Meeting Room Place
subclass of: Resource
subclass of: Thing
type: Class
subject: Place
term status: testing
subclass of: SpatialThing
comment: A particular room at the conference venue (or elsewhere). E.g., the room where a particular SessionEvent takes place.

has programme
range: Thing
domain: Thing
type: ObjectProperty
term status: testing
domain: Organised Event
range: Programme
comment: Relates an event such as a conference to its Programme.
type: Property
range: Resource
range: Document
range: Artefact
domain: Resource
domain: Vevent
domain: Event-1

Argumentative Document
subclass of: Thing
subclass of: Resource
type: Class
term status: testing
comment: An argumentative document is a document which uses analytical reasoning and evidence in order to argue for a point of view. Typical examples are scientific papers or political pamphlets. Negative examples are novels or plays (even though a novel might also try to sway the reader to a certain point of view). According to Text Types, an argumentative document is based "on the evaluation and the subsequent subjective judgement in answer to a problem. It refers to the reasons advanced for or against a matter".
subclass of: Document
subject: Document

Sponsorship
subclass of: Resource
type: Class
type: DeprecatedClass
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Sponsorship
comment: Deprecated because it has never been used and in order to reduce the inflation of ontology terms.

Track Event
subclass of: Resource
subclass of: Thing
type: Class
subject: Academic Event
term status: testing
subclass of: Academic Event
comment: A track groups all those sessions or events at a conference or workshop that belong to a common, overall theme. Depending on the conference, tracks can be quite generic, such as "Research" or "Industrial", but can also be more specific, such as "Semantic Web" or "Numismatics". SWC does not define any specific tracks, since conferences often differ so much with respect to how they structure their tracks, that it would be pointless to try and find a set of tracks that would suit all conferences. Sub-classes of TrackEvent which were defined in previous versions of the SWC ontology are now deprecated.
subclass of: Organised Event
subclass of: Event-1
subclass of: Vevent

Slide Set
subclass of: Resource
subclass of: Thing
type: Class
comment: A set of slides used for a presentation of e.g. a paper at a conference.
term status: testing
subclass of: Argumentative Document
subclass of: Artefact
subject: Document
subclass of: Document

Workshop Event
subclass of: Resource
subclass of: Thing
type: Class
subject: Academic Event
term status: testing
subclass of: Academic Event
comment: A scientific workshop. Workshops are often co-located with ConferenceEvents.
subclass of: Vevent
subclass of: Event-1
subclass of: Organised Event

Role
subclass of: Thing
subclass of: Resource
type: Class
subject: Role
term status: testing
subclass of: Role-1
comment: Role is the super-class of all the different roles performed at a conference or workshop. Examples are the various conference chairs, the delegates, presenters, PC members, etc. The intended use of this class is that an instance of Role will be related to the event at which it is performed, and to the person which performs it. Since the set of roles is slightly different for each event, and since it would therefore be impossible to provide sub-classes for all needs and circumstances, the SWC ontology only contains a very basic set of Role classes. Rather than diversifying the set of Role classes to cater for all needs, users should instead instantiate the small set of different Role classes and cover the roles at a specific event in this way. E.g., instead of sub-classing the Chair role with MainChair, WorkshopChair, TutorialChair, etc., the different kinds of chairs should simply be instances of the generic Chair class and be labelled appropriately.

Academic Event
subclass of: Thing
subclass of: Resource
type: Class
term status: testing
subclass of: Organised Event
comment: Academic events are e.g. conferences and conference-like events, and all the sub-events of those which are about the topic or theme of the conference, such as talks or panels.
subclass of: Vevent
subclass of: Event-1

Session Event
subclass of: Resource
subclass of: Thing
type: Class
subject: Academic Event
term status: testing
subclass of: Academic Event
comment: A session dedicated to a specific topic at a conference. This could be a session with talks, or also a poster session, a demo session, or any other kind of session.
subclass of: Organised Event
subclass of: Event-1
subclass of: Vevent

held by
range: Thing
domain: Thing
type: ObjectProperty
term status: testing
domain: Role
range: Person
inverse of: holds role
comment: Part of the role modelling machinery of SWC. This property relates a role at an event (e.g. a conference chair) to the person who actually holds the role.
type: Property
range: Resource
domain: Role-1
domain: Resource

Non-academic Event
subclass of: Resource
subclass of: Thing
type: Class
subject: Event, other
term status: testing
subclass of: Organised Event
comment: In the context of SWC, a non-academic event is any kind or organised event which does not concern the topic or theme of the conference as such. Examples are breaks, dinners, parties, etc.
subclass of: Event-1
subclass of: Vevent

Paper
subclass of: Resource
subclass of: Thing
type: Class
comment: A scientific/scholarly paper, e.g., an article in a scientific journal, or a paper at a conference or workshop. A paper could also be unpublished formally, as long as it has the form of a scientific paper (introduction, conclusion, related work, etc.).
term status: testing
subclass of: Argumentative Document
subclass of: Artefact
subject: Document
subclass of: Document

Panel Event
subclass of: Resource
subclass of: Thing
type: Class
subject: Academic Event
term status: testing
subclass of: Academic Event
comment: A panel discussion at a conference or conference-like event, usually involving several speakers.
subclass of: Vevent
subclass of: Event-1
subclass of: Organised Event

related to Event
range: Thing
domain: Thing
type: ObjectProperty
term status: testing
domain: Argumentative Document
range: Academic Event
inverse of: has related document
label: related to event
comment: Relates a document to an event such as a conference, workshop, etc.
domain: Artefact
type: Property
range: Vevent
range: Event-1
range: Resource
range: Organised Event
domain: Resource
domain: Document

Social Event
subclass of: Resource
subclass of: Thing
type: Class
subject: Event, other
term status: testing
subclass of: Non-academic Event
comment: Examples for social events are parties or excursions.
subclass of: Organised Event
subclass of: Event-1
subclass of: Vevent

Organised Event
subclass of: Thing
subclass of: Resource
type: Class
subject: Event, other
term status: testing
subclass of: Event-1
subclass of: Vevent
comment: An event in time and space which is planned and organised, as opposed to something which 'just happens', such as a car accident or sunset.

has role
range: Thing
domain: Thing
type: ObjectProperty
term status: testing
domain: Academic Event
range: Role
inverse of: is role at
comment: Part of the role modelling machinery of SWC. This property relates an event (e.g. a conference) to a role at the event (e.g. a conference chair).
type: Property
range: Role-1
range: Resource
domain: Vevent
domain: Resource
domain: Event-1
domain: Organised Event

is location of
range: Thing
domain: Thing
type: ObjectProperty
term status: testing
domain: SpatialThing
range: Organised Event
comment: Relates a location to a conference or sub-event thereof which takes place at it.
type: Property
range: Vevent
range: Resource
range: Event-1
domain: Resource

holds role
range: Thing
domain: Thing
type: ObjectProperty
term status: testing
domain: Person
range: Role
inverse of: held by
comment: Part of the role modelling machinery of SWC. This property relates a person to the role (e.g. a conference chair) it holds at an event.
type: Property
range: Role-1
range: Resource
domain: Resource

plans to attend
range: Thing
domain: Thing
type: ObjectProperty
term status: testing
domain: Person
range: Organised Event
comment: A person might plan to attend a talk or session at a conference or similar event. This property could be used to prepare a delegate's conference experience with respect to who they want to meet, etc.
type: Property
range: Vevent
range: Resource
range: Event-1
domain: Resource

Presenter
subclass of: Resource
subclass of: Thing
type: Class
subject: Role
term status: testing
subclass of: Role
comment: A presenter is someone who presents matter in front of an audience. Examples of events to which this role applies are paper presentations, tutorials, or talks. A keynote speaker could also be modelled as an instance of this class.
subclass of: Role-1

Tutorial Event
subclass of: Resource
subclass of: Thing
type: Class
subject: Academic Event
term status: testing
subclass of: Academic Event
comment: A tutorial is a special session at a conference or workshop, somewhat like a long lecture on a specific topic.
subclass of: Vevent
subclass of: Event-1
subclass of: Organised Event

Accommodation Place
subclass of: Resource
subclass of: Thing
type: Class
subject: Place
term status: testing
subclass of: SpatialThing
comment: A hotel, hostel, BnB or similar.

Delegate
subclass of: Resource
subclass of: Thing
type: Class
subject: Role
term status: testing
subclass of: Role
comment: A delegate is someone who attends a conference or conference-like event.
subclass of: Role-1

has related document
range: Artefact
range: Thing
domain: Thing
type: ObjectProperty
term status: testing
domain: Academic Event
range: Argumentative Document
inverse of: related to Event
comment: Relates an event such as a conference, workshop, etc. to a document.
type: Property
range: Resource
range: Document
domain: Vevent
domain: Resource
domain: Event-1
domain: Organised Event

member of
range: Thing
domain: Thing
type: ObjectProperty
term status: testing
domain: Person
range: Group
inverse of: member
comment: FOAF does not define an inverse of foaf:member, so SWC does it.
type: Property
range: Resource
domain: Resource

Programme Committee Member
subclass of: Resource
subclass of: Thing
type: Class
subject: Role
term status: testing
subclass of: Role
comment: This role is played by the members of the programme committee of a conference or conference-like event. We found this role to be so significant that it justifies to be represented by its own class.
subclass of: Role-1

Proceedings
subclass of: Resource
subclass of: Thing
type: Class
comment: The proceedings of a conference or workshop, which contain the papers presented there.
term status: testing
subclass of: Document
subclass of: Artefact
subject: Document

Artefact
subclass of: Thing
subclass of: Resource
type: Class
term status: testing
subclass of: Document
comment: Artefact here means a document which can have a physical manifestation, like a paper or the proceedings of a conference.
subject: Document

Meal Event
subclass of: Resource
subclass of: Thing
type: Class
subject: Event, other
term status: testing
subclass of: Non-academic Event
comment: A lunch, dinner or similar event at a conference or conference-like event.
subclass of: Organised Event
subclass of: Vevent
subclass of: Event-1

Chair
subclass of: Resource
subclass of: Thing
type: Class
subject: Role
term status: testing
subclass of: Role
comment: A sub-class of Role for various kinds of chair functions. Examples are the main chair of a conference, the tutorials chair, the proceedings chair, etc. Instead of introducing a large amount of sub-classes of Chair, we suggest to model all the different chair functions as instances of Chair with appropriate labels.
subclass of: Role-1

Poster
subclass of: Resource
subclass of: Thing
type: Class
comment: A scientific poster at a conference or workshop.
term status: testing
subclass of: Argumentative Document
subclass of: Artefact
subject: Document
subclass of: Document

Call
subclass of: Resource
type: Class
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Call
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Announcement
comment: The call classes have been deprecated in SWC. Instead, we suggest to use the CfP ontology. A call is a public announcement, asking for contribution of some kind to events such as conferences or workshops, or to a publication such as a journal or book.

has location
range: Thing
domain: Thing
type: ObjectProperty
term status: testing
domain: Organised Event
range: SpatialThing
comment: Relates an event such as a conference or any sub-event thereof to a location where it takes place.
type: Property
range: Resource
domain: Resource
domain: Vevent
domain: Event-1

Communal Place
subclass of: Resource
subclass of: Thing
type: Class
subject: Place
term status: testing
subclass of: SpatialThing
comment: A location at the conference venue (or elsewhere), which is not a meeting room.

Talk Event
subclass of: Resource
subclass of: Thing
type: Class
subject: Academic Event
term status: testing
subclass of: Academic Event
comment: A speaker giving a talk. This could be the presentation of a paper, but also keynote speech or any other kind of talk.
subclass of: Event-1
subclass of: Vevent
subclass of: Organised Event

Break Event
subclass of: Resource
subclass of: Thing
type: Class
subject: Event, other
term status: testing
subclass of: Non-academic Event
comment: Any kind of break at the super-event, such as a coffee break.
subclass of: Organised Event
subclass of: Vevent
subclass of: Event-1

Programme
subclass of: Resource
subclass of: Thing
type: Class
comment: A document containing the programme of an event such as a conference or workshop. Typically, the programme would list the times and dates for the individual sub-events, e.g., talks, dinners, panel discussions, etc.
term status: testing
subclass of: Document
subclass of: Artefact
subject: Document

is role at
range: Thing
domain: Thing
type: ObjectProperty
term status: testing
domain: Role
range: Academic Event
inverse of: has role
comment: Part of the role modelling machinery of SWC. This property relates a role at an event (e.g. a conference chair) to the event (e.g. a conference).
type: Property
range: Vevent
range: Event-1
range: Resource
range: Organised Event
domain: Role-1
domain: Resource

has related artefact
range: Thing
domain: Thing
type: ObjectProperty
term status: testing
domain: Academic Event
range: Artefact
comment: Relates an event such as a conference, workshop, etc. to a physical artefact.
type: Property
range: Resource
range: Document
domain: Vevent
domain: Resource
domain: Event-1
domain: Organised Event

Conference Venue Place
subclass of: Resource
subclass of: Thing
type: Class
subject: Place
term status: testing
subclass of: SpatialThing
comment: The location of a conference or conference-like event. Ideally, this would be more specific than just the city. Instead it should be the hotel, convention centre, university or similar place where the event is held.

Conference Event
subclass of: Resource
subclass of: Thing
type: Class
subject: Academic Event
term status: testing
subclass of: Academic Event
comment: A scientific conference. TODO: Maybe this should be opened up - why only scientific conferences?
subclass of: Vevent
subclass of: Event-1
subclass of: Organised Event

Poster Session
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Academic Event
comment: Deprecating this - we can just as well use SessionEvent.
subclass of: Session Event
term status: deprecated
type: Class

is provider of
type: DeprecatedProperty
term status: deprecated
domain: Organisation
range: Sponsorship
inverse of: is provided by
comment: Deprecated because it has never been used and in order to reduce the inflation of ontology terms.
type: Property
range: Resource
range: Thing
domain: Resource

PhD Symposium or Doctoral Consortium Chair
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Chairman
comment: Deprecating this, just use TrackChair instead.
subclass of: Role
term status: deprecated
type: Class

Organising Committee Member
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Role
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Role
type: Class

has camera-ready deadline
type: DeprecatedProperty
term status: deprecated
domain: Call
range: dateTime
comment: The call classes have been deprecated in SWC. Instead, we suggest to use the CfP ontology.
type: Property
range: Resource
domain: Announcement
domain: Resource
domain: Thing

Programme Chair
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Chairman
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Role
type: Class

Publicity Chair
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Chairman
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Role
type: Class

Paper Session
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Academic Event
comment: Deprecating this - we can just as well use SessionEvent.
subclass of: Session Event
term status: deprecated
type: Class

Call for Papers
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Call
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Call
comment: A call for papers or CfP encourages authors to submit papers for peer-review for a conference or workshop, or a journal or book.
type: Class

Demo Session
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Academic Event
comment: Deprecating this - we can just as well use SessionEvent.
subclass of: Session Event
term status: deprecated
type: Class

Exhibition Chair
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Chairman
comment: Deprecating this, just use TrackChair instead.
subclass of: Role
term status: deprecated
type: Class

attendee at
type: DeprecatedProperty
term status: deprecated
domain: Person
range: Organised Event
inverse of: has attendee
comment: Instead of this property, use the Delegate role.
type: Property
range: Vevent
range: Thing
range: Resource
range: Event-1
domain: Resource
domain: Thing

Keynote Talk
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Academic Event
comment: Deprecating this - we can just as well use TalkEvent.
subclass of: Talk Event
term status: deprecated
type: Class

Tutor
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Role
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Role
type: Class

Tutorials Chair
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Chairman
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Role
type: Class

Reviewer
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Role
comment: Deprecating this, just use ProgrammeCommitteeMember instead.
subclass of: Role
term status: deprecated
type: Class

is topic of
type: DeprecatedProperty
term status: deprecated
domain: ResearchTopic
comment: Deprecated, instead using terms from FOAF.
type: Property
domain: Resource
domain: Thing

Dogfood Tsar
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Chairman
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Role
comment: A role that is only relevant in relation to the topic of the conference e.g. Semantic Web Technologies Coordinator at a Semantic Web Conference.
type: Class

Semantic Web Conference Ontology
creator: Sean Bechhofer
maker: Sean Bechhofer
earlier version: swc 2009-03-02.rdf
maker: Knud Möller
created: 2007/05/31
creator: Knud Möller
userdocs: http://lodlaundromat.org/.well-known/genid/a7f891cae2cc380019af85722d8a4405#2
maker: Tom Heath
modified: $Date: 2009-05-11 17:50:14 +0100 (Mon, 11 May 2009) $
imports: swrc-topics
creator: Tom Heath
revision: $Revision: 895 $ - Slim Version
author list: http://lodlaundromat.org/.well-known/genid/a7f891cae2cc380019af85722d8a4405#1
license doc: License Statement
license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
imports: swrc
has version: swc 2009-03-02.rdf
has version: swc 2009-02-27.rdf
type: Ontology
type: Thing

Meal Break
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Event, other
comment: Deprecating this - we can just use BreakEvent.
subclass of: Break Event
term status: deprecated
type: Class

Tom Heath
type: Person
surname: Heath
type: Thing
member of: Talis Information Limited

(Printed) Proceedings Chair
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Chairman
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Role
type: Class

Excursion
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Event, other
comment: Deprecating this - we can just use SocialEvent.
subclass of: Social Event
term status: deprecated
type: Class

Workshops Chair
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Chairman
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Role
type: Class

Eating Place
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Place
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Place
comment: Deprecated to reduce inflation of terms.
type: Class

Webmaster
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Role
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Role
type: Class

Submissions Chair
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Chairman
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Role
type: Class

Conference Dinner
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Event, other
comment: Deprecating this - we can just use SocialEvent.
subclass of: Social Event
subclass of: Meal Event
term status: deprecated
type: Class

uuid
type: DeprecatedProperty
term status: deprecated

has topic
type: DeprecatedProperty
term status: deprecated
range: ResearchTopic
comment: Instead of this property, use foaf:topic.
type: Property
range: Thing
range: Resource

Treasurer
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Role
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Role
type: Class

Introduction
comment: The Semantic Web Conference ontology (SWC) is an ontology for describing academic conferences. It was initially designed to support the European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC2007, and later extended for both the following conferences in the ESWC series, as well as in the ISWC series. Historically, the SWC ontology also draws heavily on ontologies developed for ESWC2006 and ISWC2006. SWC is mainly a convention of how to use classes and properties from other ontologies, most prominently FOAF (for people) and SWRC (their BibTeX elements, for the papers). We are also throwing in some SIOC, Dublin Core and iCal/RDF Calendar. Our own swc namespace provides the glue for all this, as well as specialised classes for things that have to do with conferences. This version of SWC has been slimmed down significantly (hence the revision name). A total of 59 classes and 19 properties have been deprecated (deprecated terms can be found at the bottom of this document). This was mostly done with the intention to remove the countless sub-classes of generic classes such as Chair or SessionEvent, which were deemed to be too specific for a general-purpose conference ontology such as SWC. Elsewhere, classes and properties which had never been used and seemed to fall under the heading of "over-engineering" were removed. Finally, all CfP related terms were removed. Instead, we suggest to use a dedicated ontology such as the CfP ontology.

Reception
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Event, other
comment: Deprecating this - we can just use SocialEvent.
subclass of: Social Event
term status: deprecated
type: Class

Demo Presentation
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Academic Event
comment: Deprecating this - we can just as well use TalkEvent.
subclass of: Talk Event
term status: deprecated
type: Class

has cost currency
type: DeprecatedProperty
term status: deprecated
domain: Sponsorship
range: string
comment: Deprecated because it has never been used and in order to reduce the inflation of ontology terms.
type: Property
range: Resource
domain: Resource
domain: Thing

Industrial Talk
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Academic Event
comment: Deprecating this - we can just as well use TalkEvent.
subclass of: Talk Event
term status: deprecated
type: Class

System Demonstration
type: DeprecatedClass
comment: A type of paper which accompanies the demonstration of software, also known as an extended abstract or demo description. This class has been deprecated in order to reduce the inflation of classes; it is too specific for CS conferences.
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Paper
subject: Document
type: Class

has part
type: ObjectProperty
term status: testing
domain: Thing
range: Thing
comment: A generic property to model part-of relationships. In SWC this property is used to relate a proceedings document to the papers and articles contained in it.
type: Property
range: Resource
domain: Resource

University of Manchester
type: Organization
member: Sean Bechhofer
type: Thing
type: Group

Paper Presentation
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Academic Event
comment: Deprecating this - we can just as well use TalkEvent.
subclass of: Talk Event
term status: deprecated
type: Class

has submission instructions
type: DeprecatedProperty
term status: deprecated
domain: Call
range: string
comment: The call classes have been deprecated in SWC. Instead, we suggest to use the CfP ontology.
type: Property
range: Resource
domain: Announcement
domain: Resource
domain: Thing

Call for Demos
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Call
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Call
comment: A call for demonstrations of software at a conference or workshop. Submissions are usually in the form of extended abstracts (~2 page) discussing the research questions addressed by the software and outlining the content of the demonstration.
type: Class

Invited Paper
type: DeprecatedClass
comment: As opposed to a peer-reviewed paper. This class has been deprecated in order to reduce the inflation of classes.
term status: deprecated
subclass of: InProceedings
subject: Document
type: Class

Welcome Talk
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Academic Event
comment: Deprecating this - we can just as well use TalkEvent.
subclass of: Talk Event
term status: deprecated
type: Class

Call for Participation
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Call
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Call
comment: This kind of call usually calls for potential delegates to attend an event such as a conference or a workshop.
type: Class

Sean Bechhofer
type: Person
surname: Bechhofer
type: Thing
member of: University of Manchester

Semantic Web Challenge Chair
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Chairman
comment: Deprecating this, just use TrackChair instead.
subclass of: Role
term status: deprecated
type: Class

has attendee
type: DeprecatedProperty
term status: deprecated
domain: Organised Event
range: Person
inverse of: attendee at
comment: Instead of this property, use the Delegate role.
type: Property
range: Resource
range: Thing
domain: Resource
domain: Vevent
domain: Thing
domain: Event-1

is provided by
type: DeprecatedProperty
term status: deprecated
domain: Sponsorship
range: Organisation
inverse of: is provider of
comment: Deprecated because it has never been used and in order to reduce the inflation of ontology terms.
type: Property
range: Resource
domain: Resource
domain: Thing

Administrator
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Role
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Role
type: Class

Workshop Organiser
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Role
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Role
type: Class

has call
type: DeprecatedProperty
term status: deprecated
domain: Academic Event
range: Call
inverse of: for event
comment: The call classes have been deprecated in SWC. Instead, we suggest to use the CfP ontology.
type: Property
range: Resource
range: Announcement
range: Thing
domain: Vevent
domain: Resource
domain: Thing
domain: Event-1
domain: Organised Event

DERI
type: Organization
member: Knud Möller
type: Thing
type: Group

Coffee Break
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Event, other
comment: Deprecating this - we can just use BreakEvent.
subclass of: Break Event
term status: deprecated
type: Class

Tutorial Presenter
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Role
comment: Deprecating this, just use Presenter instead.
subclass of: Role
term status: deprecated
type: Class

bibliographic reference
type: DeprecatedProperty
term status: deprecated
domain: Artefact
range: string
comment: Deprecated because it has never been used and in order to reduce the inflation of ontology terms.
type: Property
range: Resource
domain: Resource
domain: Document
domain: Thing

affiliation
type: DeprecatedProperty
term status: deprecated

Place
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Place
term status: deprecated
subclass of: SpatialThing
comment: Deprecated: no real need to have an internal super-class for locations, we can just use the SpatialThing.
type: Class

License Statement
comment: Copyright © 2007-2009 Knud Möller, Sean Bechhofer and Tom Heath. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. This copyright applies to the Semantic Web Conference Ontology (SWC) Specification and accompanying documentation in RDF. Regarding underlying technology, SWC uses W3C's RDF technology, an open Web standard that can be freely used by anyone.

has notification deadline
type: DeprecatedProperty
term status: deprecated
domain: Call
range: dateTime
comment: The call classes have been deprecated in SWC. Instead, we suggest to use the CfP ontology.
type: Property
range: Resource
domain: Announcement
domain: Resource
domain: Thing

has menu
type: DeprecatedProperty
term status: deprecated
domain: Meal Event
range: Menu
comment: Deprecated because it has never been used and in order to reduce the inflation of ontology terms.
type: Property
range: Resource
range: Thing
domain: Event-1
domain: Thing
domain: Organised Event
domain: Resource
domain: Vevent
domain: Non-academic Event

Posters Chair
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Chairman
comment: Deprecating this, just use TrackChair instead.
subclass of: Role
term status: deprecated
type: Class

Industry Chair or In-Use Chair
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Chairman
comment: Deprecating this, just use TrackChair instead.
subclass of: Role
term status: deprecated
type: Class

Closing Event
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Event, other
comment: Deprecating this - we can just use TalkEvent.
subclass of: Non-academic Event
term status: deprecated
type: Class

Conference Chair
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Chairman
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Role
type: Class

Opening Event
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Event, other
comment: Deprecating this - we can just use TalkEvent.
subclass of: Non-academic Event
term status: deprecated
type: Class

Local Organiser
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Role
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Role
type: Class

Knud Möller
type: Person
surname: Möller
type: Thing
member of: DERI

has cost amount
type: DeprecatedProperty
term status: deprecated
domain: Sponsorship
range: integer
comment: Deprecated because it has never been used and in order to reduce the inflation of ontology terms.
type: Property
range: Resource
range: decimal
domain: Resource
domain: Thing

Poster Presentation
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Academic Event
comment: Deprecating this - we can just as well use TalkEvent.
subclass of: Talk Event
term status: deprecated
type: Class

Describing Papers
comment: For the basic use case of describing papers, the figure below shows how the main kinds of resources are connected: the paper itself, the authors and their affiliations, and the talk where the paper was presented. The next figure shows in more detail the kinds of things that can be said about each of the four main entities surrounding a paper.

is the super-event of
type: TransitiveProperty
term status: testing
domain: Vevent
range: Vevent
inverse of: is a sub-event of
label: is super-event of
comment: Events can be super-events of other events. E.g., a conference can be the super-event of a session, which in turn can be the super-event of a talk. The relation is transitive - the conference is also the super-event of the talk.
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Thing
range: Resource
domain: Resource
domain: Thing

Sponsorship Chair
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Chairman
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Role
type: Class

Track Chair
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Chairman
term status: deprecated
comment: The chair of a particular track of a conference, responsible for all submissions and actions regarding this track.
subclass of: Role
type: Class

is part of
type: ObjectProperty
term status: testing
domain: Thing
range: Thing
comment: A generic property to model part-of relationships. In SWC this property is used to relate papers or articles to the proceedings document in which they are contained.
type: Property
range: Resource
domain: Resource

Drinking Place
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Place
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Place
comment: Deprecated to reduce inflation of terms.
type: Class

Talis Information Limited
type: Organization
member: Tom Heath
type: Thing
type: Group

Research Track
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Academic Event
comment: Deprecating this - we can just as well use TrackEvent.
subclass of: Track Event
term status: deprecated
type: Class

Additional Reviewer
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Role
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Role
type: Class

System Description
type: DeprecatedClass
comment: A type of paper which is mainly describes the properties, implementation or architecture of an system (such as a software system). Deprecating this: it's too specific for, not generic enough to apply for most conferences.
subclass of: Paper
subject: Document
term status: deprecated
type: Class

Demos Chair
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Chairman
comment: Deprecating this, just use TrackChair instead.
subclass of: Role
term status: deprecated
type: Class

Free Time Break
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Event, other
comment: Deprecating this - we can just use BreakEvent.
subclass of: Break Event
term status: deprecated
type: Class

Call for Posters
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Call
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Call
comment: A call for scientific posters at a conference or workshop. Submissions are usually in the form of extended abstracts (~2 page) discussing the research presented on the poster.
type: Class

Industrial Track
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Academic Event
comment: Deprecating this - we can just as well use TrackEvent.
subclass of: Track Event
term status: deprecated
type: Class

Call for Proposals
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Call
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Call
comment: A call which asks for contributions in the form of e.g. workshop or tutorial proposals.
type: Class

for event
type: DeprecatedProperty
term status: deprecated
domain: Call
range: Academic Event
inverse of: has call
comment: The call classes have been deprecated in SWC. Instead, we suggest to use the CfP ontology.
type: Property
range: Vevent
range: Event-1
range: Resource
range: Thing
range: Organised Event
domain: Announcement
domain: Resource
domain: Thing

has sponsorship
type: DeprecatedProperty
term status: deprecated
domain: Organised Event
range: Sponsorship
comment: Deprecated because it has never been used and in order to reduce the inflation of ontology terms.
type: Property
range: Resource
range: Thing
domain: Resource
domain: Vevent
domain: Thing
domain: Event-1

Session Chair
type: DeprecatedClass
subject: Chairman
term status: deprecated
subclass of: Role
type: Class

Roles
comment: One of the basic design choices in SWC is to use role modelling for describing the different functions at a conference, such as chairs, reviewers, etc. For any particular role at a given conference, the swc:Role class or a sub-class will be instantiated. This role instance stands in relation to a person (who plays the role) and an event. The figure below gives an example showing how to model the role of the metadata chair (or "dog food tsar") at ISWC+ASWC2007, which was held by Knud Möller (together with Tom Heath, not shown in the figure). Note that the metadata chair role is not modelled with its own dedicated class (although it could have been). Instead, an instance of the generic Chair class is used and labelled accordingly.

is a sub-event of
type: TransitiveProperty
term status: testing
domain: Vevent
range: Vevent
inverse of: is the super-event of
label: is sub-event of
comment: Events can be sub-events of other events. E.g., a talk can be a sub-event of a session, which in turn can be a sub-event of a conference. The relation is transitive - the talk is also a sub-event of the conference.
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Thing
range: Resource
domain: Resource
domain: Thing

has submission deadline
type: DeprecatedProperty
term status: deprecated
domain: Call
range: dateTime
comment: The call classes have been deprecated in SWC. Instead, we suggest to use the CfP ontology.
type: Property
range: Resource
domain: Announcement
domain: Resource
domain: Thing