The Person class is a subclass of the Party class. The Person class provides attributes for the precise specification of an individual's name (first name, last name, etc). The attribute names for this class are adapted from vCard, a standard for storing electronic contact information.

 

Since the Person is a subclass of the Concept class, it inherits the name attribute. The name attribute is a core property and should always be provided even if additional properties are specified for the individual components of a person's name.

 

 

The table below enumerates all attributes of the Party class and provides the expected data type, category (core/power) and a definition of each attribute.

 

Attribute	Type	Category	Definition
additionalName	xsd:string	power	The middle name portion of a full name for a person.
givenName	xsd:string	power	Given name. In the U.S., the first name of an individual. Also used if person has only one name
honorificPrefix	xsd:string	power	An honorific prefix preceding a person's name such as Dr/Mrs/Mr
honorificSuffix	xsd:string	power	An honorific suffix preceding a person's name such as M.D./PhD/MSCSW.
lastName	xsd:string	power	Family name. In the U.S., the last name of an individual
title	xsd:string	power	A title indicating a persons role in an organization.

 

Our sample article contains eight Person objects:

• Goran Tomasevic: The creator of the sample article's primary photograph.
• David D. Kirkpatrick: A creator of the sample article.
• Steven Lee Myers: A creator of the sample article.
• Mark Landler: A contributor to the sample article.
• Eric Schmitt: A contributor to the sample article.
• Qaddafi, Muammar el-: A person used to annotate the sample article.
• Chuck: A commentor.
• John: A commentor

To express these concepts in RDF/Turtle using attributes from the rnews Concept and Person classes, we would write the following:

      @prefix rdf:  <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#>  .
       @prefix rnews: <http://iptc.org/std/rNews/2011-05-17#> .

      <http://blogs.reuters.com/goran-tomasevic/>
         a rnews:Person ;
        rnews:name "Goran Tomasevic" . 
      
       <http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/k/david_d_kirkpatrick>
         a rnews:Person ;
        rnews:additionalName "D." ;
        rnews:email "xxx@nytimes.com" ;
        rnews:givenName "David" ;
        rnews:lastName "Kirkpatrick" ;
        rnews:name "DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK" . 
      
       <http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/m/steven_lee_myers/>
         a rnews:Person ;
        rnews:additionalName "Lee" ;
        rnews:email "xxx@nytimes.com" ;
        rnews:givenName "Steven" ;
        rnews:lastName "Myers" ;
        rnews:name "STEVEN LEE MYERS" .         
      
       <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/mark_landler>
         a rnews:Person ;
        rnews:email "xxx@nytimes.com" ;
        rnews:givenName "Mark" ;
        rnews:lastName "Landler" ;
        rnews:name "Mark Landler" . 
      
       <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/eric_schmitt>
         a rnews:Person ;
        rnews:email "xxx@nytimes.com" ;
        rnews:givenName "Eric" ;
        rnews:lastName "Schmitt" ;
        rnews:name "Eric Schmitt" . 
      
       <http://data.nytimes.com/91178019641520997503>
         a rnews:Person ;
        rnews:name "Qaddafi, Muammar el-" . 
      
       <http://timespeople.nytimes.com/view/user/27242827>
         a rnews:person ;
        rnews:name  "Chuck" . 
      
      <http://timespeople.nytimes.com/view/user/54638514>
         a rnews:person ;
        rnews:name "John"  .