Buildings and Rooms Vocabulary

Author:

Richard Cyganiak (Digital Enterprise Research Institute, NUI Galway) (Email)

Last update:

02 October 2012

Namespace URI:

http://vocab.deri.ie/rooms#

Abstract

A simple vocabulary for describing the rooms in a building.

All terms at a glance

Properties: contains | occupant

Overview diagram

Overview

This is a simple vocabulary for describing the floors, rooms and so on in a building. It provides a simple and practical set of terms for assigning URIs to a building's rooms and providing minimal descriptions. Suggestions for further terms are very welcome.

An example dataset is available here: Rooms in the DERI building.

Classes

Class: rooms:Building

Building – A human-made structure used for sheltering or continuous occupancy.

URI:: http://vocab.deri.ie/rooms#Building
Superclass:: geo:SpatialThing
Disjoint with:: foaf:Document, foaf:Agent

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Class: rooms:Desk

Desk – A table used in a work or office setting, typically for reading, writing, or computer use.

URI:: http://vocab.deri.ie/rooms#Desk
Superclass:: geo:SpatialThing
Disjoint with:: foaf:Document, foaf:Agent

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Class: rooms:Floor

Floor – A level part of a building that has a permanent roof. A storey of a building.

URI:: http://vocab.deri.ie/rooms#Floor
Superclass:: geo:SpatialThing
Disjoint with:: foaf:Document, foaf:Agent

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Class: rooms:FloorSection

Floor Section – A named part of a floor of a building. Typically used to denote several rooms that are grouped together based on spatial arrangement or use.

URI:: http://vocab.deri.ie/rooms#FloorSection
Superclass:: geo:SpatialThing
Disjoint with:: foaf:Agent, foaf:Document

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Class: rooms:Room

Room – A space inside a structure, typically separated from the outside by exterior walls and from other rooms in the same structure by internal walls.

URI:: http://vocab.deri.ie/rooms#Room
Superclass:: geo:SpatialThing
Disjoint with:: foaf:Document, foaf:Agent

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Class: rooms:Site

Site – An area of land with a designated purpose, such as a university Campus, a housing estate, or a building site.

URI:: http://vocab.deri.ie/rooms#Site
Superclass:: geo:SpatialThing
Disjoint with:: foaf:Agent, foaf:Document

A rooms:Site may rooms:contain other instances of rooms:Site. A site may not always be a single bounded area, as some sites may be divided, often by a road. A site will often contain one or more rooms:Buildings. rooms:Site is not the same as org:Site, which describes any place where an organization is sited; but both classes overlap.

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Properties

Property: rooms:contains

Contains – The object resource is physically and spatially contained in the subject resource. Being the subject or object of this property implies being a spatial object. Intended for use in the context of buildings, rooms, etc.

URI:: http://vocab.deri.ie/rooms#contains
Domain:: geo:SpatialThing
Range:: geo:SpatialThing
Superproperty:: dct:hasPart

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Property: rooms:occupant

Occupant – An agent that generally occupies the physical area of the subject resource. Having this property implies being a spatial object. Being the object of this property implies being an agent. Intended for use with buildings, rooms, desks, etc.

URI:: http://vocab.deri.ie/rooms#occupant
Domain:: geo:SpatialThing
Range:: foaf:Agent

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