This document defines the RDFS [[rdf-schema]] vocabulary for the [[[epub-anno-10]]] specification. RDF versions of the vocabulary, in Turtle [[turtle]] and JSON-LD [[json-ld11]], as well as a JSON-LD @context, are also available.

Term definitions

Class definitions

The following are class definitions in the ea namespace.

`About`

Information about the EPUB publication

See the formal definition of the term.

Dublin Core terms are used with this class, retaining the prefixes (to be in line with the EPUB Package Document).

Range of:: about

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

`Annotation`

EPUB Annotation Object

See the formal definition of the term.

A subclass of the Web Annotation object with some restrictions with regards of various properties.

Subclass of:: oa:Annotation

Range of:: items
Domain of:: body, motivation, target

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

`AnnotationSet`

Set of annotations

See the formal definition of the term.

An unordered collection of annotations, used as an interchange format amont EPUB Reading Systems.

Domain of:: about, generator, items, setTitle

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

`Body`

Body of an EPUB Annotation

See the formal definition of the term.

In EPUB, annotations are restricted to have textual content only.

Subclass of:: oa:TextualBody

Range of:: body
Domain of:: color, highlight, tags

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

`Creator`

Creator of an EPUB Annotation

See the formal definition of the term.

JSON-LD serializations should use the terms Person, Organization, or Software for typing, as these are the only available creator types.

Subclass of:: foaf:Person ⊔ foaf:Organization ⊔ as:Application

Range of:: creator
In the domain of:: name

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

`FragmentSelector`

Fragment Selector in EPUB

See the formal definition of the term.

This is restricted version of the Web Annotation Fragment Selector, reducing the list of valid media types.

Subclass of:: oa:FragmentSelector

Domain of:: conformsTo

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

`Generator`

Generator

See the formal definition of the term.

Information about the tool generating the annotations.

Range of:: generator
Domain of:: homepage
In the domain of:: name

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

`Meta`

Meta

See the formal definition of the term.

this class is currently undefined...

Range of:: meta

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

`Selector`

EPUB Annotation selector

See the formal definition of the term.

A restrictive subset of selectors, usable in EPUB.

Subclass of:: FragmentSelector ⊔ oa:CssSelector ⊔ oa:TextPositionSelector

Range of:: refinedBy, selector
Domain of:: refinedBy

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

`Target`

Target of an EPUB Annotation.

See the formal definition of the term.

Range of:: target
Domain of:: meta, selector, source

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

Property definitions

The following are property definitions in the ea namespace.

`about`

Information on the EPUB publication

See the formal definition of the term.

Provide information on the EPUB publication associated with an Annotation Set.

Domain:: AnnotationSet
Range:: About

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

`body`

Designates the body of an annotation

See the formal definition of the term.

The range of body types is restricted for EPUB.

Subproperty of:: oa:hasBody

Domain:: Annotation
Range:: Body

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

`color`

Highlight color

See the formal definition of the term.

Domain:: Body

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

`conformsTo`

Designates the fragment format

See the formal definition of the term.

The range of possible media formats in Fragment Selectors is restricted, see the range of this property.

Subproperty of:: dcterms:conformsTo

Domain:: FragmentSelector
Range:: dcterms:Standard

Value may be one of:: https://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3236.html, http://www.w3.org/TR/media-frags/, https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/, https://wicg.github.io/scroll-to-text-fragment/

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

`creator`

Information on the creator of an annotation

See the formal definition of the term.

The range of Creator types is restricted in EPUB.

Subproperty of:: dcterms:creator

Range:: Creator

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

`generator`

Information on the tool generating the annotations

See the formal definition of the term.

Subproperty of:: as:generator

Domain:: AnnotationSet
Range:: Generator

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

`highlight`

Highlight mode

See the formal definition of the term.

Domain:: Body

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

`homepage`

Homepage of the tool generating the annotations

See the formal definition of the term.

The property's value should be a URL, i.e., not a literal.

Subproperty of:: foaf:homepage

Domain:: Generator

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

`items`

Items in a set of annotations

See the formal definition of the term.

Domain:: AnnotationSet
Range:: Annotation
In a JSON-LD representation, values to this property are supposed to be represented in the form of a JSON array, even if there is just a single value.

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

`meta`

Meta

See the formal definition of the term.

To be defined…

Domain:: Target
Range:: Meta

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

`motivation`

Provides the motivation for an annotation

See the formal definition of the term.

The set of motivation types is restricted in EPUB, see the range definition. In the JSON-LD serialization those terms should be used without prefix.

Subproperty of:: oa:motivatedBy

Domain:: Annotation
Range:: oa:Motivation

Value may be one of:: oa:bookmarking, oa:commenting, oa:highlighting

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

`name`

Name

See the formal definition of the term.

This property is available on some classes, see domain definition.

Subproperty of:: foaf:name

Domain:: Creator ⊔ Generator
Range:: xsd:string

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

`refinedBy`

Selector refinement

See the formal definition of the term.

This property restricts the usage of the general oa:refinedBy property to the list of Selector types available in EPUB.

Subproperty of:: oa:refinedBy

Domain:: Selector
Range:: Selector

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

`selector`

Designates the selector(s) for a target

See the formal definition of the term.

This property restricts the possible Selector types in EPUB.

Subproperty of:: oa:hasSelector

Domain:: Target
Range:: Selector

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

`source`

Designates the source resource for the target

See the formal definition of the term.

The property's value should be a URL, i.e., not a literal.

Subproperty of:: oa:hasSource

Domain:: Target

Relevant @context:: https://www.w3.org/ns/epub-anno.jsonld

`tags`

Tags

See the formal definition of the term.

Domain:: Body
Range:: xsd:string
In a JSON-LD representation, values to this property are supposed to be represented in the form of a JSON array, even if there is just a single value.