A description of the source from which the ResourceVersionDescription was derived. When possible, SourceAndNotation should include a reference to the actual source document from which it was derived. As an example, if the resource was derived from the W3C Wine Ontology, the URI http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/CR-owl-guide-20030818/wine would unambiguously name the document. In the cases, however, when a definitive source document is not available, a textual description should be provided, instead, in sourceAndNotationDescription. Where possible, the ontology language and ontology syntax should also be provided. In the case of the Wine Ontology above, the ontology language would be http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl# (OWL) and the syntax would be application/rdf+xml.

a textual description of where the specified resource version was derived from. This parameter must be supplied if a reasonable PersistentURI for the source document is not available.

a persistent URI that references the document from which the resource version was derived. This URI may be resolvable to a digital resource or may be the name of a book, publication or other external document.

the formal language, if any, that the source for the resource version is expressed in. Examples include Common Logic, OWL, OWL-DL, CLAML, etc.

the syntax of the source of the resource version, if known. Examples might include rdf/xml, Turtle, Manchester Syntax, CSV, etc.