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Conceptual Model

A conceptual model is our own way of giving specificity to the previously shown frameworks, adding a new level of abstraction on top of them. This model is in fact based on the theoretical model, which lies on a much broader scale of resolution, and it is created by refactoring terms that have already been used and terms taken from existing schemas, vocabularies, and ontologies.

Schemas, ontologies and vocabularies selected in the theoretical model will be now used to define a set of properties useful to describe people, places, dates, events and concepts.

People



Question Predicate Model
What type of entity? rdf:type RDF
What is the name? foaf:name FOAF
What is the given name? foaf:givenName FOAF
What is the birth name? person:birthName PCV
What is the family name? foaf:familyName FOAF
What is the patronymic? person:patronymicName PCV
What is the variant name? gndo:variantNameOfThePerson GNDO
What is the pseudonym? gndo:pseudnymNameOfThePerson GNDO
What is the gender? foaf:gender FOAF
What is the person nationality? dbo:nationality DBpedia
What is the family the person is member of? gndo:memberOfTheFamily GNDO
What is the title of nobility? gndo:titleOfNobilty GNDO
Who is the predecessor? gndo:predecessor GNDO
Who is the successor? gndo:successor GNDO
What was the position held? gndo:functionOrRole GNDO
When was the person born? gndo:dateOfBirth GNDO
Where was the person born? person:placeOfBirth PCV
When did the person die? gndo:dateOfDeath GNDO
Where did the person die? person:placeOfDeath PCV
What was the cause of death? dbo:causeOfDeath DBpedia
Who killed the person? dbo:killedBy DBpedia
What kind of criminal is the person? dbo:kindOfCriminal DBpedia
When was the person arrested? dbo:apprehended DBpedia
What was the person charged for? dbo:criminalCharge DBpedia
What is the place of burial? dbo:placeOfBurial DBpedia
Who is the spouse? rel:spouseOf FOAF
Who are the descendants? rel:parentOf FOAF
When was the person coronated? dbo:coronationDate DBpedia
Where did the person live? dbo:livingPlace DBpedia
Where was the person active? gndo:placeOfActivity GNDO
What was the person waist size? dbo:waistSize DBpedia
What is the biographical note of the person? eac-cpf:biogHist EAC-CPF
Which resource has the person as primary topic? foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf FOAF
Which resource had the person as owner? rdau:P60630 RDA
In which resource is the person depicted? foaf:depiction FOAF
What did the person influence? dbo:influenced DBpedia

Places



Question Predicate Model
What is the generic type? rdf:type RDF
What is the type of building? dbo:buildingType DBpedia
What is the style? dbo:architecturalStyle DBpedia
What is the name of the place? gn:name GeoNames
What is the alternative name of the place? gn:alternateName GeoNames
What is the historical name? dbo:historicalName DBpedia
What is the country where the place is located? gn:parentCountry GeoNames
In which city the place is located? dbo:city DBpedia
What is the building start year? dbo:buildingStartYear DBpedia
What is the building end year? dbo:buildingEndYear DBpedia
What is the address? schema:address Schema
What is the postal code? gn:postalCode GeoNames
Who is the architect? dbo:architect DBpedia
What is the latitude? geo:lat Basic Geo
What is the longitude? geo:long Basic Geo
What is the map location of the place? gn:locationMap GeoNames
What is the country code? gn:countryCode GeoNames
What is the place wikipedia page? dbo:wikiPageExternalLink DBpedia
What is the description? dbo:abstract DBpedia
What is the dimension of the place? crm:P43_has_dimension CIDOC-CRM
Who is the current owner? crm:P52_has_current_owner CIDOC-CRM
Who is the former owner? crm:P51_has_former_or_current_owner CIDOC-CRM
When did the ownership change? dbo:dateAgreement DBpedia
What is the event associated to the place? schema:event Schema
What is the original use? dbo:initiallyUsedFor DBpedia
What is the current use? dbo:currentlyUsedFor DBpedia
In which resource is the place depicted? foaf:depiction FOAF

Dates



Question Predicate Model
What type of entity?* rdf:type RDF
How is the date translated in XSD? time:inXSDDate Time Ontology**
How is the year translated in XSD? time:inXSDgYear Time Ontology**

* Date-entities are not included in our model. However, we do not deny the possibility of further expansions.
** Included for explanatory reasons. See: Theoretical Model.

Events



Question Predicate Model
What type of entity? rdf:type RDF
Who is the protagonist of the event? bio:principal BIO
Who is the person that officiates at a ceremonial event? bio:officiator BIO
Who were the people involved? bio:participant BIO
Who are the witnesses? bio:witness BIO
Who is the agent? event:agent EVENT
Where was the event held? bio:place BIO
When was the event held? bio:date BIO
What is the following event? bio:immediatelyFollowingEvent BIO
Where is depicted? foaf:depiction FOAF
Is there an item related to the event? event:factor EVENT
Is the event referenced by something? dcterms:isReferencedBy DCMI

Concepts



Question Predicate Model
What is the type? rdf:type RDF
What is the title? crm:P102_has title CIDOC-CRM
Which resource has the concept as primary topic? foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf FOAF
What was the concept influenced by? crm:P15_was_influenced_by CIDOC-CRM
What are the people/organizations/events related to the concept? skos:related SKOS
Are there music productions for this concept? mo:produced_work Music Ontology
What does the concept represent? crm:P138_represents CIDOC-CRM
What exemplifies the concept? crm:P137_is_exemplified_by CIDOC-CRM
In which resource is the concept analysed rdau:P60219 RDA
When did it start? dbo:start DBpedia
When did it finish? dbo:end DBpedia
What is the concept definition? skos:definition SKOS
What are the places related to the concept? dbo:relatedplaces DBpedia

Filling the gaps...

This model adds another level of abstraction on top of the graphical representations seen before. It refactors terms taken from the theoretical model and uses terms defined in the conceptual model, with the purpose of replacing the natural language's instances previously used.