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Place Names Ontology

Metadata

IRI
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames
Publisher(s)
Geoscience Australia
Creator(s)
Simon J D Cox Orcid logo (simon.cox@csiro.au) of CSIRO
Nicholas Car Orcid logo (nicholas.car@surroundaustralia.com) of Surround Australia
Contributors(s)
Irina Bastrakova Orcid logo (irina.bastrakova@ga.gov.au) of Geoscience Australia
Armin Haller Orcid logo (armin.haller@anu.edu.au) of Australian National University
Created
2018-08-02
Modified
2020-09-07
Imports
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/geox
http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql
Rights
(c) Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2019, 2020
Ontology RDF
RDF (turtle)

Description

Place Names is an RDF/OWL Ontology to define the structure and relationship of the names of geospatial features (locations).

A place-name is a text string in a specified language that is

An official-place-name is a place-name that also

Each individual place-name or official-place-name is associated with one place.

A place is

This ontology uses classes and properties from existing vocabularies, in particular

Table of Contents

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

Classes

Datasetc

IRI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/loci#Dataset
Sub-classes Gazetteerc

Gazetteerc

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

A Gazetteer is a list of Place Names

Super-classes loci:Datasetc
Restrictions rdfs:member only PlaceNamec

Jurisdictionc

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

Local, State, Territory or National (Commonwealth) Government that has authority to formally establish (i.e. gazette) place names within its jurisdictional area.

Super-classes PlaceNamingAuthorityc

Official place-namec

IRI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/OfficialPlaceName
Description

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

Example
ex:Ayers-Rock
  rdf:type :PlaceName ;
  rdf:type :OfficialPlaceName ;
  loci:isMemberOf <https://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/> ;
  :dateGazetted "1850-01-01"^^xsd:date ;
  :dateRetired "1989-12-31"^^xsd:date ;
  :name "Ayers Rock"@en-AU ;
  :placeNameOf ex:NT_10532 ;
  :status :retired ;
  :wasNamedBy <https://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/> ;
  rdfs:label "Ayers Rock"@en ;
.

ex:Ayers-Rock-Uluru
  rdf:type :PlaceName ;
  rdf:type :OfficialPlaceName ;
  loci:isMemberOf <https://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/> ;
  :dateGazetted "1990-01-01"^^xsd:date ;
  :dateRetired "2005-12-31"^^xsd:date ;
  :name "Ayers Rock / Uluru"@en-AU ;
  :placeNameOf ex:NT_10532 ;
  :status :retired ;
  :wasNamedBy <https://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/> ;
  rdfs:label "Ayers Rock / Uluru" ;
.

ex:Uluru-Ayers-Rock
  rdf:type :PlaceName ;
  rdf:type :OfficialPlaceName ;
  loci:isMemberOf <https://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/> ;
  :dateGazetted "2006-01-01"^^xsd:date ;
  :isIndigenous true ;
  :name "Uluru / Ayers Rock"@pjt ;
  :placeNameOf ex:NT_10532 ;
  :status :gazetted ;
  :wasNamedBy <https://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/> ;
  rdfs:label "Uluru / Ayers Rock" ;
.
                    
Super-classes ()
PlaceNamec
Restrictions dcterms:identifier some ID-GAZc
dateReleaseddp max 1
loci:isMemberOfop some Gazetteerc
dateGazetteddp exactly 1
dcterms:identifier some ID-AUTHc
datePublisheddp max 1
statusop exactly 1
dateRetireddp max 1
wasNamedByop some PlaceNamingAuthorityc
In domain of datePublisheddp
dateReleaseddp
dateGazetteddp
dateRetireddp

Placec

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

An identifiable geographic Place as defined by the Composite Gazetteer of Australia. A Place is classified according to an extensible set of types.

Example
ex:NT_10532
  rdf:type :Place , geo:Feature ;
  :hasPlaceClassification <http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/def/voc/ga/PlaceType/MOUNTAIN> ;
  :hasPlaceName ex:Ayers-Rock ;
  :hasPlaceName ex:Ayers-Rock-Uluru ;
  :hasPlaceName ex:Uluru-Ayers-Rock ;
  dcterms:identifier "10532"^^:ID-AUTH ;
  dcterms:identifier "NT_10532"^^:ID-GAZ ;
  geo:hasGeometry [
      rdf:type <http://linked.data.gov.au/def/auspix#Geometry> ;
      geox:asDGGS "R7430551"^^geox:dggsLiteral ;
      rdfs:seeAlso <http://ec2-52-63-73-113.ap-southeast-2.compute.amazonaws.com/AusPIX-DGGS-dataset/ausPIX/R7430551> ;
    ] ;
  geo:hasGeometry [
      rdf:type sf:Point ;
      geo:asWKT "POINT(-25.3415 131.0354)"^^geo:wktLiteral ;
    ] ;
  rdfs:seeAlso <http://ec2-52-63-73-113.ap-southeast-2.compute.amazonaws.com/placenames-dataset/placename/NT_10532> ;
.
                    
Super-classes geo:Featurec
Restrictions dcterms:identifier min 1
geo:hasGeometry min 1
hasPlaceClassificationop min 1
In domain of hasPlaceNameop
hasPlaceClassificationop
In range of placeNameOfop

Place Namec

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

A name associated with a geospatial place or feature.

Additional properties are specified for the sub-class OfficialPlaceName which should be used for formal names

Example
     
ex:DH
  rdf:type :PlaceName ;
  :isIndigenous false ;
  :name "The cubby house"@en ;
  :placeNameOf ex:INF9987234 ;
  :status :informal ;
  :wasNamedBy <https://people.example.org/fagin> ;
.
                    
Restrictions placeNameOfop min 1
namedp exactly 1
dcterms:identifier min 1
Sub-classes OfficialPlaceNamec
In domain of wasNamedByop
hasPronunciationdp
placeNameOfop
isIndigenousdp
namedp
In range of hasPlaceNameop

Naming Authorityc

IRI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/PlaceNamingAuthority
Description

Agency or organization that has authority to formally establish place names within its scope.

Super-classes dcterms:Agentc
Sub-classes Jurisdictionc

Place Typec

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

The classification of a place, from the ICSM Permanent Committee on Place Names classification scheme.

Super-classes skos:Conceptc
In range of hasPlaceClassificationop

Statusc

IRI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/Status
Description

Status of resource, in context of a standard lifecycle: informal, official, gazetted, released, published, retired

Super-classes skos:Conceptc
In range of statusop

Object Properties

isMemberOfop

IRI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/loci#isMemberOf

has place classificationop

IRI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/hasPlaceClassification
Description A relation between a Place and a classification of its real world phenomena.
Super-properties dcterms:type
Domain(s) Placec
Range(s) PlaceTypec

has place nameop

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

place name ofop

IRI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/placeNameOf
Domain(s) PlaceNamec
Range(s) Placec

has statusop

IRI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/status
Usage Note This property indicates the status of a Place Name.
Range(s) Statusc

was named byop

IRI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/wasNamedBy
Description The Agent (person, community, organization) that assigned the name to the Place
Super-properties prov:wasAttributedTo
Domain(s) PlaceNamec
Range(s) dcterms:Agentc

Datatype Properties

date gazetteddp

IRI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/dateGazetted
Description Date that the item was gazetted
Super-properties dcterms:date
Domain(s) OfficialPlaceNamec
Range(s) xsd:datec

date publisheddp

IRI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/datePublished
Description Date that the item was published
Super-properties dcterms:date
Domain(s) OfficialPlaceNamec
Range(s) xsd:datec

date releaseddp

IRI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/dateReleased
Description Date that the item was released
Super-properties dcterms:date
Domain(s) OfficialPlaceNamec
Range(s) xsd:datec

date retireddp

IRI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/dateRetired
Description Date that the item was retired
Super-properties dcterms:date
Domain(s) OfficialPlaceNamec
Range(s) xsd:datec

pronunciationdp

IRI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/hasPronunciation
Description The pronunciation of a Place Name, indicated by means of a phonetic alphabet string
Domain(s) PlaceNamec
Range(s) xsd:stringc

name is indigenousdp

IRI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/isIndigenous
Description Flag to indicate if the name is indigenous
Domain(s) PlaceNamec
Range(s) xsd:booleanc

namedp

IRI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/name
Description It is recommended to include the language tag on the name value. This will be the IETF code @en-AU for most official names. For indigenous names, many of the Australian indigenous languages catalogued by AUSTLANG have official ISO 639-3 codes which may be used as the language tag. The ISO 639 codes are available from https://iso639-3.sil.org/about For example - wbv Wajarri https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/wbv - wdj Wadjiginy https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/wdj - wdu Wadjigu https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/wdu - wgg Wangkangurru https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/wgg
Domain(s) PlaceNamec
Range(s) rdf:langStringc

Named Individuals

Place Names Ontologyni

Classes(s)
owl:Ontology
IRI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames
Description **Place Names** is an RDF/OWL Ontology to define the structure and relationship of the names of geospatial features (locations). A **place-name** is a text string in a specified language that is - assigned by an agent (person or organization) - assigned a designated 'status', with default="informal" - denotes a natural or constructed location An **official-place-name** is a **place-name** that also - is authorized by a place-naming-authority, often a jurisidiction (national, state or local government) - is a member item in a gazetteer - has lifecycle information (status, dates) Each individual place-name or official-place-name is associated with one **place**. A **place** is - a location with at least a point geometry - which has a specified classification (inhabited place, administrative area, mountain, school, station, park ...). - with one or more names associated with each individual place. This ontology uses classes and properties from existing vocabularies, in particular - [GeoSPARQL](http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql) - [SKOS](http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core) - [Dublin Core](https://www.dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/) ![](./images/placename-details.png)

placenames.ttlni

IRI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames.ttl

gazettedni

Classes(s)
Status
IRI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/gazetted

informalni

Classes(s)
Status
IRI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/informal

officialni

Classes(s)
Status
IRI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/official

publishedni

Classes(s)
Status
IRI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/published

releasedni

Classes(s)
Status
IRI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/released

retiredni

Classes(s)
Status
IRI http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/retired

0000-0002-3884-3420ni

Classes(s)
sdo:Person
IRI https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3884-3420

0000-0002-4643-7289ni

Classes(s)
sdo:Person
IRI https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4643-7289

0000-0002-8742-7730ni

Classes(s)
sdo:Person
IRI https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8742-7730

0000-0003-3425-0780ni

Classes(s)
sdo:Person
IRI https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3425-0780

Namespaces

default (:)
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/
:
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/
dcterms
http://purl.org/dc/terms/
ex
http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/placename/
geo
http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#
geox
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/geox#
loci
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/loci#
owl
http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#
prof
http://www.w3.org/ns/dx/prof/
prov
http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#
pt
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placetype/
rdf
http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
rdfs
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
reg
http://purl.org/linked-data/registry#
sdo
https://schema.org/
sf
http://www.opengis.net/ont/sf#
skos
http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#
vann
http://purl.org/vocab/vann/
xml
http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace
xsd
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#

Legend

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