Address Schema

This vocabulary defines a set of terms for describing addresses.

Table of Contents

• Namespace
• Summary of Terms
• Vocabulary Classes
• Vocabulary Properties
• RDF Schema

Changes From Previous Version

This is the first version.

Namespace

The URI for this vocabulary is

http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema#

When used in XML documents the suggested prefix is ad

Each class or property in the vocabulary has a URI constructed by appending a term name to the vocabulary URI. For example:

http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema#streetAddress
http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema#Location

The term name for a class always starts with an uppercase character. Where the term name is comprised of multiple
concatenated words, the leading character of each word will be an uppercase character. For example:

Location

The term name for a property always starts with an lowercase character. Where the term name is comprised of multiple
concatenated words, the leading character of the second and each subsequent word will be an uppercase character. For example:

streetAddress
localityName

Summary of Terms

This vocabulary defines

one class

and
7 properties

.

Vocabulary Classes

Vocabulary Properties

RDF Schema

The schema included here is informational only. The normative schema can be found at http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema-20060423.rdf

<rdf:RDF
   xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#"
   xmlns:skos="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#"
   xmlns:cc="http://web.resource.org/cc/"
   xmlns:dctype="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/"
   xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
   xmlns:vann="http://purl.org/vocab/vann/"
   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
   xmlns:owl="http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#"
   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
  
  <owl:Ontology
     rdf:about=""
     dc:date="2006-04-23">
    <dc:title xml:lang="en">Address</dc:title>
    <rdfs:comment xml:lang="en">
      This vocabulary defines a set of terms for describing addresses.
    </rdfs:comment>
    <dc:identifier>http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema-20060423</dc:identifier>
    <dct:isVersionOf rdf:resource="http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema#"/>
    <dc:creator>Ian Davis <http://purl.org/NET/iand></dc:creator>
    <dc:rights>Copyright © 2005 Talis Information Ltd.</dc:rights>
    <vann:preferredNamespaceUri>http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema#</vann:preferredNamespaceUri>
    <vann:preferredNamespacePrefix>ad</vann:preferredNamespacePrefix>
    <dct:hasFormat>
      <dctype:Text rdf:about="http://www.talis.com/tdn/platform/reference/schemas/address">
        <dc:format>
          <dct:IMT>
            <rdf:value>text/html</rdf:value>
            <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">HTML</rdfs:label>
          </dct:IMT>
        </dc:format>
      </dctype:Text>
    </dct:hasFormat>
    <dct:hasFormat>
      <dctype:Text rdf:about="http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema-20060423.rdf">
        <dc:format>
          <dct:IMT>
            <rdf:value>application/rdf+xml</rdf:value>
            <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">RDF</rdfs:label>
          </dct:IMT>
        </dc:format>
      </dctype:Text>
    </dct:hasFormat>
    <dct:issued>2006-04-23</dct:issued>
  </owl:Ontology>
  
  <owl:DatatypeProperty rdf:about="http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema#streetAddress">
    <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">streetAddress</rdfs:label>
    <skos:definition xml:lang="en">the building name and number and street name</skos:definition>
    <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema#"/>
    <dct:issued>2006-04-23</dct:issued>
  </owl:DatatypeProperty>
  
  <owl:DatatypeProperty rdf:about="http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema#localityName">
    <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">localityName</rdfs:label>
    <skos:definition xml:lang="en">
      the name of the city, town, village or other geopolitical region for 
      which the streetAddress is unambiguous.
    </skos:definition>
    <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema#"/>
    <dct:issued>2006-04-23</dct:issued>
  </owl:DatatypeProperty>
  
  <owl:DatatypeProperty rdf:about="http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema#regionName">
    <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">regionName</rdfs:label>
    <skos:definition xml:lang="en">
      - the name of the region within the country, principality or national 
      entity.
    </skos:definition>
    <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema#"/>
    <dct:issued>2006-04-23</dct:issued>
  </owl:DatatypeProperty>
  
  <owl:DatatypeProperty rdf:about="http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema#countryName">
    <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">countryName</rdfs:label>
    <skos:definition xml:lang="en">the name of the country, principality or national entity.</skos:definition>
    <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema#"/>
    <dct:issued>2006-04-23</dct:issued>
  </owl:DatatypeProperty>
  
  <owl:DatatypeProperty rdf:about="http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema#postalCode">
    <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">postalCode</rdfs:label>
    <skos:definition xml:lang="en">the postcode or zipcode of the address.</skos:definition>
    <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema#"/>
    <dct:issued>2006-04-23</dct:issued>
  </owl:DatatypeProperty>
  
  <owl:DatatypeProperty rdf:about="http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema#tel">
    <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">tel</rdfs:label>
    <skos:definition xml:lang="en">
      a telephone number which can be used to contact a person at the address. 
      The number must be in standard international format.
    </skos:definition>
    <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema#"/>
    <dct:issued>2006-04-23</dct:issued>
  </owl:DatatypeProperty>
  
  <owl:DatatypeProperty rdf:about="http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema#fax">
    <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">fax</rdfs:label>
    <skos:definition xml:lang="en">
      a fax number which can be used to contact a person at the address. The 
      number must be in standard international format.
    </skos:definition>
    <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema#"/>
    <dct:issued>2006-04-23</dct:issued>
  </owl:DatatypeProperty>
  
  <rdfs:Class rdf:about="http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema#Location">
    <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Location</rdfs:label>
    <skos:definition xml:lang="en">A physical location that may be visited.</skos:definition>
    <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://schemas.talis.com/2005/address/schema#"/>
    <dct:issued>2006-04-23</dct:issued>
  </rdfs:Class>
</rdf:RDF>