Linked Data Patterns

A pattern catalogue for modelling, publishing, and consuming Linked Data

Leigh Dodds

Ian Davis

Abstract

This book lives at http://patterns.dataincubator.org. Check that website for the latest version.

This work is licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 UK: England & Wales License. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/.

Thanks to members of the Linked Data mailing list for their feedback and input, and Sean Hannan for contributing some CSS to style the online book.


Table of Contents

1. Introduction
Overview
2. Identifier Patterns
Hierarchical URIs
Literal Keys
Natural Keys
Patterned URIs
Proxy URIs
Shared Keys
3. Modelling Patterns
Custom Datatype
Index Resources
Multi-Lingual Literal
N-Ary Relation
Ordered List
Ordering Relation
Preferred Label
Qualified Relation
Reified Statement
Repeated Property
Topic Relation
Typed Literal
4. Publishing Patterns
Annotation
Autodiscovery
Document Type
Edit Trail
Equivalence Links
Link Base
Materialize Inferences
Named Graphs
Primary Topic Autodiscovery
Progressive Enrichment
See Also
5. Application Patterns
Blackboard
Bounded Description
Composite Descriptions
Schema Annotation