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 in graphical form* and in an RDF file (TTL/text). View the ontology documentation via LODE server.

See this ontology titled "Information Model for the Visual Arts" on Archivo.

A vocabulary (thesaurus) of visual arts terms is available in graphical form* and in an RDF file (TTL/text).

The current instance data can be browsed by selecting "Browse" at the top of the page. Query the model, vocabulary and instance data by selecting "More" at the top of the page, then "SPARQL"

See AI platform reviews of the ontology and thesaurus by OpenAI, MetaAI, Gemini and Perplexity. Select "More" at the top of the page, then "AI Reviews".

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 a need to organize the author's art information, other artists may benefit from using the model for their own art information, and collaborating artists may need a common information model over the visual arts creative-process domain. This ontology is not definitive or complete.

*See pan and zoom SVG for more information.