LOKF specification

Referencereferences/lokf-specification

Confirmed by a person, 2026-09-26

Written 2026-09-24 by ktl-librarian (automation). Last checked 2026-10-12 by ktl-librarian (automation).

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2026-09-09 by noelmcloughlin (a person)
2026-09-24 by noelmcloughlin (a person)
2026-09-26 by noelmcloughlin (a person)
2026-10-12 by ktl-librarian (automation)

Review by

2027-09-26

Sources

https://lokf.nolan-nichols.com/specification/

References

LOKF toolkit (lokf on PyPI)

Related to

OKF specification (v0.2)

Pointed to by

ktl-librarian skill (references)
LOKF (defined by)
LOKF toolkit (lokf on PyPI) (defined by)
The curated context layer: one bundle, and a federation of bundles (references)

Graph

Open this concept in the knowledge graph

IRI

https://w3id.org/ktl/knowledge/references/lokf-specification

Licence

Files

Markdown JSON-LD Source on GitHub History on GitHub

Overview

The site is the authority for what LOKF means - the source the librarian skill’s Golden Rules are drawn from: the type vocabulary, the typed-relation predicates, and the trust families. The format itself is defined once in LinkML (lokf.yaml); the JSON Schema, JSON-LD context, SHACL shapes, and OWL ontology are all generated from it and must not be hand-edited.

Distinct from the toolkit that implements it: the site defines meaning, the PyPI package does the validating and projecting. The skills cite each for its own role.