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skos:closeMatch

URI

http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#closeMatch

Types

owl:ObjectProperty, owl:SymmetricProperty, rdf:Property

Label

has close match

Description

skos:closeMatch is used to link two concepts that are sufficiently similar that they can be used interchangeably in some information retrieval applications. In order to avoid the possibility of "compound errors" when combining mappings across more than two concept schemes, skos:closeMatch is not declared to be a transitive property.

Inherits from

  • skos:mappingRelation
  • skos:semanticRelation

    • Sub Property

  • skos:exactMatch

    • Usage

    DOMAINPROPERTYRANGE
    skos:Concept (inferred from superproperties) skos:closeMatch skos:Concept (inferred from superproperties)

    Implementation

    @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .

skos:closeMatch a rdf:Property,
        owl:ObjectProperty,
        owl:SymmetricProperty ;
    rdfs:label "has close match"@en ;
    rdfs:isDefinedBy <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core> ;
    rdfs:subPropertyOf skos:mappingRelation ;
    skos:definition "skos:closeMatch is used to link two concepts that are sufficiently similar that they can be used interchangeably in some information retrieval applications. In order to avoid the possibility of \"compound errors\" when combining mappings across more than two concept schemes, skos:closeMatch is not declared to be a transitive property."@en .