The properties for the Agent resources are as follows:
| Property name | Description | Example of the property value(s) | Required? Repeatable? |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
owl:sameAs |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Another URI of the same agent. | ||
skos:altLabel |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Alternative forms of the name of the agent. This is a recommended property for this class. | ||
skos:note |
Optional
Repeatable
|
A note about the agent e.g. biographical notes. | ||
dc:date |
Optional
Repeatable
|
A significant date associated with the Agent. Europeana recommends date conforming to ISO 8601 starting with the year and with hyphens (YYYY-MM-DD). | ||
dc:identifier |
Optional
Repeatable
|
An identifier of the agent. | ||
dcterms:hasPart |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Reference to an Agent that is part of the Agent being described (e.g. a part of a corporation). | ||
dcterms:isPartOf |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Reference to an agent that the described agent is part of. | ||
edm:begin |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
The date the agent was born/established. Europeana recommends date conforming to ISO 8601 starting with the year and with hyphens (YYYY-MM-DD). | ||
edm:end |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
Generic "begin" and "end" properties are being used to indicate start date and end date generically for edm:Agent and edm:TimeSpan. For edm:Agent this can be interpreted and | ||
edm:hasMet |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Reference to another entity which the agent has "met" in a broad sense. For example a reference to a Place class | ||
edm:isRelatedTo |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Reference to other entities, particularly other agents, with whom the agent is related in a generic sense. | ||
foaf:name |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The name of the agent as a simple textual string. | ||
rdaGr2:biographicalInformation |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Information pertaining to the life or history of the agent. | ||
rdaGr2:dateOfBirth |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
The date the agent (person) was born. Europeana recommends date conforming to ISO 8601 starting with the year and with hyphens (YYYY-MM-DD). | ||
rdaGr2:dateOfDeath |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
The date the agent (person) died. Europeana recommends date conforming to ISO 8601 starting with the year and with hyphens (YYYY‐MM-DD). | ||
rdaGr2:dateOfEstablishment |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
The date on which the agent (corporate body) was established or founded. | ||
rdaGr2:dateOfTermination |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
The date on which the agent (corporate body) was terminated or dissolved. | ||
rdaGr2:gender |
< rdaGr2:gender>Female |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
The gender with which the agent identifies. | |
rdaGr2:placeOfBirth |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
The town, city, province, state, and/or country in which a person was born. | ||
rdaGr2:placeOfDeath |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
The town, city, province, state, and/or country in which a person died. | ||
rdaGr2:professionOrOccupation |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The profession or occupation in which the agent works or has worked. | ||
skos:prefLabel |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
The preferred form of the name of the agent. Although the maximum number of occurrences is set at 1, it can be interpreted as 1 per language tag. At least one skos:prefLabel SHOULD be provided. Several prefLabels with languages tags are strongly recommended for language variants and translations. | ||
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
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The properties for the Aggregation resources are as follows:
| Property name | Description | Example of the property value(s) | Required? Repeatable? |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
edm:intermediateProvider |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The name or identifier of the intermediate organization that selects, collates, or curates data from a Data Provider that is then aggregated by a Provider from which Europeana harvests. | ||
edm:dataProvider |
Required
Non repeatable
|
The name or identifier of the data provider of the object (i.e. the organisation providing data to an | ||
edm:hasView |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The URL of a web resource which is a digital representation of the CHO. This may be the source object itself in the case of a born digital cultural heritage object. | ||
edm:isShownAt |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
The URL of a web view of the object in full information context. An edm:isShownAt must be provided. If there is no edm:isShownAt for an object, there must be a edm:isShownBy. If both are available, provide both. The use of edm:isShownBy is preferred. | ||
edm:isShownBy |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
The URL of a web view of the object. An edm:isShownBy must be provided. If there is no edm:isShownBy for an object, there must be a edm:isShownAt. The use of edm:isShownBy is preferred. Europeana generates previews for any direct link to an image file. | ||
edm:object |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
The URL of a representation of the CHO which will be used for generating previews for use in the Europeana portal. | ||
edm:provider |
Required
Non repeatable
|
The name or identifier of the provider of the object (i.e. the organisation providing data directly to Europeana). Identifiers will not be available until Europeana has implemented its Organization profile. In the case of the provider LoCloud, which collects data from the data provider Zuidwestbrabants | ||
dc:rights |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Ideally this should be applied to the edm:WebResource or the edm:ProvidedCHO. It is included here for the conversion of data from ESE where it is not known which object the rights apply to. | ||
edm:rights |
Required
Non repeatable
|
This is a mandatory property and the value given here should be the rights statement that applies to the digital representation as given (for example) in edm:object or edm:isShownAt/By, when these resources are not provided with their own edm:rights (see edm:rights documentation). The value for the rights statement in this element must be a URI from the list of available values. Note: rights statements must be exactly as specified there, which means they must start with http and not https. (For assesing rights imformation check Understanding the rights statements used by Europeana | Europeana PRO ) | ||
edm:ugc |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
This is a mandatory property for objects that are user generated or user created that have been collected by crowdsourcing or project activity. The property is used to identify such content and can only take the value "true" (lower case). | ||
edm:aggregatedCHO |
Required
Non repeatable
|
The identifier of the source object e.g. the Mona Lisa itself. This could be a full linked open data URI or an internal identifier. | ||
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
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The properties for the Concept resources are as follows:
| Property name | Description | Example of the property value(s) | Required? Repeatable? |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
skos:inScheme |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The URI of a concept scheme | ||
skos:altLabel |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Alternative forms of the name of the concept. Recommended unless several prefLabel are already given with different language tags (altLabel is not suitable for translations of prefLabel). | ||
skos:broader |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The identifier of a broader concept in the same thesaurus or controlled vocabulary. | ||
skos:narrower |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The identifier of a narrower concept. | ||
skos:related |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The identifier of a related concept | ||
skos:broadMatch |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The identifier of a broader, narrower or related matching concepts from other concept schemes. | ||
skos:narrowMatch |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The identifier of a broader, narrower or related matching concepts from other concept schemes. | ||
skos:relatedMatch |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The identifier of a broader, narrower or related matching concepts from other concept schemes. | ||
skos:exactMatch |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The identifier of close or exactly matching concepts from other concept schemes. | ||
skos:closeMatch |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The identifier of close or exactly matching concepts from other concept schemes. | ||
skos:note |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Information relating to the concept. | ||
skos:notation |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The notation in which the concept is represented. This may not be words in natural language for some | ||
skos:prefLabel |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
The preferred form of the name of the concept. Although the maximum number of occurrences is set at 1, it can be interpreted as 1 per language tag. At least one skos:prefLabel SHOULD be provided. Several prefLabels with languages tags are strongly recommended for language variants and translations. | ||
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
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The properties for the License resources are as follows:
| Property name | Description | Example of the property value(s) | Required? Repeatable? |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
odrl:inheritFrom |
Required
Non repeatable
|
ID of a base rights statement from which the described License is derived. This value must come for alist of statements controlled by Europeana. | ||
cc:deprecatedOn |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
The date that the license expires, as it has been described, which implies among other things the expiration of the restrictions specified by the license. | ||
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
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The properties for the Place resources are as follows:
| Property name | Description | Example of the property value(s) | Required? Repeatable? |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
owl:sameAs |
Optional
Repeatable
|
URI of a Place | ||
wgs84_pos:long |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
The longitude of a spatial thing (decimal degrees). This is a recommended property for this class. | ||
wgs84_pos:alt |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
The altitude of a spatial thing (decimal metres above the reference) | ||
skos:prefLabel |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
The preferred form of the name of the place. Although the maximum number of occurrences is set at 1, it can be interpreted as 1 per language tag. | ||
skos:altLabel |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Alternative forms of the name of the place. | ||
skos:note |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Information relating to the place. | ||
dcterms:hasPart |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Reference to a place that is part of the place being described. | ||
dcterms:isPartOf |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Reference to a place that the described place is part of. | ||
edm:isNextInSequence |
n/a |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Can be used to represent a sequence of Place entities over time e.g. the historical layers of the city of Troy. Use this for objects that are part of a hierarchy or sequence to ensure correct display in the portal. | |
wgs84_pos:lat |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
The latitude of a spatial thing (decimal degrees). This is a recommended property for this class. | ||
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
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The properties for the Providedcho resources are as follows:
| Property name | Description | Example of the property value(s) | Required? Repeatable? |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
owl:SameAs |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Use to point to your own (linked data) representation of the object, if you have already minted a URI identifier for it. It is also possible to provide URIs minted by third-‐parties for the object. | ||
dc:coverage |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The spatial or temporal topic of the CHO. Use the more precise dcterms:spatial or dcterms:temporal properties if the data will support it. | ||
dc:creator |
Optional
Repeatable
|
For the creator of the CHO. If possible supply the identifier of the creator from an authority source. Repeat for multiple creators. | ||
dc:date |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Use for a significant date in the life of the CHO. Europeana recommends date conforming to ISO 8601 starting with the year and with hyphens (YYYY-MM-DD). | ||
dc:description |
Optional
Repeatable
|
A description of the CHO. If there is no dc:description for an object, there must be a dc:title. If both are available, provide both. | ||
dc:format |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Use for the terms generally applied to indicate the format of the cultural heritage object or the file format of a born digital object. Use the value "3D-PDF" if appropriate. | ||
dc:identifier |
Optional
Repeatable
|
An identifier of the original CHO. | ||
dc:language |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The language of text CHOs and also for other types of CHO if there is a language aspect. Mandatory for TEXT objects, strongly recommended for other object types with a language element. Best practice is to use ISO 639 two- or three-letter primary language tags. | ||
dc:publisher |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The name of the publisher of the CHO. If possible supply the identifier of the publisher from an authority source. | ||
dc:relation |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The name or identifier of a related resource, generally used for other related CHOs. Cf edm:isRelatedTo. | ||
dc:rights |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Use to give the name of the rights holder of the CHO if possible or for more general rights information. (Note that the controlled edm:rights property relates to the digital objects and applies to the edm:WebResource and/or edm:Aggregation). | ||
dc:source |
Optional
Repeatable
|
A related resource from which the described resource is derived in whole or in part i.e. the source of the original CHO. (Not the name of the content holder: for this see edm:dataProvider.) | ||
dc:subject |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The subject of the CHO. | ||
dc:title |
Optional
Repeatable
|
A name given to the CHO. dc:title should be present; but if there is no dc:title available, it is acceptable to have dc:description instead. dc:title and dc:description should be distinct. Exact translations of the title can be provided using appropriate xml language attributes. | ||
dc:type |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The nature or genre of the CHO. Ideally the term(s) will be taken from a controlled vocabulary. One of dc:type or dc:subject or dcterms:spatial or dcterms:temporal must be provided; if more than one of these properties is available, please provide them all. dc:type should not be (strictly) identical to edm:type. | ||
dcterms:alternative |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Any alternative title of the CHO including abbreviations or translations that may not be exact. | ||
dcterms:conformsTo |
Optional
Repeatable
|
An established standard to which the CHO conforms. | ||
dcterms:created |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The date of creation of the CHO. Europeana recommends date conforming to ISO 8601 starting with the year and with hyphens (YYYY-MM-DD). | ||
dcterms:extent |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The size or duration of the CHO. | ||
dcterms:hasFormat |
Optional
Repeatable
|
A resource related to the CHO that is substantially the same as the CHO but in another format. | ||
dcterms:hasPart |
Optional
Repeatable
|
A resource that is included either physically or logically in the CHO. It is possible to use either dcterms:isPartOf or dcterms:hasPart to express relation between objects in a hierarchy. However in many cases (especially when a parent object has many children) it is preferable to use dcterms:isPartOf. | ||
dcterms:hasVersion |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Another, later resource that is a version, edition or adaptation of the CHO demonstrating substantive changes in content rather than format. | ||
dcterms:isFormatOf |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Another resource that is substantially the same as the CHO but in another format. | ||
dcterms:isPartOf |
Optional
Repeatable
|
A resource in which the CHO is physically or logically included. | ||
dcterms:isReferencedBy |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Another resource that references, cites or otherwise points to the CHO. | ||
dcterms:isReplacedBy |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Another resource that supplants , displaces, or supersedes the CHO. | ||
dcterms:isRequiredBy |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Another related resource that requires the CHO to support its function, delivery or coherence | ||
dcterms:issued |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Date of formal issuance or publication of the CHO. Europeana recommends date conforming to ISO 8601 starting with the year and with hyphens (YYYY-MM-DD). | ||
dcterms:isVersionOf |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Another, earlier resource of which the CHO is a version, edition or adaptation, demonstrating substantive changes in content rather than format. | ||
dcterms:medium |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The material or physical carrier of the CHO. | ||
dcterms:provenance |
Optional
Repeatable
|
A statement of changes in ownership and custody of the CHO since its creation. Significant for authenticity, integrity and interpretation. | ||
dcterms:references |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Other resources referenced, cited or otherwise pointed to by the CHO. | ||
dcterms:replaces |
Optional
Repeatable
|
A related resource that is supplanted, displaced, or superseded by the CHO. | ||
dcterms:requires |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Another resource that is required by the described resource to support its function, delivery or coherence. | ||
dcterms:spatial |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Spatial characteristics of the CHO. i.e. what the CHO represents or depicts in terms of space (e.g. a location, coordinate or place). | ||
dcterms:tableOfContents |
Optional
Repeatable
|
A list of sub‐units of the CHO. | ||
dcterms:temporal |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Temporal characteristics of the CHO. i.e. what the CHO is about or depicts in terms of time (e.g. a period, date or date range.) | ||
edm:currentLocation |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
The geographic location whose boundaries presently include the CHO. This location must have a position within an established positioning system: a location with coordinates or address or inside another location that has a position, such as a room within a (museum) building. Ideally this position should be provided with the value of the property, either by using a reference (to a Place entity) that has coordinates or an address attribute, or as a simple literal. | ||
edm:hasMet |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The identifier of an agent, a place, a time period or any other identifiable entity that the CHO may have "met" in its life. | ||
edm:hasType |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The identifier of a concept, or a word or phrase from a controlled vocabulary (thesaurus etc) giving the type of the CHO. | ||
edm:incorporates |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The identifier of another resource that is incorporated in the described CHO. E.g. the movie "A Clockwork Orange" incorporates Rossini’s La Gazza Ladra" in its soundtrack. | ||
edm:isDerivativeOf |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The identifier of another resource from which the described CHO has been derived. E.g. the identifier of Moby Dick when the Italian translation is the described CHO. | ||
edm:IsNextInSequence |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The identifier of the preceding object where both objects are part of the same overall resource. Use this for objects that are part of a hierarchy or sequence to ensure correct display in the portal. | ||
edm:isRelatedTo |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The identifier or name of a concept or other resource to which the described CHO is related. E.g. Moby Dick is related to XIX Century literature. Cf dc:relation. | ||
edm:isRepresentationOf |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
The identifier of another object of which the described CHO is a representation. E.g. the identifier of the statue when the CHO being described is a painting of that statue. | ||
edm:isSimilarTo |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The identifier of another resource to which the described CHO is similar. | ||
edm:isSuccessorOf |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The identifier of a resource to which the described CHO is a successor. E.g. "The Two Towers" is a successor of "Fellowship of the Ring". | ||
edm:realizes |
Optional
Repeatable
|
If the CHO described is of type edm:PhysicalThing it may realize an information object. E.g. a copy of the Gutenberg publication realizes the Bible. | ||
edm:type |
Required
Non repeatable
|
The value must be one of the types accepted by Europeana as it will support portal functionality: TEXT, VIDEO, SOUND, IMAGE, 3D. (For 3D, when applicable, use the value "3D‐PDF" in dc:format ) | ||
dc:contributor |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Use for contributors to the CHO. If possible supply the identifier of the contributor from an authority source. Providers with richer role terms can elect to map a subset to dc:contributor and others to dc:creator. | ||
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
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The properties for the Timespan resources are as follows:
| Property name | Description | Example of the property value(s) | Required? Repeatable? |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
owl:sameAs |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The URI of a timespan | ||
skos:altLabel |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Alternative forms of the name of the timespan or period. | ||
skos:note |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Information relating to the timespan or period. | ||
dcterms:hasPart |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Reference to a timespan which is part of the described timespan. | ||
dcterms:isPartOf |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Reference to a timespan of which the described timespan is a part. | ||
edm:begin |
Example 1: |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
The date the timespan started. Europeana recommends date conforming to ISO 8601 starting with the year and with hyphens (YYYY-MM-DD). Providing edm:begin in combination with edm:end is recommended for this class. | |
edm:end |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
The date the timespan finished. Europeana recommends date conforming to ISO 8601 starting with the year and with hyphens (YYYY‐MM-DD). Providing edm:end in combination with edm:begin is recommended for this class. | ||
edm:isNextInSequence |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Can be used to represent a sequence of Time periods. Use this for objects that are part of a hierarchy or sequence to ensure correct display in the portal. | ||
skos:prefLabel |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
The preferred form of the name of the timespan or period. Although the maximum number of occurrences is set at 1, it can be interpreted as 1 per language tag. At least one skos:prefLabel SHOULD be provided. Several prefLabels with languages tags are strongly recommended for language variants and | ||
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
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The properties for the Webresource resources are as follows:
| Property name | Description | Example of the property value(s) | Required? Repeatable? |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
owl:sameAs |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Provide the URI of another web representation of the same resource. | ||
dc:description |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Use for an account or description of this digital representation | ||
dc:format |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Use for the format of this digital representation. (Use the value "3D‐PDF" if appropriate.) | ||
dc:rights |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Use for the name of the rights holder of this digital representation if possible or for more general rights information. | ||
dc:source |
Optional
Repeatable
|
A related resource from which the Web resource is derived in whole or in part. | ||
dc:type |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The nature or genre of the digital representation. Ideally the term(s) will be taken from a controlled vocabulary. | ||
dcterms:conformsTo |
Optional
Repeatable
|
An established standard to which the web resource conforms. | ||
dcterms:created |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Date of creation of the Web resource. | ||
dcterms:extent |
Optional
Repeatable
|
The size or duration of the digital resource. | ||
dcterms:hasPart |
Optional
Repeatable
|
A resource that is included either physically or logically in the web resource. | ||
dcterms:isFormatOf |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Another resource that is substantially the same as the web resource but in another format. | ||
dcterms:isPartOf |
Optional
Repeatable
|
A resource in which the WebResource is physically or logically included. This property can be used for web resources that are part of a hierarchy. Hierarchies can be represented as hierarchies of ProvidedCHOs or hierarchies of web resources but not both at the same time. See the Task Force report on representing hierarchical entities. | ||
dcterms:isReferencedBy |
Optional
Repeatable
|
A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. | ||
dcterms:issued |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Date of formal issuance or publication of the web resource. Europeana recommends date conforming to ISO 8601 starting with the year and with hyphens (YYYY‐MM-DD). | ||
edm:isNextInSequence |
Optional
Repeatable
|
Where one CHO has several web resources, shown by multiple instances of the edm:hasView property on the ore:Aggregation this property can be used to show the sequence of the objects. Each web resource (apart from the first in the sequence) should use this property to give the URI of the preceding resource in the sequence. | ||
edm:rights |
Optional
Non repeatable
|
The value in this element will indicate the copyright, usage and access rights that apply to this digital representation. It is strongly recommended that a value is supplied for this property for each instance of a web resource. | ||
dc:creator |
Optional
Repeatable
|
For the creator of the web resource. If possible supply the identifier of the creator from an authority source. Repeat for multiple creators. | ||
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
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