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Organization

The properties for the Organization resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
owl:deprecated
Optional
Repeatable
rdfs:comment
Optional
Repeatable
rdfs:seeAlso
Optional
Repeatable
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
owl:
http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#
rdfs:
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#

Organization

The properties for the Organization resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
rdfs:label
Required
Non repeatable
16 digit ISNI presented as stated in the ISNI ISO standard, e.g. ISNI 0000 0001 2353 1945
schema:alternateName
Required
Repeatable
Name of the public identity
schema:identifier
Required
Non repeatable
Always schema:PropertyValue
The structural contents of a blank node are as follows:
Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
schema:propertyID
Required
Non repeatable
Always the Wikidata identifier for the ISNI schema, i.e. http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q423048
schema:value
Required
Non repeatable
16 digit ISNI – no blank spaces
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
schema:
http://schema.org/
isni:hasDeprecatedISNI
Optional
Repeatable
Deprecated ISNI; 16 digits with no space
owl:sameAs
Optional
Repeatable
Entity identified by a URI and modelled as a real world object
madsrdf:isIdentifiedByAuthority
Optional
Repeatable
Entity identified by a URI and modelled as an authority/skos:Concept
dcterms:source
Optional
Repeatable
Entity identified by a non machine actionable URI, i.e. a URL
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
rdfs:
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
schema:
http://schema.org/
isni:
https://isni.org/ontology#
owl:
http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#
madsrdf:
http://www.loc.gov/mads/rdf/v1#
dcterms:
http://purl.org/dc/terms/

Person

The properties for the Person resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
owl:deprecated owl:deprecated "true”^^xsd:Boolean" ;
Optional
Repeatable
rdfs:comment rdfs:comment "this identifier is deprecated. See rdfs:seeAlso link for new identifier" ;
Optional
Repeatable
rdfs:seeAlso rdfs:seeAlso .
Optional
Repeatable
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
owl:
http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#
rdfs:
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#

Person

The properties for the Person resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
dcterms:source
Optional
Repeatable
Entity identified by a non machine actionable URI, i.e. a URL
schema:alternateName
Required
Repeatable
Name of the public identity
schema:birthDate
Optional
Non repeatable
Year of birth of the public identity
schema:deathDate
Optional
Non repeatable
Year of death of the public identity
schema:identifier
Required
Non repeatable
Always schema:PropertyValue
The structural contents of a blank node are as follows:
Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
schema:propertyID
Required
Non repeatable
Always the Wikidata identifier for the ISNI schema, i.e. http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q423048
schema:value
Required
Non repeatable
16 digit ISNI – no blank spaces
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
schema:
http://schema.org/
isni:hasDeprecatedISNI
Optional
Repeatable
Deprecated ISNI; 16 digits with no space
owl:sameAs
Optional
Repeatable
Entity identified by a URI and modelled as a real world object
madsrdf:isIdentifiedByAuthority
Optional
Repeatable
Entity identified by a URI and modelled as an authority/skos:Concept
rdfs:label
Required
Non repeatable
16 digit ISNI presented as stated in the ISNI ISO standard, e.g. ISNI 0000 0000 8045 6315
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
dcterms:
http://purl.org/dc/terms/
schema:
http://schema.org/
isni:
https://isni.org/ontology#
owl:
http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#
madsrdf:
http://www.loc.gov/mads/rdf/v1#
rdfs:
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#

Propertyvalue

The properties for the Propertyvalue resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
schema:propertyID
Required
Non repeatable
Always the Wikidata identifier for the ISNI schema, i.e. http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q423048
schema:value
Required
Non repeatable
16 digit ISNI – no blank spaces
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
schema:
http://schema.org/