@prefix modavis: . @prefix modassert: . @prefix modevidence: . @prefix modinst: . @prefix modmedia: . @prefix modvmi: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix owl: . @prefix prov: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix skos: . @prefix vann: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix vs: . a owl:Ontology ; owl:imports , , , , ; dcterms:title "MODAVIS Virtual Musical Instrument Ontology"@en ; dcterms:description "Semantics for playable virtual instruments, product identities, versions, packages, compatibility, and evidence-qualified relations to source instruments and states."@en ; dcterms:creator ; dcterms:publisher ; dcterms:issued "2026-08-27"^^xsd:date ; dcterms:modified "2026-08-27"^^xsd:date ; dcterms:license ; dcterms:conformsTo , ; owl:versionIRI ; owl:versionInfo "0.1.0" ; vann:preferredNamespacePrefix "modvmi" ; vann:preferredNamespaceUri "https://w3id.org/modavis/ontology/virtual-instrument#" . modvmi:VirtualMusicalInstrument a owl:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf modinst:MusicalInstrument ; rdfs:label "virtual musical instrument"@en ; skos:definition "A musical instrument whose playable sound-producing or control behavior is realized substantially through software, digital computation, or a software-controlled sample or synthesis system."@en ; skos:scopeNote "This class identifies the playable instrument, not merely a catalog row, download page, package, sample library component, or representation of a physical instrument."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:VirtualInstrumentProduct a owl:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf modavis:Entity ; rdfs:label "virtual-instrument product"@en ; skos:definition "A stable product, library, sample-set, plugin, or project identity under which one or more virtual-instrument versions are developed or distributed."@en ; skos:scopeNote "A product may realize one playable virtual musical instrument or contain several instruments. Product identity is not automatically musical-instrument identity; generic hosts and dependencies that implement no playable instrument are outside this class."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:VirtualInstrumentVersion a owl:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf modavis:Entity, prov:Entity ; rdfs:label "virtual-instrument version"@en ; skos:definition "A versioned edition or release state of a virtual-instrument product, distinct from both the stable product identity and its downloadable packages."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:VirtualInstrumentPackage a owl:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf modmedia:DigitalAsset ; rdfs:label "virtual-instrument package"@en ; skos:definition "An installable, downloadable, or preservable digital asset distributing all or part of a virtual-instrument version."@en ; skos:scopeNote "A package is not automatically the playable instrument; it may require a host, engine, dependency, license, configuration, or additional package."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . [] a owl:AllDisjointClasses ; owl:members ( modvmi:VirtualMusicalInstrument modvmi:VirtualInstrumentProduct modvmi:VirtualInstrumentVersion modvmi:VirtualInstrumentPackage ) . modvmi:CompatibilityStatement a owl:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf modavis:IdentifiedResource ; rdfs:label "virtual-instrument compatibility statement"@en ; skos:definition "A qualified, evidence-backed statement about the compatibility of a virtual-instrument version with a host, platform, protocol, plugin format, or operating environment."@en ; skos:scopeNote "A compatibility statement applies only to the named version and target under the conditions supported by its evidence. It is not a certification or a guarantee for other versions, environments, or future states."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:InstrumentSourceRelation a owl:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf modavis:IdentifiedResource ; rdfs:label "virtual-instrument source relation"@en ; skos:definition "A qualified and evidence-backed relation connecting a virtual instrument, product, or version to a specific musical instrument or instrument state used as a sample source, model, reconstruction target, composite source, or inspiration."@en ; skos:scopeNote "A source relation does not assert that the virtual and source instruments are identical. Ambiguous candidates remain assertions or review proposals rather than accepted source relations."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:realizesInstrument a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:domain modvmi:VirtualInstrumentProduct ; rdfs:range modvmi:VirtualMusicalInstrument ; rdfs:label "realizes virtual instrument"@en ; skos:definition "Relates a stable product identity to a playable virtual musical instrument it implements or distributes."@en ; skos:scopeNote "This is a product-level association and does not imply that every version implements the same playable instrument. Use implementsInstrument for a version-specific claim."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:hasVersion a owl:ObjectProperty ; owl:inverseOf modvmi:versionOfProduct ; rdfs:domain modvmi:VirtualInstrumentProduct ; rdfs:range modvmi:VirtualInstrumentVersion ; rdfs:label "has virtual-instrument version"@en ; skos:definition "Relates a stable virtual-instrument product to one of its versioned editions or releases."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:versionOfProduct a owl:ObjectProperty, owl:FunctionalProperty ; rdfs:domain modvmi:VirtualInstrumentVersion ; rdfs:range modvmi:VirtualInstrumentProduct ; rdfs:label "version of virtual-instrument product"@en ; skos:definition "Identifies the one stable product identity of which a virtual-instrument version is an edition or release."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:implementsInstrument a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:domain modvmi:VirtualInstrumentVersion ; rdfs:range modvmi:VirtualMusicalInstrument ; rdfs:label "implements virtual instrument"@en ; skos:definition "Relates a versioned product edition to a playable virtual musical instrument whose behavior it implements."@en ; skos:scopeNote "This is the version-level implementation claim. It neither identifies the stable product nor states which package bytes distribute that version."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:hasPackage a owl:ObjectProperty ; owl:inverseOf modvmi:packageOfVersion ; rdfs:domain modvmi:VirtualInstrumentVersion ; rdfs:range modvmi:VirtualInstrumentPackage ; rdfs:label "has distribution package"@en ; skos:definition "Relates a virtual-instrument version to a package through which all or part of it is distributed or preserved."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:packageOfVersion a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:domain modvmi:VirtualInstrumentPackage ; rdfs:range modvmi:VirtualInstrumentVersion ; rdfs:label "package of version"@en ; skos:definition "Identifies one or more virtual-instrument versions distributed or preserved by a package."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:developedBy a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:range modavis:Agent ; rdfs:label "developed by"@en ; skos:definition "Relates a virtual-instrument product or version to an agent responsible for its development."@en ; skos:scopeNote "The subject is a product or version. A global domain is omitted because multiple domain axioms would infer that every subject is both classes."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:publishedBy a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:range modavis:Agent ; rdfs:label "published by"@en ; skos:definition "Relates a virtual-instrument product, version, or package to an agent responsible for its publication or distribution."@en ; skos:scopeNote "The subject is a product, version, or package; the relation does not identify the developer, rights holder, or publisher of a represented source instrument."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:productionMethod a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:range skos:Concept ; rdfs:label "sound-production method"@en ; skos:definition "Classifies the primary sound-production method of a virtual instrument or version with a governed concept."@en ; skos:scopeNote "The exchange profile restricts subjects to VirtualMusicalInstrument or VirtualInstrumentVersion and values to the closed 0.1.0 production-method scheme."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:versionLabel a owl:DatatypeProperty ; rdfs:domain modvmi:VirtualInstrumentVersion ; rdfs:range xsd:string ; rdfs:label "version label"@en ; skos:definition "The source-preserving version or edition label supplied for a virtual-instrument version."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:releaseDate a owl:DatatypeProperty ; rdfs:domain modvmi:VirtualInstrumentVersion ; rdfs:label "release date"@en ; skos:definition "The documented date on which a virtual-instrument version was released."@en ; skos:scopeNote "The exchange SHACL profile enforces xsd:date because xsd:date is outside the OWL 2 RL datatype map."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:hasCompatibilityStatement a owl:ObjectProperty ; owl:inverseOf modvmi:compatibilityVersion ; rdfs:domain modvmi:VirtualInstrumentVersion ; rdfs:range modvmi:CompatibilityStatement ; rdfs:label "has compatibility statement"@en ; skos:definition "Relates a virtual-instrument version to a qualified statement about a supported or unsupported environment."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:compatibilityVersion a owl:ObjectProperty, owl:FunctionalProperty ; rdfs:domain modvmi:CompatibilityStatement ; rdfs:range modvmi:VirtualInstrumentVersion ; rdfs:label "compatibility version"@en ; skos:definition "Identifies the virtual-instrument version evaluated by a compatibility statement."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:compatibilityTarget a owl:ObjectProperty, owl:FunctionalProperty ; rdfs:domain modvmi:CompatibilityStatement ; rdfs:label "compatibility target"@en ; skos:definition "Identifies the governed concept, specification, platform, host, product version, protocol, plugin format, or operating environment evaluated by a compatibility statement."@en ; skos:scopeNote "The target is an IRI. Profiles may require a SKOS concept for a closed classification or an identified resource for a version-specific environment."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:compatibilityStatus a owl:ObjectProperty, owl:FunctionalProperty ; rdfs:domain modvmi:CompatibilityStatement ; rdfs:range skos:Concept ; rdfs:label "compatibility status"@en ; skos:definition "Classifies the result of a compatibility statement with a governed status concept."@en ; skos:scopeNote "Indeterminate means that the available evidence supports neither a positive nor a negative result; it must not be interpreted as compatible-with-limitations."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:hasSourceRelation a owl:ObjectProperty ; owl:inverseOf modvmi:sourceRelationSubject ; rdfs:range modvmi:InstrumentSourceRelation ; rdfs:label "has instrument source relation"@en ; skos:definition "Relates a virtual instrument, product, or version to a qualified relation describing its connection to a source musical instrument or state."@en ; skos:scopeNote "The exchange profile restricts the subject to a playable virtual instrument, stable product, or version. The qualified relation, not this discovery link alone, records source type, evidence, confidence, and source state."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:sourceRelationSubject a owl:ObjectProperty, owl:FunctionalProperty ; rdfs:domain modvmi:InstrumentSourceRelation ; rdfs:range modavis:Entity ; rdfs:label "source-relation subject"@en ; skos:definition "Identifies the virtual instrument, product, or version whose source relationship is being qualified."@en ; skos:scopeNote "Although the OWL range is the common Entity superclass, the exchange profile restricts this value to VirtualMusicalInstrument, VirtualInstrumentProduct, or VirtualInstrumentVersion."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:sourceInstrument a owl:ObjectProperty, owl:FunctionalProperty ; rdfs:domain modvmi:InstrumentSourceRelation ; rdfs:range modinst:MusicalInstrument ; rdfs:label "source instrument"@en ; skos:definition "Identifies the musical instrument connected to a virtual instrument by a qualified source relation."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:sourceState a owl:ObjectProperty, owl:FunctionalProperty ; rdfs:domain modvmi:InstrumentSourceRelation ; rdfs:range modinst:InstrumentState ; rdfs:label "source instrument state"@en ; skos:definition "Identifies the specific instrument state captured, modeled, reconstructed, or otherwise used by a virtual-instrument source relation."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:sourceRelationType a owl:ObjectProperty, owl:FunctionalProperty ; rdfs:domain modvmi:InstrumentSourceRelation ; rdfs:range skos:Concept ; rdfs:label "source-relation type"@en ; skos:definition "Classifies a virtual-instrument source relation as sampled, modeled, reconstructed, composite, inspired, or another governed relation type."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:sourceConfidence a owl:DatatypeProperty ; rdfs:domain modvmi:InstrumentSourceRelation ; rdfs:range xsd:decimal ; rdfs:label "source-relation confidence"@en ; skos:definition "A decimal from zero through one expressing confidence in the identification or classification recorded by a virtual-instrument source relation."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" . modvmi:hasEvidenceRelation a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:range modevidence:EvidenceRelation ; rdfs:label "has virtual-instrument evidence"@en ; skos:definition "Relates a virtual-instrument source relation or compatibility statement to qualified source-fragment evidence evaluating it."@en ; skos:scopeNote "The subject must be the same resource named by modevidence:evaluates on each linked evidence relation. The exchange profile enforces that inverse consistency."@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "testing" .