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Preamble

Abstract

This Model - the Loc-I Supermodel - is the Location Index (Loc-I) Project's overarching data model that provides integration logic for all Loc-I elements. It is based on the general-purpose Supermodel Model.

Namespaces

This model is built on a "baseline" of Semantic Web models which use a variatey of namespaces. Prefixes for these namespaces, used througout this document, are listed below.

Table 1. Namespaces

Prefix	Namespace	Description
super:	https://linked.data.gov.au/def/supermodel/	the Supermodel meta-model
dcterms:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/	Dublin Core Terms vocabulary namespace
ex:	http://example.com/	Generic examples namespace
loci:	https://linked.data.gov.au/def/loci	LocI Ontology - original LocI Project 2018 ontology
owl:	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#	Web Ontology Language ontology namespace
rdfs:	http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#	RDF Schema ontology namespace
smtd:	https://linked.data.gov.au/def/supermodel-td/	Supermodel Terms & Definitions Vocabulary
sosa:	http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/	Sensor, Observation, Sample, and Actuator ontology namespace
skos:	http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#	Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) ontology namespace
time:	http://www.w3.org/2006/time#	Time Ontology in OWL namespace
void:	http://rdfs.org/ns/void#	Vocabulary of Interlinked Data (VoID) ontology namespace
xsd:	http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#	XML Schema Definitions ontology namespace