XML Ownership Signature (v. 0.1)

Overview

The XML Ownership Signature is an experimental standard for substantiating claims of ownership of digital text media. It is available as RDF in the source of this document and here.

Namespace

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<rdf:RDF
	xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
	xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#"
	xmlns:owl="http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#"
	xmlns:vs="http://www.w3.org/2003/06/sw-vocab-status/ns#"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:xosig="http://xmlns.sehrgut.co.uk/xosig/0.1/"
	xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"
	xmlns:wot="http://xmlns.com/wot/0.1/">

<owl:Ontology rdf:about="http://xmlns.sehrgut.co.uk/xosig/0.1/" dc:title="XML Ownership Signature (XOSig) Vocabulary" dc:description="XML Ownership Signature (XOSig) RDF vocabulary, described using W3C RDF Schema and the Web Ontology Language." dc:date="$Date: 2005/05/22 16:33:21 $">


	<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2001/08/rdfweb/foaf"/>

	<owl:imports rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema"/>
	<owl:imports rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl"/>

	<!-- wot:assurance rdf:resource="../foafsig"/ -->
	<!-- wot:src_assurance rdf:resource="../htmlfoafsig"/ -->
</owl:Ontology>

<rdf:class rdf:about="http://xmlns.sehrgut.co.uk/xosig/0.1/signature" vs:term_status="testing" rdfs:label="ownership signature" rdfs:comment="A class which is a signing unit of a document, used to substantiate claims of ownership.">

	<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://xmlns.sehrgut.co.uk/xosig/0.1/"/>
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:about="http://xmlns.sehrgut.co.uk/xosig/0.1/hasSig" vs:term_status="testing" rdfs:label="has signature" rdfs:comment="Indicates an ownership signature used by this agent.">
	<rdfs:domain rdf:resource="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Agent"/>
	<rdfs:range rdf:resource="http://xmlns.sehrgut.co.uk/xosig/0.1/OwnershipSignature"/>
	<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"/>
</rdf:Property>

<!-- The combination of xosig:id and xosig:src is a globally-unique identifier of a particular signature entity. -->
<rdf:Property rdf:about="http://xmlns.sehrgut.co.uk/xosig/0.1/src" vs:term_status="testing" rdfs:label="signature source" rdfs:comment="HTML document containing information about only one rdf signature document.">
	<rdfs:domain rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Resource"/>
	<rdfs:range rdf:resource="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Document"/>
	<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://xmlns.sehrgut.co.uk/xosig/0.1/"/>
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:about="http://xmlns.sehrgut.co.uk/xosig/0.1/id" vs:term_status="testing" rdfs:label="signature id" rdfs:comment="A numerical identification number identifying a given signature element within a single rdf document.">
	<rdfs:domain rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Resource"/>
	<rdfs:range rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Literal"/>
	<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://xmlns.sehrgut.co.uk/xosig/0.1/"/>
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:about="http://xmlns.sehrgut.co.uk/xosig/0.1/sha1" vs:term_status="testing" rdfs:label="sha1 hash" rdfs:comment="A sha1 hash of a secret text string which can be used to prove ownership.">

	<rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#InverseFunctionalProperty"/>

	<rdfs:domain rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Resource"/>
	<rdfs:range rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Literal"/>
	<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://xmlns.sehrgut.co.uk/xosig/0.1/"/>
</rdf:Property>

</rdf:RDF>