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This specification defines a set of classes and properties that structure information about human remains.
This document is a standard that was developed after some conversations at the LODLAM meeting in San Francisco and the email exchanges that followed. While minor modifications will be made over time, this ontology should be mature.
Comments are welcome at data@muninn-project.org.
This project was created as a result of some of the data and modelling problems encountered in the Muninn WW1 Project with respects to the treatment of the remains of soldiers on the battlefield. The Great War was one of the first conflicts where an attempt was made to locate the final resting places of soldiers killed on the battlefield. The scope of the conflict was such that the registration and management of graves and cemeteries required (in the experience of the British Empire) the creation of a commission whose work is still ongoing in 2011.
The modelling of the processes of death, burial, re-interment as well of the erection of various monuments, markers and cenotaph became too complex for simple event-style data structures. Furthermore, a portable ontology unrelated to the original project goals became desirable to develop simple linkages to other projects.
The following name spaces are used within the rdf examples within this documentation:
Namespace | url | Name | |
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http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/organization# | org | Civilian Organizations | (FOAF Subclasses) |
http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/military# | mil | Military Ontology | (FOAF Subclasses) |
http://xmlns.com/foaf/spec/ | foaf | Friend of a Friend | |
http://dbpedia.org/resource/ | dbpedia | DBpedia.org | |
http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/ | dc | Dublin Core | |
http://iptc.org/std/rNews/2011-10-07# | rnews | IPTC Rnews Markup | |
http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos# | geo | W3 Geolocation Markup | |
http://www.geonames.org/ontology | gn | Geonames Ontology |
The 1.0 version of this ontology has been updated with some new classes related to war graves, military cemeteries and ship wrecks. A new hasState property has been added that can record the state of the monument (built, ruined, destroyed) and in conjunction with the next_instance, previous_instances can be used to record lightweight events occurring to monuments. A startDate and endDate were also added to record construction or observation date.
A number of properties were deprecated and can be cross referenced here here, the ontology provides appropriate equivalences mapping for all deprecated properties or classes.
An update sparql (1.0) script is provided to update deprecated items from the previous version whenever possible, you'll need to add your graph names to the script to keep your database consistent. Be sure to check the script before you run it.
The initial design objectives for the ontology were:
A number of issues and corner cases aren't currently addressed.
The philosophy of the graves ontology is to provide a basic set of classes that represent most of the information necessary to identify a grave of interest and describe its physical location.
Graves makes use of the OWL ontological markup and has four basic groups of objects: cemeteries and/or archaeological digs, graves, remains (skeletons or ashes) and monuments.
Cemeteries and archaeological digs are the primary location where graves and remains are to be found and the administrative unit that maintains them. Depending on the end application, these classes may be considered subclasses of geographical features, organizations or projects.
A grave is defined as a receptacle for human remains. Subclasses are used for cases of Empty Graves or Mass Graves.
Human remains are classes which deal with full skeletons, the partial remains of a human being (especially in the case of some arch digs) and their ashes after creation.
Lastly, most graves or death are commemorated in some way through the use of a Tombstone or some sort of Monument. In all cases, the ontology supports the description of the movement or rearrangement over time.
Classes: Ashes, Burial_mound, Cemetery, Cenotaph, Churchyard, Container_for_human_remains, Crypt, Dead_people_place, Dig_site, EmptyGrave, Grave, Gravestone, Graveyard, Headstone, Mass_grave, Memorial, MilitaryCemetery, Monument, ObjectState, Ossuary, Partial_remains, Plaque, Remains, Sarcophagus, ShipWreck, Shrine, Skeleton, Statue, Tombstone, Tumulus, WarGrave,
Properties: atDepth, containsGrave, containsRemains, denomination, endDate, epitaph, graveContainedIn, hasBottomPart, hasCommemoration, hasEastFace, hasFrontFace, hasLocation, hasLocationObfuscated, hasMap, hasNorthFace, hasPart, hasRearFace, hasSouthFace, hasState, hasTopPart, hasWestFace, hisRemains, id, inscription, isBottomPartOf, isCommemorationOf, isEastFaceOf, isFrontFaceOf, isNorthFaceOf, isPartOf, isRearFaceOf, isRemainsOf, isSouthFaceOf, isTopPartOf, isWestFaceOf, monument_title, movedFrom, movedTo, remainsIn, siteName, startDate,
Instances: Abandoned, Burned, Demolished, Eliminated, Rebuilt, Ruins, Servicable, Unbuilt, UnServicable, Wrecked,
Use cases specific to Graves:
We start with a grave, with someone's remains in it. The urls are shortened to look pleasing.
the FOAF ontology to point to a picture of the grave.<graves:Grave rdf:about="The Specific Grave"> <graves:hasLocation>C6</graves:hasLocation> <graves:containsRemains> <graves:Skeleton rdf:about="Those Specific Remains"> </graves:containsRemains> </graves:Grave>
Next, we add the tombstone that was erected over the grave and record it inscription. We have a picture of the tombstone so we add a depiction of it.
<graves:Grave rdf:about="The Specific Grave"> <graves:hasCommemoration> <graves:Tombstone rdf:about="The Specific Tombstone"> <graves:inscription>A Canadian Soldier of the Great War</graves:inscription> <graves:epitaph>Known unto God</graves:epitaph> <foaf:depiction rdf:resource="Picture of the Tombstone"/> </graves:Tombstone> </graves:hasCommemoration> <graves:containsRemains> <graves:Skeleton rdf:about="Those Specific Remains"/> </graves:containsRemains> </graves:Grave>
Thus the grave contains a skeleton of an unknown Canadian soldier and has a tombstone marking it. Because we do not know the identity of the fallen soldier, it is not possible to put a name to the remains. However we can pro-actively create an instance of the person and add what we do know about this soldier to that reference. This would look like:
<graves:Grave rdf:about="The Specific Grave"> <graves:hasCommemoration> <graves:Tombstone rdf:about="The Specific Tombstone"> <graves:inscription>A Canadian Soldier of the Great War</graves:inscription> <graves:epitaph>Known unto God</graves:epitaph> <foaf:depiction rdf:resource="Picture of the Tombstone"/> </graves:Tombstone> </graves:hasCommemoration> <graves:containsRemains> <graves:Skeleton rdf:about="Those Specific Remains"> <graves:isRemainsOf> <mil:Soldier rdf:about="This Unknown Soldier"> <mil:name>A unidentified soldier of the Great War</mil:name> <org:allegiance rdf:resource="Canada as it was in 1918"/> </mil:Soldier> </graves:isRemainsOf> </graves:Skeleton> </graves:containsRemains> </graves:Grave>
We could have taken this example a little further and added that 1) the soldier should have been born at a minimum before 1902 (you would need to be 16 to look old enough to enlist) and 2) male (this *is* the first world war). Why is this important? Later on, this will allows anyone to reconcile their list of lost soldiers with our lost soldier because we are providing a unique identifier for that person (which someone else can reference) and providing other with what we know about them (e.g.: A German Red Cross Nurse missing in action from that period would obviously not be a match).
Lastly, the grave is contained within the Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery in France in location C6. The final markup for this example is thus:
<graves:MilitaryCemetery rdf:about="Givenchy Cemetery"> <graves:siteName>Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery<graves:siteName> <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery (France)<rdfs:label> <graves:hasLocation> <geo:Point rdf:about="Cemetery Location"> <geo:lat>50.37599</geo:lat> <geo:long>2.76452</geo:long> <geo:Point> </graves:hasLocation> <graves:containsGrave> <graves:Grave rdf:about="The Specific Grave"> <graves:hasLocation>C6</graves:hasLocation> <graves:hasCommemoration> <graves:Tombstone rdf:about="The Specific Tombstone"> <graves:inscription>A Canadian Soldier of the Great War</graves:inscription> <graves:epitaph>Known unto God</graves:epitaph> <foaf:depiction rdf:resource="Picture of the Tombstone"/> </graves:Tombstone> </graves:hasCommemoration> <graves:containsRemains> <graves:Skeleton rdf:about="Those Specific Remains"> <graves:isRemainsOf> <mil:Soldier rdf:about="This Unknown Soldier"> <mil:name>A unidentified soldier of the Great War</mil:name> <org:allegiance rdf:resource="Canada as it was in 1918"/> </mil:Soldier> </graves:isRemainsOf> </graves:Skeleton> </graves:containsRemains> </graves:Grave> <graves:MilitaryCemetery>
The complete RDF dump of this example can be queried here.
We can extend the rdf with some owl statements to encode more knowledge within the markup. Taking the previous example, we can restrict the potential identity of the remains within the grave to the set of soldiers that are known to be missing in action. The markup gets rather ugly in OWL for large collections of missing soldiers, but this is why we have a machine do it.
<graves:Grave rdf:about="The Specific Grave"> <graves:hasLocation>C6</graves:hasLocation> <graves:hasCommemoration> <graves:Tombstone rdf:about="The Specific Tombstone"> <graves:inscription>A Canadian Soldier of the Great War</graves:inscription> <graves:epitaph>Known unto God</graves:epitaph> <foaf:depiction rdf:resource="Picture of the Tombstone"/> </graves:Tombstone> </graves:hasCommemoration> <graves:containsRemains> <graves:Skeleton rdf:about="Those Specific Remains"> <graves:isRemainsOf< <mil:Soldier rdf:about="This Unknown Soldier"< <owl:oneOf rdf:parseType="Collection"> <owl:Thing rdf:about="1st Soldier Missing in Action"/> <owl:Thing rdf:about="2nd Soldier Missing in Action"/> (...) </owl:oneOf> </mil:Soldier> </graves:isRemainsOf> </graves:Skeleton> </graves:containsRemains> </graves:Grave>
The simple grave on the banks of the river in northern Ontario, without cemetery or graveyard. The name of the person is partially known as well as the date of death, but we don't create a Person instance for him.
<graves:Grave rdf:about=" ... "> <!-- Cedar Lake --> <graves:hasLocation rdf:resource="Geonames Cedar Lake"/> <!-- Algonquin Park Boundaries--> <graves:hasLocation rdf:resource="Geonames Algonquin Park "/> <graves:siteName>Grave of A. Corbeil</graves:siteName> <foaf:name>Grave of A. Corbeil</foaf:name> <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Grave of A. Corbeil (Algonquin Park, Canada)</rdfs:label> <!-- The actual location of the grave --> <graves:hasLocation> <geo:Point rdf:about=" Precise Lat and Long "> <geo:lat>46.004756708462466</geo:lat> <geo:long>-78.4839677810669</geo:long> </geo:Point> </graves:hasLocation> <!-- Grave has a wooden marker --> <graves:hasCommemoration> <graves:Tombstone rdf:about=" Thombstone instance"> <graves:hasName>A Corbeil June 1 1888</graves:hasName> <graves:epitaph>IHS</graves:epitaph> </graves:Tombstone> </graves:hasCommemoration> <graves:containsRemains> <graves:Skeleton rdf:about=" Skeleton instance "/> </graves:containsRemains> <documents:depiction rdf:resource=" Image of grave "/> </graves:Grave>
The complete RDF dump of this example can be queried here.
After the Great War, the Canadian Bank of Commerce commissioned a book and a series of plaques to commemorate its employees that participated in the Great War. In 1961, the bank merged with the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Bank_of_Canada">Imperial Bank of Canada to form modern day Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
This particular plaque is now displayed at the Uptown Waterloo, Ontario CIBC branch. Interestingly, one of the soldiers listed Hubert George Hazelton does not appear in any of the Great War databases but is referenced in the Canadian Bank of Commerce "Letters from The Front", Volume 2, Page 194.
In the following markup, the rnews markup is used to records a North American style street and mailing address as well as a WGS84 longitude and latitude point.
<graves:Plaque rdf:about=" 936318e7cf2a769ba1eea2b7ba5a6d0c "> <graves:siteName>CBC Waterloo Branch Great War Plaque</graves:siteName> <graves:inscription>IN MEMORY OF 1701 MEN OF THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 LT H G HAZELTON SGT C R KRANE SPR W R DIERLAMM WATERLOO ONT BRANCH</graves:inscription> <graves:commemorates rdf:resource=" 426398_Charles_Robert_Kranz_CEF /> <graves:commemorates rdf:resource=" 355071_Wilfred_R_Dierlamm_CEF "/> <graves:commemorates rdf:resource=" 866b9bb7ef671b2a6a9afcec7079bf30 "/> <graves:hasLocation> <rnews:PostalAddress rdf:about=" c688267b00b90a6e69200cfa7bcef7b8 "> <foaf:name>Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce</foaf:name> <rnews:postalCode>N2J3Z6</rnews:postalCode> <rnews:streetAddress>27 King Street North</rnews:streetAddress> <rnews:telephone>+1-519-886-2960</rnews:telephone> <rnews:addressCountry rdf:resource="http://sws.geonames.org/6251999/"/> <rnews:addressLocality rdf:resource="http://sws.geonames.org/6176823/"/> <rnews:addressRegion rdf:resource="http://sws.geonames.org/6093943/"/> </rnews:PostalAddress> </graves:hasLocation> <graves:hasLocation> <geo:Point rdf:about=" ... "> <geo:lat>43.465883</geo:lat> <geo:long>-80.522788</geo:long> </geo:Point> </graves:hasLocation> <documents:depiction rdf:resource=" ... "/> </graves:Plaque>
The complete RDF dump of this example can be queried here.
There has been some discussion about the representation and markup of a monument surface to link certain elements to annotations and further RDF. The Graves ontology only deals with the monument in itself and the image of the monument is linked through a depiction property. Since most people mean to annotate an image for human consumption, the simplest way to do this it through html image maps and svg annotation. There have been attempts at that in the past, notably in the W3C Incubator Group and the Mindswap Image Annotator using the Image Region Ontology.
All of these tools rely so far on embedding svg markup into rdf. This is useful for directly producing an image in the style of the Figure below in that the svg can be superimposed over the image or converted into an html map. However, it is not possible to access the data from within the linked open data world.
The Linked Geo Data makes use of an approach based on rdf:Seq and rdf:li (see this example for the Soviet Cemetery in Weimar). This works in an rdf setting but not necessarily in an owl setting and needs further thinking.
Graves deals primarily with discrete aspects of monument annotation, such as (artistic) title, (place) name and inscription and epitaph. The simplest way to integrate an external annotation to the graves ontology is to repeatedly use the inscription property to link specific annotation instances to both the image instance of the monument and the Graves instance of the monument.
The Soviet Military Cemetery is Weimar, Germany dates from the end of the Second World War. 3 men to hole in the ground, 6 men to a tombstone, the cemetery is an odd place frozen in time following the end of the Second World War and the beginning of the cold war. The grass is still cut, but the gas torch that used to blaze on the soviet monument has long been turned off. Some tombstones have a full inscription, some only a surname.
The cemetery contains several hundreds of graves and the rdf is fully materialized with inverse properties. Notice that the graves:hasFrontFace and graves:hasFrontFace properties were used to identify which side of the tombstone the inscriptions are inscribed on.
<graves:MilitaryCemetery rdf:about="Soviet Cemetery"> <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Soviet Military Cemetary (Weimar, Germany)</rdfs:label> <owl:sameAs rdf:resource="http://linkedgeodata.org/triplify/way119212346"/> <foaf:name>Soviet Military Cemetary</foaf:name> <graves:denomination></graves:denomination> <graves:siteName>Soviet Military Cemetary</graves:siteName> <gn:locatedIn rdf:resource="http://sws.geonames.org/2812482/"/> <graves:hasPart rdf:resource="Central Monument"/> <graves:hasPart rdf:resource="Cemetery Gate"/> <graves:containsGrave rdf:resource="БЕАКИН's Grave"/> <graves:containsGrave rdf:resource="ГРОМОВ's Grave"/> ( ... ) </graves:MilitaryCemetery> <graves:Monument rdf:about="Central Monument"> <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Soviet Cemetary Monument (Weimar, Germany)</rdfs:label> <rdfs:name>Soviet Cemetary Monument</rdfs:name> <graves:siteName>Monument to Soviet Soldiers buried in the Cemetary.</graves:siteName> <foaf:depiction rdf:resource="Momument Picture"/> <graves:hasLocation> <geo:Point rdf:about="Monument Location"> <geo:lat>50.974984</geo:lat> <geo:long>11.332123</geo:long> </geo:Point> <graves:hasLocation> <graves:inscription xml:lang="en">ETERNAL GLORY TO THE HEROES YEARS 1941 - 1945</graves:inscription> <graves:inscription xml:lang="ru">ВЕЧНАЯ СЛАВА ГЕРОЯМ 1941 - 1945 ГГ </graves:inscription> <gn:locatedIn rdf:resource="http://sws.geonames.org/2812482/"/> <graves:isPartOf rdf:resource="Soviet Cemetery"/> </<graves:Monument> <graves:Monument rdf:about="Cemetery Gate"> <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Soviet Cemetary Gate (Weimar, Germany)</rdfs:label> <foaf:name>Cemetary Gate</foaf:name> <graves:siteName xml:lang="en">Soviet Cemetary Gate</graves:siteName> <foaf:depiction rdf:resource="Picture of Gate 1"/> <foaf:depiction rdf:resource="Picture of Gate 2"/> <graves:hasLocation> <geo:Point rdf:about="Gate Location"> <geo:lat>50.974903</geo:lat> <geo:long>11.331570</geo:long> </geo:Point> <graves:hasLocation> <gn:locatedIn rdf:resource="http://sws.geonames.org/2812482/"/> <graves:isPartOf rdf:resource="Soviet Cemetery"/> </<graves:Monument> <graves:Tombstone rdf:about="Tombstone 1 Front"> <foaf:depiction rdf:resource="Picture of Front of Tombstone 1"/> <graves:hasRearFace rdf:resource="Tombstone 1 Back"/> <graves:inscription>ГРУНОВ 1901-1946 ДРОЗДОВ ФЕДОР 1916-1946 ЗУБКОВ НИКОЛАЙ 1920-1945</graves:inscription> <graves:isCommemorationOf rdf:resource="ГРУНОВ's Grave"/> <graves:isCommemorationOf rdf:resource="ДРОЗДОВ's Grave"/> <graves:isCommemorationOf rdf:resource="ЗУБКОВ's Grave"/> <graves:isPartOf rdf:resource="Soviet Cemetery"/> </graves:Tombstone> <graves:Tombstone rdf:about="Tombstone 1 Back"> <foaf:depiction rdf:resource="Picture of Back of Tombstone 1"/> <graves:hasFrontFace rdf:resource="Tombstone 1 Front"/> <graves:inscription>БЕАКИН ВАСИПИЙ 1923-1945 ГРОМОВ СЕМЕН 1921-1945 ДОВИДЕН ПАВЕЛ 1920-1946</graves:inscription> <graves:isCommemorationOf rdf:resource="БЕАКИН's Grave"/> <graves:isCommemorationOf rdf:resource="ГРОМОВ's Grave"/> <graves:isCommemorationOf rdf:resource="ДОВИДЕН's Grave"/> <graves:isPartOf rdf:resource="Soviet Cemetery"/> </graves:Tombstone> <graves:Graves rdf:about="БЕАКИН's Grave"> <graves:hasCommemoration rdf:resource="Tombstone 1 Back"/> <graves:containsRemains rdf:resource="БЕАКИН's Remains"/> <graves:graveContainedIn rdf:resource="Soviet Cemetery"/> </graves:Graves> <graves:Skeleton rdf:about="БЕАКИН's Remains"> <graves:isRemainsOf rdf:resource="Soldier БЕАКИН ВАСИПИЙ"/> <graves:remainsIn rdf:resource="БЕАКИН's Grave"/> </graves:Skeleton> <mil:Soldier rdf:about="Soldier БЕАКИН ВАСИПИЙ"> <rdfs:label xml-lang="ru">БЕАКИН ВАСИПИЙ (Советский солдат, 1923-1945)"</rdfs:label> <rdfs:label xml-lang="en">BEAKIN VASIPY (Soviet Soldier, 1923-1945)"</rdfs:label> <mil:name xml-lang="ru">БЕАКИН ВАСИПИЙ"</mil:name> <mil:firstName xml-lang="ru">БЕАКИН"</mil:firstName> <mil:lastName xml-lang="ru">ВАСИПИЙ"</mil:lastName> <mil:allegiance rdf:resource="Dbpedia Soviet Union"/> <mil:birthday rdf:resource="БЕАКИН's Birth"/> <mil:deathday rdf:resource="БЕАКИН's Death"/> <graves:hisRemains rdf:resource="БЕАКИН's Remains"/> </mil:Soldier> (...)
The complete RDF dump of this example can be queried here.
The Canadian War Memorial in Ottawa would look like this and includes the grave of the unknown soldier. What makes this particular case interesting is that the remains in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers were transferred from a grave in the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery in France. Notice that the provenance of the remains is recorded as well as the construction dates of the tomb and the Cenotaph.
<graves:Cenotaph rdf:about="The Cenotaph itself"> <owl:sameAs rdf:resource="Dbpedia Instance/> <foaf:depiction rdf:resource="Picture of the Cenotaph"/> <!-- Should avoid characters like '(' that can be mangled by parsers in urls --> <graves:hasLocation> <geo:Point rdf:about="Cenotaph Location"> <geo:lat>45.424036</geo:lat> <geo:long>-75.695497</geo:long> </geo:Point> </graves:hasLocation> <graves:siteName xml:lang="en">National War Memorial</graves:siteName> <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">National War Memorial (Canada)</rdfs:label> <graves:siteName xml:lang="fr">Monument commémoratif de guerre du Canada</graves:siteName> <rdfs:label xml:lang="fr">Monument commémoratif de guerre du Canada</rdfs:label> <graves:isCommemorationOf rdf:resource="Great War"/> <graves:isCommemorationOf rdf:resource="Korean War"/> <graves:isCommemorationOf rdf:resource="Second World War"/> <graves:isCommemorationOf> <foaf:Group rdf:about="Canadian Veterans"> <foaf:name>Canadian War Veterans</foaf:name> </foaf:Group> </graves:isCommemorationOf> <graves:hasPart> <graves:Sarcophagus rdf:about="The Sarcophagus"> <foaf:depiction rdf:resource="Picture of the Sarcophagus"/> <graves:siteName>Tomb of the Unknown Soldier<graves:siteName> <owl:sameAs rdf:resource="Dbpedia Instance"/> <graves:containsRemains> <graves:Skeleton rdf:about="Unknown Soldier's Remains"> <graves:hisRemains> <graves:Soldier rdf:about="An Unknown Soldier"> <foaf:name>An Unknown Canadian Soldier of the First World War</foaf:name> </graves:Soldier> </graves:hisRemains> <graves:movedFrom rdf:resource="Previous Resting Place"/> </graves:Skeleton> </graves:containsRemains> <graves:startDate rdf:datatype="Date">20000528</graves:startDate> </graves:Sarcophagus> </graves:hasPart> <graves:startDate rdf:datatype="Date">19381038</graves:startDate> <documents:createdBy rdf:resource="Designer"/> </graves:Cenotaph>
Here we record that the grave containing the remains of the Unknown soldier has been removed and that remains were moved to the Sarcophagus. The markup for the original tombstone and the current one are not represented here.
<graves:Cemetery rdf:about="Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery"> <graves:siteName>Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery</graves:siteName> <graves:containsGrave> <graves:WarGrave rdf:about="The Old Gravesite"> <graves:hasLocation>Plot 8, Row E, Grave 7</graves:hasLocation> <graves:containsRemains> <graves:Skeleton rdf:about="Unknown Soldier's Remains"> <graves:hisRemains rdf:resource="An Unknown Soldier"/> <graves:movedTo rdf:resource="The Sarcophagus"/> </graves:Skeleton> </graves:containsRemains> <graves:endDate rdf:datatype="Date">20000516</graves:endDate> <graves:startDate rdf:resource="During the Great War"/> </graves:WarGrave> </graves:containsGrave> </graves:Cemetery> </rdf:RDF>
The complete RDF dump of this example can be queried here.
The Kitchener Cenotaph was built in 1929 and was moved twice before coming to its current location. During that time, the inscriptions were changed to reflect the events of the Second World War and the Korean War. The image below is an image map that links to the fragments of the RDF markup. Click on the image to explore how the monument is represented.
The complete RDF dump of this example can be queried here.
In certain cases it is desirable to breakdown a large and complex monument into smaller sub-monuments for both simplicity, ease of retrieval and to express specific cultural artifacts.
This example marks up the Halifax Boer War Memorial in Halifax, Nova Scotia and is represented using a series of sub monuments each having several faces to them. The html image map below is linked to the rdf instances within Muninn.
In this case, several instances of persons, military regiments, battles and events are commemorated and depicted.
The complete RDF dump of this example can be queried here.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Ashes
Human Ashes -
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Burial_mound
Burial Mound -
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Cemetery
Cemetery - A collection of graves in a single administrative unit. Distinct from a mass-grave.
This class is equivalent to the dbpedia instance http://dbpedia.org/resource/Cemetery based on the 514561782 version of the Wikipedia page.
This class is equivalent to the instance http://linkedgeodata.org/ontology/LanduseCemetery.
This class is equivalent to the instance http://linkedgeodata.org/ontology/Cemetery.
This class is a subclass of Dead people place.
A cemetery is a collection of graves in a location under a common administration, past or present.
<graves:Cemetery rdf:about="Holy Cross Cemetery"> <dc:source>http://holycrosshalifax.ca/</dc:source> <graves:denomination rdf:resource="Catholic"/> <graves:siteName>Holy Cross Cemetery</graves:siteName> <graves:hasLocation> <geo:Point rdf:about="HolyCrossHalifaxNSCenterPoint"> <geo:lat>44.639117</geo:lat> <geo:long>-63.576037</geo:long> </geo:Point> <graves:hasLocation> <gn:locatedIn rdf:resource="Halifax"/> <graves:containsGrave rdf:resource="Lt. Harold Howe"/> <graves:containsGrave rdf:resource="Sgt. Major Charles E. L. Lewis"/> <graves:containsGrave rdf:resource="Sgt. F. T. Mooring"/> <graves:containsGrave rdf:resource="Lt. A. St. Croix Des Brisay"/> <graves:containsGrave rdf:resource=" Joseph's Grave "/> </graves:Cemetery> ( ... ) <graves:Grave rdf:about=" Joseph's Grave "> <ns4:label xml:lang="en">Grave of Private Joseph Preston (Halifax, Canada)</ns4:label> <!-- Joseph's friends chipped in to get him a decent grave marker --> <documents:createdBy> <org:Group rdf:about=".."/> <org:name>The comrades of Joseph Preston</org:name> <org:Group> </documents:createdBy> <grave:siteName>Grave of Private Joseph Preston</ns1:siteName> <grave:hasLocation rdf:resource="Point"/> <grave:hasCommemoration rdf:resource=" Joseph's Tombstone "/> <grave:containsRemains rdf:resource=" Joseph's Remains "/> <grave:graveContainedIn rdf:resource=" Holy Cross Cemetery "/> </graves:Grave> <graves:Tombstone rdf:about=" Joseph's Tombstone "> <foaf:depiction rdf:resource=" Picture of the grave "/> <graves:inscription>LIEUTNANT HAROLD HOWE 66TH REGT. CDN. MILITIA 27TH NOVEMBER 1915 AGE 27</graves:inscription> <graves:isCommemorationOf rdf:resource=" Pvt. Joseph Preston "/> </graves:Tombstone> <graves:Remains rdf:about=" Joseph's Remains "> <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Remains of Joseph Preston (Halifax, Canada)</rdfs:label> <org:name>Remains of Joseph Preston</org:name> <graves:isRemainsOf rdf:resource=" Pvt. Joseph Preston "/> <graves:remainsIn rdf:resource=" Joseph's Grave "/> <graves:Remains> <mil:Soldier rdf:about=" Pvt. Joseph Preston "> <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Joseph Preston (Soldier, British Army)</rdfs:label> <graves:hisRemains rdf:resource=" Joseph's Remains "/> <mil:heldRank rdf:resource=" Rank of Private, British Army "/> <mil:isPrincipalOf rdf:resource=" Pvt. Preston joins the Regt. "/> <mil:name>Joseph Preston</mil:name> <mil:firstName>Joseph</mil:firstName> <mil:lastName>Preston</mil:lastName> <mil:deathday rdf:resource=" Joseph's Death "/> <mil:birthday rdf:resource=" Joseph's Birth "/> </mil:Soldier> (...)
The complete RDF dump of this example can be queried here.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Cenotaph
Cenotaph -
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Churchyard
Churchyard (Small, Religious or Unofficial) - A collection of graves in a single location, smaller in number than a cemetery that is attached to a place of worship and non longer used for new burials. Must have a denomination.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Container_for_human_remains
Container of human remains - A generic class to unify all containers of human remains.
A grave is a receptacle for the remains of human beings. Technically, this could be a funeral urn also.URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Crypt
Crypt -
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Dead_people_place
Dead people place - A physical and administrative place with dead people in it. Of the non-zombie kind.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Dig_site
Archaeological dig site - A physical location under the administration of an Archaeological organization where graves are being exhumed.
This class is equivalent to the instance http://linkedgeodata.org/ontology/ArchaeologicalSite.
This class is a subclass of Dead people place.
This is to represent a specific archaeological dig site, active or suspended.URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#EmptyGrave
Empty Grave - Use this for empty graves.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Grave
Grave - A single or mass grave with the remains of human beings.
This class is equivalent to the dbpedia instance http://dbpedia.org/resource/Grave based on the 515046345 version of the Wikipedia page.
This class is a subclass of Container of human remains.
A grave is a receptacle for the remains of human beings.URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Gravestone
Gravestone - Convinience class - redirects to #tombstone.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Graveyard
Graveyard (Small, Religious or Unofficial) - A collection of graves in a single location, smaller in number than a cemetery that is usually attached to a place of worship and non longer used for new burials.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Headstone
Headstone - Convinience class - redirects to #tombstone.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Mass_grave
Mass Grave - True if the grave contains more than the remains of one person. This limit is arbitrary and needs debate.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Memorial
Memorial - A physical feature commemorating a person or group of people who have died.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#MilitaryCemetery
Cemetery (Military) - A collection of graves of soldiers in a single administrative unit. Distinct from a mass-grave. May also contain civilian graves, but the primary purpose of the cemetary must be military.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Monument
Monument - A physical feature commemorating something or someone.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#ObjectState
Object States - A set of states that an object can be in.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Ossuary
Ossuary -
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Partial_remains
Partial remains - Indicates partial remains of an entity, some additional ontologies would be needed to extend this for part of remains information.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Plaque
Commemorative plaque - A plaque commemorating a person, thing or event.
This class is equivalent to the dbpedia instance http://dbpedia.org/resource/Commemorative_plaque based on the 511073020 version of the Wikipedia page.
This class is a subclass of Monument.
Plaques are often used to commemorate individuals where a new structure would not be practical. Here is an example of one of the plaques at Dalhousie University in the Hicks building. I used Dublin Core mark-up to record the year of unveiling of the plaque.<graves:Plaque rdf:about="A Dal Plaque"> <dc:date>1918</dc:date> <foaf:depiction rdf:resource="Image of Plaque"/> <graves:hasLocation> <geo:Point rdf:about="Building Location"> <geo:lat>44.636214</geo:lat> <geo:long>-63.593207</geo:long> </geo:Point> </graves:hasLocation> <graves:hasLocation rdf:resource="http://linkedgeodata.org/triplify/way8039061"/> <graves:hasLocation> <rnews:PostalAddress rdf:about="Building Address"> <foaf:name>Henry Hicks Academic Building, Dalhousie University</foaf:name> <rnews:postalCode>B3H4H6</rnews:postalCode> <rnews:streetAddress>6299 South Street</rnews:streetAddress> <rnews:addressCountry rdf:resource="http://sws.geonames.org/6251999/"/> <rnews:addressLocality rdf:resource="http://sws.geonames.org/6324729/"/> <rnews:addressRegion rdf:resource="http://sws.geonames.org/6091530/"/> </rnews:PostalAddress> </graves:hasLocation> <graves:siteName xml:lang="en">Dalhousie University Great War Memorial Plaques</graves:siteName> <graves:inscription>IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE OF OUR CLASSMATES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914 - 1918 JOHN BURGESS CALKIN CARSON VERNON ARTHUR GRIERSON CYRIL HYDE HENRY ARTHUR MOSELY - "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" DALHOUSIE CLASS 1918</graves:inscription> <graves:isCommemorationOf> <foaf:Group rdf:about="All Dal Great War Vet."> <foaf:name>Dalhousie students that died in the Great War</foaf:name> <foaf:member> <foaf:Person rdf:about="John Carson"> <foaf:lastName>Carson</foaf:lastName> <foaf:firstName>John</foaf:firstName> <foaf:middleName1>Burgess</foaf:middleName1> <foaf:middleName2>Calkin</foaf:middleName2> <org:allegiance rdf:resource="Canada as it was in 1918"/< </foaf:Person> </foaf:member> <foaf:member> <foaf:Person rdf:about="Vernom Grierson"> <foaf:familyName>Grierson</foaf:familyName> <foaf:givenName>Vernon</foaf:givenName> <foaf:middleName1>Arthur</foaf:middleName1> <org:allegiance rdf:resource="Canada as it was in 1918"/< </foaf:Person> </foaf:member> <foaf:member> <foaf:Person rdf:about="Cyril Hyde"> <foaf:familyName>Hyde</foaf:familyName> <foaf:givenName>Cyril</foaf:givenName> <org:allegiance rdf:resource="Canada as it was in 1918"/< </foaf:Person> </foaf:member> <foaf:member> <foaf:Person rdf:about="Henry Moseley"> <foaf:familyName>Moseley</foaf:familyName> <foaf:givenName>Henry</foaf:givenName> <foaf:middleName1>Arthur</foaf:middleName1> <org:allegiance rdf:resource="Canada as it was in 1918"/< </foaf:Person> </foaf:member> </foaf:Group> </graves:isCommemorationOf> <graves:inscription>in proud remembrance of our classmates who gave their lives in the great war 1914 - 1918 Their name liveth for evermore</graves:inscription> </graves:Plaque>
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Remains
Human remains -
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Sarcophagus
Sarcophagus -
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#ShipWreck
Shipwreck -
This class is equivalent to the dbpedia instance http://dbpedia.org/resource/Shipwreck based on the 513841901 version of the Wikipedia page.
This class is a subclass of Dead people place.
This class is a subclass of Object is in a state.
Records the location of a ship wreck, including the depth at which the wreck is expected to rest. As some ship wrecks are classified as war graves by their home country, the WarGrave class should be extended to the instance when necessary.
<graves:ShipWreck rdf:about="U68 ShipWreck"> <foaf:siteName>Shipwreck of the U68</foaf:siteName> <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Shipwreck of the U68 (1915)</rdfs:label> <owl:sameAs rdf:resource="Dbpedia"/> <graves:hasApproximateLocation> <geo:Point rdf:about="Approximate location from G. Campbell"> <geo:lat>57.933333</geo:lat> <geo:long>-10.883333</geo:long> <documents:source> <dc:bibliographicCitation rdf:about="In Campbell's book"> <dc:title>My Mystery Ship</dc:title> <documents:createdBy rdf:resource="Dbpedia"/> <dc:page>102</dc:page> </dc:bibliographicCitation> </documents:source> </geo:Point> </graves:hasApproximateLocation> <graves:hasLocation> <geo:Point rdf:about="Precise? Location by uboat.net"> <geo:lat>51.9</geo:lat> <geo:long>-10.883333</geo:long> <documents:source rdf:resource="uboat.net"/> </geo:Point> </graves:hasLocation> <graves:startDate rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">19160322</graves:startDate> </graves:ShipWreck>
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Shrine
Shrine -
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Skeleton
Skeleton. - This property is meant to record that all of the larger bones of the skeleton were present. A body part seperatly buried or a skeleton missing a cranium would not be an instance of this property.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Statue
Statue -
This class is equivalent to the dbpedia instance http://dbpedia.org/resource/Statue based on the 509775553 version of the Wikipedia page.
This class is a subclass of Monument.
See the Cambridge War Memorial example.URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Tombstone
Tombstone -
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#Tumulus
Tumulus - Tumulus is actually the Latin word, but unclear what the appropriate English label is here.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#WarGrave
War Grave - A grave of a soldier or person involved in a war. This can include non-combatants.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#atDepth
At Depth - Record the approximate depth that the wreck lies at.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#containsGrave
contains grave -
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#containsRemains
Grave contains remains -
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#denomination
Denomination - The religious denomination of the #Dead_people_place. For example, a Catholic cemetery."
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#endDate
End Date -
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#epitaph
Epitaph - The short text honoring the deceased person or persons.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#graveContainedIn
Grave contained by -
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#hasBottomPart
Has a Bottom Face - Use this property to link the main monument to a monument instance that is on the bottom of the main one. Generally used by artists to sign their work.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#hasCommemoration
Has a commemoration - Records a monument that commemorates or represents the Person, Group or Event.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#hasEastFace
Has a east-facing surface - When dealing with monuments with multiple surfaces bearing inscriptions, use this property to link a Monument instance to another Monument instance describing the perticular surface that faces east.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#hasFrontFace
Has a front-facing surface - Use this property to link a Monument instance to another Monument instance that describes the front of the monument. The front of the monument is defined as the surface that the monument designer intended the visitor to see as a first surface.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#hasLocation
Location - Location in terms of longitude, latitude or geonames or street address.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#hasLocationObfuscated
Obfuscated Location - This property provides location information which is accurate but whos precision has been degraded for some reason. Replaces previous #obfuscated property.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#hasMap
has Map - Pointer to a instances or class that describes the map or grid reference system in use. Primarily meant for use with archeological digs and cemeteries, it is potentially useful for very large monuments.
There is currently no standard for the markup or recording of information about the location of graves within cemeteries or dig sites. This property is meant as a pointer to a map or geographic reference system used by the collection of graves to record location.
<graves:MilitaryCemetery rdf:About="Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery"> <graves:siteName<Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery</graves:siteName> (...) <!-- Map of grave locations according to the cwwg website --> <graves:hasMap rdf:resource="Givenchy Cemetery Map"/> </graves:MilitaryCemetery>
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#hasNorthFace
Has a north-facing surface - When dealing with monuments with multiple surfaces bearing inscriptions, use this property to link a Monument instance to another Monument instance describing that perticular surface that faces north.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#hasPart
Has an additional part - When dealing with complex monuments, use this to attach a main monument instance to a sub-monument.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#hasRearFace
Has a rear-facing surface - Use this property to link a Monument instance to another Monument instance that describes the rear-facing surface of the monument. The front of the monument is defined as the surface that the monument designer intended the visitor to see as a first surface.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#hasSouthFace
Has a south-facing surface - When dealing with monuments with multiple surfaces bearing inscriptions, use this property to link a Monument instance to another Monument instance describing the perticular surface that faces south.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#hasState
Object is in a state - The state of the object in terms of in construction, ruined, destroyed.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#hasTopPart
Has a Top Face - Use this property to link the main monument to a monument instance that is on top of the main one. Generally done for statues that are mounted to a pedestal with a plaque.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#hasWestFace
Has a west-facing surface - When dealing with monuments with multiple surfaces bearing inscriptions, use this property to link a Monument instance to another Monument instance describing the perticular surface that faces west.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#hisRemains
Person has remains -
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#id
ID - Local ID number for non linked open data processing.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#inscription
Inscription on Monument - The inscription on the moment. Can be a string or point to another document.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#isBottomPartOf
Is the bottom-facing surface of - Use this property to link the monument instance describing the bottom-part of the monument to the main monument instance. Generally used by artists to sign their work.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#isCommemorationOf
Is a commemoration of - Records any information as to the Person, Group, Event being commemorated or represented.
The memorial is a statue in a roadway island, in this example it commemorates local war veterans. The interesting bits here are that the model for the statue is known and so is the Sculptor.
<graves:Statue rdf:about="The Statue"> <owl:sameAs rdf:resource="The Status is OSM."/> <dc:date>1922</dc:date> <graves:hasTitle>The Homecoming</graves:hasTitle> <graves:siteName>Cambridge War Memorial</graves:siteName> <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Cambridge War Memorial (Cambridge, UK)</rdfs:label> <foaf:depiction rdf:resource="Picture of the statue"/> <foaf:depicts> <org:Person rdf:about="Kenneth was the model for the statue."> <foaf:familyName>Hamilton</foaf:familyName> <foaf:givenName>Kenneth</foaf:givenName> </org:Person> </foaf:depicts> <graves:hasLocation> <geo:Point rdf:about="Statue Location"> <geo:lat>52.195005</geo:lat> <geo:long>0.131273</geo:long> </geo:Point> </graves:hasLocation> <graves:inscription>to the men of cambridgeshire. the isle of ely. the borough and university of cambridge who served in the great war 1914-1919 and in the world war 1939-1945 </graves:inscription> <graves:isCommemorationOf> <foaf:Group rdf:about="Group Commemorated"> <foaf:name>Isle of Ely, Cambridge Area Combattants</foaf:name> </foaf:Group> </graves:isCommemorationOf> <documents:createdBy rdf:resource="The Sculptor"/> </graves:Statue>
Note that here we've created a group with only a name and no restrictions on memberships. It is possible to build some very creative owl statements to locate all persons that are commemorated by this monument by using a series of restrictions based on place and date of birth.
<graves:Cenotaph rdf:about="Cenotaph Itself"> <owl:sameAs rdf:resource="Linked Geo Data Cenotaph"/> <graves:siteName>Cambridge War Memorial</graves:siteName> <graves:inscription>In remembrance of our fellow workers that fell in the Great War and in the Second World War</graves:inscription> <graves:inCommemorationOf> <foaf:Group rdf:about="Commemorated Group"> <foaf:name>Cambridge Gas Works Employees</foaf:name> </foaf:Group> </graves:inCommemorationOf> <graves:hasLocation> <geo:Point rdf:about="Cenotaph Location"> <geo:lat>52.209986</geo:lat> <geo:long>0.144213</geo:long> </geo:Point> </graves:hasLocation> <documents:createdBy> <org:Group rdf:about="Employees of defunct gasworks"> <org:name>The employees of the Cambridge Gasworks</org:name> <!-- Gasworks taken down circa 1971 --> <org:deathday rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#gYear">1971>/org:deathday> <!-- About in the same area as the Tesco supermarket and its parking lot. Link to the location and not the object. --> <graves:hasLocation rdf:resource="Linked Geo Data Geometry"/> </org:Group> </documents:createdBy> </graves:Cenotaph>
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#isEastFaceOf
Is the east-facing surface of a Monument - When dealing with monuments with multiple surfaces bearing inscriptions, use this property to link the east-facing surface to the main Monument instance.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#isFrontFaceOf
Is the front-facing surface of - Use this property to link the monument instance describing the front surface of the monument to the main monument instance.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#isNorthFaceOf
Is the north-facing surface of a Monument - When dealing with monuments with multiple surfaces bearing inscriptions, use this property to link the north-facing surface to the main Monument instance.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#isPartOf
is Part of a monument - When dealing with complex monuments, use this to attach a sub-monument to the main instance.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#isRearFaceOf
Is the rear-facing surface of - Use this property to link the monument instance describing the rear-facing surface of the monument to the main monument instance.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#isRemainsOf
Remains of this Person - A place holder for any information related to the identity of the remains.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#isSouthFaceOf
Is the south-facing surface of a Monument - When dealing with monuments with multiple surfaces bearing inscriptions, use this property to link the south-facing surface to the main Monument instance.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#isTopPartOf
Is the top-facing surface of - Use this property to link the monument instance describing the top-part of the monument to the main monument instance. Usually used for statues.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#isWestFaceOf
Is the west-facing surface of a Monument - When dealing with monuments with multiple surfaces bearing inscriptions, use this property to link the west-facing surface to the main Monument instance.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#monument_title
Monument title - The name of the monument; distinct from the inscription on it.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#movedFrom
Moved from - Use this to relate a grave or remains to its original instance elsewhere. Use this for disinterments, relocation, storage, etc...
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#movedTo
Moved to - Use this to relate a grave or remains to its next instance elsewhere. Use this for disinterments, relocation, storage, etc...
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#remainsIn
Remains are in Grave -
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#siteName
Site Name - The name of the site / monument.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/graves#startDate
Start Date -
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/Abandoned
Abandoned - The object still exists but is not in use.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/Burned
Burned - The object was damaged by fire and it either permanently or temporarely unservicable.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/Demolished
Demolished - The object was destroyed or disassmbled and remains or traces of the object may exists.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/Eliminated
Eliminated - The object was completely and permanently destroyed or disassmbled. No remains or traces of the object exists.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/Rebuilt
Rebuilt - The object has been made servicable after damage through repairs.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/Ruins
Ruins - The object has been unservicable for some time and cannot be repaired, but some traces of the objects can still be observed.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/Servicable
Serviceable - The object is capable of performing its function (but may not be activated or in use).
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/Unbuilt
Unbuilt - The object is planned for construction but work has not begun (and / or may never be built).
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/UnServicable
unserviceable - The object is incapable of functioning but may be repairable.
No detailed documentation for this term.
URI: http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/Wrecked
Wrecked - The object is wrecked, crashed or in a state of disrepair because something collided with it or the ship sank.
No detailed documentation for this term.
The graves ontology is an initial attempt at documenting graves and sites containing human remains. Please feel free to email comments and concerns.
The following properties are deprecated and their equivalent instance is listed.