Place Names Ontology

IRI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames
Publisher(s): Geoscience Australia
Creator(s): Simon J D Cox (simon.cox@csiro.au) of CSIRO
Nicholas Car (nicholas.car@surroundaustralia.com) of Surround Australia
Contributors(s): Irina Bastrakova (irina.bastrakova@ga.gov.au) of Geoscience Australia
Armin Haller (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

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

Dataset^c

IRI	`http://linked.data.gov.au/def/loci#Dataset`
Sub-classes	Gazetteer^c

Gazetteer^c

IRI	`http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/Gazetteer`
Description	A Gazetteer is a list of Place Names
Super-classes	loci:Dataset^c
Restrictions	rdfs:member only PlaceName^c

Jurisdiction^c

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	PlaceNamingAuthority^c

Official place-name^c

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	() PlaceName^c
Restrictions	dcterms:identifier some ID-GAZ^c dateReleased^dp max 1 loci:isMemberOf^op some Gazetteer^c dateGazetted^dp exactly 1 dcterms:identifier some ID-AUTH^c datePublished^dp max 1 status^op exactly 1 dateRetired^dp max 1 wasNamedBy^op some PlaceNamingAuthority^c
In domain of	datePublished^dp dateReleased^dp dateGazetted^dp dateRetired^dp

Place^c

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:Feature^c
Restrictions	dcterms:identifier min 1 geo:hasGeometry min 1 hasPlaceClassification^op min 1
In domain of	hasPlaceName^op hasPlaceClassification^op
In range of	placeNameOf^op

Place Name^c

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	placeNameOf^op min 1 name^dp exactly 1 dcterms:identifier min 1
Sub-classes	OfficialPlaceName^c
In domain of	wasNamedBy^op hasPronunciation^dp placeNameOf^op isIndigenous^dp name^dp
In range of	hasPlaceName^op

Naming Authority^c

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:Agent^c
Sub-classes	Jurisdiction^c

Place Type^c

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:Concept^c
In range of	hasPlaceClassification^op

Status^c

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:Concept^c
In range of	status^op

Object Properties ↑

isMemberOf
has place classification
has place name
place name of
has status
was named by

isMemberOf^op

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

has place classification^op

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)	Place^c
Range(s)	PlaceType^c

has place name^op

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	placeNameOf^op
Domain(s)	Place^c
Range(s)	PlaceName^c

place name of^op

IRI	`http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/placeNameOf`
Domain(s)	PlaceName^c
Range(s)	Place^c

has status^op

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

was named by^op

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)	PlaceName^c
Range(s)	dcterms:Agent^c

Datatype Properties ↑

date gazetted
date published
date released
date retired
pronunciation
name is indigenous
name

date gazetted^dp

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

date published^dp

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

date released^dp

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

date retired^dp

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

pronunciation^dp

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)	PlaceName^c
Range(s)	xsd:string^c

name is indigenous^dp

IRI	`http://linked.data.gov.au/def/placenames/isIndigenous`
Description	Flag to indicate if the name is indigenous
Domain(s)	PlaceName^c
Range(s)	xsd:boolean^c

name^dp

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)	PlaceName^c
Range(s)	rdf:langString^c

Named Individuals ↑

0000-0002-3884-3420
0000-0002-4643-7289
0000-0002-8742-7730
0000-0003-3425-0780
Place Names Ontology
gazetted
informal
official
placenames.ttl
published
released
retired

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)

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#

^c	Classes
^op	Object Properties
^fp	Functional Properties
^dp	Data Properties
^dp	Annotation Properties
^p	Properties
ⁿⁱ	Named Individuals

Place Names Ontology

Metadata

Description

Table of Contents

Classes ↑

Datasetc

Gazetteerc

Jurisdictionc

Official place-namec

Placec

Place Namec

Naming Authorityc

Place Typec

Statusc

Object Properties ↑

isMemberOfop

has place classificationop

has place nameop

place name ofop

has statusop

was named byop

Datatype Properties ↑

date gazetteddp

date publisheddp

date releaseddp

date retireddp

pronunciationdp

name is indigenousdp

namedp

Named Individuals ↑

Place Names Ontologyni

placenames.ttlni

gazettedni

informalni

officialni

publishedni

releasedni

retiredni

0000-0002-3884-3420ni

0000-0002-4643-7289ni

0000-0002-8742-7730ni

0000-0003-3425-0780ni

Namespaces ↑

Legend

Dataset^c

Gazetteer^c

Jurisdiction^c

Official place-name^c

Place^c

Place Name^c

Naming Authority^c

Place Type^c

Status^c

isMemberOf^op

has place classification^op

has place name^op

place name of^op

has status^op

was named by^op

date gazetted^dp

date published^dp

date released^dp

date retired^dp

pronunciation^dp

name is indigenous^dp

name^dp

Place Names Ontologyⁿⁱ

placenames.ttlⁿⁱ

gazettedⁿⁱ

informalⁿⁱ

officialⁿⁱ

publishedⁿⁱ

releasedⁿⁱ

retiredⁿⁱ

0000-0002-3884-3420ⁿⁱ

0000-0002-4643-7289ⁿⁱ

0000-0002-8742-7730ⁿⁱ

0000-0003-3425-0780ⁿⁱ