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	<rdf:Description rdf:about="http://purl.org/ASN/schemas/core/">
		<dc:title xml:lang="en-US">The Achievement Standards Network Core Properties Namespace</dc:title>
		<dc:publisher xml:lang="en-US">The GEM Exchange</dc:publisher>
		<dc:description xml:lang="en-US">The Achievement Standards Network Core Properties namespace provides URIs for many of the terms used in ASN metadata instances. Terms from other namespaces are also used as expressed in the ASN application profiles for Standards Document and Statements (see, rdfs:seeAlso below).  Vocabulary terms are declared using RDF Schema language to support RDF applications. The namespace will be updated according to ASN namespace policy.</dc:description>
		<dc:language xml:lang="en-US">English</dc:language>
		<dcterms:issued>
			<dcterms:W3CDTF>
				<rdf:value>2004-04-29</rdf:value>
			</dcterms:W3CDTF>
		</dcterms:issued>
		<dcterms:modified>
			<dcterms:W3CDTF>
				<rdf:value>2006-11-20</rdf:value>
			</dcterms:W3CDTF>
		</dcterms:modified>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://purl.org/ASN/about/documentation/standardDocAP/"/>
		<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://purl.org/ASN/about/documentation/statementAP/"/>
	</rdf:Description>
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	<!-- BEGIN PROPERTY DEFINITIONS -->
	<!-- Definition of alignment -->
	<!-- Added November 20, 2006 -->
		<rdf:Property rdf:about="&asnns;alignment">
		<rdfs:label>Alignment</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:comment>A code denoting whether a jurisdiction has a statement aligned to a CIS URI.</rdfs:comment>
		<dc:description xml:lang="en-US">Used in a CIS State Resolver SOAP service response to denote whether there 
		are any state standards taxon paths for the target jurisdiction in the SOAP response.</dc:description>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="&asnns;"/>
	</rdf:Property>
	<!-- Definition of conceptTerm-->
	<!-- Modified November 11, 2006 -->
	<rdf:Property rdf:about="&asnns;conceptTerm">
		<rdfs:label>Concept Term</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:comment>A word or phrase used to refine and differentiate individual statements contextually.
		</rdfs:comment>
		<dc:description xml:lang="en-US">A word or phrase used by the promulgating agency to refine and differentiate the statement being described contextually.
		</dc:description>
		<rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="&dcns;subject"/>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="&asnns;"/>
	</rdf:Property>
	<rdf:Property rdf:about="&asnns;comment">
		<rdfs:label>comment</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:comment>Supplemental text provided by the promulgating body that clarifies the nature, scope or use of the statement being described.
		</rdfs:comment>
		<dc:description xml:lang="en-US"> Use comment when the text provides useful context for the statement.
		</dc:description>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="&asnns;"/>
	</rdf:Property>
	<!-- Definition of jurisdiction -->
	<!-- Modified June 19, 2005-->
	<rdf:Property rdf:about="&asnns;jurisdiction">
		<rdfs:label>Jurisdiction</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:comment>The jurisdiction or domain of the standard's application--e.g., California, Nebraska, National (U.S.), etc.
	</rdfs:comment>
		<dc:description xml:lang="en-US">The jurisdiction is intended for use a node label for an arrays of standards document from the same jurisdiction--e.g., all of the standards from California no matter how named or by whom promulgated.
		</dc:description>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="&asnns;"/>
	</rdf:Property>
	<!-- Definition of localSubject -->
	<!-- Added November 11, 2006 -->
		<rdf:Property rdf:about="&asnns;localSubject">
		<rdfs:label>Local Subject</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:comment>The text string denoting the subject of the statement as designated by the promulgating agency.
		</rdfs:comment>
		<rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="&dcns;subject"/>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="&asnns;"/>
	</rdf:Property>
	<!-- Definition of repositoryDate -->
	<!-- Revised June 19, 2005 -->
	<rdf:Property rdf:about="&asnns;repositoryDate">
		<rdfs:label>Repository Date</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:comment>The date the standards document was added to the repository.
		</rdfs:comment>
		<rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="&dcns;date"/>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="&asnns;"/>
	</rdf:Property>
	<!-- Definition of statementLabel -->
	<!-- Revised July 12, 2005 -->
	<rdf:Property rdf:about="&asnns;statementLabel">
		<rdfs:label>Statement Label</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:comment>The textual label designating the class of Statement in the structure of Statements in the Learning Standard Document--e.g., "Standard," "Benchmark," "Strand," "Topic," etc.
		</rdfs:comment>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="&asnns;"/>
	</rdf:Property>
	<!-- Definition of statementNotation-->
	<!-- Revised June 19, 2005 -->
	<rdf:Property rdf:about="&asnns;statementNotation">
		<rdfs:label>Statement Notation</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:comment>An alphanumeric identifier of a Statement as defined by the promulgating agency.  Statement codes must be unique within the defining organization's namespace.
		</rdfs:comment>
		<rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="&dcns;identifer"/>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="&asnns;"/>
	</rdf:Property>
	<!-- Definition of status -->
	<!-- Revised June 19, 2005 -->
	<rdf:Property rdf:about="&asnns;status">
		<rdfs:label>Status</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:comment>The publication status of the of the standards document--e.g., draft, adopted, archived.
		</rdfs:comment>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="&asnns;"/>
	</rdf:Property>
	<rdf:Property rdf:about="&asnns;authorityStatus">
		<rdfs:label>Authority Status</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:comment>The authority status of the of the standards document--e.g., original, derived.
		</rdfs:comment>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="&asnns;"/>
	</rdf:Property>
	<rdf:Property rdf:about="&asnns;indexingStatus">
		<rdfs:label>Indexing Status</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:comment>The indexing status of the of the standards document--e.g., yes, no
		</rdfs:comment>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="&asnns;"/>
	</rdf:Property>
	
	<!-- END PROPERTY DEFINITIONS -->
	<!-- BEGIN CLASS DEFINITIONS -->
	<rdfs:Class rdf:about="&asnns;JurisdictionScheme">
		<rdfs:label xml:lang="en-US">Jurisdiction Encoding Schemes</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:comment xml:lang="en-US">Controlled vocabularies of terms denoting the juristiction or domain of the standards document.</rdfs:comment>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="&asnns;"/>
		<dcterms:references rdf:resource="&asnns;jurisdiction"/>
	</rdfs:Class>
	<rdfs:Class rdf:about="&asnns;StatusScheme">
		<rdfs:label xml:lang="en-US">Status Encoding Schemes</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:comment xml:lang="en-US">Controlled vocabularies of terms denoting the publication status of the standards document.</rdfs:comment>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="&asnns;"/>
		<dcterms:references rdf:resource="&asnns;status"/>
	</rdfs:Class>
	<rdfs:Class rdf:about="&asnns;StandardDocument">
		<rdfs:label xml:lang="en-US">Standard Document</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:comment xml:lang="en-US">A collection of statements representing an expectation of what students should know, value, and be able to do at a target age or age range.</rdfs:comment>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="&asnns;"/>
	</rdfs:Class>
	<rdfs:Class rdf:about="&asnns;Statement">
		<rdfs:label xml:lang="en-US">Statement</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:comment xml:lang="en-US">An indexable assertion representing an expectation of what students should know, value, and be able to do at a target age or age range.</rdfs:comment>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="&asnns;"/>
	</rdfs:Class>
	<rdfs:Class rdf:about="&asnns;NonIndexStatement">
		<rdfs:label xml:lang="en-US">Non-Indexable Statement</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:comment xml:lang="en-US">A non-indexable assertion representing a label.</rdfs:comment>
		<rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="&asnns;Statement"/>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="&asnns;"/>
	</rdfs:Class>
	<rdfs:Class rdf:about="&asnns;VocabularyStatement">
		<rdfs:label xml:lang="en-US">Vocabulary Term Statement</rdfs:label>
		<rdfs:comment xml:lang="en-US">An indexable vocabulary term representing some concept in the parent statement.
		</rdfs:comment>
		<rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="&asnns;Statement"/>
		<rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="&asnns;"/>
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