This ontology provides a vocabulary for expressing time. It is a simplified version of the W3C's Time Ontology.
<b>Example Of Usage</b>
Representing a day, e.g. April 23 2015, as an interval.
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@prefix time: <https://w3id.org/MON/time.owl#>
:April23015Beg a time:Instant ;
time:inXSDDateTime "2015-04-23T00:00:00+02:00" .
:April23015End a time:Instant ;
time:inXSDDateTime "2015-04-23T23:59:00+02:00" .
:April23015 a time:Interval ;
time:hasBeginning :April23015Beg ;
time:hasEnd :April23015End .
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<b>References</b>
- W3C's Time Ontology https://www.w3.org/TR/owl-time/
Time Ontology
It associates something with a temporal entity (for any reason).
at time
It associates an Interval with the Instant when it begins.
has beginning
It associates an Interval with the Instant when it ends.
has end
in XSD date time
A very short segment of time.
Instant
A segment of time.
Interval
This class represents any entity describing a time period.
Temporal entity