RDF Datatype (module for Omeka S) [archived]

IMPORTANT This module is deprecated and replaced by the modules Data Type RDF, that manages html, xml, and boolean, and Numeric Data Types, that manages integer and date/time. Install them for an automatic upgrade. Other data types are converted into literal.

RDF Datatype is a module for Omeka S that implements the main RDF datatypes and XSD datatypes that are recommended by the World Wide Web consortium W3C in order to simplify user input and to give a better semanticity to the values of the properties.

Default Omeka datatypes: - text - Omeka resource (item, item set, media) - uri

Added rdf and xsd datatypes: - rdf:HTML: an html fragment - rdf:XMLLiteral: an xml fragment - xsd:boolean: true or false - xsd:integer: a simple number - xsd:decimal: a decimal number - xsd:dateTime: a full ISO 8601 date time - xsd:date: an ISO 8601 date - xsd:time: an ISO 8601 time - xsd:gYear: a Gregorian year - xsd:gYearMonth: a Gregorian year and month - xsd:gMonth: a Gregorian month - xsd:gMonthDay: a Gregorian month and day - xsd:gDay: a Gregorian day of month

Installation

Uncompress files and rename plugin folder RdfDatatype.

See general end user documentation for Installing a module and follow the config instructions.

Usage

The data types that are set in the config of the module are automatically available in all the resource forms. It is advisable to avoid to overload the user interface.

In all cases, it is recommended to create resources templates in order to simplify the use of the datatypes and to normalize all the metadata of all the records.

Note: the datatypes xsd:gMonth, xsd:gMonthDay and xsd:gDay may not be intuitive. To be compliant with the standard, they should be prepended with -- for months, and --- for day. They are not added automatically. Furthermore, sparql cannot request any of the the Gregorian datatypes.

TODO

• Use a javascript for xsd:dateTime.
• Use a purifier for rdf:XMLLiteral.
• Add a batch process to change the type of a property for a list of resources.
• Add xsd:token or a derivative for standard or custom enumerations (language, etc.).
• Add xsd:anyURI for uris.
• Normalize Zend form for xsd:time, that requires seconds.
• Simplify search (Omeka S issue #1241).
• Manage restrictions via the resource templates (default value for boolean, range, default tokens, with or without seconds, css for html, xsl for xml…).
• Allow to attach multiple selected datatypes to resource templates (in particular for subjects).

Warning

Use it at your own risk.

It’s always recommended to backup your files and your databases and to check your archives regularly so you can roll back if needed.

Troubleshooting

See online issues on the module issues page on GitHub.

License

This module is published under the CeCILL v2.1 license, compatible with GNU/GPL and approved by FSF and OSI.

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Copyright

• Copyright Daniel Berthereau, 2018