Vouch
opda:Vouch Vouch
Vouch is the short-name alias for Vouch Evidence. The two names refer to the same OWL identity — Vouch exists so worked-example data (the diagnostic exemplar set) can use the short form without losing alignment with the long-name canonical form that downstream shapes and annotations target.
Why it matters
Same rationale as Document and Electronic Record — exemplars use short names; shapes and annotations target long names; OWL equivalence makes both equivalent.
Hard cases
- Mixed use within one consumer. Same situation as for the other aliases — OWL equivalence binding handles it.
Identity Criterion
See Vouch Evidence — Vouch inherits the same IC by OWL equivalence binding. See the Logical tier → for the typed structure.
Related Kinds
- Vouch Evidence — the canonical long-name form
Related-Kinds graph
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accTitle: Vouch short-name alias related-Kinds neighbourhood graph
accDescr: Vouch as the OWL-equivalent short-name alias for Vouch Evidence; used by worked-example data while SHACL shapes and DPV annotations target the long-name form.
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Vouch["Vouch
(alias)"]:::centre VouchEv["VouchEvidence
(canonical)"]:::cls Vouch ===|"owl:equivalentClass"| VouchEv
(alias)"]:::centre VouchEv["VouchEvidence
(canonical)"]:::cls Vouch ===|"owl:equivalentClass"| VouchEv
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