OpenWEMI vocabulary

A creation.

• Work ^c
• Expression ^c
• Manifestation ^c
• Item ^c

An abstract notion of an artistic or intellectual creation.

A work is an abstraction that represents the concepts behind a creation. Each metadata community will have a different definition of Work, but it should be the broadest definition of the creations being described.

• related Work ^p
• expressed by ^p

• related Work ^p
• expresses ^p

A perceivable form of the creation.

Creations are made tangible through some kind of expression, such as text, sound, or a visual form. There may be more than one expression of a work of the same type or of different types.

• related Expression ^p
• expresses ^p

• related Expression ^p
• expressed by ^p

The physical embodiment of a creation.

A manifestation is a creation that has been realized in some physical or digital form. A manifestation may be a single realization or a realization that is produced in multiple copies such as the publication of a music compact disk or the manufacture of a shirt.

• related Manifestation ^p
• manifests ^p

• related Manifestation ^p
• manifested by ^p

An exemplar of a creation.

An Item is a single instance of the creation, something that can have a place on a shelf or a location online.

• related Item ^p
• instantiates ^p

• related Item ^p
• instantiated by ^p

This provides a non-specific relationship between two Works. The specific relationship type can be defined as a sub-property of relatedWork.

This provides a non-specific relationship between two Expressions. The specific relationship type can be defined as a sub-property of relatedExpression.

This provides a non-specific relationship between two Manifestations. The specific relationship type can be defined as a sub-property of relatedManifestation.

This provides a non-specific relationship between two Items. The specific relationship type can be defined as a sub-property of relatedItem.

A relationship asserted from an Expression to a Work that it expresses.

A relationship asserted from a Work to an Expression that expresses the Work.

A relationship asserted from a Manifestation to an Expression or a Work.

A relationship asserted from a Work or an Expression to a Manifestation.

A relationship asserted from an Item to a Manifestation, an Expression, or a Work.

A relationship asserted from a Work, an Expression, or a Manifestation to an Item.

commonEndeavour is intended to define a relationship between two resources that may or may not be modeled as . This makes it possible to assert that a resource modeled using a vocabulary that does not use the entity model explicitly is describing the same Work, Expression, Manifestation, and/or Item as another resource.

commonWork is intended to define a relationship between two resources that may or may not be modeled as OpenWEMI. This makes it possible to assert that a resource modeled using a vocabulary that does not use the OpenWEMI entity model explicitly is describing the same Work as another resource.

commonExpression is intended to define a relationship between two resources that may or may not be modeled as OpenWEMI. This makes it possible to assert that a resource modeled using a vocabulary that does not use the OpenWEMI entity model explicitly is describing the Expression as another resource.

commonManifestation is intended to define a relationship between two resources that may or may not be modeled as OpenWEMI. This makes it possible to assert that a resource modeled using a vocabulary that does not use the OpenWEMI entity model explicitly is describing the same Manifestation as another resource.

commonItem is intended to define a relationship between two resources that may or may not be modeled as OpenWEMI. This makes it possible to assert that a resource modeled using a vocabulary that does not use the OpenWEMI entity model explicitly is describing the same Item as another resource.