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WorldCat Place

Discover details about WorldCat Place, a subclass of WorldCat Thing.

Class

Place

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Subclass of
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/Place Terrestrial or non-terrestrial location. OWL Thing

Declared properties

absorbed by

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object Scope note
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/absorbedBy Place or organization that is or is claimed to be incorporated or subsumed into the place or organization. WorldCat Transactional Event Absorption is not intended to confer legitimacy to act of injustice. See the DEI statement in the ontology primer for more information.

absorption of

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object Scope note
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/absorptionOf Place or organization that incorporates or subsumes, or claims to incorporate or subsume, the place or organization. WorldCat Transactional Event Absorption is not intended to confer legitimacy to act of injustice. See the DEI statement in the ontology primer for more information.

acquired by

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object Scope note
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/acquiredBy Organization or place has agent that purchased it or claimed ownership. WorldCat Transactional Event Acquisition can take the form of non-financial transfers of ownership, such as gifts or donations. Acquisition can also take the the form of unjust and/or extralegal actions such as theft, coercion, or occupation.  The definition of this property is not intended to confer legitimacy to any such injustices. Note that claims of ownership may be disputed. See the DEI statement in the ontology primer for more information.

contained in place

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/containedInPlace Basic containment relation between a place and another place. WorldCat Place

elevation

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/elevation Measurement of the height above sea level for the place. WorldCat Measurement

geographic coordinates

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/geographicCoordinates System for the precision locating of fixed points on the earth or another planetary body. literal

merged to form

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/mergedToForm Two or more places or organizations that were integrated or merged to form the place or organization. WorldCat Transactional Event

merger of

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/mergerOf Place or organization that resulted from the merger of two or more places or organizations. WorldCat Transactional Event

owner

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/owner Agent or place has agent with legal possession. WorldCat Role

place address

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/placeAddress Place has address at which it is located. WorldCat Postal Address

population

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/population Place has measurement of the number of persons present in the place. WorldCat Measurement

separated from

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/separatedFrom Place or organization that results from the detachment or division from the other place or organization. WorldCat Transactional Event

separated into

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/separatedInto Place or organization that is divided into another place or organization. WorldCat Transactional Event

spatial area

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/spatialArea Place has measured surface area. WorldCat Measurement

type detail

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/typeDetail Entity has concept that specifies its character, nature, and/or function. 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

date

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/date Thing has time instance on which it occurred. OWL time instant

description

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/description Entity has statement which explains its fundamental characteristics, nature, or purpose. literal

end date

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/endDate Date on which the thing was completed, terminated, dissolved, abolished, or expired. OWL time instant

has part

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasPart Super-property for all whole-to-part relationships. OWL thing

iiif manifest

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/iiifManifest Thing has relationship to a IIIF Manifest that can be used to generate a IIIF compliant image, video, or audio bitstream. RDFS Resource

image

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/image Still visual representation of the thing. RDFS Resource

is part of

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/isPartOf Super-property for all part-to-whole relationships. OWL Thing

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
URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/relatedAgent Thing entity has agent to which it is related; a generic super-property designed to group all thing to agent properties. WorldCat Agent
URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/relatedConcept Thing entity has concept to which it is related; a generic super-property designed to group all thing to concept properties. SKOS Concept
URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/relatedEdition Thing entity has edition to which it is related; a generic super-property designed to group all thing to edition properties. WorldCat Edition
URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/relatedEvent Thing entity has event to which it is related; a generic super-property designed to group all thing to event properties. WorldCat Event
URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/relatedFamily Thing entity has family to which it is related; a generic super-property designed to group all thing to family properties. WorldCat Family
URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/relatedOrganization Thing has organization to which is is related; a generic super-property designed to group all thing to organization properties. WorldCat Organization
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
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
URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/relatedWork Thing has work to which it is related; a generic super-property designed to group all thing to work properties. WorldCat Work

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

start date

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/startDate Date on which the thing was begun, originated, created, founded, or initiated. OWL time instant

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