Vocabularies#

In RDF, a vocabulary is a set of predefined terms, that is used to describe resources. These terms are defined in a way that allows them to be used consistently across different datasets. In the case of JOLux, vocabularies are specifically used only on the object position of RDF triples.

Fedlex defines and makes use of multiple vocabularies. This sub-page lists an overview and the main vocabularies and its associated properties that are used in describing the legislative resources.

Available Vocabularies#

As all vocabularies are modelled as having the class skos:ConceptScheme, the metadata viewer can give all the vocabularies as incoming relations to skos:ConceptScheme and therefore serves as an overview on all available vocabularies.

In addition, the following SPARQL query shows all vocabularies with its name in English, German and French. The name is either dcterms:title where available and otherwise rdfs:label or empty if there is neither:

PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
PREFIX dcterms: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/>
PREFIX skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>
SELECT DISTINCT ?vocabulary ?name_en ?name_de ?name_fr WHERE {
    ?vocabulary a skos:ConceptScheme.
  
  # English title
  OPTIONAL {
    ?vocabulary dcterms:title ?title_en .
    FILTER(LANG(?title_en) = "en")
  }
  
  # German title
  OPTIONAL {
    ?vocabulary dcterms:title ?title_de .
    FILTER(LANG(?title_de) = "de")
  }
  
  # French title
  OPTIONAL {
    ?vocabulary dcterms:title ?title_fr .
    FILTER(LANG(?title_fr) = "fr")
  }
  
  # English label
  OPTIONAL {
    ?vocabulary rdfs:label ?label_en .
    FILTER(LANG(?label_en) = "en")
  }
  
  # German label
  OPTIONAL {
    ?vocabulary rdfs:label ?label_de .
    FILTER(LANG(?label_de) = "de")
  }
  
  # French label
  OPTIONAL {
    ?vocabulary rdfs:label ?label_fr .
    FILTER(LANG(?label_fr) = "fr")
  }
  
  # Use ?title if available and otherwise ?label
  BIND(COALESCE(?title_en, ?label_en) AS ?name_en)
  BIND(COALESCE(?title_de, ?label_de) AS ?name_de)
  BIND(COALESCE(?title_fr, ?label_fr) AS ?name_fr)
}

Hierarchical Vocabularies#

Some vocabularies are modelled as hierarchy or taxonomy of entries. The following SPARQL query lists all vocabularies that use a hierarchy:

PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
PREFIX dcterms: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/>
PREFIX skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>
SELECT DISTINCT ?vocabulary ?name_en WHERE {
    ?vocabulary a skos:ConceptScheme;
                skos:hasTopConcept ?top_concept.
  ?top_concept skos:narrower ?narrow.
  
  # English title
  OPTIONAL {
    ?vocabulary dcterms:title ?title_en .
    FILTER(LANG(?title_en) = "en")
  }
  
  # English label
  OPTIONAL {
    ?vocabulary rdfs:label ?label_en .
    FILTER(LANG(?label_en) = "en")
  }
  
  # Use ?title if available and otherwise ?label
  BIND(COALESCE(?title_en, ?label_en) AS ?name_en)
}

Act Types#

Act Types

URI: https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/legal-resource-genre
Description: The act types vocabulary is used to classify the type of a jolux:Act.
Predicates: jolux:legalResourceGenre
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The following SPARQL query shows all the entries of this vocabulary with its labels:

PREFIX skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>
PREFIX jolux: <http://data.legilux.public.lu/resource/ontology/jolux#>
SELECT DISTINCT ?term ?label WHERE {
    ?term a skos:Concept;
        skos:inScheme <https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/legal-resource-genre>;
        skos:prefLabel ?label.
    FILTER (lang(?label) = "en")
}

Consultation Status#

Consultation Status

URI: https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/consultation-status
Description: The consultation status vocabulary is used to classify the current status of a jolux:Consultation.
Predicates: jolux:consultationStatus
Metadata viewer

The following SPARQL query shows all the entries of this vocabulary with its labels:

PREFIX skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>
PREFIX jolux: <http://data.legilux.public.lu/resource/ontology/jolux#>
SELECT DISTINCT ?term ?label WHERE {
    ?term a skos:Concept;
        skos:inScheme <https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/consultation-status>;
        skos:prefLabel ?label.
    FILTER (lang(?label) = "en")
}

Countries#

Countries

URI: https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/country
Description: The countries vocabulary is used to link to a specific country.
Predicates: jolux:treatyPartyCountry
Metadata viewer

The following SPARQL query shows all the entries of this vocabulary with its labels:

PREFIX skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>
PREFIX jolux: <http://data.legilux.public.lu/resource/ontology/jolux#>
SELECT DISTINCT ?term ?label WHERE {
    ?term a skos:Concept;
        skos:inScheme <https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/country>;
        skos:prefLabel ?label.
    FILTER (lang(?label) = "en")
}

Draft Document Types#

Draft Document Types

URI: https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/draft-document-type
Description: The draft document types vocabulary is used to classify the different types in a jolux:Consultation.
Predicates: jolux:draftProcessDocumentType
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The following SPARQL query shows all the entries of this vocabulary with its labels:

PREFIX skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>
PREFIX jolux: <http://data.legilux.public.lu/resource/ontology/jolux#>
SELECT DISTINCT ?term ?label WHERE {
    ?term a skos:Concept;
        skos:inScheme <https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/draft-document-type>;
        skos:prefLabel ?label.
    FILTER (lang(?label) = "de")
}

As this is a hierarchical vocabulary, the following SPARQL query shows the hierarchy of the entries:

PREFIX skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>

SELECT (GROUP_CONCAT(CONCAT(STR(?endpoint_level), ": ", STR(?endpoint_label)); separator = " <---- ") AS ?hierarchy) WHERE {
    SELECT * WHERE {
        ?endpoint skos:narrower* ?intermediate;
            skos:prefLabel ?endpoint_label.
        FILTER(lang(?endpoint_label) = "de")
        {
            SELECT ?endpoint (COUNT(?endpoint) as ?endpoint_level) WHERE {
                BIND (<https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/draft-document-type> as ?root)
                ?root skos:hasTopConcept/skos:narrower* ?intermediate.
                ?intermediate skos:narrower* ?endpoint.
            } GROUP BY ?endpoint ORDER BY ?endpoint_level
        }
    } ORDER BY ?intermediate ?endpoint_level
} GROUP BY ?intermediate ORDER BY ?hierarchy

Enforcement Status#

Enforcement Status

URI: https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/enforcement-status
Description: The enforcement status vocabulary is used to classify the type of a jolux:ConsolidationAbstract.
Predicates: jolux:inForceStatus
Metadata viewer

The following SPARQL query shows all the entries of this vocabulary with its labels:

PREFIX skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>
PREFIX jolux: <http://data.legilux.public.lu/resource/ontology/jolux#>
SELECT DISTINCT ?term ?label WHERE {
    ?term a skos:Concept;
        skos:inScheme <https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/enforcement-status>;
        skos:prefLabel ?label.
    FILTER (lang(?label) = "en")
}

Impact Types#

Impact Types

URI: https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/impact-type
Description: The impact types vocabulary is used to classify the type of a jolux:LegalResourceImpact.
Predicates: jolux:legalResourceImpactHasType
Metadata viewer

The following SPARQL query shows all the entries of this vocabulary with its labels:

PREFIX skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>
PREFIX jolux: <http://data.legilux.public.lu/resource/ontology/jolux#>
SELECT DISTINCT ?term ?label WHERE {
    ?term a skos:Concept;
        skos:inScheme <https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/impact-type>;
        skos:prefLabel ?label.
    FILTER (lang(?label) = "en")
}

Information Sources#

Information Sources

URI: https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/information-source
Description: The information sources vocabulary is used to give the information source of a jolux:LegalResourceImpact.
Predicates: jolux:informationSource
Metadata viewer

The following SPARQL query shows all the entries of this vocabulary with its labels:

PREFIX skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>
PREFIX jolux: <http://data.legilux.public.lu/resource/ontology/jolux#>
SELECT DISTINCT ?term ?label WHERE {
    ?term a skos:Concept;
        skos:inScheme <https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/information-source>;
        skos:prefLabel ?label.
    FILTER (lang(?label) = "en")
}

There is a special case where the predicate jolux:informationSource is used with a predicate that is not in the vocabulary. The following SPARQL query shows the first 100 entries with this object:

PREFIX jolux: <http://data.legilux.public.lu/resource/ontology/jolux#>
SELECT DISTINCT * {
    ?act jolux:informationSource <https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/information-source/data-from-ff-excel> .
} LIMIT 100

Legal Institution#

Legal Institution

URI: https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/legal-institution
Description: The legal institution vocabulary is used to add the responsibility of an institution for jolux:Act.
Predicates: jolux:responsibilityOf, jolux:isOpinionOf, jolux:jolux:institutionInChargeOfTheEvent, jolux:institutionInChargeOfTheEventLevel2
Metadata viewer

The following SPARQL query shows all the entries of this vocabulary with its labels:

PREFIX skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>
PREFIX jolux: <http://data.legilux.public.lu/resource/ontology/jolux#>
SELECT DISTINCT ?term ?label WHERE {
    ?term a skos:Concept;
        skos:inScheme <https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/legal-institution>;
        skos:prefLabel ?label.
    FILTER (lang(?label) = "en")
}

As this is a hierarchical vocabulary, the following SPARQL query shows the hierarchy of the entries:

PREFIX skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>

SELECT (GROUP_CONCAT(CONCAT(STR(?endpoint_level), ": ", STR(?endpoint_label)); separator = " <---- ") AS ?hierarchy) WHERE {
    SELECT * WHERE {
        ?endpoint skos:narrower* ?intermediate;
            skos:prefLabel ?endpoint_label.
        FILTER(lang(?endpoint_label) = "de")
        {
            SELECT ?endpoint (COUNT(?endpoint) as ?endpoint_level) WHERE {
                BIND (<https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/legal-institution> as ?root)
                ?root skos:hasTopConcept/skos:narrower* ?intermediate.
                ?intermediate skos:narrower* ?endpoint.
            } GROUP BY ?endpoint ORDER BY ?endpoint_level
        }
    } ORDER BY ?intermediate ?endpoint_level
} GROUP BY ?intermediate ORDER BY ?hierarchy

Legal Taxonomy#

Legal Taxonomy

URI: https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/legal-taxonomy
Description: The legal taxonomy vocabulary is used to classify entries of a jolux:ConsolidationAbstract.
Predicates: jolux:classifiedByTaxonomyEntry
Metadata viewer

The following SPARQL query shows all the entries of this vocabulary with its labels:

PREFIX skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>
PREFIX jolux: <http://data.legilux.public.lu/resource/ontology/jolux#>
SELECT DISTINCT ?term ?label WHERE {
    ?term a skos:Concept;
        skos:inScheme <https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/legal-taxonomy>;
        skos:prefLabel ?label.
    FILTER (lang(?label) = "en")
}

As this is a hierarchical vocabulary, the following SPARQL query shows the hierarchy of the entries:

PREFIX skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>

SELECT (GROUP_CONCAT(CONCAT(STR(?endpoint_level), ": ", STR(?endpoint_label)); separator = " <---- ") AS ?hierarchy) WHERE {
    SELECT * WHERE {
        ?endpoint skos:narrower* ?intermediate;
            skos:prefLabel ?endpoint_label.
        FILTER(lang(?endpoint_label) = "de")
        {
            SELECT ?endpoint (COUNT(?endpoint) as ?endpoint_level) WHERE {
                BIND (<https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/legal-taxonomy> as ?root)
                ?root skos:hasTopConcept/skos:narrower* ?intermediate.
                ?intermediate skos:narrower* ?endpoint.
            } GROUP BY ?endpoint ORDER BY ?endpoint_level
        }
    } ORDER BY ?intermediate ?endpoint_level
} GROUP BY ?intermediate ORDER BY ?hierarchy

As this is a very important vocabulary, there are also two special webpages that show these hierarchical legal taxonomy entries. One for Swiss law and one for international law.

Procedure Types#

Procedure Types

URI: https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/type-procedure
Description: The procedure types vocabulary is used to classify the type of a jolux:Act.
Predicates: jolux:processType
Metadata viewer

The following SPARQL query shows all the entries of this vocabulary with its labels:

PREFIX skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>
PREFIX jolux: <http://data.legilux.public.lu/resource/ontology/jolux#>
SELECT DISTINCT ?term ?label WHERE {
    ?term a skos:Concept;
        skos:inScheme <https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/type-procedure>;
        skos:prefLabel ?label.
    FILTER (lang(?label) = "en")
}

Subdivision Types#

Subdivision Types

URI: https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/subdivision-type
Description: The subdivision types vocabulary is used to classify the type of a jolux:LegalResourceSubdivision.
Predicates: jolux:legalResourceSubdivisionType
Metadata viewer

The following SPARQL query shows all the entries of this vocabulary with its labels:

PREFIX skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>
PREFIX jolux: <http://data.legilux.public.lu/resource/ontology/jolux#>
SELECT DISTINCT ?term ?label WHERE {
    ?term a skos:Concept;
        skos:inScheme <https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/subdivision-type>;
        skos:prefLabel ?label.
    FILTER (lang(?label) = "en")
}

As this is a hierarchical vocabulary, the following SPARQL query shows the hierarchy of the entries:

PREFIX skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>

SELECT (GROUP_CONCAT(CONCAT(STR(?endpoint_level), ": ", STR(?endpoint_label)); separator = " <---- ") AS ?hierarchy) WHERE {
    SELECT * WHERE {
        ?endpoint skos:narrower* ?intermediate;
            skos:prefLabel ?endpoint_label.
        FILTER(lang(?endpoint_label) = "de")
        {
            SELECT ?endpoint (COUNT(?endpoint) as ?endpoint_level) WHERE {
                BIND (<https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/subdivision-type> as ?root)
                ?root skos:hasTopConcept/skos:narrower* ?intermediate.
                ?intermediate skos:narrower* ?endpoint.
            } GROUP BY ?endpoint ORDER BY ?endpoint_level
        }
    } ORDER BY ?intermediate ?endpoint_level
} GROUP BY ?intermediate ORDER BY ?hierarchy

Text Types#

Text Types

URI: https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/resource-type
Description: The text types vocabulary is used to classify the text type of a jolux:Work.
Predicates: jolux:typeDocument, jolux:historicalTypeDocument
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The following SPARQL query shows all the entries of this vocabulary with its labels:

PREFIX skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>
PREFIX jolux: <http://data.legilux.public.lu/resource/ontology/jolux#>
SELECT DISTINCT ?term ?label WHERE {
    ?term a skos:Concept;
        skos:inScheme <https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/resource-type>;
        skos:prefLabel ?label.
    FILTER (lang(?label) = "en")
}

As this is a hierarchical vocabulary, the following SPARQL query shows the hierarchy of the entries:

PREFIX skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>

SELECT (GROUP_CONCAT(CONCAT(STR(?endpoint_level), ": ", STR(?endpoint_label)); separator = " <---- ") AS ?hierarchy) WHERE {
    SELECT * WHERE {
        ?endpoint skos:narrower* ?intermediate;
            skos:prefLabel ?endpoint_label.
        FILTER(lang(?endpoint_label) = "de")
        {
            SELECT ?endpoint (COUNT(?endpoint) as ?endpoint_level) WHERE {
                BIND (<https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/resource-type> as ?root)
                ?root skos:hasTopConcept/skos:narrower* ?intermediate.
                ?intermediate skos:narrower* ?endpoint.
            } GROUP BY ?endpoint ORDER BY ?endpoint_level
        }
    } ORDER BY ?intermediate ?endpoint_level
} GROUP BY ?intermediate ORDER BY ?hierarchy

Treaty Subject Themes#

Treaty Subject Themes

URI: https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/treaty-subject-theme
Description: The treaty subject themes vocabulary is used to classify the subject of a jolux:TreatyProcess.
Predicates: jolux:treatySubject
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The following SPARQL query shows all the entries of this vocabulary with its labels (only in German because there are no English labels):

PREFIX skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>
PREFIX jolux: <http://data.legilux.public.lu/resource/ontology/jolux#>
SELECT DISTINCT ?term ?label WHERE {
    ?term a skos:Concept;
        skos:inScheme <https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/treaty-subject-theme>;
        skos:prefLabel ?label.
    FILTER (lang(?label) = "de")
}

Treaty Types#

Treaty Types

URI: https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/treaty-type
Description: The treaty types vocabulary is used to classify the type of a jolux:TreatyProcess.
Predicates: jolux:treatyType
Metadata viewer

The following SPARQL query shows all the entries of this vocabulary with its labels (only in German because there are no English labels):

PREFIX skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>
PREFIX jolux: <http://data.legilux.public.lu/resource/ontology/jolux#>
SELECT DISTINCT ?term ?label WHERE {
    ?term a skos:Concept;
        skos:inScheme <https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/treaty-type>;
        skos:prefLabel ?label.
    FILTER (lang(?label) = "de")
}

User Formats#

User Formats

URI: https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/user-format
Description: The user formats vocabulary is used to classify the file type of a jolux:Manifestation.
Predicates: jolux:userFormat
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The following SPARQL query shows all the entries of this vocabulary with its labels (only in German because there are no English labels):

PREFIX skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>
PREFIX jolux: <http://data.legilux.public.lu/resource/ontology/jolux#>
SELECT DISTINCT ?term ?label WHERE {
    ?term a skos:Concept;
        skos:inScheme <https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/vocabulary/user-format>;
        skos:prefLabel ?label.
    FILTER (lang(?label) = "de")
}

Vocabularies

Contents

Vocabularies#

Available Vocabularies#

Hierarchical Vocabularies#

Act Types#

Consultation Status#

Countries#

Draft Document Types#

Enforcement Status#

Impact Types#

Information Sources#

Legal Institution#

Legal Taxonomy#

Procedure Types#

Subdivision Types#

Text Types#

Treaty Subject Themes#

Treaty Types#

User Formats#