Documentation
Technical guides, usage instructions, and contribution guidelines for the Iroko Framework
Guides
Complete guide to setting up your development environment, editing vocabularies, validating changes, and deploying updates. For vocabulary maintainers and developers contributing to the Iroko Framework.
- Development setup (Python, dependencies)
- Editing vocabulary files (TTL syntax)
- Validation and testing
- HTML generation from RDF
- Deployment workflow
- Pull request guidelines
How archives, museums, universities, and cultural institutions can adopt the Iroko Framework vocabularies. Explains how to apply the vocabulary with institution-specific access policies and provides integration patterns.
- Understanding vocabulary structure
- Choosing your access policy approach
- Integration with existing systems
- RDF/TTL usage examples
- SPARQL query patterns
- Darwin Core & SKOS interoperability
Deep dive into the technical architecture of the Iroko Framework. Covers the separation between vocabulary definitions and operational data, URI strategies, deployment infrastructure, and the relationship between the vocabulary repository and operational archive.
- System architecture overview
- Vocabulary vs. data separation
- URI permanence strategy
- Access control implementation
- Export and synchronization workflows
- Technology stack details
Getting Started
About the Iroko Framework
The Iroko Framework provides semantic vocabularies for governing access to sacred knowledge in Afro-Atlantic traditions. It enables institutions to document cultural heritage while maintaining community control over sensitive information through field-level access governance.
All vocabularies serialize to RDF/Turtle and integrate with Darwin Core, Dublin Core, PROV-O, FOAF, and schema.org.
- Postcustodial Approach — Communities retain authority; the archive serves the tradition, not the institution
- Field-Level Access Control — Six-tier permissions applied per property, not per record
- Standards-Aligned — W3C RDF/OWL/SKOS, Linked Open Data best practices
- Semantic Interoperability — Integrates Darwin Core, SKOS, PROV-O, FOAF, schema.org
Project Links
License
All Iroko Framework vocabularies are released under CC0 1.0 Universal (Public Domain). You are free to use, adapt, and redistribute without restriction.