OpenlyLocal - Proposed RDF Vocabulary

Local Government Member (openlylocal:LocalAuthorityMember)

Represents the class of elected people in local government.

Local Authority members are people.

Committee (openlylocal:LocalAuthorityCommittee)

Represents the class of groups known as committees, forming parts of local authorities.

Committees are groups of people.

Local Authority (openlylocal:LocalAuthority)

Represents the class of local authorities.

Local authorities are organisations that run a small area and is also represented in ONS.

County (openlylocal:CountyAuthority)

Represents the class of Counties.

A County is a kind of Local Authority

District (openlylocal:DistrictAuthority)

Represents the class of District authorities

A District is a kind of Local Authority

London Borough (openlylocal:LondonBoroughAuthority)

Represents the class of London Boroughs.

A London Borough is a kind of Local Authority and is also represented in DBpedia.

Unitary Authority (openlylocal:UnitaryAuthority)

Represents the class of Unitary authorities.

A Unitary Authority is a kind of Local Authority and is also represented in DBpedia.

Ward (openlylocal:Ward)

Represents the class of Wards.

Wards are subdivisions of the United Kingdom DBpedia.

Police Authority (openlylocal:PoliceAuthority)

Represents the class of Police Authorities.

A Police Authority is the organisation that governs a Police of the United Kingdom (excluding Scotland).

Election (openlylocal:Election)

Represents the class of Local Government Elections.

An Election is an event that is held to democratically choose winners from possible candidates. An election may be for a particular electoral area, an elected position (such as Mayor), or, less frequently, as a non-area member of a body (such as the Greater London Authority)

Candidate (openlylocal:Candidate)

Represents the class of Candidates.

A Candidate is a person who stands for election to a particular electoral area, a position (such as Mayor), or, less frequently, as a non-area member of a body (such as the Greater London Authority)

Is Parent Authority (openlylocal:isParentAuthorityOf)

Links County Councils and DistrictCouncils. A CountyAuthority is considered to be a parentAuthority to a DistrictAuthority, and is responsible for some of the services in the District's area

FOI data (openlylocal:foi-data)

Links the entity to a page containing information obtained under a Freedom of Information Act in a relevant jurisdiction.

The relationship is almost the same as foaf:page.

meeting (openlylocal:meeting)

Links an organisation to a meeting of the organisation or of any part of the organisation. A relationship of this kind signals the intent of the group members to attend, but does not imply attendance.

Meeting connects a Group to an Event.

committee (openlylocal:committee)

Links a local authority to a part of itself. In particular an Organisation is linked to a Group.

notes (openlylocal:notes)

Links a thing to notes about the thing provided by They Work For You. The notes can be any literal including text in any language, XML or XHTML.

minutes (openlylocal:minutes)

Links an event to a document describing the decisions and discussion that occurred at the event, as well as information about the running of the event.

The minutes link connects an Event to a Document.

Is Police Force For (openlylocal:isPoliceForceFor)

Links PoliceForces and Local Authorities. A PoliceForce is considered to be the police force for a Local Authority, and is responsible for the policing and law enforcement in the LocalAuthority's area

Is Police Authority For (openlylocal:isPoliceAuthorityFor)

Links PoliceAuthorities and Police Forces. A PoliceAuthority is considered to be governing body for a Police Force

votes (openlylocal:votes)

Links a candidate to the number of votes cast for that candidate in an election. The votes are an integer.

electorate (openlylocal:electorate)

Links an election to the total number of possible votes cast. The electorate is an integer.