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Table of Contents


1. Introduction

This section is non-normative.

RDF vocabularies define the terms and resources for a domain of interest, life-cycle management in the case of OSLC Core. These vocabularies are often specified in an open manner, without providing information such as property domain and range assertions, cardinalities, etc. This helps keep the vocabulary applicable for a wide range of uses and furthering integration with other vocabularies.

However, it is often desirable to closed down a vocabulary with specific constraints to facilitate using the vocabulary for a specific purpose. This document specifies the constraints for using the OSLC Core vocabulary in OSLC. Different sets of constraints MAY be applied to a vocabulary in order to tailor its use, without overly constraining the vocabulary for other usages. [CC-1]

These constraints apply to the core vocabulary defined in OSLC Core Version 3.0. Part 7: Vocabulary.

1.1 Terminology

Terminology uses and extends the terminology and capabilities of OSLC Core Overview, W3C Linked Data Platform [LDP], W3C's Architecture of the World Wide Web [WEBARCH], Hyper-text Transfer Protocol [HTTP11].

No new terms are defined in this part.

1.2 References

1.2.1 Normative references

[DC-TERMS]
DCMI Usage Board. Dublin Core Metadata Terms, version 1.1. DCMI, 11 October 2010. DCMI Recommendation. URL: http://dublincore.org/documents/2010/10/11/dcmi-terms/
[FOAF]
Dan Brickley; Libby Miller. FOAF Vocabulary Specification 0.99 (Paddington Edition). FOAF project, 14 January 2014. URL: http://xmlns.com/foaf/spec
[HTTP11]
R. Fielding, Ed.; J. Reschke, Ed.. Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Message Syntax and Routing. IETF, June 2014. Proposed Standard. URL: https://httpwg.org/specs/rfc7230.html
[LDP]
Steve Speicher; John Arwe; Ashok Malhotra. Linked Data Platform 1.0. W3C, 26 February 2015. W3C Recommendation. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/ldp/
[OSLCCore2]
S. Speicher; D. Johnson. OSLC Core 2.0. http://open-services.net. Finalized. URL: http://open-services.net/bin/view/Main/OslcCoreSpecification
[RFC2119]
S. Bradner. Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels. IETF, March 1997. Best Current Practice. URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119
[RFC8174]
B. Leiba. Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words. IETF, May 2017. Best Current Practice. URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8174
[rdf-schema]
Dan Brickley; Ramanathan Guha. RDF Schema 1.1. W3C, 25 February 2014. W3C Recommendation. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-schema/
[rdf11-concepts]
Richard Cyganiak; David Wood; Markus Lanthaler. RDF 1.1 Concepts and Abstract Syntax. W3C, 25 February 2014. W3C Recommendation. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/

1.2.2 Informative references

[CSS21]
Bert Bos; Tantek Çelik; Ian Hickson; Håkon Wium Lie. Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 Revision 1 (CSS 2.1) Specification. W3C, 7 June 2011. W3C Recommendation. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/
[SHACL]
Holger Knublauch; Arthur Ryman. Shapes Constraint Language (SHACL). http://www.w3.org/. Draft. URL: https://w3c.github.io/data-shapes/shacl/
[WEBARCH]
Ian Jacobs; Norman Walsh. Architecture of the World Wide Web, Volume One. W3C, 15 December 2004. W3C Recommendation. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/webarch/
[skos-reference]
Alistair Miles; Sean Bechhofer. SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Reference. W3C, 18 August 2009. W3C Recommendation. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/

1.3 Typographical Conventions and Use of RFC Terms

As well as sections marked as non-normative, all authoring guidelines, diagrams, examples, and notes in this specification are non-normative. Everything else in this specification is normative.

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this specification are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here.


2. Common Properties

Unlike the rest of the Core specification, these properties change and grow as new common properties are added. The properties that we list here are available for use in OSLC domain specifications when defining OSLC resources, but this does not mean that they are required to be in OSLC resources. OSLC domain specifications decide which properties are allowed and required for resources needed to realize their use cases. The OSLC common properties include properties defined in other standard vocabularies including:

2.1 Properties on Any Resource

Common Properties Properties
Prefixed Name Occurs Read-only Value-type Representation Range Description
dcterms:contributor Zero-or-many unspecified AnyResource Either oslc:Any, foaf:Person Contributor or contributors to the resource. It is likely that the target resource will be a foaf:Person but that is not necessarily the case.
dcterms:created Zero-or-one unspecified dateTime N/A Unspecified Timestamp of resource creation.
dcterms:creator Zero-or-many unspecified AnyResource Either oslc:Any, foaf:Person Creator or creators of the resource. It is likely that the target resource will be a foaf:Person but that is not necessarily the case.
dcterms:description Zero-or-many unspecified XMLLiteral N/A Unspecified Descriptive text about resource represented as rich text in XHTML content.
dcterms:identifier Zero-or-many unspecified string N/A Unspecified A unique identifier for a resource. Typically read-only and assigned by the service provider when a resource is created. Not typically intended for end-user display.
dcterms:modified Zero-or-many unspecified dateTime N/A Unspecified Timestamp of latest resource modification.
dcterms:references Zero-or-many unspecified AnyResource Either Unspecified A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
dcterms:relation Zero-or-many unspecified AnyResource Either Unspecified Relation which identifies a related resource.
dcterms:subject Zero-or-many unspecified string N/A Unspecified Tag or keyword for a resource. Each occurrence of a dcterms:subject property denotes an additional tag for the resource.
dcterms:title Zero-or-many unspecified XMLLiteral N/A Unspecified Title of the resource represented as rich text in XHTML content.
oslc:archived Zero-or-one unspecified boolean N/A Unspecified Indicates whether the subject has been marked as archived, no longer an actively updating resource.
oslc:discussedBy Zero-or-one unspecified Resource Either oslc:Discussion A series of notes and comments about this resource.
oslc:error Zero-or-many unspecified AnyResource Either Unspecified A series of errors associated with this resource.
oslc:instanceShape Zero-or-many unspecified Resource Reference oslc:ResourceShape The URI of a Resource Shape that describes the possible properties, occurrence, value types, allowed values and labels. This shape information is useful in displaying the subject resource as well as guiding clients in performing modifications. Instance shapes may be specific to the authenticated user associated with the request that retrieved the resource, the current state of the resource and other factors and thus should not be cached.
oslc:modifiedBy Zero-or-many unspecified Resource Either oslc:Any, foaf:Person The URI of a resource describing the entity that most recently modified the subject resource. The link target is usually a foaf:Person or foaf:Agent, but could be any type. This is modeled after dcterms:creator, but Dublin Core currently has no equivalent property.
oslc:queryable Zero-or-one unspecified boolean N/A Unspecified Indicates whether a property is queryable (can appear in oslc.where and olsc.select clause) or not. Defaults to true if unspecified.
oslc:serviceProvider Zero-or-many unspecified Resource Reference oslc:ServiceProvider A link to the resource's OSLC Service Provider. There may be cases when the subject resource is available from a service provider that implements multiple domain specifications, which could result in multiple values for this property.
oslc:shortId Zero-or-many unspecified string N/A Unspecified A short, human-readable, plain text value. This value should be unique in some context that is apparent to human users of a service.
oslc:shortTitle Zero-or-many unspecified XMLLiteral N/A Unspecified Shorter form of dcterms:title for the resource represented as rich text in XHTML content.
rdf:type Zero-or-many unspecified Resource Reference rdfs:Class The resource type URIs.
rdfs:member Zero-or-many unspecified Resource Either Unspecified OSLC domains might define a number of member or contains relationships between resources. The rdfs:member property is suitable for use when only one such relationship needs to be defined, or when no additional semantics need to be implied by the property name.

2.2 Person Properties

Person Properties
Prefixed Name Occurs Read-only Value-type Representation Range Description
foaf:familyName Zero-or-many unspecified string N/A Unspecified Family name of person expressed as simple text string.
foaf:givenName Zero-or-many unspecified string N/A Unspecified Given name of person expressed as simple text string.
foaf:mbox Zero-or-many unspecified string N/A Unspecified A personal mailbox for this person, typically identified using the mailto: URI scheme (see RFC 2368).
foaf:name Zero-or-many unspecified string N/A Unspecified The full name of a person expressed as simple text string.
foaf:nick Zero-or-many unspecified string N/A Unspecified A short informal nickname or login identifer expressed as simple text string.

2.3 Implementation Conformance

Changes to the OSLC Core Vocabulary MUST be approved by the OASIS OSLC Open Project. [CC-4] The OSLC Core Vocabulary is assigned the namespace URI of the http://open-services.net/ns/core#.

Domain TCs and other extensions MUST contribute their vocabulary terms in a namespace which is assigned to them as an authority. [CC-5]

OSLC Core, domain and other extensions SHOULD reuse existing vocabulary terms from stable vocabularies such as [DC-TERMS], RDF [rdf11-concepts], RDF Schema [rdf-schema], [FOAF], [skos-reference] and OSLC. [CC-6] New vocabulary terms SHOULD only be created when there is no clear existing choice available. [CC-7] See the [LDP] similar clause on reuse.


3. Discussion

3.1 Shape: Discussion

It is common to collect a series of comments on a lifecycle resource, often referred to as a discussion. For example: tasks, bug reports, requirements, assets and so on, are often collected across various types of resources such as project. A project might reflect the planning of work to deliver a product that realizes the requirements as validated through test cases and bug reports. Discussions allow users to collaborate with each other for more efficient and effective delivery. This Discussion resource definition provides a minimal shape describing the needed properties.

Discussion Properties
Prefixed Name Occurs Read-only Value-type Representation Range Description
oslc:comment Zero-or-many false AnyResource Either oslc:Comment Comment about resource.
oslc:discussionAbout Exactly-one false Resource Reference Unspecified Reference to associated resource.

3.2 Shape: Comment

Used in conjunction with Shape: Discussion to provide a minimal resource definition for a collection of comments.

Comment Properties
Prefixed Name Occurs Read-only Value-type Representation Range Description
dcterms:created Exactly-one unspecified dateTime N/A Unspecified When the comment resource was created.
dcterms:creator Exactly-one unspecified AnyResource Either foaf:Person The person who created the comment.
dcterms:description Exactly-one unspecified XMLLiteral N/A Unspecified Details or body of the comment; SHOULD include only content that is valid and suitable inside an XHTML <div> element [CC-8].
dcterms:identifier Exactly-one unspecified string N/A Unspecified A service defined identifier.
dcterms:title Zero-or-one unspecified XMLLiteral N/A Unspecified A brief title for the comment; SHOULD include only content that is valid and suitable inside an XHTML <span> element [CC-9].
oslc:inReplyTo Zero-or-one unspecified Resource Reference oslc:Comment Reference to the comment to which this comment replies.

4. Errors

4.1 Implementation Conformance

OSLC Servers SHOULD use the Error resource defined below as the basis for forming error responses. [CC-11]

OSLC Servers SHOULD return an Error resource using the same representation format requested by the client via the HTTP Accept request header. [HTTP11] [CC-12]

OSLC Clients SHOULD treat the oslc:statusCode as a String that starts with digits, but MAY contain non-digit text. [CC-13]

4.2 Shape: Error

Used when servers need a consistent shape to communicate error messages.

Error Properties
Prefixed Name Occurs Read-only Value-type Representation Range Description
dcterms:created Zero-or-one unspecified dateTime N/A Unspecified Optional indication of when the error was detected.
dcterms:identifier Zero-or-many unspecified string N/A Unspecified A unique human-readable string identifier for this resource, such as an error number or code.
dcterms:references Zero-or-many unspecified AnyResource Either Unspecified A reference to any resources that are the subject of this error.
oslc:cause Zero-or-many true AnyResource Either oslc:Error An error that was the cause of this error.
oslc:extendedError Zero-or-one true AnyResource Either oslc:ExtendedError Extended error information.
oslc:message Exactly-one true string N/A Unspecified An informative message describing the error that occurred.
oslc:statusCode Exactly-one true string N/A Unspecified The HTTP status code reported with the error.

4.3 Shape: ExtendedError

Additional details about an error the server had when processing the request.

ExtendedError Properties
Prefixed Name Occurs Read-only Value-type Representation Range Description
oslc:hintHeight Zero-or-one true string N/A Unspecified Values MUST be expressed in relative length units as defined in the W3C Cascading Style Sheets Specification (CSS 2.1) Em and ex units are interpreted relative to the default system font (at 100% size) [CC-14].
oslc:hintWidth Zero-or-one true string N/A Unspecified Values MUST be expressed in relative length units as defined in the W3C Cascading Style Sheets Specification (CSS 2.1) Em and ex units are interpreted relative to the default system font (at 100% size) [CC-15].
oslc:moreInfo Zero-or-one true Resource Reference Unspecified A resource giving more information on the error SHOULD be of an HTML content-type [CC-16].
oslc:rel Zero-or-one true string N/A Unspecified If present and set to 'alternate' then indicates that work-around is provided, behavior for other values is undefined.

4.4 Shape: ResponseInfo

Resource representations returned via [OSLCCore2] Resource Paging MUST include a resource of type oslc:ResponseInfo, as defined in this section. [CC-17] A response info resource representation describes information about a paged HTTP response body in which it appears.

ResponseInfo Properties
Prefixed Name Occurs Read-only Value-type Representation Range Description
dcterms:description Zero-or-one unspecified XMLLiteral N/A Unspecified Descriptive text about resource represented as rich text in XHTML content.
dcterms:title Zero-or-one unspecified XMLLiteral N/A Unspecified Title of the resource represented as rich text in XHTML content.
oslc:nextPage Zero-or-one true Resource Reference Unspecified Link to the next page of a response.
oslc:postBody Zero-or-one true string N/A Unspecified The body of a POST request to return the next page if the response was to a POST request. Where a paged resource supports POST with an application/x-www-form-urlencoded body as an alternative to GET to avoid the request URI exceeding server limitations, the oslc:ResponseInfo in the response to the POST SHOULD contain this property so that a client knows what to POST to get the next page [CC-18].
oslc:totalCount Zero-or-one true integer N/A Unspecified This optional property indicates the total number of results across all pages, its value SHOULD be non-negative [CC-19]. In the context of a query resource, this value SHOULD be the total number of results, i.e. the number of resources that match the query [CC-20]. In the context of other resources, the value SHOULD be the total number of property values (i.e. RDF triples) of the resource [CC-21]. Unless Stable Paging is in effect, the total count MAY vary as a client retrieves subsequent pages [CC-22].

5. Resource Shape

The shape of an RDF resource is a description of the set of triples it is expected to contain and the integrity constraints those triples are required to satisfy. Applications of shapes include validating RDF data, documenting RDF APIs, and providing meta-data to tools, such as form and query builders, that handle RDF data. OSLC Core uses shapes to:

Constraints on OSLC Core and Domain resources SHOULD be described using ResourceShapes which is included as part of the OSLC Core multi-part specifications. [CC-23] Servers MAY use other constraint languages such as [SHACL] to define resource constraints. [CC-24]

ResourceShape Constraints

ResourceShape Properties
Prefixed Name Occurs Read-only Value-type Representation Range Description
dcterms:description Zero-or-one true XMLLiteral N/A Unspecified The description of the defined constraint.
dcterms:title Zero-or-one true XMLLiteral N/A Unspecified The summary of this shape.
oslc:describes Zero-or-many true Resource Reference rdfs:Class The described resource types that this shape applies to.
oslc:hidden Zero-or-one true boolean N/A Unspecified Indicates the resource or property should not be displayed to users.
oslc:property Zero-or-many true Resource Inline oslc:Property Indicates an expected property of the described resources.
rdf:type Zero-or-many true Resource Reference Unspecified An OSLC resource shape SHOULD have an RDF type of oslc:ResourceShape.

Property Constraints

Property Properties
Prefixed Name Occurs Read-only Value-type Representation Range Description
dcterms:description Zero-or-one true XMLLiteral N/A Unspecified The description of the defined constraint.
dcterms:title Zero-or-one true XMLLiteral N/A Unspecified The summary of the defined property.
oslc:allowedValue Zero-or-many true unspecified Either Unspecified Specifies the allowed values of a property.
oslc:allowedValues Zero-or-one true Resource Reference oslc:AllowedValues The resource containing a set of allowed values of the defined property.
oslc:defaultValue Zero-or-one true unspecified Either Unspecified The default value of the defined property.
oslc:hidden Zero-or-one true boolean N/A Unspecified Indicates the resource or property should not be displayed to users.
oslc:isMemberProperty Zero-or-one true boolean N/A Unspecified If true then the described resource is a container and the defined property is used for container membership.
oslc:maxSize Zero-or-one true integer N/A Unspecified For string datatype properties, the maximum number of characters.
oslc:name Exactly-one true string N/A Unspecified The local name of the defined property.
oslc:occurs Exactly-one true Resource Reference oslc:Cardinality The number of times the defined property may occur.
oslc:propertyDefinition Exactly-one true Resource Reference rdf:Property The URI of the defined or constrained property.
oslc:queryable Zero-or-one true boolean N/A Unspecified Indicates whether a property is queryable (can appear in oslc.where and olsc.select clause) or not.
oslc:range One-or-many true Resource Reference rdfs:Class For object properties, specifies what the target resource type is expected to be, but that is not necessarily the case.
oslc:readOnly Zero-or-one true boolean N/A Unspecified If true then the defined property cannot be directly writen by clients, but may be updated indirectly by servers.
oslc:representation Zero-or-one true Resource Reference oslc:Representation For object properties, how the object resource is represented in the representation of the described resource.
oslc:valueShape Zero-or-one true Resource Reference oslc:ResourceShape For object properties, the URI of a shape resource that describes the object resource.
oslc:valueType Zero-or-many true Resource Reference oslc:ResourceValueType The type of values of the defined property.
rdf:type Zero-or-many true Resource Reference Unspecified An OSLC property SHOULD have an RDF type of oslc:Property.

AllowedValues Constraints

AllowedValues Properties
Prefixed Name Occurs Read-only Value-type Representation Range Description
oslc:allowedValue One-or-many true unspecified Either Unspecified Specifies the allow values in an AllowedValue constraint.

6. Discovery constraints

6.1 Resource: ServiceProviderCatalog

ServiceProviderCatalog Properties
Prefixed Name Occurs Read-only Value-type Representation Range Description
dcterms:description Zero-or-one true XMLLiteral N/A Unspecified Description of the services provided.
dcterms:publisher Zero-or-one true AnyResource Inline oslc:Publisher Describes the software product that provides the implementation.
dcterms:title Zero-or-one true XMLLiteral N/A Unspecified Title of this resource.
oslc:domain Zero-or-many true Resource Reference Unspecified Namespace URI of the specification that is implemented by this service. In most cases this namespace URI will be for an OSLC domain, but other URIs MAY be used [CC-26].
oslc:oauthConfiguration Zero-or-many true AnyResource Inline oslc:OAuthConfiguration Defines the three OAuth URIs required for a client to act as an OAuth consumer.
oslc:serviceProvider Zero-or-many true AnyResource Either oslc:ServiceProvider A service provider LDPC offered by this server.
oslc:serviceProviderCatalog Zero-or-many true AnyResource Either oslc:ServiceProviderCatalog Additional service provider catalog LDPCs used to organize services.

6.2 Resource: ServiceProvider

ServiceProvider Properties
Prefixed Name Occurs Read-only Value-type Representation Range Description
dcterms:description Zero-or-one true XMLLiteral N/A Unspecified Description of the services provided.
dcterms:publisher Zero-or-one true AnyResource Inline oslc:Publisher Describes the software product that provides the implementation.
dcterms:title Zero-or-one true XMLLiteral N/A Unspecified Title of this resource.
oslc:details Zero-or-many true Resource Reference Unspecified A URL that may be used to retrieve a resource to determine additional details about the service provider such as a web page describing it.
oslc:oauthConfiguration Zero-or-many true AnyResource Inline oslc:OAuthConfiguration Defines the three OAuth URIs required for a client to act as an OAuth consumer.
oslc:prefixDefinition Zero-or-many true AnyResource Inline oslc:PrefixDefinition Defines a namespace prefix for use in JSON representations and in forming OSLC Query Syntax strings.
oslc:service One-or-many true AnyResource Inline oslc:Service Describes a service LDPC offered by the service provider.

6.3 Resource: Service

Service Properties
Prefixed Name Occurs Read-only Value-type Representation Range Description
oslc:creationDialog Zero-or-many true AnyResource Inline oslc:Dialog Enables clients to create a resource via UI.
oslc:creationFactory Zero-or-many true AnyResource Inline oslc:CreationFactory An LDPC that enables clients to create new resources.
oslc:domain Exactly-one true Resource Reference Unspecified Namespace URI of the specification that is implemented by this service. In most cases this namespace URI will be for an OSLC domain, but other URIs MAY be used [CC-27].
oslc:queryCapability Zero-or-many true AnyResource Inline oslc:QueryCapability Enables clients query across a collection of resources.
oslc:selectionDialog Zero-or-many true AnyResource Inline oslc:Dialog Enables clients to select a resource via UI.
oslc:usage Zero-or-many true Resource Reference Unspecified An identifier URI for the domain specified usage of this resource. If a resource has multiple uses, it may designate the primary or default one that should be used with a property value of oslc:default.

6.4 Resource: CreationFactory

CreationFactory Properties
Prefixed Name Occurs Read-only Value-type Representation Range Description
dcterms:title Exactly-one true XMLLiteral N/A Unspecified Title string that could be used for display.
oslc:creation Exactly-one true Resource Reference ldp:Container To create a new resource via the factory, post it to this URI.
oslc:label Zero-or-one true string N/A Unspecified Very short label for use in menu items.
oslc:resourceShape Zero-or-many true Resource Reference oslc:ResourceShape A Creation Factory MAY provide Resource Shapes that describe shapes of resources that may be created [CC-28].
oslc:resourceType Zero-or-many true Resource Reference rdfs:Class The expected resource type URI of the resource that will be created using this creation factory. These would be the URIs found in the result resource's rdf:type property.
oslc:usage Zero-or-many true Resource Reference Unspecified An identifier URI for the domain specified usage of this resource. If a resource has multiple uses, it may designate the primary or default one that should be used with a property value of oslc:default.

6.5 Resource: QueryCapability

QueryCapability Properties
Prefixed Name Occurs Read-only Value-type Representation Range Description
dcterms:title Exactly-one true XMLLiteral N/A Unspecified Title string that could be used for display.
oslc:label Zero-or-one true string N/A Unspecified Very short label for use in menu items.
oslc:queryBase Exactly-one true Resource Reference Unspecified The base URI to use for queries. Queries are invoked via HTTP GET on a query URI formed by appending a key=value pair to the base URI, as described in Query Capabilities section.
oslc:resourceShape Zero-or-one true Resource Reference oslc:ResourceShape The Query Capability SHOULD provide a Resource Shape that describes the query base URI [CC-29].
oslc:resourceType Zero-or-many true Resource Reference rdfs:Class The expected resource type URI that will be returned with this query capability. These would be the URIs found in the result resource's rdf:type property.
oslc:usage Zero-or-many true Resource Reference Unspecified An identifier URI for the domain specified usage of this query capability. If a service provides multiple query capabilities, it may designate the primary or default one that should be used with a property value of oslc:default.

6.6 Resource: Publisher

Publisher Properties
Prefixed Name Occurs Read-only Value-type Representation Range Description
dcterms:identifier Exactly-one unspecified string N/A Unspecified A URN that uniquely identifies the implementation.
dcterms:title Exactly-one true XMLLiteral N/A Unspecified Title string that could be used for display.
oslc:icon Zero-or-one true Resource Reference Unspecified URL to an icon file that represents the provider. This icon should be a favicon format and 16x16 pixels in size.
oslc:label Zero-or-one true string N/A Unspecified Very short label for use in menu items.

6.7 Resource: PrefixDefinition

PrefixDefinition Properties
Prefixed Name Occurs Read-only Value-type Representation Range Description
oslc:prefix Exactly-one true string N/A Unspecified Namespace prefix to be used for this namespace.
oslc:prefixBase Exactly-one true Resource Reference Unspecified The base URI of the namespace.

6.8 Resource: OAuthConfiguration

OAuthConfiguration Properties
Prefixed Name Occurs Read-only Value-type Representation Range Description
oslc:authorizationURI Exactly-one true Resource Reference Unspecified URI for obtaining OAuth authorization.
oslc:oauthAccessTokenURI Exactly-one true Resource Reference Unspecified URI for obtaining OAuth access token.
oslc:oauthRequestTokenURI Exactly-one true Resource Reference Unspecified URI for obtaining OAuth request token.

7. Resource Preview Constraints

7.1 Resource: Compact

Compact Properties
Prefixed Name Occurs Read-only Value-type Representation Range Description
dcterms:title Zero-or-one true string N/A Unspecified Title that may be used in the display of a link to the resource. The value should include only content that is valid inside an HTML <span> element. Providers should include a dcterms:title property with an informative label for the resource. The title is typically shown to a user as a hyperlink. For a resource with no obvious title, Providers should omit the dcterms:title property. Providers must first HTML escape the contents of the dcterms:title before sending the response.
oslc:icon Zero-or-one true Resource Reference Unspecified URI of an image which may be used in the display of a link to the resource.
oslc:iconAltLabel Zero-or-one true string N/A Unspecified Alternative label used in association with the oslc:icon, such as HTML img tag's alt attribute.
oslc:iconSrcSet Zero-or-one true string N/A Unspecified Specification of a set of images of different sizes based on HTML img element srcset attribute.
oslc:iconTitle Zero-or-one true string N/A Unspecified Title used in association with the oslc:icon, such as HTML img tag's title attribute.
oslc:largePreview Zero-or-one true AnyResource Either oslc:Preview URI and sizing properties for an HTML document to be used for a large preview.
oslc:shortTitle Zero-or-one true string N/A Unspecified Abbreviated title which may be used in the display of a link to the resource. The value should include only content that is valid inside an HTML <span> element. Providers should include an abbreviated title for the resource when possible. The abbreviated title is typically shown to a user as a hyperlink in presentations where visual space is limited. As a general guideline, the length of the abbreviated title should be 5 characters or less. A user-visible identifier that ordinarily appears in the dcterms:title, such as a defect number, makes for a good oslc:shortTitle value. When a resource has no obvious identifier or handle, Providers should omit the oslc:shortTitle property. Providers must first HTML escape the contents of the oslc:shortTitle before sending the response.
oslc:smallPreview Zero-or-one true AnyResource Either oslc:Preview URI and sizing properties for an HTML document to be used for a small preview.

7.2 Resource: Preview

Preview Properties
Prefixed Name Occurs Read-only Value-type Representation Range Description
oslc:document Exactly-one true Resource Reference Unspecified The URI of an HTML document to be used for the preview.
oslc:hintHeight Zero-or-one true string N/A Unspecified Recommended height of the preview. Values are expressed using length units as specified in [CSS21].
oslc:hintWidth Zero-or-one true string N/A Unspecified Recommended width of the preview. Values are expressed using length units as specified in [CSS21].

8. Delegated Dialogs Constraints

Dialog Properties
Prefixed Name Occurs Read-only Value-type Representation Range Description
dcterms:title Exactly-one true XMLLiteral N/A Unspecified Title string that could be used for display.
oslc:dialog Exactly-one true unspecified Either Unspecified The URI of the dialog.
oslc:hintHeight Zero-or-one true unspecified Either Unspecified Recommended height of the dialog. Values are expressed using length units as specified in [CSS21].
oslc:hintWidth Zero-or-one true unspecified Either Unspecified Recommended width of the dialog. Values are expressed using length units as specified in [CSS21].
oslc:label Zero-or-one true string N/A Unspecified Very short label for use in menu items.
oslc:resourceShape Zero-or-many true Resource Reference oslc:ResourceShape Describes constraints on dialog prefill requests.
oslc:resourceType Zero-or-many true Resource Reference rdfs:Class The expected resource type URI for the resources that will be returned when using this dialog. These would be the URIs found in the result resource's rdf:type property.
oslc:usage Zero-or-many true Resource Reference Unspecified An identifier URI for the domain specified usage of this dialog. If a resource has multiple uses, it may designate the primary or default one that should be used with a property value of oslc:default.

9. Resource Constraints

9.1 Resource: AttachmentDescriptor

The oslc:AttachmentDescriptor resource type is used to describe the binary resource (or non-RDF Resource) associated with a particular resource. When a client POSTs an attachment content to a server, the server stores the attachment content and assigns a URI just like any other type of resource creation but it may also create an oslc:AttachmentDescriptor resource to contain data about the attachment.

There is no restriction on the content of each attachment resource. For example, it could be a photo of a kitten, an installation manual, a log file, or a source code patch. Since the attachment cannot be expected to contain additional client or server supplied data, a typical set of properties for each attachment is included with the oslc:AttachmentDescriptor resource itself. Thus, the object of each oslc:attachment statement is the binary attachment. Issuing an HTTP HEAD or GET operation on that binary attachment resource URL should produce an HTTP response with a header value of Link: rel='describedBy' to indicate the URL of the oslc:AttachmentDescriptor resource. The properties for the oslc:AttachmentDescriptor resource are indicated in the table below.

AttachmentDescriptor Properties
Prefixed Name Occurs Read-only Value-type Representation Range Description
dcterms:created Zero-or-one true dateTime N/A Unspecified Timestamp of attachment creation.
dcterms:creator Zero-or-many true AnyResource Either Unspecified Creator or creators of the attachment. Likely a foaf:Person, but not necessarily so.
dcterms:description Zero-or-one false XMLLiteral N/A Unspecified Descriptive text about the attachment.
dcterms:format Zero-or-one true unspecified Either Unspecified MIME type of the attachment content; SHOULD be a PURL media-type resource [CC-33].
dcterms:identifier Zero-or-one true string N/A Unspecified System-assigned identifier.
dcterms:title Zero-or-one false string N/A Unspecified Client-specified file name or title.
oslc:attachmentSize Zero-or-one true integer N/A Unspecified Size in bytes of the attachment content.

10. Conformance

OSLC servers MUST follow the constraints defined here where required, and with the meanings defined here. [CC-34]

OSLC servers MAY provide additional constraints for specific purposes. [CC-35]

Clause Number Requirement
CC-1 Different sets of constraints MAY be applied to a vocabulary in order to tailor its use, without overly constraining the vocabulary for other usages.
CC-2 OSLC domains SHOULD use these properties where applicable rather than defining their own properties
CC-3 However, a domain MAY apply its own constraints for particular resource shapes
CC-4 Changes to the OSLC Core Vocabulary MUST be approved by the OASIS OSLC Open Project.
CC-5 Domain TCs and other extensions MUST contribute their vocabulary terms in a namespace which is assigned to them as an authority.
CC-6 OSLC Core, domain and other extensions SHOULD reuse existing vocabulary terms from stable vocabularies such as [DC-TERMS], RDF [rdf11-concepts], RDF Schema [rdf-schema], [FOAF], [skos-reference] and OSLC.
CC-7 New vocabulary terms SHOULD only be created when there is no clear existing choice available.
CC-8 Details or body of the comment; SHOULD include only content that is valid and suitable inside an XHTML <div> element
CC-9 A brief title for the comment; SHOULD include only content that is valid and suitable inside an XHTML <span> element
CC-10 When an OSLC Server incurs an error, it is RECOMMENDED that useful information be provided to clients in the body of the HTTP response.
CC-11 OSLC Servers SHOULD use the Error resource defined below as the basis for forming error responses.
CC-12 OSLC Servers SHOULD return an Error resource using the same representation format requested by the client via the HTTP Accept request header. [HTTP11]
CC-13 OSLC Clients SHOULD treat the oslc:statusCode as a String that starts with digits, but MAY contain non-digit text.
CC-15 Values MUST be expressed in relative length units as defined in the W3C Cascading Style Sheets Specification (CSS 2.1) Em and ex units are interpreted relative to the default system font (at 100% size)
CC-16 A resource giving more information on the error SHOULD be of an HTML content-type
CC-17 Resource representations returned via [OSLCCore2] Resource Paging MUST include a resource of type oslc:ResponseInfo, as defined in this section.
CC-18 Where a paged resource supports POST with an application/x-www-form-urlencoded body as an alternative to GET to avoid the request URI exceeding server limitations, the oslc:ResponseInfo in the response to the POST SHOULD contain this property so that a client knows what to POST to get the next page
CC-19 This optional property indicates the total number of results across all pages, its value SHOULD be non-negative
CC-20 In the context of a query resource, this value SHOULD be the total number of results, i.e. the number of resources that match the query
CC-21 In the context of other resources, the value SHOULD be the total number of property values (i.e. RDF triples) of the resource
CC-22 Unless Stable Paging is in effect, the total count MAY vary as a client retrieves subsequent pages
CC-23 Constraints on OSLC Core and Domain resources SHOULD be described using ResourceShapes which is included as part of the OSLC Core multi-part specifications.
CC-24 Servers MAY use other constraint languages such as [SHACL] to define resource constraints.
CC-25 Servers MAY also organize the ServiceProviders in one or more ServiceProviderCatalog LDPCs to enable OSLC clients to find ServiceProviders offered
CC-26 In most cases this namespace URI will be for an OSLC domain, but other URIs MAY be used
CC-27 In most cases this namespace URI will be for an OSLC domain, but other URIs MAY be used
CC-28 A Creation Factory MAY provide Resource Shapes that describe shapes of resources that may be created
CC-29 The Query Capability SHOULD provide a Resource Shape that describes the query base URI
CC-30 Service Providers MUST provide a Prefix Definition for each prefix supported by the service
CC-31 Each Prefix Definition defines a namespace prefix that clients MAY use in forming OSLC Query Syntax strings
CC-32 Service Providers that support OAuth Authentication SHOULD provide a way for clients to automatically discover the three OAuth URIs necessary to act as an OAuth Consumer
CC-33 MIME type of the attachment content; SHOULD be a PURL media-type resource
CC-34 OSLC servers MUST follow the constraints defined here where required, and with the meanings defined here.
CC-35 OSLC servers MAY provide additional constraints for specific purposes.