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WorldCat Person

Discover details about WorldCat Person Entities, a subclass of WorldCat Agent.

Class

Person

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Subclass of
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/Person Individual Human (alive or dead) WorldCat Agent

Declared Properties

child

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/child Person's legal, biological, and/or self-identified child. WorldCat Person

date of birth

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/dateOfBirth Date on which the person was born. OWL time instant

date of death

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/dateOfDeath Date on which the person died. OWL time instant

family name

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/familyName Surname or last name of a person. literal

given name

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/givenName All name elements not including the surname. literal

parent

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/parent Person's legal, biological, and/or self-identified parent. WorldCat Person

place of birth

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://ontology.oclc.org/placeOfBirth Birth location of the person. WorldCat Place

place of death

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://ontology.oclc.org/placeOfDeath Death location of the person. WorldCat Place

sibling

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/sibling Person's legal, biological, and/or self-identified sibling. WorldCat Person

spouse

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/spouse Person has partner in marriage, civil union, or self-identified union. WorldCat Role

Inherited from Agent 

influenced by

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/influencedBy Agent who affects the creative or intellectual development of another agent. WorldCat Agent

language

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/language Language associated with the work or agent. SKOS Concept

Inherited from Thing 

alternative label

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#altLabel Alternate forms of the label for a WorldCat Entity. literal

description 

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/description Definition of a resource. literal

preceded by 

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/precededBy Entity that follows or is preceded by the entity. WorldCat Transactional Event

preferred label 

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#prefLabel Preferred label for the entity. literal

related person

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/relatedPerson Thing entity has person to which it is related; a generic super-property designed to group all thing to person properties. WorldCat Person

related place

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/relatedPlace Thing entity has place to which it is related; a generic super-property designed to group all thing to place properties. WorldCat Place

same as 

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#sameAs The property that determines that two given individuals are equal. OWL Thing

succeeded by 

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/succeededBy Entity that is followed or is succeeded by the entity. WorldCat Transactional Event

type 

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type The subject is an instance of a class. RDFS Class