PKM

Book

SKOS concept in the PKM Vocabulary.

A book used as a source in a PKM system.

Scope note

• Includes properties about the book, author, publisher, etc.
• Created with a Book Template, and metadata captured by the Obsidian Book Search plugin.
• Query book using book title, author, publisher, or ISBN
• Uses Google Books API to get the book information and cover image for the Book note.
• Includes properties for title, subtitle, authors, categories, description, publisher, total pages, cover URL small cover URL, local cover image, publishDate, and ISBN.

Broader

• Source

Elsewhere

• Related match https://schema.org/Book

Change history

4 change notes

• 2026-08-29 — relatedMatch https://schema.org/Book added (by Doug Warren)
• 2026-08-29 — Renamed from “SourceCopy” to “Book”; Preferred label changed from “Source” to “Book”; Definition updated; Scope note updated; Parent “Source” added; Parent “Knowledge” removed (by Doug Warren)
• 2026-08-29 — Duplicated from “Source” (by Doug Warren)
• Added definition and scope notes for a Book.

This term in RDF

• URI — https://w3id.org/pkm/vocab/Book (pkmv:Book)
• Turtle — terms/Book.ttl
• Whole vocabulary — pkm-vocab.ttl

That URI serves this page to a browser and RDF to a client that asks for it, so one link works for both:

curl -L -H 'Accept: text/turtle' https://w3id.org/pkm/vocab/Book

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pkmv:Book · created 2026-08-25 · modified 2026-08-29 · by Doug Warren

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