Wireless Networks Vocabulary

This version:: http://downlode.org/rdf/wireless_networks/2005-12-23.html
Latest version:: http://downlode.org/rdf/wireless_networks/
Previous version:: http://downlode.org/rdf/wireless_networks/2003-06-18.html
Author:: Earle Martin

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. This copyright applies to the Wiki Description Vocabulary documentation and does not apply to the Wiki Description Vocabulary data formats, vocabulary terms, or technology. Regarding underlying technology, the Wiki Description Vocabulary relies heavily on W3C's RDF technology, an open Web standard that can be freely used by anyone.

Abstract

This vocabulary acts to provide a way to describe nodes in a wireless network.

Usage

The following is an example of a document describing a wireless node.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rdf:RDF 
  xmlns:addr = "http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/pim/contact#"
  xmlns:foaf = "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"
  xmlns:geo  = "http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" 
  xmlns:rdf  = "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 
  xmlns:wl   = "http://downlode.org/rdf/wireless_networks/schema#"
>

<Node rdf:ID="AliceNode">

  <foaf:homepage>http://example.com/~alice/alicenode.html</foaf:homepage>

  <wl:status>Operational</wl:status>
  <wl:upSince>20030608Z142300</wl:upSince>

  <wl:location>
    <addr:Address>
      <addr:Street>1 Some Street</addr:Street>
      <addr:City>London</addr:City>
      <addr:PostalCode>W1 1AA</addr:PostalCode>
      <geo:lat>51.5197</geo:lat>
      <geo:long>-0.1873</geo:long>
    </addr:Address>
  </wl:location>
    
  <wl:admin>
    <foaf:Person rdf:ID="Alice">
      <foaf:mbox rdf:resource="mailto:alice@example.com" />
      <foaf:name>Alice Smith</foaf:name>
      <foaf:homepage>http://example.com/~alice/</foaf:homepage>
    </foaf:Person>
  </wl:admin>

  <wl:hasAntenna>
    <wl:Antenna rdf:ID="AliceAntenna">
      <geo:alt>50m</geo:alt>
      <wl:antennaType>Slotted Waveguide</wl:antennaType>
    </wl:Antenna>
  </wl:hasAntenna>
  
  <wl:hasInterface>
    <wl:Interface>
      <wl:essid>alice</wl:essid>
      <wl:type>upstream</wl:type>
      <wl:linkLayer>802.11b</wl:linkLayer>
      <wl:capability>AP</wl:capability>
      <wl:capability>BSS</wl:capability>
      <wl:capability>NoWEP</wl:capability>
      <wl:subnet>10.15.3.1/24</wl:subnet>
      <wl:rate>1</wl:rate>
      <wl:rate>2</wl:rate>
      <wl:rate>5.5</wl:rate>
      <wl:rate>11</wl:rate>
    </wl:Interface>
  </wl:hasInterface>

  <wl:meshesWith>
    <wl:Node>
      <wl:nodeName>Bob's Node</wl:nodeName>
      <wl:admin rdf:resource="http://example.com/foaf.rdf#Bob" />
      <geo:lat>51.5304</geo:lat>
      <geo:long>-0.1962</geo:long>
    </wl:Node>
  </wl:meshesWith>

</Node>

</rdf:RDF>

The vocabulary itself is located in the schema file.

Changes since last version

At the suggestion of Nicolas Kessner, to avoid validation issues and generally make things simpler, the vocabulary has been moved out of the source of this page into a separate file. This accordingly means that URIs for classes and properties have changed from (for example) http://downlode.org/rdf/wireless_networks/#Node to http://downlode.org/rdf/wireless_networks/schema#Node. The URIs should not change again, unless persistent URIs are acquired; in which case the old URIs will be redirected accordingly and will not break.

Acknowledgements

This vocabulary was constructed almost entirely along the lines of the notes on the Wireless Ontology page on ESW, and contains contributions by or suggested by Matt Biddulph, Schuyler D. Erle, Nick Gibbins, Jo Walsh and Matt Westervelt. Thank you.