@prefix dc: .
@prefix dcterms: .
@prefix owl: .
@prefix rdf: .
@prefix rdfs: .
@prefix xsd: .
@prefix audience: .
@prefix bbc: .
@prefix cms: .
@prefix core: .
@prefix cwork: .
@prefix provenance: .
@prefix tagging: .
rdf:type provenance:Ontology , owl:Ontology ;
rdfs:comment """The Â鶹Éç ontology is used to describe Â鶹Éç concepts in the store. For example, the Â鶹Éç divisions (products) publishing linked data and interfacing with the triplestore, the platforms for which we produce content and the web documents that publish or are relevant to the Â鶹Éç's content."""@en-gb ;
rdfs:label "Â鶹Éç Ontology"@en-gb ;
dc:creator , ;
dc:date "2012-12-01"^^xsd:date ;
dcterms:modified "2025-05-30"^^xsd:date ;
dcterms:license ;
provenance:canonicalLocation "https://github.com/bbc/common-metadata/raw/master/ontologies/bbc.ttl"^^xsd:string ;
provenance:changeReason "METADATA-1664 Deprecated EditorialSensitivity; METADATA-370 Added NewsOrganisationalUnit class"@en-gb ;
provenance:public true ;
provenance:slug "bbc"^^xsd:string ;
provenance:version "1.46"^^xsd:string ;
owl:imports dc: , dcterms: , , ;
owl:priorVersion bbc:1.45 ;
owl:versionIRI bbc:1.46 ;
owl:versionInfo "1.46"^^xsd:string .
## Classes
bbc:Blogs
rdf:type bbc:Product ;
rdfs:comment "This instance of bbc:Product is needed to associate WebDocuments from the Â鶹Éç blogs."@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "Blogs"@en-gb .
bbc:Education
rdf:type bbc:Product ;
rdfs:comment "This instance of bbc:Product is needed to associate WebDocuments from Â鶹Éç Education."@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "Education"@en-gb .
bbc:Facebook
rdf:type bbc:Product ;
rdfs:comment "Represents the official Facebook pages of the things the Â鶹Éç creates content about e.g., the Manchester council Facebook account http://www.facebook.com/mancitycouncil."@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "Facebook"@en-gb .
bbc:HighWeb
rdf:type bbc:Platform ;
rdfs:comment "Represents the web documents designed for a large screen."@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "HighWeb"@en-gb .
bbc:Mobile
rdf:type bbc:Platform ;
rdfs:comment "Represents the web documents designed for a smaller, mobile screen."@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "Mobile"@en-gb .
bbc:Music
rdf:type bbc:Product ;
rdfs:comment "This instance of bbc:Product is needed to associate WebDocuments from Â鶹Éç Music."@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "Music"@en-gb .
bbc:News
rdf:type bbc:Product ;
rdfs:comment "This instance of bbc:Product is needed to associate WebDocuments from Â鶹Éç News."@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "News"@en-gb .
bbc:NewsService
rdf:type owl:Class ;
rdfs:comment "Class representing a Â鶹Éç News service, e.g., Â鶹Éç Guernsey."@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "NewsService"@en-gb ;
rdfs:subClassOf core:Organisation .
bbc:SportEditorialTeam
rdf:type owl:Class ;
rdfs:comment "Class representing Â鶹Éç Sport editorial teams, e.g. Â鶹Éç Sport Scotland"@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "SportEditorialTeam"@en-gb ;
rdfs:subClassOf core:Organisation .
bbc:OfficialHomepage
rdf:type bbc:Product ;
rdfs:comment "Represents the official home pages of the things the Â鶹Éç creates content about e.g., the Manchester council homepage http://www.manchester.gov.uk."@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "OfficialHomepage"@en-gb .
bbc:Platform
rdf:type owl:Class ;
rdfs:comment "Represents the different types of platforms through which a web document can be accessed. This is needed to derive the correct web document for consumption from the appropriate platform. If there's no specification on platform suitability then the document is considered to be suitable for both."@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "Platform"@en-gb ;
rdfs:subClassOf owl:Thing .
bbc:Product
rdf:type owl:Class ;
rdfs:comment "Class representing products which create content about things. Within the Â鶹Éç's scope, this would be one of the ten Future Media Products. Outside the Â鶹Éç, this could refer to an organisation or company whose web pages we link to. Typically the official web pages of things (e.g., http://www.tomdaley.tv/) or their Wikipedia, Twitter and Facebook pages."@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "Product"@en-gb ;
rdfs:subClassOf owl:Thing .
bbc:Sport
rdf:type bbc:Product ;
rdfs:comment "This instance of bbc:Product is needed to associate WebDocuments from Â鶹Éç Sport."@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "Sport"@en-gb .
bbc:Twitter
rdf:type bbc:Product ;
rdfs:comment "Represents the official twitter pages of the things the Â鶹Éç creates content about e.g., the Manchester council twitter account http://twitter.com/ManCityCouncil."@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "Twitter"@en-gb .
bbc:WebDocument
rdf:type owl:Class ;
rdfs:comment "A web document is a page available from a content-negotiable URL on the Â鶹Éç website or any web document to which the Â鶹Éç points at."@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "WebDocument"@en-gb ;
rdfs:subClassOf owl:Thing .
bbc:Format
rdf:type owl:Class;
rdfs:subClassOf tagging:Format ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "Format"@en-gb .
bbc:EditorialFormat
rdf:type owl:Class;
rdfs:subClassOf bbc:Format ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "EditorialFormat"@en-gb .
bbc:MediaFormat
rdf:type owl:Class;
rdfs:subClassOf bbc:Format ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "MediaFormat"@en-gb .
bbc:Genre
rdf:type owl:Class;
rdfs:subClassOf tagging:Genre ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "Genre"@en-gb .
bbc:WebDocumentCategory
rdf:type owl:Class ;
rdfs:comment "This class is needed to support the different categories of web documents. This is meant to be extended by the clients with categories of web documents that make sense to their own product. For example, dynamically generated aggregations of content or editorially curated profiles of things."@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "WebDocumentCategory"@en-gb ;
rdfs:subClassOf owl:Thing .
bbc:Correspondent
a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "Correspondent" ;
rdfs:comment "The class of Â鶹Éç correspondents" ;
rdfs:subClassOf core:Person , cwork:Creator .
bbc:Campaign
a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "Campaign"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "An editorial campaign which groups together Â鶹Éç assets"@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.27 ;
rdfs:subClassOf tagging:Campaign .
# Editorial Sensitivity
bbc:EditorialSensitivity
a owl:Class ;
rdfs:comment "An editorial sensitivity for a Â鶹Éç asset."@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "EditorialSensitivity"@en-gb ;
rdfs:subClassOf tagging:EditorialSensitivity ;
provenance:deprecated true ;
provenance:isDeprecatedBy core:EditorialSensitivity .
# Audience
bbc:Audience
a owl:Class ;
rdfs:subClassOf tagging:Audience ;
rdfs:comment "An audience for a Â鶹Éç asset."@en-gb ;
rdfs:label "Audience"@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy .
# Nation
bbc:Nation
a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "Audience nation"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "Â鶹Éç national audience location"@en-gb ;
rdfs:subClassOf audience:Location ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.26 .
# Region
bbc:Region
a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "Audience region"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "Â鶹Éç regional audience location"@en-gb ;
rdfs:subClassOf audience:Location ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.26 .
# Brand - added in version 1.20
bbc:Brand
a owl:Class ;
rdfs:comment "A brand for a Â鶹Éç asset - for example a PIPs programme brand like 'Luther' or a Journalism brand like 'Reality Check"@en-gb ;
rdfs:label "Brand"@en-gb ;
rdfs:subClassOf tagging:Brand ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy .
bbc:CoreService
a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "CoreService"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "The primary access points for audiences to consume Â鶹Éç content"@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.35 .
bbc:CuratorBrand
a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "CuratorBrand"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "National/local TV/radio services, World Service language services, curated groupings of online content"@en-gb ;
rdfs:subClassOf bbc:Brand ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.35 .
bbc:ContentBrand
a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "ContentBrand"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "Top-level programme objects and journalism brands (like 'Reality Check')"@en-gb ;
rdfs:subClassOf bbc:Brand ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.35 .
# InfoClass
bbc:InfoClass
a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "InfoClass"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "The information security classification for a Â鶹Éç asset"@en-gb ;
rdfs:subClassOf tagging:InfoClass ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.23 .
# Narrative Theme
bbc:NarrativeTheme
a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "NarrativeTheme"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "The narrative theme of a Â鶹Éç asset"@en-gb ;
rdfs:subClassOf core:Theme , tagging:NarrativeTheme ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.29 .
# Asset Type
bbc:AssetType
a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "AssetType"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "The type or form of a Â鶹Éç asset"@en-gb ;
rdfs:subClassOf tagging:AssetType ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.30 .
# Organisational Unit
bbc:OrganisationalUnit
a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "OrganisationalUnit"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "A Â鶹Éç team, Â鶹Éç department, or any other part of the Â鶹Éç"@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.32 ;
rdfs:subClassOf tagging:Agent , tagging:OrganisationalUnit .
# News Organisational Unit
bbc:NewsOrganisationalUnit
a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "NewsOrganisationalUnit"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "A Â鶹Éç organisational unit of particular relevance to News"@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.46 ;
rdfs:subClassOf bbc:OrganisationalUnit .
# Shelf Life
bbc:ShelfLife
a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "ShelfLife"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "A period of time for which it is appropriate to promote an asset"@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.36 ;
rdfs:subClassOf tagging:ShelfLife .
# Entry Point
bbc:EntryPoint
a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "EntryPoint"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "The preferred individual asset to represent a group of assets to audiences"@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.42 ;
rdfs:subClassOf tagging:EntryPoint .
# Home
bbc:Home
a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "Home"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "The class of Â鶹Éç digital portfolio parts with which a bbc:Asset can be associated"@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.43 .
# Asset
bbc:Asset
a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "Asset"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "The class of Â鶹Éç assets — most commonly content assets"@en-gb ;
rdfs:subClassOf owl:Thing ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.43 .
# Contribution Role
bbc:ContributionRole
a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "ContributionRole"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "The role in which a tagging:Agent made a contribution to an asset"@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.45 ;
rdfs:subClassOf tagging:ContributionRole .
## Properties
bbc:hasOutput
rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:comment "Associates a regional Â鶹Éç service with an audience facing output such as a News website."@en-gb ;
rdfs:domain bbc:NewsService ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "hasOutput"@en-gb ;
rdfs:range bbc:WebDocument .
bbc:platform
rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:comment "Associates a web document with one of the platforms for which the WebDocument is appropriate. If the WebDocument is responsive then this property is not used because the WebDocument is appropriate for both platforms. Only one of the two allowed values (bbc:HighWeb, bbc:Mobile) can be used for every WebDocument. Therefore the property is used with at most one value per WebDocument."@en-gb ;
rdfs:domain bbc:WebDocument ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "platform"@en-gb ;
rdfs:range bbc:Platform .
bbc:primaryContent
rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:comment "Represents the fact that a web document has as primary content the creative work (e.g., a news story about Tom Daley is the primary content of a webpage)."@en-gb ;
rdfs:domain bbc:WebDocument ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "primaryContent"@en-gb ;
rdfs:range cwork:CreativeWork ;
owl:inverseOf bbc:primaryContentOf .
bbc:primaryContentOf
rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:comment "Inverse of bbc:primaryContent."@en-gb ;
rdfs:domain cwork:CreativeWork ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "primaryContentOf"@en-gb ;
rdfs:range bbc:WebDocument ;
owl:inverseOf bbc:primaryContent .
bbc:product
rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:comment "Associates the WebDocument with the particular Â鶹Éç Product it belongs to. This reflects the editorial branding of the product."@en-gb ;
rdfs:domain bbc:WebDocument ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "product"@en-gb ;
rdfs:range bbc:Product .
bbc:servedBy
rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:comment "Associates a populated place with a regional Â鶹Éç service that it is served by."@en-gb ;
rdfs:domain core:Place ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "servedBy"@en-gb ;
rdfs:range bbc:NewsService ;
owl:deprecated "true"^^xsd:boolean;
owl:inverseOf bbc:serves .
bbc:serves
rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:comment "Associates a regional Â鶹Éç service with a populated place that it serves."@en-gb ;
rdfs:domain bbc:NewsService ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "serves"@en-gb ;
rdfs:range core:Place ;
owl:inverseOf bbc:servedBy .
bbc:coveredBy
rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:comment "Associates a Thing with a regional Â鶹Éç service which reports on it."@en-gb ;
rdfs:domain core:Thing ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "coveredBy"@en-gb ;
rdfs:range tagging:Agent ;
owl:inverseOf bbc:covers .
bbc:covers
rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:comment "Associates a regional Â鶹Éç service with a Thing that it regularly reports on."@en-gb ;
rdfs:domain tagging:Agent ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "covers"@en-gb ;
rdfs:range core:Thing ;
owl:inverseOf bbc:coveredBy .
bbc:webDocumentCategory
rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:comment "Associates a web document with a category as defined by clients."@en-gb ;
rdfs:domain bbc:WebDocument ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:label "webDocumentCategory"@en-gb ;
rdfs:range bbc:WebDocumentCategory .
bbc:subFormatOf
rdf:type owl:TransitiveProperty ;
rdfs:comment "Allows a format to transitively be a child of another format"@en-gb ;
rdfs:subPropertyOf tagging:subConceptOf ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:domain bbc:Format ;
rdfs:range bbc:Format ;
rdfs:label "subFormatOf"@en-gb .
bbc:subGenreOf
rdf:type owl:TransitiveProperty ;
rdfs:comment "Allows a genre to transitively be a child of another genre"@en-gb ;
rdfs:subPropertyOf tagging:subConceptOf ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:domain bbc:Genre ;
rdfs:range bbc:Genre ;
rdfs:label "subGenreOf"@en-gb .
bbc:pipsId
rdf:type owl:DatatypeProperty ;
rdfs:comment "Maps a Â鶹Éç asset to its equivalent PIPs ID"@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
# Removed domain in v1.21
# rdfs:domain bbc:Genre , bbc:Format , tagging:Agent ;
rdfs:range xsd:String ;
rdfs:label "pipsId"@en-gb .
bbc:contributor
a owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:label "contributor" ;
rdfs:comment "Connects a Â鶹Éç asset to a contributor" ;
rdfs:domain owl:Thing ;
rdfs:range tagging:Agent .
bbc:campaign
a owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:label "campaign"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "This property connects a Â鶹Éç asset to a particular editorial campaign"@en-gb ;
rdfs:domain owl:Thing ;
rdfs:range bbc:Campaign ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.27 .
# Editorial Sensitivity
bbc:editorialSensitivity
rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:label "editorialSensitivity"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "Associates a Â鶹Éç asset with an editorial sensitivity."@en-gb ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy ;
rdfs:domain owl:Thing ;
rdfs:range bbc:EditorialSensitivity .
# Audience commissioned for
bbc:commissionedFor
a owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:subPropertyOf bbc:relevantTo ;
rdfs:comment "This property associates a Â鶹Éç asset with an audience for which is intended."@en-gb ;
rdfs:label "commissionedFor"@en-gb ;
rdfs:domain owl:Thing ;
rdfs:range bbc:Audience ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy .
# Audience relevant to
bbc:relevantTo
a owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:comment "This property associates a Â鶹Éç asset with an audience to which it's relevant."@en-gb ;
rdfs:label "relevantTo"@en-gb ;
rdfs:domain owl:Thing ;
rdfs:range bbc:Audience ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy .
# Audience suitable for
bbc:suitableFor
a owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:comment "This property associates a Â鶹Éç asset with an audience for which it's suitable."@en-gb ;
rdfs:label "suitableFor"@en-gb ;
rdfs:domain owl:Thing ;
rdfs:range audience:SuitableAgeRange ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy .
# brand predicate - added in version 1.20
bbc:brand
a owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:comment "This property associates a Â鶹Éç asset with bbc:Brand instance"@en-gb ;
rdfs:label "brand"@en-gb ;
rdfs:domain owl:Thing ;
rdfs:range bbc:Brand ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy .
# Primary media type
bbc:primaryMediaType
a owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:label "primaryMediaType"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "This property connects a Â鶹Éç asset with its primary media type"@en-gb ;
rdfs:domain owl:Thing ;
rdfs:range cwork:MediaType ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.22 .
# InfoClass
bbc:infoClass
a owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:label "infoClass"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "This property associates a Â鶹Éç asset with an information security classification"@en-gb ;
rdfs:domain owl:Thing ;
rdfs:range bbc:InfoClass ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.23 .
# Narrative Theme
bbc:narrativeTheme
a owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:label "narrativeTheme"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "This property associates a Â鶹Éç asset with a Narratve Theme"@en-gb ;
rdfs:domain owl:Thing ;
rdfs:range bbc:NarrativeTheme ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.29 .
# Asset Type
bbc:assetType
a owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:label "assetType"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "This property associates a Â鶹Éç asset with an Asset Type or 'form'"@en-gb ;
rdfs:domain owl:Thing ;
rdfs:range bbc:AssetType ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.30 .
# subOrganisationalUnitOf
bbc:subOrganisationalUnitOf
a owl:TransitiveProperty ;
rdfs:label "subOrganisationalUnitOf"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "This property associates one bbc:OrganisationalUnit with another above it in a hierarchy"@en-gb ;
rdfs:domain bbc:OrganisationalUnit ;
rdfs:range bbc:OrganisationalUnit ;
rdfs:subPropertyOf core:isPartOf ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.33 .
# Shelf Life
bbc:shelfLife
a owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:label "shelfLife"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "Associates an asset with a period of time for which it is appropriate to promote an asset"@en-gb ;
rdfs:range bbc:ShelfLife ;
rdfs:domain owl:Thing ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.36 .
# Image collection
bbc:imageCollection
a owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:label "imageCollection"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "Connects a thing to a Â鶹Éç image collection."@en-gb ;
rdfs:domain owl:Thing ;
rdfs:range cms:ImageLocator ;
rdfs:subPropertyOf tagging:imageCollection ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.39 .
# Entry Point
bbc:entryPoint
a owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:label "entryPoint"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "Indicates the preferred audience starting point within a group of assets"@en-gb ;
rdfs:range bbc:EntryPoint ;
rdfs:domain owl:Thing ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.42 .
# Home
bbc:home
a owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:label "home"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "Connects a Â鶹Éç asset to a Â鶹Éç Home"@en-gb ;
rdfs:domain bbc:Asset ;
rdfs:range bbc:Home ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.43 .
# Contribution Role
bbc:contributionRole
a owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:label "contributionRole"@en-gb ;
rdfs:comment "Associates the contribution of a tagging:Agent with a specific role"@en-gb ;
rdfs:range bbc:ContributionRole ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy bbc:1.45 .