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Solid Vocabularies

This is a directory of ontologies and vocabularies used by the Solid project.

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Created for Solid

These vocabularies are created for the Solid project, and are contained in this repo.

solid/app

Contains a snapshot of the previous App Configuration vocabulary for Solid apps. Warning: do not use, the app configuration spec is currently in flux.

Source code: solid-app.ttl

solid/terms

Contains core Solid terms, such as links from a Solid WebID Profile to user account resources, WAC related predicates, and so on.

Canonical prefix URL: http://www.w3.org/ns/solid/terms#

Source code: solid-terms.ttl

solid/oidc

Contains OpenID Connect terms as used in the Solid-OIDC specification.

Canonical prefix URL: http://www.w3.org/ns/solid/oidc#

Source code: solid-oidc.ttl

solid/oidc-context

Contains a JSON-LD context document as used in the Solid-OIDC specification.

Canonical URL: https://www.w3.org/ns/solid/oidc-context.jsonld

Source code: solid-oidc-context.jsonld

Used in Core Solid Spec

These vocabularies are used in required/normative sections of the Solid Spec.

auth/acl

Used for Authorization/Web Access Control of Solid resources.

Canonical prefix URL: http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/acl#

auth/cert

Used in the Public Key Certificates portion of the Solid WebID Profile document.

Canonical prefix URL: http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/cert#

dc/terms

Solid uses the Dublin Core Terms vocabulary in several apps, but specifically in the Certificates section of the WebID Profile document.

Canonical prefix URL: http://purl.org/dc/terms/

foaf

The FOAF ontology is used in WebID Profile documents and Web Access Control .acl resources.

Canonical prefix URL: http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/

ldp

Describes Linked Data Platform terms. Used in the Content Representation and REST API sections of the Solid spec.

Canonical prefix URL: http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#

owl

The Solid spec uses the Web Ontology Language vocab for specifying Extended Profiles, via owl:sameAs links from the WebID Profile document.

Canonical prefix URL: http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#

pim/space

Used in the Solid WebID Profile spec for discovery of user account resources (to link to Root Storage and Preferences resources).

Canonical prefix URL: http://www.w3.org/ns/pim/space#

posix/stat

Describes terms for POSIX-like files and directory listings. Used in the Solid REST API when listing Containers.

Canonical prefix URL: http://www.w3.org/ns/posix/stat#

Source code: posix-stat.rdf

rdf-schema

The Solid spec uses the RDF Schema vocab for specifying Extended Profiles, via rdfs:seeAlso links from the WebID Profile document.

Canonical prefix URL: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#

Recommended by Solid

These vocabularies and ontologies are recommended by the Solid project for maximum interoperability between apps.

vcard

The vCard Ontology is recommended for Contact Management like applications for use with the Solid ecosystem.

Canonical prefix URL: http://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns#

Solid Extensions:

  • AddressBook - an RDF class for representing address books that contain contacts.