## nie:InformationElement nie:InformationElement |

## Description

A unit of content the user works with. This is a superclass for all interpretations of a DataObject.

## Class hierarchy

        http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Resource
            nie:InformationElement ──┐
            ├── nco:Contact          │
            ├── nco:ContactGroup     │
            ├── nco:ContactList      │
            ├── nco:IMAccount        │
            ├── nfo:Document         │
            ├── nfo:Software         │
            ├── nfo:Media            │
            ├── nfo:DataContainer ───┤
            ├── nfo:MediaList        │
            ├── nfo:Executable       │
            ├── nfo:Font             │
            ├── nfo:BookmarkFolder   │
            ├── nfo:Bookmark         │
            ├── nfo:Website          │
            ├── nfo:WebHistory       │
            │                                                                  └── nfo:SoftwareCategory
            ├── nfo:Equipment
            ├── nfo:RegionOfInterest
            ├── nfo:RegionOfInterestContent
            ├── nmo:MailAccount
            ├── nmo:Conversation
            ├── nmo:CommunicationChannel
            ├── nmo:PhoneMessageFolder
            ├── ncal:Calendar
            ├── ncal:Alarm
            ├── ncal:Event
            ├── ncal:Todo
            ├── ncal:Freebusy
            ├── ncal:Journal
            ├── ncal:Timezone
            ├── scal:Calendar
            ├── scal:CalendarItem
            ├── scal:CalendarAlarm
            ├── nmm:MusicAlbumDisc
            ├── nmm:Artist
            ├── mto:TransferElement
            ├── mto:Transfer
            ├── mlo:GeoLocation
            ├── mlo:GeoPoint
            ├── mlo:GeoBoundingBox
            ├── mlo:LandmarkCategory
            ├── mlo:Landmark
            ├── mfo:FeedElement
            ├── mtp:ScanType
            ├── tracker:Volume
            ├── maemo:DesktopBookmark
            ├── slo:LandmarkCategory
            ├── slo:Landmark
            ╰── slo:GeoLocation

## Full-text-indexed properties

nie:InformationElement has the following full-text-indexed properties:

- nie:title

- nie:subject

- nie:plainTextContent

- nie:description

- nie:comment

- nie:keyword

## Properties

### The `“osinfo:mediaId”` property

    “osinfo:mediaId”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

### The `“osinfo:id”` property

    “osinfo:id”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

### The `“slo:location”` property

    “slo:location”          slo:GeoLocation

This can be subclassed to add semantics

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

### The `“maemo:relevance”` property

    “maemo:relevance”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#double

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

### The `“mlo:location”` property

    “mlo:location”          mlo:GeoLocation

This can be subclassed to add semantics

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): Unlimited

This property is deprecated.

### The `“nfo:isBootable”` property

    “nfo:isBootable”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#boolean

True when the file is bootable, for example like an ISO or other disc images

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

### The `“nfo:isContentEncrypted”` property

    “nfo:isContentEncrypted”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#boolean

Might change (IE of DataObject property?)

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

### The `“nco:publisher”` property

    “nco:publisher”          nco:Contact

An entity responsible for making the InformationElement available.

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

This property supersedes the following properties from this or parent classes:

### The `“nco:creator”` property

    “nco:creator”          nco:Contact

Creator of a data object, an entity primarily responsible for the creation of the content of the data object.

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): Unlimited

This property supersedes the following properties from this or parent classes:

- `“nco:contributor”` from the `nie:InformationElement` class

### The `“nco:contributor”` property

    “nco:contributor”          nco:Contact

An entity responsible for making contributions to the content of the InformationElement.

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): Unlimited

This property supersedes the following properties from this or parent classes:

### The `“nie:usageCounter”` property

    “nie:usageCounter”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#integer

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

### The `“nie:rootElementOf”` property

    “nie:rootElementOf”          nie:DataSource

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

### The `“nie:contentSize”` property

    “nie:contentSize”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#integer

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

### The `“nie:isLogicalPartOf”` property

    “nie:isLogicalPartOf”          nie:InformationElement

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): Unlimited

### The `“nie:characterSet”` property

    “nie:characterSet”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

### The `“nie:licenseType”` property

    “nie:licenseType”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

This property supersedes the following properties from this or parent classes:

- `“nie:legal”` from the `nie:InformationElement` class

### The `“nie:hasPart”` property

    “nie:hasPart”          nie:DataObject

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): Unlimited

This property supersedes the following properties from this or parent classes:

- `“nie:relatedTo”` from the `nie:InformationElement` class

### The `“nie:hasLogicalPart”` property

    “nie:hasLogicalPart”          nie:InformationElement

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): Unlimited

### The `“nie:keyword”` property

    “nie:keyword”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): Unlimited

This property is full-text-indexed, and can be looked up through `fts:match`.

### The `“nie:identifier”` property

    “nie:identifier”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

This property supersedes the following properties from this or parent classes:

### The `“nie:license”` property

    “nie:license”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string

Terms and intellectual property rights licensing conditions.

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

This property supersedes the following properties from this or parent classes:

- `“nie:legal”` from the `nie:InformationElement` class

### The `“nie:contentAccessed”` property

    “nie:contentAccessed”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

This property supersedes the following properties from this or parent classes:

- `“nie:informationElementDate”` from the `nie:InformationElement` class

### The `“nie:contentCreated”` property

    “nie:contentCreated”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

This property supersedes the following properties from this or parent classes:

- `“nie:informationElementDate”` from the `nie:InformationElement` class

### The `“nie:version”` property

    “nie:version”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

### The `“nie:isStoredAs”` property

    “nie:isStoredAs”          nie:DataObject

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

This property is deprecated.

### The `“nie:comment”` property

    “nie:comment”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

This property is full-text-indexed, and can be looked up through `fts:match`.

### The `“nie:copyright”` property

    “nie:copyright”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

This property supersedes the following properties from this or parent classes:

- `“nie:legal”` from the `nie:InformationElement` class

### The `“nie:links”` property

    “nie:links”          nie:DataObject

A linking relation. A piece of content links/mentions a piece of data

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

This property supersedes the following properties from this or parent classes:

- `“nie:relatedTo”` from the `nie:InformationElement` class

### The `“nie:depends”` property

    “nie:depends”          nie:DataObject

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

This property supersedes the following properties from this or parent classes:

- `“nie:relatedTo”` from the `nie:InformationElement` class

### The `“nie:disclaimer”` property

    “nie:disclaimer”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

This property supersedes the following properties from this or parent classes:

- `“nie:legal”` from the `nie:InformationElement` class

### The `“nie:description”` property

    “nie:description”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

This property is full-text-indexed, and can be looked up through `fts:match`.

This property supersedes the following properties from this or parent classes:

### The `“nie:generator”` property

    “nie:generator”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

### The `“nie:relatedTo”` property

    “nie:relatedTo”          nie:DataObject

A common superproperty for all relations between a piece of content and other pieces of data (which may be interpreted as other pieces of content).

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): Unlimited

This property supersedes the following properties from this or parent classes:

### The `“nie:legal”` property

    “nie:legal”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string

A common superproperty for all properties that point at legal information about an Information Element

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

This property supersedes the following properties from this or parent classes:

### The `“nie:plainTextContent”` property

    “nie:plainTextContent”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string

Plain-text representation of the content of a InformationElement with all markup removed. The main purpose of this property is full-text indexing and search. Its exact content is considered application-specific. The user can make no assumptions about what is and what is not contained within. Applications should use more specific properties wherever possible.

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

This property is full-text-indexed, and can be looked up through `fts:match`.

### The `“nie:language”` property

    “nie:language”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string

Language the InformationElement is expressed in. Users are encouraged to use the two-letter code specified in the RFC 3066

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

### The `“nie:mimeType”` property

    “nie:mimeType”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string

File Mime Type

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

### The `“nie:subject”` property

    “nie:subject”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string

The subject or topic of the document

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

This property is full-text-indexed, and can be looked up through `fts:match`.

This property supersedes the following properties from this or parent classes:

### The `“nie:contentLastModified”` property

    “nie:contentLastModified”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

This property supersedes the following properties from this or parent classes:

- `“nie:informationElementDate”` from the `nie:InformationElement` class

### The `“nie:informationElementDate”` property

    “nie:informationElementDate”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): Unlimited

This property supersedes the following properties from this or parent classes:

### The `“nie:title”` property

    “nie:title”          http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string

The title of the document

Number of possible elements per resource (Cardinality): 1

This property is full-text-indexed, and can be looked up through `fts:match`.

This property supersedes the following properties from this or parent classes: