rdfs:domain

rdfs:domain is an instance of rdf:Property that is used to state that any resource that has a given property is an instance of one or more classes.

A triple of the form:

P rdfs:domain C

states that P is an instance of the class rdf:Property, that C is a instance of the class rdfs:Class and that the resources denoted by the subjects of triples whose predicate is P are instances of the class C.

Where a property P has more than one rdfs:domain property, then the resources denoted by subjects of triples with predicate P are instances of all the classes stated by the rdfs:domain properties.

The rdfs:domain property may be applied to itself. The rdfs:domain of rdfs:domain is the class rdf:Property. This states that any resource with an rdfs:domain property is an instance of rdf:Property.

The rdfs:range of rdfs:domain is the class rdfs:Class. This states that any resource that is the value of an rdfs:domain property is an instance of rdfs:Class.