content
Data property: Content
The text of a piece of uncorroborated information.
Domain: UncorroboratedInformation
Vocabulary
The classes and properties of the Norman Sicily Project's data, in the namespace http://www.normansicily.org/nsp#.
Ancestor
Class
A person who is an ancestor of at least one other person in the data. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
attestation
Object property: Attestation
The kind of evidence that attests a place. The value is a concept of https://www.normansicily.org/concepts/attestation-type.
Range: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept
AttestationClaim
Class: Attestation claim
A claim whose value is given with nsp:attestation.
Subclass of: Claim
attestationType
Data property: Attestation type
Deprecated in October 2026, replaced by nsp:attestation (its value is a concept). How the existence of a place is attested: documentary, archaeological, or uncorroborated.
Domain: Place
Bridge
Class
A place recorded as a bridge.
Subclass of: Place
certainty
Object property: Certainty
How sure the project is of a claim. The value is a concept of https://www.normansicily.org/concepts/certainty.
Range: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept
Church
Class
A place recorded as a church.
Subclass of: Place
Claim
Class
Abstract. A statement about a place that is not simply true: it is uncertain (nsp:certainty), or holds from a year on (time:hasTime, an OWL-Time interval with a beginning); use one of its subclasses. A plain, certain statement is the property on the place itself, for example nsp:siteStatus; a place has a claim only when it is uncertain or changes over time. A claim is a fragment of the place's address (#claim-<scheme>-<n>).
Subclass of: DomainEntity
communityGender
Object property: Community gender
The gender of a monastic community. The value is a concept of https://www.normansicily.org/concepts/probable-gender.
Range: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept
CommunityGenderClaim
Class: Community gender claim
A claim whose value is given with nsp:communityGender.
Subclass of: Claim
coordinatesAccurate
Data property: Coordinates accurate
True if the project considers the coordinates of a location fairly accurate.
Range: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#boolean
coordinatesFrom
Object property: Coordinates from
Where the coordinates of a location come from. The value is a concept of https://www.normansicily.org/concepts/coordinate-source.
Domain: Location
Range: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept
coordinateSource
Data property: Coordinate source
Deprecated in October 2026, replaced by nsp:coordinatesFrom (its value is a concept). Where the coordinates of a location come from, for example GeoNames, handheld GPS or Google Earth.
Domain: Location
createdBy
Object property: Created by
Who created a record.
Domain: Record
Range: http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Agent
createdOn
Data property: Created on
The date a record was created.
Domain: Record
Range: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date
DomainEntity
Class: Domain entity
The class of everything the project's data describes: people, places, marriages, links and records. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subclass of: http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing
earliestSurvivingRecord
Object property: Earliest surviving record
Links a place to the earliest record of it that survives.
Domain: Place
Range: EarliestSurvivingRecord
EarliestSurvivingRecord
Class: Earliest Surviving Record
Subclass of: DomainEntity
Female
Class
The sex of a woman. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subclass of: Sex
fieldVisit
Data property: Field visit
The date the project visited the place.
Domain: Place
Range: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date
Fortification
Class
A castle, tower or other fortified place.
Subclass of: Place
Gate
Class
A place recorded as a gate.
Subclass of: Place
hasAncestor
Object property: Has ancestor
Links a person to anyone they descend from, however many generations back. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/descendantOf, hasRelation
hasAunt
Object property: Has aunt
Links a person to a sister of one of their parents. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
hasChild
Object property: Has child
Links a parent to their child. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/parentOf, https://schema.org/children
hasClaim
Object property: Has claim
Links a place or person to a claim about it.
Range: Claim
hasDaughter
Object property: Has daughter
Links a parent to their daughter. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/parentOf, hasChild, https://schema.org/children
hasFather
Object property: Has father
Links a person to their father. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/childOf, hasParent, https://schema.org/parent
Domain: Person
Range: Man
hasFemalePartner
Object property: Has female partner
Links a marriage to its wife. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: hasPartner
Domain: Marriage
Range: Woman
hasGrandfather
Object property: Has grandfather
Links a person to the father of one of their parents. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/grandchildOf, hasGrandParent
Range: Man
hasGrandmother
Object property: Has grandmother
Links a person to the mother of one of their parents. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/grandchildOf, hasGrandParent
Range: Woman
hasGrandParent
Object property: Has grandparent
Links a person to a parent of one of their parents. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/grandchildOf, hasAncestor
Domain: Person
Range: Person
hasGreatAunt
Object property: Has great-aunt
Links a person to a sister of one of their grandparents. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
hasGreatGrandfather
Object property: Has great-grandfather
Links a person to a great-grandparent who is a man. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: hasGreatGrandParent
Range: Man
hasGreatGrandmother
Object property: Has great-grandmother
Links a person to a great-grandparent who is a woman. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: hasGreatGrandParent
Range: Woman
hasGreatGrandParent
Object property: Has great-grandparent
Links a person to a grandparent of one of their parents. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: hasAncestor
Domain: Person
Range: Person
hasGreatUncle
Object property: Has great-uncle
Links a person to a brother of one of their grandparents. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
hasHusband
Object property: Has husband
Links a woman to her husband. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/spouseOf, hasSpouse, https://schema.org/spouse
Range: Man
hasLink
Object property: Has link
Links a person or place to a link that records a connection from it.
Range: Link
hasLocation
Object property: Has location
Links a place to its location.
Domain: Place
Range: Location
hasMalePartner
Object property: Has male partner
Links a marriage to its husband. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: hasPartner
Domain: Marriage
Range: Man
hasMother
Object property: Has mother
Links a person to their mother. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/childOf, hasParent, https://schema.org/parent
Domain: Person
Range: Woman
hasParent
Object property: Has parent
Links a person to one of their parents. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/childOf, hasAncestor, https://schema.org/parent
Domain: Person
Range: Person
hasPartner
Object property: Has partner
Links a person to someone they were married to or partnered with. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Domain: Marriage
Range: Person
hasPlace
Object property: Has place
Links a location to the place it belongs to.
Domain: Location
Range: Place
hasReference
Object property: Has reference
Links a place or link to a published source that supports it.
Domain: _:n716f9b8dc2194b5fb3f72404bf7a2cf1b43
Range: Reference
hasRelation
Object property: Has relation
The most general family relation between two people; every other family property is a sub-property of it. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: https://schema.org/relatedTo
Domain: Person
Range: Person
hasSex
Object property: Has sex
Links a person to their recorded sex, Male or Female. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Domain: Person
Range: Sex
hasSon
Object property: Has son
Links a parent to their son. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/parentOf, hasChild, https://schema.org/children
hasSource
Object property: Has source
Links a link to the person or place it comes from.
Domain: Link
hasSpouse
Object property: Has spouse
Links a person to the person they are married to. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/spouseOf, https://schema.org/spouse
hasTarget
Object property: Has target
Links a link to the place it goes to.
Domain: Link
Range: Place
hasUncle
Object property: Has uncle
Links a person to a brother of one of their parents. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
hasWife
Object property: Has wife
Links a man to his wife. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/spouseOf, hasSpouse, https://schema.org/spouse
Range: Woman
historicalProvince
Data property: Historical province
Deprecated in October 2026, replaced by schema:containedInPlace (its value is a historical region, https://www.normansicily.org/regions/<slug>). The medieval administrative district the place was in: Val Demone, Val di Mazara or Val di Noto. NOT SET where unknown.
Domain: Location
Range: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string
id
Data property: Identifier
The number a place has in the project's data; with the place type it forms the page address (places/<type>/<id>).
Domain: Place
Range: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string
isAncestorOf
Object property: Is ancestor of
Links an ancestor to anyone who descends from them. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/ancestorOf
isAuntOf
Object property: Is aunt of
Links a woman to a child of her brother or sister. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Domain: Woman
Range: Person
isBloodrelationOf
Object property: Is blood relation of
Links two people who are related by descent rather than by marriage. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: hasRelation
isBrotherOf
Object property: Is brother of
Links a man to a sibling: another child of the same family record in the GEDCOM file. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/siblingOf, isSiblingOf, https://schema.org/sibling
Domain: Man
Range: Person
isChildOf
Object property: Is child of
Links a child to one of their parents. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/childOf
isCousinOf
Object property: Is cousin of
Links two people who share an ancestor but are not siblings. The more specific first, second and third cousin relations are sub-properties. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: isBloodrelationOf
isDaughterOf
Object property: Is daughter of
Links a daughter to one of her parents. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/childOf, isChildOf
isFatherOf
Object property: Is father of
Links a father to his child. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/parentOf
isFemalePartnerIn
Object property: Is female partner in
Links a woman to a marriage in which she is the wife. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
isFirstCousinOf
Object property: Is first cousin of
Links two people whose parents are siblings. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: isCousinOf
isGrandfatherOf
Object property: Is grandfather of
Links a man to a child of his child. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/grandparentOf
isGrandmotherOf
Object property: Is grandmother of
Links a woman to a child of her child. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/grandparentOf
isGrandParentOf
Object property: Is grandparent of
Links a grandparent to a child of their child. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/grandparentOf
isGreatAuntOf
Object property: Is great-aunt of
Links a woman to a grandchild of her brother or sister. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Domain: Woman
Range: Person
isGreatGrandfatherOf
Object property: Is great-grandfather of
Links a man to a grandchild of his child. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
isGreatGrandmotherOf
Object property: Is great-grandmother of
Links a woman to a grandchild of her child. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
isGreatGrandParentOf
Object property: Is great-grandparent of
Links a great-grandparent to a grandchild of their child. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
isGreatUncleOf
Object property: Is great-uncle of
Links a man to a grandchild of his brother or sister. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Domain: Man
Range: Person
isHusbandOf
Object property: Is husband of
Links a man to his wife. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/spouseOf, https://schema.org/spouse
isMalePartnerIn
Object property: Is male partner in
Links a man to a marriage in which he is the husband. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
isMotherOf
Object property: Is mother of
Links a mother to her child. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/parentOf
isParentOf
Object property: Is parent of
Links a parent to their child. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/parentOf
isPartnerIn
Object property: Is partner in
Links a person to a marriage they were a partner in. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
isSecondCousinOf
Object property: Is second cousin of
Links two people whose grandparents are siblings. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: isCousinOf
isSiblingOf
Object property: Is sibling of
Links two children of the same family record in the GEDCOM file. Used where the person's sex is not recorded, so neither the brother nor the sister relation applies. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/siblingOf, isBloodrelationOf, https://schema.org/sibling
isSisterOf
Object property: Is sister of
Links a woman to a sibling: another child of the same family record in the GEDCOM file. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/siblingOf, isSiblingOf, https://schema.org/sibling
Domain: Woman
Range: Person
isSonOf
Object property: Is son of
Links a son to one of his parents. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/childOf, isChildOf
isSpouseOf
Object property: Is spouse of
Links a person to the person they are married to. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/spouseOf, https://schema.org/spouse
isThirdCousinOf
Object property: Is third cousin of
Links two people whose great-grandparents are siblings. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: isCousinOf
isUncleOf
Object property: Is uncle of
Links a man to a child of his brother or sister. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Domain: Man
Range: Person
isWifeOf
Object property: Is wife of
Links a woman to her husband. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subproperty of: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/spouseOf, https://schema.org/spouse
Link
Class
A recorded connection between two things in the data, such as a person and a place, or two places. It has a source, a target and a role.
Subclass of: DomainEntity
linkRole
Object property: Link role
The role a person or place plays in a link. The value is a concept of https://www.normansicily.org/concepts/link-role.
Range: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept
Location
Class
Where a place is: its coordinates and its modern and historical administrative areas.
Subclass of: Record, http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#SpatialObject, https://schema.org/Place
LocationClaim
Class: Location claim
A claim whose value is given with nsp:hasLocation.
Subclass of: Claim
locationHighLoc
Data property: Location high level of confidence
Whether the coordinates of the location are known with a high level of confidence (Yes or No).
Domain: Location
Male
Class
The sex of a man. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subclass of: Sex
Man
Class
A person recorded as male. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subclass of: Person
Marriage
Class
A marriage or partnership between a man and a woman, taken from a family record in the GEDCOM file. It is part of the husband's page (#marriage-<family id>). The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subclass of: DomainEntity
maxYear
Data property: Latest year
The latest year the first surviving record of the place could date from.
Domain: EarliestSurvivingRecord
Range: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#gYear
minYear
Data property: Earliest year
The earliest year the first surviving record of the place could date from.
Domain: EarliestSurvivingRecord
Range: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#gYear
modernComune
Data property: Modern comune
The comune the place is in today. NOT SET where unknown.
Domain: Location
modernProvince
Data property: Modern province
The province the place is in today. NOT SET where unknown.
Domain: Location
Monastery
Class
A monastic house: an abbey, priory, convent, hospital or similar religious foundation.
Subclass of: Place
monasticIdentity
Data property: Monastic order
Deprecated in October 2026, replaced by nsp:monasticOrder (its value is a concept). The monastic order of a monastery, for example Benedictines, Basilians, Cistercians or Augustinian Canons.
Domain: Monastery
monasticOrder
Object property: Monastic order
The order or community a monastic site belonged to. The value is a concept of https://www.normansicily.org/concepts/monastic-identity.
Range: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept
MonasticOrderClaim
Class: Monastic order claim
A claim whose value is given with nsp:monasticOrder.
Subclass of: Claim
notes
Data property: Notes
Free-text notes.
Domain: _:n716f9b8dc2194b5fb3f72404bf7a2cf1b64
Range: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string
pages
Data property: Pages
The pages of the cited source that support the statement.
Domain: Reference
Range: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string
Palace
Class
A place recorded as a palace.
Subclass of: Place
Park
Class
A place recorded as a park.
Subclass of: Place
Person
Class
A person in the project's genealogical data. Each person is a page at https://www.normansicily.org/people/<number>. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subclass of: _:n716f9b8dc2194b5fb3f72404bf7a2cf1b105, _:n716f9b8dc2194b5fb3f72404bf7a2cf1b106, _:n716f9b8dc2194b5fb3f72404bf7a2cf1b107, _:n716f9b8dc2194b5fb3f72404bf7a2cf1b108, DomainEntity, http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Person, https://schema.org/Person
PersonToPlaceLink
Class: Person to Place Link
Subclass of: Link
Place
Class
A place in the project's data (monastery, church, fortification and so on). Each place with a page is https://www.normansicily.org/places/<type>/<id>.
Subclass of: Record, http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#Feature, https://schema.org/Place
PlaceToPlaceLink
Class: Place to Place Link
Subclass of: Link
placeType
Data property: Place type
The kind of place: monastery, church, fortification and so on. It is the type in the page address.
Domain: Place
Range: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string
probableGender
Data property: Probable gender
Deprecated in October 2026, replaced by nsp:communityGender (its value is a concept). The best guess at the gender of a monastic community: Male, Female, Male then Female, or UNKNOWN.
Domain: Monastery
probableStatus
Data property: Probable status
Deprecated in October 2026, replaced by nsp:siteStatus (its value is a concept). The probable status of a monastery, for example abbey, priory or hospital; UNKNOWN where not established.
Domain: Monastery
Record
Class
The editing history of an entry: who created it and when, who last updated it, and its review status.
Subclass of: DomainEntity
recordStatus
Data property: Record status
Deprecated in October 2026, replaced by nsp:reviewStatus (its value is a concept). Where a record is in review, for example Reviewed.
Domain: Record
Reference
Class
A citation of a published source (a Zotero item and, usually, pages) that supports a statement about a place or link.
Subclass of: DomainEntity
RegionClaim
Class: Region claim
A claim whose value is given with schema:containedInPlace: the location lies in a historical region, but the project is not sure which. It hangs on the place, like every claim.
Subclass of: Claim
reviewStatus
Object property: Review status
Where a record is in review. The value is a concept of https://www.normansicily.org/concepts/record-status.
Domain: Record
Range: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept
role
Data property: Role
Deprecated in October 2026, replaced by nsp:linkRole (its value is a concept). What a link says the target was to the source, for example founder or rebuilder, benefactor, secular lord, or dependent.
Domain: Link
Range: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string
seismicClass
Object property: Seismic class
The Italian seismic classification of a location, from 1 (greatest risk of strong seismic activity) to 4. The value is a concept of https://www.normansicily.org/concepts/seismic-class.
Range: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept
seismicCode
Data property: Seismic code
Deprecated in October 2026, replaced by nsp:seismicClass (its value is a concept). Seismic Classification According to the Dipartimento della Protezione Civile (2019), http://www.protezionecivile.gov.it/attivita-rischi/rischio-sismico/attivita/classificazione-sismica (on a scale of 1 - 4, with 1 representing the greatest risk for strong seismic activity)
Domain: Location
Sex
Class
The sex recorded for a person: Male or Female. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subclass of: DomainEntity
siteStatus
Object property: Site status
The status of a monastic site, for example priory or abbey. The value is a concept of https://www.normansicily.org/concepts/probable-status.
Range: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept
SiteStatusClaim
Class: Site status claim
A claim whose value is given with nsp:siteStatus.
Subclass of: Claim
source
Data property: Source
Where a piece of uncorroborated information came from, for example a field visit, an email or a conversation.
Domain: UncorroboratedInformation
subjectOfDedication
Data property: Dedication
The saint or holy person or mystery to whom a monastery was dedicated, for example the Virgin Mary or Saint Nicholas.
Domain: Monastery
uncorroboratedInformation
Object property: Uncorroborated information
Links a record to information that has not been confirmed by a second source.
Domain: Record
UncorroboratedInformation
Class: Uncorroborated Information
Subclass of: DomainEntity
updatedBy
Object property: Updated by
Who last updated a record.
Domain: Record
Range: http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Agent
updatedOn
Data property: Updated on
The date a record was last updated.
Domain: Record
Range: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date
Woman
Class
A person recorded as female. The term comes from the Family History Knowledge Base (FHKB) ontology.
Subclass of: Person
zoteroIri
Data property: Zotero item
The address of the cited source in the project's Zotero library.
Domain: Reference
Range: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#anyURI