restrict the amount of money you can put in retirement accounts over the course of a year."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Restriction"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -1698,7 +1722,8 @@ gist:ScheduledTask gist:SchemaMetaData a owl:Class ; owl:disjointWith gist:UnitOfMeasure ; - skos:definition "Superclass for all types of metadata, including owl concepts (such as class) and relational (tables, elements) and tool related (queries, R2RML maps etc etc)"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Superclass for all types of metadata."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "OWL concepts, such as classes; relational concepts, such as tables; tool inputs, such as queries and R2RML maps."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Schema Meta Data"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -1727,7 +1752,7 @@ gist:Specification skos:definition "One or more characteristics that specify what it means to be a particular type of thing, such as a material, product, service or event. A specification is sufficiently precise to allow evaluating conformance to the specification."^^xsd:string ; skos:example "The specification of the iPhone 14; hypothetical events covered by a homeowner's insurance policy."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Specification"^^xsd:string ; - skos:scopeNote "Although a characterization of how to do something is often called a specification, the intended meaning here is limited to specifying what something is. The focus is on the what, not the how. Use the TaskTemplate class for specifying the how, such as a plan or process specification."^^xsd:string ; + skos:scopeNote "Although a characterization of how to do something is often called a specification, the intended meaning here is limited to specifying what something is. The focus is on the what, not the how. Use task templates for specifying the how, such as a plan or process specification."^^xsd:string ; . gist:SubCountryGovernment @@ -1753,9 +1778,9 @@ gist:SubCountryGovernment skos:definition "A government of a governed geo-region other than a country, which is under the direct or indirect control of a country government."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Sub-Country Government"^^xsd:string ; skos:scopeNote - "Across the world, there are a variety of types of subsections of a country and the governments thereof (as well as different terms, like 'province' and 'state', which refer to essentially the same type of thing). We should not automatically assume 'state', 'county', and 'city'. It is more future-proof just to mint the instances using the generic SubCountryGovernment and, where greater specificity is needed, define categories or subclasses."^^xsd:string , + "Across the world there are a variety of types of subsections of a country and the governments thereof (as well as different terms, like 'province' and 'state,' which refer to essentially the same type of thing). We should not automatically assume 'state,' 'county,' and 'city.' It is more future-proof just to mint the instances using the generic sub-country government and, where greater specificity is needed, define categories or subclasses."^^xsd:string , "Note that the predicate 'governs' is used both for the relationship a government has to a governed geo-region, and for the relationship one government has to the governments of its sub-regions."^^xsd:string , - "This class applies only to organizations governing geo-regions. Regulatory and bureaucratic organizations are members of the more generic GovernmentOrganization class."^^xsd:string + "This class applies only to organizations governing geographical regions, and excludes regulatory and bureaucratic government agencies."^^xsd:string ; . @@ -1774,7 +1799,7 @@ gist:System ] ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "A system is an artifact with component parts where the parts contribute to the goal of the system"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "A system is an artifact with component parts where the parts contribute to the goal of the system."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "System"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -1884,11 +1909,7 @@ gist:Template a owl:Class ; owl:disjointWith gist:UnitOfMeasure ; skos:definition "Something used to make objects in its own image."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example - "A die in manufacturing that is used to make stamped parts. "^^xsd:string , - "A form. A filled-in form has the structure of the form with data entered into some or all of the fields."^^xsd:string , - "Cookie cutters are templates for cookies."^^xsd:string - ; + skos:example "A die in manufacturing is used to make stamped parts; a form provides a structure and fields to be filled in; a cookie cutter is a template for cookies."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Template"^^xsd:string ; skos:scopeNote "Use gist:isBasedOn to link the object made from the template back to the template."^^xsd:string ; . @@ -1908,12 +1929,9 @@ gist:TemporalRelation ] ; skos:definition "A relationship existing for a period of time."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "employs-Employment, hasAddress-EstablishedLocation. One important context for reifying a property."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "The relationship between a person and their employer; the relationship between a person or business and an address."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Temporal Relation"^^xsd:string ; - skos:scopeNote - "A temporal relation must have a minimum of two participants. For example, both the employer and the employee are participants in a temporal relation representing a period of employment."^^xsd:string , - "Note that 'participant' does not imply agency; a non-sentient being can be participate in a temporal relation. For example, both a person and a house could be participants in a hypothetical relation 'lives at.'"^^xsd:string - ; + skos:scopeNote "A temporal relation must have a minimum of two participants. For example, both the employer and the employee are participants in a temporal relation representing a period of employment. Note that 'participant' does not imply agency; a non-sentient being can participate in a temporal relation. For example, both a person and a house could be participants in a hypothetical relation 'lives at.'"^^xsd:string ; . gist:Text @@ -1934,7 +1952,8 @@ gist:Text ] ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "Content expressed as words and numbers (not graphics)."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Content expressed as words and numbers."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "Negative example: graphical content."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "Text"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -2126,7 +2145,8 @@ gist:actualStartYear gist:allows a owl:ObjectProperty ; - skos:definition "The intention (say a grant) allows a particular kind of activity (for instance egress)"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Relates a permission to a particular activity or type of activity it allows."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "An easement grants a right to cross or otherwise use someone else's land for a specified purpose."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "allows"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -2176,7 +2196,7 @@ gist:comesFromAgent gist:Person ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "The party that is the source of something (e.g. a message, shipment, etc.)"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "The party that is the source of something (e.g. a message, a shipment)."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "comes from agent"^^xsd:string ; skos:scopeNote 'This is not the inverse of gist:goesToAgent. A message can be to someone. If we made it the inverse the person would be "from" the message'^^xsd:string ; . @@ -2190,13 +2210,14 @@ gist:comesFromPlace gist:Place ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "Origin"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Relates subject to its origin."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "comes from place"^^xsd:string ; . gist:conformsTo a owl:ObjectProperty ; - skos:definition "The subject conforms to the Object, e.g. meet an obligation, meet terms of an offer, adhere to a specification"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "The subject conforms to the object."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example: "Meet an obligation; meet terms of an offer; adhere to a specification"^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "conforms to"^^xsd:string ; gist:rangeIncludes gist:Intention ; . @@ -2205,10 +2226,7 @@ gist:containedText a owl:DatatypeProperty ; rdfs:range xsd:string ; skos:definition "A string that is closely associated with an individual."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example - "The string associated with a tag."^^xsd:string , - "The string associated with text content."^^xsd:string - ; + skos:example "The string associated with a tag or with text content."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "contained text"^^xsd:string ; gist:domainIncludes gist:Tag , @@ -2218,7 +2236,7 @@ gist:containedText gist:contributesTo a owl:ObjectProperty ; - skos:definition "The parts of a system contribute to the goal/ function of the whole system"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "The parts of a system contribute to the goal/function of the whole system."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "contributes to"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -2236,7 +2254,8 @@ gist:conversionFactor ) ; ] ; rdfs:seeAlso gist:conversionOffset ; - skos:definition "A value that relates a unit of measure to units of the International System of Units. For example, in the equation 1 inch = 0.0254 meters, the value 0.0254 is the conversion factor of inch."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "A value that relates a unit of measure to units of the International System of Units."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "In the equation 1 inch = 0.0254 meters, the value 0.0254 is the conversion factor of inch."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "conversion factor"^^xsd:string ; skos:scopeNote """To convert a numeric value from one unit of measure to another, multiply by the conversion factor of the first unit and then divide by the conversion factor of the second unit. @@ -2302,7 +2321,7 @@ gist:encryptedText a owl:DatatypeProperty ; rdfs:subPropertyOf gist:containedText ; rdfs:range xsd:string ; - skos:definition "Links to the string corresponding to EncryptedText"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Links to the string corresponding to encrypted text."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "encrypted text"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -2612,7 +2631,7 @@ gist:goesToAgent gist:Person ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "The party that is the recipient of something (e.g. a message, shipment, etc.)"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "The party that is the recipient of something (e.g. a message, a shipment)."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "goes to agent"^^xsd:string ; skos:scopeNote 'This is not the inverse of gist:comesFromAgent. A message can be from someone. If we made it the inverse the person would be "to" the message'^^xsd:string ; . @@ -2626,7 +2645,7 @@ gist:goesToPlace gist:Place ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "Destination"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Relates the subject to its destination."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "goes to place"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -2656,7 +2675,7 @@ gist:hasAddress a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:range gist:Address ; skos:definition "Relates something to its physical or electronic address."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "A brick-and-mortar store has a street address. A person can be contacted electronically via an email address."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "A brick-and-mortar store has a street address; a person can be contacted electronically via an email address."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "has address"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -2699,10 +2718,7 @@ gist:hasDirectBroader gist:hasDivisor a owl:ObjectProperty ; skos:definition "Relates a unit of measure to another unit of measure that is a divisor, or relates an aspect to another aspect that is a divisor."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example - "Miles per hour has miles as a multiplier and hour as a divisor."^^xsd:string , - "Speed has distance as a multiplier and duration as a divisor."^^xsd:string - ; + skos:example "Miles per hour has miles as a multiplier and hour as a divisor; speed has distance as a multiplier and duration as a divisor."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "has divisor"^^xsd:string ; skos:scopeNote "Provides a supplemental method of decomposing a unit of measure or an aspect into component factors. Enables dimensional analysis such as miles per hour x hours = miles."^^xsd:string ; . @@ -2711,37 +2727,35 @@ gist:hasGiver a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:subPropertyOf gist:hasParticipant ; owl:propertyDisjointWith gist:hasRecipient ; - skos:definition "The active party, the one with the obligation or the one initiating the transfer"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Relates something to the party on the giving end."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "has giver"^^xsd:string ; . gist:hasGoal a owl:ObjectProperty ; - skos:definition "The reason for doing something"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "The reason for doing something."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "has goal"^^xsd:string ; . gist:hasIncumbent a owl:ObjectProperty ; - skos:definition "What equipment or person is currently in this node. Note to create a temporal view make a TemporalRelation for this property"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Relates a position to the thing or person that is holding that position."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "has incumbent"^^xsd:string ; + skos:scopeNote "To create a temporal view, make a temporal relation for this property."^^xsd:string ; . gist:hasMagnitude a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:range gist:Magnitude ; skos:definition "Relates a thing to a magnitude."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "A car or a model of car has a magnitude for length, one for width, one for weight, etc."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "A car or a model of car has a magnitude for length, for width, for weight, etc."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "has magnitude"^^xsd:string ; . gist:hasMultiplier a owl:ObjectProperty ; skos:definition "Relates a unit of measure to another unit of measure that is a factor, or relates an aspect to another aspect that is a factor."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example - "Miles per hour has miles as a multiplier and hour as a divisor."^^xsd:string , - "Speed has distance as a multiplier and duration as a divisor."^^xsd:string - ; + skos:example "Miles per hour has miles as a multiplier and hour as a divisor; speed has distance as a multiplier and duration as a divisor."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "has multiplier"^^xsd:string ; skos:scopeNote "Provides a supplemental method of decomposing a unit of measure or aspect into component factors. Enables dimensional analysis such as miles per hour x hours = miles."^^xsd:string ; . @@ -2774,9 +2788,10 @@ gist:hasParty gist:Person ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "The people or organizations participating in an event, agreement or obligation"^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "For loan agreements, one might create hasLender and hasBorrower as subproperties of hasParty."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Relates an event, agreement, or obligation to the participating people or organizations."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "Loan agreements have lender and borrower parties."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "has party"^^xsd:string ; + skos:scopeNote "A given scenario is likely to have subproperties to describe specific parties, such as hasLender and hasBorrower."^^xsd:string ; . gist:hasPhysicalLocation @@ -2793,7 +2808,7 @@ gist:hasPhysicalLocation gist:hasRecipient a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:subPropertyOf gist:hasParticipant ; - skos:definition "The recipient"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Relates something to the party on the receiving end."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "has recipient"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -2838,10 +2853,8 @@ gist:hasUnitOfMeasure a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:domain gist:Magnitude ; rdfs:range gist:UnitOfMeasure ; - skos:definition - "Relates a magnitude to a unit of measure."^^xsd:string , - "The magnitude 87 inches of height has unit of measure inches."^^xsd:string - ; + skos:definition "Relates a magnitude to a unit of measure."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "The magnitude 87 inches of height has unit of measure inches."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "has unit of measure"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -2849,10 +2862,7 @@ gist:idText a owl:DatatypeProperty ; rdfs:range xsd:string ; skos:definition "Relates an individual to a text string that identifies it."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example - "The id text for a car is '4Y1SL65848Z411439'"^^xsd:string , - "The id text for the HR department for Company X is H31415"^^xsd:string - ; + skos:example "The id text for a car is '4Y1SL65848Z411439'; the id text for the HR department for Company X is H31415."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "id text"^^xsd:string ; skos:scopeNote "A common use case would be for pre-existing internal company identifiers."^^xsd:string , @@ -2870,7 +2880,7 @@ gist:isAbout gist:isAffectedBy a owl:ObjectProperty ; - skos:definition "Where the effect came from"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Relates an affected thing to the source of the effect."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "is affected by"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -2885,7 +2895,7 @@ gist:isAllocatedBy ) ; ] ; skos:definition "Relates the subject to whomever or whatever assigns or distributes it."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "A U.S. Social Security number is allocated by the U.S. Social Security Administration. The media type https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/text/csv is allocated by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "A U.S. Social Security number is allocated by the U.S. Social Security Administration; the media type https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/text/csv is allocated by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "is allocated by"^^xsd:string ; skos:scopeNote "The allocator may be a person, organization, or automated process."^^xsd:string ; gist:domainIncludes @@ -2896,8 +2906,8 @@ gist:isAllocatedBy gist:isBasedOn a owl:ObjectProperty ; - skos:definition "The Object is a foundation for, a starting point for, gave rise to or justifies the Subject"^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "A document is based on a document template. A metric computing the average income of a population is based on the metric for individual income."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "The object is a foundation for, a starting point for, gave rise to, or justifies the subject."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "A document is based on a document template; a metric computing the average income of a population is based on the metric for individual income."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "is based on"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -2930,7 +2940,7 @@ gist:isDirectPartOf gist:isExpressedIn a owl:ObjectProperty ; - skos:definition "The language something was expressed in"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "The language something was expressed in."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "is expressed in"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -2961,7 +2971,7 @@ gist:isGeoContainedIn gist:isGovernedBy a owl:ObjectProperty ; skos:definition "Relates a thing governed to the governor."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "A country geo-region is governed by a country government."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "A country geographical region is governed by a country government."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "is governed by"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -2979,7 +2989,7 @@ gist:isMadeUpOf a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:range gist:PhysicalSubstance ; skos:definition "Relates something to a substance that it is made up of."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "The vase is made up of clay. Water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "The vase is made up of clay; water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "is made up of"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -3023,31 +3033,29 @@ gist:isRecognizedBy gist:isRecordedAt a owl:DatatypeProperty ; rdfs:subPropertyOf gist:atDateTime ; - skos:definition "Date that something was posted, not necessarily the date it occurred. Must be after the date of occurrence, but could be before or after the planned date. (Unusual, but I could record today that I expected to be paid last week.)"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Relates somthing to the date that it was posted (which is not necessarily the date it occurred). Must be after the date of occurrence, but could be before or after the planned date."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "Recording today that you expected to be paid last week."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "is recorded at"^^xsd:string ; skos:scopeNote "Precision may vary according to context."^^xsd:string ; . gist:isRenderedOn a owl:ObjectProperty ; - skos:definition "What media something was rendered On"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Relates something to the media on which it is rendered."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "is rendered on"^^xsd:string ; . gist:isSupersededBy a owl:AnnotationProperty ; skos:definition "Relates a deprecated term to a term that replaces it, which is either an exact (in the case of simple renaming) or approximate (in the case of renaming and some semantic change) semantic match."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example "gist:connectedTo gist:isSupersededBy gist:isConnectedTo (renaming with no semantic change)."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "gist:connectedTo was superseded by gist:isConnectedTo (renaming with no semantic change)."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "is superseded by"^^xsd:string ; . gist:isTriggeredBy a owl:ObjectProperty ; skos:definition "Relates a contingency, such as an event or obligation, to the event that gives rise to it."^^xsd:string ; - skos:example - "Fire insurance is contingent on a particular building burning down"^^xsd:string , - "The death benefit payout on a life insurance policy following the death of a specific person."^^xsd:string - ; + skos:example "A fire insurance is contingent on a particular building burning down; the death benefit payout on a life insurance policy is contingent on the death of a specific person."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "is triggered by"^^xsd:string ; skos:scopeNote "For obligations, this property describes what must happen to trigger the contingent obligation. Other uses include controls, processes, etc."^^xsd:string ; . @@ -3062,33 +3070,33 @@ gist:latitude a owl:DatatypeProperty ; rdfs:domain gist:GeoPoint ; rdfs:range xsd:double ; - skos:definition "Degrees above or below equator"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Degrees above or below the equator."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "latitude"^^xsd:string ; . gist:license a owl:AnnotationProperty ; - skos:definition "An annotation for providing the licensing on this or derivative ontologies"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Relates something to its license."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "license"^^xsd:string ; . gist:links a owl:ObjectProperty ; - skos:definition "Relates a NetworkLink to a NetworkNode that it connects to another node. Used when the connections are undirected, or the direction is not known."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Relates a network link to one of the two network nodes that it connects. Used when the connections are undirected, or the direction is not known."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "links"^^xsd:string ; . gist:linksFrom a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:subPropertyOf gist:links ; - skos:definition "Relates a NetworkLink to its origin NetworkNode. Unlike the superproperty, this represents a directed connection."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Relates a network link to its origin network node. Unlike the superproperty, this represents a directed connection."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "links from"^^xsd:string ; . gist:linksTo a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:subPropertyOf gist:links ; - skos:definition "Relates a NetworkLink to its destination NetworkNode. Unlike the superproperty, this represents a directed connection."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Relates a network link to its destination network node. Unlike the superproperty, this represents a directed connection."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "links to"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -3096,7 +3104,7 @@ gist:longitude a owl:DatatypeProperty ; rdfs:domain gist:GeoPoint ; rdfs:range xsd:double ; - skos:definition "Degrees from GM"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Degrees from the prime meridian."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "longitude"^^xsd:string ; . @@ -3138,15 +3146,16 @@ gist:numericValue gist:occursIn a owl:ObjectProperty ; - skos:definition "The geospatial place where something happened or will happen"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "The geospatial place where something happened or will happen."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "occurs in"^^xsd:string ; . gist:offers a owl:ObjectProperty ; - skos:definition "Relates something to a thing that is being made available for acceptance or rejection."^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Relates something to a thing it makes available for acceptance or rejection."^^xsd:string ; skos:example "An instance of gist:Offer offers a specific product at a particular price; a company offers an employee benefit; Honda offers vehicles for sale."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "offers"^^xsd:string ; + skos:scopeNote "An offer offers a specific product at a particular price."^^xsd:string ; . gist:owns @@ -3158,8 +3167,12 @@ gist:owns gist:Person ) ; ] ; - skos:definition "Possessing and controlling. Ultimate form of ownership is the right to destroy. Long list of potential Range classes"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Relates a party to something that it possesses and controls."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "owns"^^xsd:string ; + skos:scopeNote + "The range of this property is the union of many potential classes."^^xsd:string , + "The ultimate form of ownership is the right to destroy."^^xsd:string + ; . gist:plannedEndDate @@ -3282,7 +3295,8 @@ gist:prevents a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:domain gist:Intention ; rdfs:range gist:Behavior ; - skos:definition "The intention (say a law) is intended to prevent this kind of behavior (say jay-walking)"^^xsd:string ; + skos:definition "Relates an intention to behavior that it prevents or prohibits."^^xsd:string ; + skos:example "The law prevents jay-walking."^^xsd:string ; skos:prefLabel "prevents"^^xsd:string ; .