MEKETRE is an interdisciplinary research project, conducted at the Institute of Egyptology in cooperation with
the Faculty of Computer Science, working group Multimedia Information Systems, at the University of Vienna. Detailed
information can be found on the project's website.
As a summary, the MEKETREproject collects and classifies two-dimensional art-items (reliefs and paintings) of Middle
Kingdom tombs of Ancient Egypt. These art-items are described in detail by media objects (images), free text and entries
from controlled vocabularies. In addition, also the tombs where the items were originally located are contained
in the database, alongside with a detailed description using the same kind of information as for the single art-items.
The MEKETREpository constitutes the technical part of the MEKETRE project, providing both a user GUI for entering items of interest and a storage backend that publishes the contained data as Linked Open Data. The purpose of this document is to describe the MEKETREpository's core vocabulary used to describe the data.
Basically, two kinds of items are the main objects that can be stored in the MEKETREpository: tombs and themes. Tombs
are burial chambers containing artwork, which in turn can be divided into themes. Themes are small fragments from e.g.,
a tomb's wall decoration that deal with a specific area of ancient Egyptian life.
Themes and Tombs can be described by a set of predefined properties like tomb owner, location, bibliographic reference(s),
depiction(s) and similar. Furthermore, any number of annotations can be assigned to these objects. Annotations describe
a specific aspect of a tomb or theme and can be viewed as descriptive metadata. They are often coupled with images
(and areas defined within them) that highlight, for example the tomb entry or a theme detail showing an important person.
An RDF version is also available here.
Bernhard Haslhofer (bernhard.haslhofer@univie.ac.at)
Niko Popitsch (niko.popitsch@univie.ac.at)
| Term | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| MeketreItem | owl:Class | Main item in the repository, either a tomb or a theme. |
| Necropolis | owl:Class | A cemetery or burial ground, usually including structural tombs. |
| Tomb | owl:Class | Burial chamber containing art items. |
| Fragment | owl:Class | A piece of e.g., stone that is dislocated from its original position and contains art items. |
| Theme | owl:Class | A 2-dimensional art item which depicts scenes somehow related to one another. |
| Instant | owl:Class | Specifies an instant in time using a scheme and a value. |
| Period | owl:Class | Specifies a time period by defining start and end instants. |
| Displaced | owl:Class | Specifies the location of a theme if it has been removed from its originating tomb. |
| Annotation | owl:Class | Descriptive metadata about a MeketreItem. |
| MediaObject | owl:Class | Class holding copyright information and a reference to the media object data. |
| BibliographicReference | owl:Class | Class holding a reference to a publication and additional information (e.g., position in publication) |
| Term | owl:Class | Instances of this class are used to tag Annotations, describe owners of Tombs and so on. All Terms form a controlled vocabulary. |
| Concept | owl:Class | Instances of this class are entries of a categorization scheme. |
| Segment | owl:Class | Geometric shape defining an area of interest. |
| hasProprietor | owl:ObjectProperty | The proprietor (owner) of a Tomb. This is usually the guy buried in the Tomb. |
| annotated | owl:ObjectProperty | Assigns an Annotation to a MeketreItem (Tomb or Theme). |
| date | owl:ObjectProperty | Assign temporal information (date) to an Item. |
| executionStyle | owl:ObjectProperty | Term to be interpreted as execution style of a Theme. |
| isDisplaced | owl:ObjectProperty | If a Theme is dislocated from its originating Tomb, this property specifies the current location. |
| temporalValue | owl:ObjectProperty | Term describing a temporal value. |
| category | owl:ObjectProperty | Defines a Concept for some Annotation. |
| positioned | owl:DatatypeProperty | Text literal describing the position of a Theme in the context of the Tomb. |
| temporalScheme | owl:DatatypeProperty | String literal describing a temporal scheme. |
| xCoord | owl:DatatypeProperty | X component in a coordinate system |
| yCoord | owl:DatatypeProperty | Y component in a coordinate system |
| transliteration | owl:DatatypeProperty | Transliteration of hieroglyphs into a text representation |
| locatedInNome | owl:DatatypeProperty | The Nome where a necropolis is located |
Main item in the repository, either a tomb or a theme.
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#MeketreItem
A cemetery or burial ground, usually including structural tombs.
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Necropolis
Burial chamber containing art items.
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Tomb
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#MeketreItem
A piece of e.g., stone that is dislocated from its original position and contains art items.
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Fragment
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#MeketreItem
A 2-dimensional art item which depicts scenes somehow related to one another.
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Theme
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#MeketreItem
Specifies an instant in time using a scheme and a value.
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Instant
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#Instant
Specifies a time period by defining start and end instants.
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Period
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#TemporalEntity
Specifies the location of a theme if it has been removed from its originating tomb.
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Displaced
Descriptive metadata about a MeketreItem.
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Annotation
http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing
Class holding copyright information and a reference to the media object data.
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#MediaObject
http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Image
Class holding a reference to a publication and additional information (e.g., position in publication)
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#BibliographicReference
http://purl.oclc.org/NET/nknouf/ns/bibtex#Entry
Instances of this class are used to tag Annotations, describe owners of Tombs and so on. All Terms form a controlled vocabulary.
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Term
Instances of this class are entries of a categorization scheme.
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Concept
Geometric shape defining an area of interest.
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Segment
The proprietor (owner) of a Tomb. This is usually the guy buried in the Tomb.
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#hasProprietor
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Tomb
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Term
Assigns an Annotation to a MeketreItem (Tomb or Theme).
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#annotated
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#MeketreItem
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Annotation
Assign temporal information (date) to an Item.
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#date
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#MeketreItem
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#TemporalEntity
Term to be interpreted as execution style of a Theme.
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#executionStyle
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Theme
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Term
If a Theme is dislocated from its originating Tomb, this property specifies the current location.
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#isDisplaced
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Theme
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Displaced
Term describing a temporal value.
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#temporalValue
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Instant
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Term
Defines a Concept for some Annotation.
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#category
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Annotation
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Concept
Text literal describing the position of a Theme in the context of the Tomb.
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#positioned
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Theme
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string
String literal describing a temporal scheme.
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#temporalScheme
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Instant
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string
X component in a coordinate system
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#xCoord
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Segment
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#long
Y component in a coordinate system
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#yCoord
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Segment
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#long
Transliteration of hieroglyphs into a text representation
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#transliteration
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string
The Nome where a necropolis is located
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#locatedInNome
http://meketre.org/vocab/core/0.1/meketre-core#Necropolis
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string
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