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BIBFRAME Ontology


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This single-page view presents the entire vocabulary on one page with an ordered list of classes and properties, followed by more detailed information panels further down the document. Links are internal to the page, and the browser back button can reverse navigation on the page.

Subclasses and subproperties of classes and properties are not included in the Class List and the Property List, but are listed at the panel for the class or property to which they relate. A class or property with subclasses is marked in the list with a “+” before the class or property name (and a separate list of these is also made in a note below each list).

Changes to a vocabulary element (name, expected value, or definition) are noted in the panel for the element. Classes and properties that have been deprecated from the vocabulary are listed after the panels here, and may be reviewed in the Vocabulary archive at https://github.com/lcnetdev/bibframe-ontology.

To view the vocabulary in rdf, use bibframe.rdf.

A note about version 2.5.0: Many properties have been updated to remove an erroneous domain or range declaration. Therefore, despite the number of 'updated' properties, the changes were all of the same nature.

Non-current Ontology Documentation

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You are viewing documentation for the non-current version of this ontology. Current version can be found at: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/

Class List

Classes with SubClasses

Agent      Audio      Classification      Contribution      DigitalCharacteristic      Ensemble      EnumerationAndChronology      Identifier      Instance      Material      MixedMaterial      Notation      ProjectionCharacteristic      ProvisionActivity      ShelfMark      SoundCharacteristic      Title      UsageAndAccessPolicy      VariantTitle      VideoCharacteristic      Work     
* Note: Subclasses of these classes are not included in the Class List, but are listed at the panel for the class to which they relate.

Property List

Properties with SubProperties

date      material      materialOf      place      relatedTo     
*Note: Subproperties of these properties are not included in the Property List, but are listed at the panel for the property to which they relate.

Classes

Class: AbbreviatedTitle
URI: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/AbbreviatedTitle
Label: Abbreviated title
Definition: Title as abbreviated for citation, indexing, and/or identification
SubClass Of: VariantTitle
Example: 11261495 Conversion: 2.10.0

	            <bf:Work rdf:about="http://id.loc.gov/resources/works/11261495"
	                        >

	            <bf:title >

	            <bf:AbbreviatedTitle >

	            <bf:mainTitle >¡Hola!</bf:mainTitle>
	        

	            <bf:qualifier >(Madr.)</bf:qualifier>
	        

	            <bf:assigner >

	            <bf:Agent >

	            <bf:code >issnkey</bf:code>
	        
</bf:Agent>
	        
</bf:assigner>
	        
</bf:AbbreviatedTitle>
	        
</bf:title>
	        
</bf:Work>
Change Notes: 2016-04-21: New
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Class: AccessionNumber
URI: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/AccessionNumber
Label: Accession number
Definition: Accession Number
SubClass Of: Identifier
Example: 

	            <bf:Instance rdf:about="http://example.org/resources/instances/21854351"
	                        >

	            <bf:identifiedBy >

	            <bf:AccessionNumber >

	            <rdf:value >12345</rdf:value>
	        
</bf:AccessionNumber>
	        
</bf:identifiedBy>
	        
</bf:Instance>
Change Notes: 2021-06-09: New (GH11)
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Class: AccessPolicy
URI: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/AccessPolicy
Label: Access policy
Definition: Access restrictions and allowances regarding access to a resource, e.g., lending policy, access restrictions, embargos
SubClass Of: UsageAndAccessPolicy
Example: 10004409 Conversion: 2.10.0

	            <bf:Instance rdf:about="http://id.loc.gov/resources/instances/10004409"
	                        >

	            <bf:usageAndAccessPolicy >

	            <bf:AccessPolicy >

	            <rdfs:label >Open to research.</rdfs:label>
	        
</bf:AccessPolicy>
	        
</bf:usageAndAccessPolicy>
	        
</bf:Instance>
Change Notes: 2016-04-21: New
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Class: AcquisitionSource
URI: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/AcquisitionSource
Label: Acquisition source
Definition: Information about an organization, person, etc., from which a resource may be obtained
Example: 22789105 Conversion: 2.10.0

	            <bf:Instance rdf:about="http://id.loc.gov/resources/instances/22789105"
	                        >

	            <bf:acquisitionSource >

	            <bf:AcquisitionSource >

	            <bf:identifiedBy >

	            <bf:StockNumber >

	            <rdf:value >LC-USZ62-34740</rdf:value>
	        
</bf:StockNumber>
	        
</bf:identifiedBy>
	        

	            <rdfs:label >DLC</rdfs:label>
	        

	            <bf:acquisitionTerms >(b&w film copy neg.)</bf:acquisitionTerms>
	        
</bf:AcquisitionSource>
	        
</bf:acquisitionSource>
	        

	            <bf:title >

	            <bf:Title >

	            <bf:mainTitle >["Anthropology and the Nation's Capital"]</bf:mainTitle>
	        
</bf:Title>
	        
</bf:title>
	        
</bf:Instance>
Change Notes: 2017-02-06: New
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Class: AdminMetadata
URI: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/AdminMetadata
Label: Administrative metadata
Definition: Metadata about the metadata, especially provenance information
Used with: adminMetadata
Properties include: descriptionLevel
adminMetadataFor
derivedFrom
descriptionConventions
descriptionLanguage
generationProcess
descriptionModifier
descriptionAuthentication
Example: 5229 Conversion: 2.10.0

	            <bf:Work rdf:about="http://id.loc.gov/resources/works/5229"
	                        >

	            <bf:adminMetadata >

	            <bf:AdminMetadata >

	            <bf:status >

	            <bf:Status rdf:about="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/mstatus/c"
	                        >

	            <rdfs:label >changed</rdfs:label>
	        
</bf:Status>
	        
</bf:status>
	        

	            <bf:agent >

	            <bf:Agent rdf:about="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/organizations/dlcmrc"
	                        >

	            <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Organization"
	                        />
	        

	            <rdfs:label >United States, Library of Congress, Network Development and MARC Standards Office</rdfs:label>
	        
</bf:Agent>
	        
</bf:agent>
	        

	            <bf:generationProcess rdf:resource="https://github.com/lcnetdev/marc2bibframe2/releases/tag/v2.10.0"
	                        />
	        

	            <bf:date rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime"
	                        >2024-07-29T15:38:52.68615-04:00</bf:date>
	        
</bf:AdminMetadata>
	        
</bf:adminMetadata>
	        
</bf:Work>
Change Notes: 2016-04-21: New
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Class: Agent
URI: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Agent
Label: Agent
Definition: Entity having a role in a resource, such as a person or organization
SubClass Of: Agent Offsite link
SubClassed As: Family
Organization
Jurisdiction
Meeting
SubClassed As: Person
Controlled list: https://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/
 
Example: 21984730 Conversion: 2.10

	            <bf:Work rdf:about="http://id.loc.gov/resources/works/21984730"
	                        >

	            <bf:contribution >

	            <bf:Contribution >

	            <bf:agent >

	            <bf:Agent rdf:about="http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n79021280"
	                        >