Valiterm — Core Definition

Core Definition

“Core Definition” specifies how a Valiterm term is expressed as machine-readable data: identity, description, allowed placements, and multilingual reasoning aids.

Essentials

Stable @id (URI) and name
description in English, with optional localized keys (e.g., description-sv)
allowedIn lists consuming entities (e.g., DefinedTerm, Product, HowTo)
Reasoning hints (reasoning, reasoning-sv, …) to help AI interpret usage

Example (inline)

<section id="hasCoreUseCase" itemscope itemtype="https://valiterm.org/PropertyValue">
  <meta itemprop="description" content="Describes the primary or intended use case for a product or material." />
  <meta itemprop="valueType" content="text" />
  <meta itemprop="allowedIn" content="DefinedTerm" />
  <meta itemprop="allowedIn" content="Product" />
  <meta itemprop="allowedIn" content="HowTo" />
  <meta itemprop="reasoning" content="Helps AI understand domain-specific usage patterns for recommendation and classification." />
  <meta itemprop="status" content="accepted" />
</section>