Example AP5

Dublin Core in RDF

Qualified DC.Subject - DDC

These diagrams are based on my notes of the DC Datamodel meeting...

Simple case

<?xml:namespace href="http://www.w3c.org/RDF/" as="RDF"?> 
<?xml:namespace href="http://purl.oclc.org/RDF/DC/" as="DC"?>
<RDF:RDF>
  <RDF:Description RDF:HREF="R">
    <DC:Subject>
      <RDF:Description>
        <DCQ:SubjectScheme>DDC</DCQ:SubjectScheme>
        <RDF:Value>123 Dogs</RDF:Value>
      </RDF:Description>
    </DC:Subject>
  </RDF:Description>
</RDF:RDF>

...or... same, but with node rather than text value for DCQ:SubjectScheme:

Arc Node Diagram

...or... same, but with node rather then text RDF:Value:

Arc Node Diagram

...or... same, but with node values for RDF:Value and DCQ:SubjectScheme:

Arc Node Diagram

Complex case

RDF for DDC node(s) maintained by DDC authority...

Arc Node Diagram

<?xml:namespace href="http://www.w3c.org/RDF/" as="RDF"?> 
<?xml:namespace href="http://purl.oclc.org/RDF/DC/" as="DC"?>
<RDF:RDF>
  <RDF:Description RDF:HREF="R">
    <DC:Subject>
      <RDF:Description>
        <DCQ:SubjectScheme>DDC</DCQ:SubjectScheme>
        <RDF:Value RDF:HREF="http://purl.org/DDC#123"/>
      </RDF:Description>
    </DC:Subject>
  </RDF:Description>

  <!-- This part typically maintained by DDC authority... -->
  <RDF:Description RDF:HREF="http://purl.org/DDC#123">
    <RDF:Value>
      <RDF:Alt>
        <RDF:LI>
          <RDF:Description>
            <RDF:Value>Dogs</RDF:Value>
            <lang>en</lang>
          </RDF:Description>
        </RDF:LI>
        <RDF:LI>
          <RDF:Description>
            <RDF:Value>Chien</RDF:Value>
            <lang>fr</lang>
          </RDF:Description>
        </RDF:LI>
      </RDF:Alt>
    </RDF:Value>
  </RDF:Description>
</RDF:RDF>

Maintained by: Andy Powell - a.powell@ukoln.ac.uk
Version: $Id: intro.html,v 1.3 1998/06/23 10:48:55 lisap Exp $

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