Vocabulary reference

RDF/RDFS 1.1

The foundational RDF and RDF Schema vocabulary for classes, properties, labels, domains, ranges, containers, lists, and basic schema relationships.

What RDF and RDFS are

RDF defines a graph data model based on subject–predicate–object statements. RDF Schema adds a small vocabulary for describing classes, properties, subclass and subproperty relationships, domains, ranges, labels, and comments.

Claimframe’s bundle contains the 32 named RDF/RDFS terms used by the W3C recommendation and 79 explicit schema statements. Common tokens include rdf:type, rdfs:Class, rdfs:subClassOf, rdfs:subPropertyOf, rdfs:domain, rdfs:range, and rdfs:label.

When an analyst would use it

Use RDF/RDFS when the vault is modeling the model itself:

  • Define or import classes and predicates with stable semantic-web identifiers.
  • Express basic taxonomies with subclass or subproperty relationships.
  • Add interoperable labels, comments, domains, and ranges to schema terms.
  • Bring a Claimframe model into alignment with an RDF dataset or ontology that already depends on RDF/RDFS.

Most analysts do not need RDF/RDFS for routine facts about systems, people, or decisions. Adopt it when schema interoperability or explicit type structure is a real requirement—not simply because Claimframe stores triples.

Example captures

payment-service rdf:type architecture:Service @model-review
architecture:Microservice rdfs:subClassOf architecture:Service @model-definition
architecture:owns rdfs:domain architecture:Team @model-definition
architecture:owns rdfs:range architecture:Service @model-definition

Claimframe applies only the supported rules in an active vocabulary profile. Stored assertions remain distinguishable from inferred query results; adopting the terms is not a promise of complete RDFS entailment.

Defining authority

The World Wide Web Consortium defines the vocabulary in the RDF Schema 1.1 Recommendation. The broader data model is specified in RDF 1.1 Concepts and Abstract Syntax.