PREMIS 3 Ontology
- Ontology for PREMIS 3, the international standard for metadata to support the preservation of digital objects and ensure their long-term usability.
Instance Of
- OWL Ontology
Namespace
- http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/
Version
- 3.0.0
Version IRI
- https://id.loc.gov/ontologies/premis-3-0-0
Prior Version IRI
- https://id.loc.gov/ontologies/premis-1-0-0
Alternate Formats
Imports
Classes
| Class: | premis:Action |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/Action |
| Label: | Action |
| Comment: | Operation type to perform on an Object. Effectively performing this action may produce an Event. |
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| Class: | premis:Agent |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/Agent |
| Label: | Agent |
| Comment: | Actor (human, machine, or software) associated with one or more Event and/or Rights
statement associated with a digital object. |
| SubClass Of: | Agent  Agent |
| SubClassed As: | HardwareAgent Organization Person SoftwareAgent |
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| Class: | premis:Bitstream |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/Bitstream |
| Label: | Bitstream |
| Comment: | Contiguous or non-contiguous data within a file that has meaningful properties for
preservation purposes. |
| SubClass Of: | Object |
| Disjoint with: | File IntellectualEntity Representation |
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| Class: | premis:Copyright |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/Copyright |
| Label: | Copyright |
| Comment: | Copyright law. |
| SubClass Of: | RightsBasis |
| Disjoint with: | InstitutionalPolicy License Statute |
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| Class: | premis:Dependency |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/Dependency |
| Label: | Dependency |
| Comment: | Relationship where one Object requires another Object to support its function, delivery, or
the coherence of its content. |
| Properties include: | characteristic purpose |
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| Class: | premis:EnvironmentCharacteristic |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/EnvironmentCharacteristic |
| Label: | Environment characteristic |
| Comment: | An assessment of the extent to which the described environment supports its
purpose. |
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| Class: | premis:Event |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/Event |
| Label: | Event |
| Comment: | Action performed within or outside the repository that affects its capability to preserve Objects over the long term. |
| SubClass Of: | Activity |
| Properties include: | outcomeNote outcome |
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| Class: | premis:File |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/File |
| Label: | File |
| Comment: | Named and ordered sequence of bytes that is known to an operating system. |
| SubClass Of: | Object |
| Disjoint with: | Bitstream IntellectualEntity Representation |
| Properties include: | compositionLevel |
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| Class: | premis:Fixity |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/Fixity |
| Label: | Fixity |
| Comment: | Information used to verify whether an object has been altered in an undocumented or
unauthorized way. |
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| Class: | premis:HardwareAgent |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/HardwareAgent |
| Label: | Hardware agent |
| SubClass Of: | Agent |
| Disjoint with: | Organization Person SoftwareAgent |
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| Class: | premis:Identifier |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/Identifier |
| Label: | Identifier |
| Comment: | An unambiguous reference to the PREMIS entity within the preservation
repository. |
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| Class: | premis:Inhibitor |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/Inhibitor |
| Label: | Inhibitor |
| Comment: | Feature of a Digital Object intended to inhibit access, copying, dissemination, or
migration. Common Inhibitors are encryption and password protection. |
| Properties include: | inhibits |
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| Class: | premis:InstitutionalPolicy |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/InstitutionalPolicy |
| Label: | Institutional policy |
| Comment: | A policy decision made by an organization. |
| SubClass Of: | RightsBasis |
| Disjoint with: | Copyright License Statute |
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| Class: | premis:IntellectualEntity |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/IntellectualEntity |
| Label: | Intellectual entity |
| Comment: | A set of content that is considered a single intellectual unit for purposes of management and
description: for example, a particular book, map, photograph, database, or piece of hardware or
software. An Intellectual Entity can include other Intellectual Entities; for example, a web site can
include a web page; a web page can include an image. An Intellectual Entity may have one or more digital
representations. An Intellectual Entity may also describe an environment, defined as technology
supporting a digital object in some way (e.g. by rendering or executing it). Environments can consist of
software, hardware, or a combination of both. |
| SubClass Of: | Object |
| Disjoint with: | Bitstream File Representation |
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| Class: | premis:License |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/License |
| Label: | License |
| Comment: | A license agreement or other legal document that grants rights. |
| SubClass Of: | RightsBasis |
| Disjoint with: | Copyright InstitutionalPolicy Statute |
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| Class: | premis:Object |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/Object |
| Label: | Object |
| Comment: | Discrete unit of information subject to digital preservation. Subclasses of Object are
Intellectual Entity, Representation, File and Bitstream. |
| SubClass Of: | Entity |
| SubClassed As: | Bitstream File IntellectualEntity Representation |
| Properties include: | dependency policy rightsStatus |
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| Class: | premis:Organization |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/Organization |
| Label: | Organization |
| SubClass Of: | Agent Organization Organization |
| Disjoint with: | HardwareAgent Person SoftwareAgent |
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| Class: | premis:OutcomeStatus |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/OutcomeStatus |
| Label: | Outcome status |
| Comment: | Overall result of the Event in terms of success, partial success, or failure. |
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| Class: | premis:Person |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/Person |
| Label: | Person |
| SubClass Of: | Agent Person Person |
| Disjoint with: | HardwareAgent Organization SoftwareAgent |
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| Class: | premis:PreservationPolicy |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/PreservationPolicy |
| Label: | Preservation policy |
| Comment: | Information indicating the decision or policy on the set of preservation functions to be
applied to an object and the context in which the decision or policy was made. Note that in addition to
subclasses declared at presLevType, SignificantProperties is also a subclass of PreservationPolicy.
Implementers may also wish to create locally-defined subclasses. |
| SubClass Of: | dcterms:Policy |
| SubClassed As: | SignificantProperties |
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| Class: | premis:Representation |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/Representation |
| Label: | Representation |
| Comment: | Digital or physical Object instantiating or embodying an Intellectual Entity. A digital
representation is the set of stored digital files and structural metadata needed to provide a complete
and reasonable rendition of the Intellectual Entity. A physical representation is an item such as a
manuscript, video cassette, or printed document. |
| SubClass Of: | Object |
| Disjoint with: | Bitstream File IntellectualEntity |
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| Class: | premis:RightsBasis |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/RightsBasis |
| Label: | Rights basis |
| Comment: | Designation of the basis for the right or permission governing the Object. |
| SubClassed As: | Copyright InstitutionalPolicy License Statute |
| Properties include: | citation terms allows governs jurisdiction prohibits |
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| Class: | premis:RightsStatus |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/RightsStatus |
| Label: | Rights status |
| Comment: | Information about how a RightsBasis applies to a particular object. |
| Properties include: | determinationDate basis |
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| Class: | premis:Rule |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/Rule |
| Label: | Rule |
| Comment: | Statement about the Actions an Agent is permitted to undertake or prohibited from
undertaking with respect to an Object. |
| Properties include: | restriction act |
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| Class: | premis:Signature |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/Signature |
| Label: | Signature |
| Comment: | Mathematical technique used to validate the authenticity and integrity of a message,
software or digital document. |
| Properties include: | validationRules encoding |
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| Class: | premis:SignatureEncoding |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/SignatureEncoding |
| Label: | Signature encoding |
| Comment: | Encoding used for the signature value and key information. |
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| Class: | premis:SignificantProperties |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/SignificantProperties |
| Label: | Significant properties |
| Comment: | Characteristics of a particular object subjectively determined to be important to maintain
through preservation actions. |
| SubClass Of: | PreservationPolicy |
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| Class: | premis:SoftwareAgent |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/SoftwareAgent |
| Label: | Software agent |
| SubClass Of: | Agent SoftwareAgent |
| Disjoint with: | HardwareAgent Organization Person |
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| Class: | premis:Statute |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/Statute |
| Label: | Statute |
| Comment: | A law that grants or revokes rights, such as laws governing privacy or orphan
works. |
| SubClass Of: | RightsBasis |
| Disjoint with: | Copyright License InstitutionalPolicy |
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| Class: | premis:StorageLocation |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/StorageLocation |
| Label: | Storage location |
| Comment: | Information needed to retrieve a physical item from its physical storage location or a file
from the storage system, or to access a bitstream within a file. |
| Properties include: | medium |
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| Class: | premis:StorageMedium |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/StorageMedium |
| Label: | Storage medium |
| Comment: | The physical medium on which the Object is stored (e.g., magnetic tape, hard disk, CD-ROM,
DVD). |
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Properties
| Property: | premis:act |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/act |
| Label: | act |
| Domain: | Rule |
| Range: | Action |
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| Property: | premis:allows |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/allows |
| Label: | allows |
| Domain: | RightsBasis |
| Range: | Rule |
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| Property: | premis:basis |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/basis |
| Label: | has basis |
| Comment: | Links from a RightsStatus to the RightsBasis instance that supports or documents
it. |
| Domain: | RightsStatus |
| Range: | RightsBasis |
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| Property: | premis:characteristic |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/characteristic |
| Label: | has characteristic |
| Domain: | Dependency |
| Range: | EnvironmentCharacteristic |
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| Property: | premis:citation |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/citation |
| Label: | has citation |
| Domain: | RightsBasis |
| Range: | rdfs:Literal |
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| Property: | premis:compositionLevel |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/compositionLevel |
| Label: | has composition level |
| Domain: | File |
| Range: | nonNegativeInteger |
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| Property: | premis:dependency |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/dependency |
| Label: | has dependency |
| Domain: | Object |
| Range: | Dependency |
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| Property: | premis:determinationDate |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/determinationDate |
| Label: | has determination date |
| SubProperty Of: | dcterms:date |
| Domain: | RightsStatus |
| Range: | date |
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| Property: | premis:documentation |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/documentation |
| Label: | has documentation |
| Range: | rdfs:Resource |
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| Property: | premis:encoding |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/encoding |
| Label: | has encoding |
| Domain: | Signature |
| Range: | SignatureEncoding |
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| Property: | premis:endDate |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/endDate |
| Label: | end date |
| SubProperty Of: | dcterms:date |
| Domain: | RightsStatus ∪ Rule |
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| Property: | premis:fixity |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/fixity |
| Label: | has fixity |
| Domain: | Bitstream ∪ File |
| Range: | Fixity |
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| Property: | premis:governs |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/governs |
| Label: | governs |
| Domain: | RightsBasis |
| Range: | Object |
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| Property: | premis:identifier |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/identifier |
| Label: | has identifier |
| Range: | Identifier |
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| Property: | premis:inhibitedBy |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/inhibitedBy |
| Label: | inhibited by |
| Domain: | Bitstream ∪ File |
| Range: | Inhibitor |
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| Property: | premis:inhibits |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/inhibits |
| Label: | inhibits |
| Domain: | Inhibitor |
| Range: | Action |
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| Property: | premis:jurisdiction |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/jurisdiction |
| Label: | has jurisdiction |
| Domain: | RightsBasis |
| Range: | rdfs:Resource |
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| Property: | premis:key |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/key |
| Label: | has key |
| Domain: | Inhibitor ∪ Signature |
| Range: | rdfs:Literal |
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| Property: | premis:medium |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/medium |
| Label: | has medium |
| Domain: | StorageLocation |
| Range: | StorageMedium |
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| Property: | premis:note |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/note |
| Label: | has note |
| SubProperty Of: | dcterms:description |
| Range: | rdfs:Literal |
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| Property: | premis:originalName |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/originalName |
| Label: | has original name |
| Domain: | File ∪ IntellectualEntity ∪ Representation |
| Range: | rdfs:Literal |
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| Property: | premis:outcome |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/outcome |
| Label: | has outcome |
| Domain: | Event |
| Range: | OutcomeStatus |
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| Property: | premis:outcomeNote |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/outcomeNote |
| Label: | has outcome note |
| SubProperty Of: | note |
| Domain: | Event |
| Range: | rdfs:Literal |
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| Property: | premis:policy |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/policy |
| Label: | has policy |
| Domain: | Object |
| Range: | PreservationPolicy |
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| Property: | premis:prohibits |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/prohibits |
| Label: | prohibits |
| Domain: | RightsBasis |
| Range: | Rule |
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| Property: | premis:purpose |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/purpose |
| Label: | has purpose |
| Domain: | Dependency |
| Range: | Action |
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| Property: | premis:rationale |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/rationale |
| Label: | has rationale |
| SubProperty Of: | note |
| Range: | rdfs:Literal |
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| Property: | premis:relationship |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/relationship |
| Label: | has relationship |
| Domain: | Agent ∪ Object |
| Range: | Object |
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| Property: | premis:restriction |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/restriction |
| Label: | has restriction |
| Domain: | Rule |
| Range: | rdfs:Literal |
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| Property: | premis:rightsStatus |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/rightsStatus |
| Label: | has rights status |
| SubProperty Of: | rights |
| Domain: | Object |
| Range: | RightsStatus |
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| Property: | premis:signature |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/signature |
| Label: | has signature |
| Domain: | Bitstream ∪ File |
| Range: | Signature |
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| Property: | premis:size |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/size |
| Label: | has size |
| Domain: | Bitstream ∪ File |
| Range: | nonNegativeInteger |
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| Property: | premis:startDate |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/startDate |
| Label: | start date |
| SubProperty Of: | dcterms:date |
| Domain: | RightsStatus ∪ Rule |
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| Property: | premis:storedAt |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/storedAt |
| Label: | stored at |
| Domain: | Bitstream ∪ File ∪ Representation |
| Range: | StorageLocation |
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| Property: | premis:terms |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/terms |
| Label: | has terms |
| SubProperty Of: | note |
| Domain: | RightsBasis |
| Range: | rdfs:Literal |
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| Property: | premis:validationRules |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/validationRules |
| Label: | has validation rules |
| SubProperty Of: | note |
| Domain: | Signature |
| Range: | rdfs:Literal |
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| Property: | premis:version |
| URI: | http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/version |
| Label: | has version |
| Domain: | dcterms:FileFormat ∪ HardwareAgent ∪ IntellectualEntity ∪ SoftwareAgent |
| Range: | rdfs:Literal |
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