VisualArtsDNA organizes the details of the visual arts creative process into an information model expressed in the Web Ontology Language (OWL), a type of RDF model.

This ontology is inspired by the Creative Works Ontology for the Film & TV Industry.

The ontology is available as a pan and zoom SVG in graphical form and in an RDF file (TTL/text).

See this ontology titled "Information Model for the Visual Arts" on Archivo. The current instance data can be browsed by selecting "Browse" at the top of this page.

A vocabulary of visual arts terms is available as a pan and zoom SVG in graphical form and in an RDF file (TTL/text).

The data in the instance model can be viewed with:

D3 graphics drawings and watercolors basic data watercolors basic data watercolors physical data watercolors NFT data drawings basic data drawings physical data drawings NFT data

Lsys graphics drawings and watercolors basic data watercolors basic data watercolors physical data watercolors NFT data drawings basic data drawings physical data drawings NFT data

Development of the VisualArtsDNA ontology is motivated by: (1) a need to organize the author's art stuff, (2) other artists may benefit from using the model for their own art stuff, and (3) collaborating artists may need a common information model over the visual arts creative-process domain.

This ontology is not definitive or complete. It is intended as a conversation starter.