RDF Terms
Sections
This page lists terms for the RDF namespace http://data.altlaw.org/v3/rdf/terms/
RDF Predicates
court
Predicate; signifies that a case was heard/decided in a particular court.
Domain: Case (or Citation)
Range: Court
major
Predicate; identifies the "major" number in a numeric citation, e.g. the volume number.
Domain: NumberCite
Range: literal (integer or string)
minor
Predicate; identifies a "minor" number in a numeric citation, e.g. the page number.
Domain: NumberCite
Range: literal (integer or string)
pin
Predicate; identifies a pin cite, i.e. the page at which a particular use of a citation points, different from the starting page.
judge
Predicate; signifies that a case was heard by a particular judge.
Domain: Case
Range: Judge
citation
Predicate; gives the citation of a case
Refines: dcterms:bibliographicCitation
Domain: Case
Range: Citation (and its sub-classes)
numberCite
Predicate; identifies a citation to a numerically-identified part of a collection. Usually has 3 parts
A Citation may have multiple numberCites, for parallel citations.
Domain: Citation
Range: NumberCite
pinCite
Predicate; identifies a use of a NumberCite with an additional specifier, a "pin cite" that points to a specific page number.
Domain: Citation
Range: PinCite
docket
Predicate; gives the docket number for a case. May be repeated for cases with multiple docket numbers.
Refines: dcterms:identifier
Domain: Case
Range: literal strings, should not include the text "No." or "Nos.", but may include non-numeric characters.
RDF-Schema Classes
Court
Case
Judge
Opinion
Citation
Subclasses: BluebookCite, AALLCite, NumberCite, PinCite, ParallelCite
