Documentation of Swiss Performing Arts Authority model

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Abstract

(english) This page documents the structure of the Authorities data published by the SAPA Foundation. This regroups in particular the persons, groups, geographical locations and the buildings related to performances. This model is mostly based on CIDOC-CRM. Please note the following specificities:

Some authorities have been reconciled, and some not. Depending on this status, the data model and the level of detail will be different. Unreconciled authorities will typically have only a label.
Authorities corresponding to fictional characters and created only in exceptionnal situations depending on the needs. There are only few of them.
It is foreseen that properties and classes taken from RiC-O and SPAO are replaced by the corresponding patterns from the CIDOC-CRM
It is also foreseen that the provision of 2 rdf:types to entities will not be done anymore (only the CIDOC-CRM type shall remain)

(français) Cette page documente le modèle de données utilisé par la Fondation SAPA pour modéliser les entités de type autorité. Cela regroupe en particulier les personnes, les groupes, les lieux géographiques et les bâtiments relatifs aux spectacles. Ce modèle est principalement basé sur CIDOC-CRM. Il faut aussi bien noter les aspects suivants :

Il existe toujours des autorités qui ont fait l'objet d'une réconciliation et d'autres non. Selon ce statut, le modèle de données est différent. Les autorités non réconciliées ne possèdent typiquement qu'un libellé.
Les entités sur les personnages de fiction ne créés que de façon exceptionnelle selon les besoins. Ils sont en nombre réduit.
Il est prévu qu'à l'avenir les propriétés et classes issues des ontologies RiC-O et SPAO soient remplacées par des éléments correspondants dans CIDOC-CRM.
Il est aussi prévu de renoncer au double typage à l'avenir (seul le type CIDOC-CRM sera conservé)

Namespaces
Diagrams
Model documentation
Release notes

Namespaces

Prefix	Namespace
crm	http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/
frbroo	http://iflastandards.info/ns/fr/frbr/frbroo/
owl	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#
rdf	http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
rdfs	http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
rico	https://www.ica.org/standards/RiC/ontology#
skos	http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#
spao	http://ontology.performing-arts.ch/
vocab	http://vocab.performing-arts.ch/
xsd	http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#

Model documentation

Actor (special values)

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/E39_Actor_special

Special values of E39_Actor that capture special values such as : "et al.", "unknown", "collectif", "folklore", "traditional", "00" (something exists but is unknown). Their URI starts with "http://data.performing-arts.ch/a/"

Closed shape

Applies to:


                           PREFIX crm: <http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/>
SELECT ?this
WHERE {
 ?this a crm:E39_Actor .
 FILTER(STRSTARTS(STR(?this), "http://data.performing-arts.ch/a/"))
}

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
label	`rdfs:label`	`xsd:string` `or` `rdf:langString`	1..*	Label of the un-reconciled actor. This is the only information available on these nodes.

Actor (unreconciled)

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/E39_Actor_unreconciled

Person references that have not been reconciled to a known entity. Their URI starts with "http://data.performing-arts.ch/u/"

Closed shape

Applies to:


                           PREFIX crm: <http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/>
SELECT ?this
WHERE {
 ?this a crm:E39_Actor .
 FILTER(STRSTARTS(STR(?this), "http://data.performing-arts.ch/u/"))
}

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
label	`rdfs:label`	`xsd:string` `or` `rdf:langString`	1..*	Label of the un-reconciled actor. This is the only information available on these nodes.

Appellation: Actor

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/E82_Actor_Appellation

The name of a Person or Group/LegalBody/Family

Applies to: crm:E82_Actor_Appellation
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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
type (P2)	`crm:P2_has_type`	`Type of Appellation`	1..1
value	`rdf:value`	`xsd:string`	1..1

Appellation: Byline

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/Byline

A note / precision on the nature of an entity (Group/Legalbody/Family)

Closed shape

Applies to:


                           PREFIX crm: <http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/>
PREFIX frbroo: <http://iflastandards.info/ns/fr/frbr/frbroo/>
SELECT ?this
WHERE {
 ?this a crm:E41_Appellation.
}

Appellation: Fictional Character

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/E75_Conceptual_Object_Appellation

The name of a fictional character

Applies to: crm:E75_Conceptual_Object_Appellation
Closed shape

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
type (P2)	`crm:P2_has_type`	`Type of Appellation`	1..1
value	`rdf:value`	`xsd:string`	1..1

Appellation: Place

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/E48_Place_Name

The name of a place

Applies to: crm:E48_Place_Name
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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
value	`rdf:value`	`xsd:string` `or` `rdf:langString`	1..*

Contact Point

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/E51_Contact_Point

The contact information of a Venue, Person, or Group/LegalBody/Family.

Applies to: crm:E51_Contact_Point
Closed shape

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
type (P2)	`crm:P2_has_type`	`Type of Contact Point`	1..1
value	`rdf:value`	`IRI`	1..1

Date

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/Date

A date value

Applies to: rico:Date
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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.
date standard	`rico:dateStandard`	`xsd:string`	0..1
expressed date	`rico:expressedDate`	`xsd:string` s.d., N/A	0..1
normalized date value	`rico:normalizedDateValue`	`xsd:string`	0..1

Event: Birth

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/E67_Birth

The birth event of a Person

Applies to: crm:E67_Birth
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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
took place at	`crm:P7_took_place_at`	`Place`	1..1

Event: Death

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/E69_Death

The death event of a Person

Applies to: crm:E69_Death
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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
took place at	`crm:P7_took_place_at`	`Place`	1..1

Fictional character

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/E28_Conceptual_Object

Fictional characters, considered as conceptual objects. They serve as values for the property rico:hasOrHadSubject from the rico RecordResources

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
is current or former member of (P107i)	`crm:P107i_is_current_or_former_member_of`	`Gender` `or` `Nationality`	0..*	This is used to capture the genre of the character, and its nationality
is identified by (P131)	`crm:P131_is_identified_by`	`Appellation: Fictional Character`	1..*
label	`rdfs:label`	`xsd:string`	1..1
note (P3)	`crm:P3_has_note`	`String`	1..1
same as	`owl:sameAs`	`IRI`	0..*

Gender

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/Gender

The genre of a person. The values are crm:E74_Group in a special named graph.

URI pattern: http://data.performing-arts.ch/g/gender/.*
Example: http://data.performing-arts.ch/g/gender/f

Group, Legal Bodies or Families

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/Group_Legal_Body_Family

Legal entities, (informal) groups or families - excluding the notion of "human genre" and "nationality" which are managed separately.

Closed shape

Applies to:


                           PREFIX crm: <http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/>
PREFIX rico: <https://www.ica.org/standards/RiC/ontology#>
SELECT ?this
WHERE {
 ?this a ?type .
 VALUES ?type { crm:E74_Group crm:E40_Legal_Body rico:Family }
 FILTER(!REGEX(STR(?this), "http://data.performing-arts.ch/g/.*"))
}

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
beginning date (rico)	`rico:hasBeginningDate`	`Date`	0..1
bibliography (rico)	`spao:hasBibliography`	`xsd:string`	0..1
contact point (P76)	`crm:P76_has_contact_point`	`Contact Point`	0..*
controlled by (rico)	`rico:controlledBy`	`Group, Legal Bodies or Families`	0..*
end date (rico)	`rico:hasEndDate`	`Date`	0..1
has current or former member (P107)	`crm:P107_has_current_or_former_member`	`Actor (unreconciled)` `or` `Person`	0..*
has current or former residence (P74)	`crm:P74_has_current_or_former_residence`	`Place` `or` `Place (undefined)`	0..*
history (rico)	`rico:history`	`xsd:string`	0..1
is current or former member of (P107i)	`crm:P107i_is_current_or_former_member_of`	`Group, Legal Bodies or Families`	0..*
is identified by (P1)	`crm:P1_is_identified_by`	`Identifier`	0..1
is identified by (P131)	`crm:P131_is_identified_by`	`Appellation: Actor` `or` `Appellation: Byline`	0..*
is part of repertories (spao)	`spao:isPartOfRepertories`	`xsd:boolean`	0..1
is successor of (rico)	`rico:isSuccessorOf`	`Group, Legal Bodies or Families`	0..*
label	`rdfs:label`	`xsd:string` `or` `rdf:langString`	1..*
note (P3)	`crm:P3_has_note`	`String`	0..*
performed (P14i)	`crm:P14i_performed`	`Management Activity (Venue)`	0..*	This is a link a management activity of type ["management"](http://vocab.performing-arts.ch/mujfv), that indicates that this Group/LegalBody/Family was responsible for the management of a certain Venue.
replaced by (spao)	`spao:replacedBy`	`Group, Legal Bodies or Families`	0..1
same as	`owl:sameAs`	`IRI`	0..*
type (P2)	`crm:P2_has_type`	`Type of Group`	0..*

Identifier

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/E42_Identifier

Applies to: crm:E42_Identifier
Closed shape

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
value	`rdf:value`	`xsd:string`	1..1

Management Activity (Institution)

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/ManagementActivity_Institution

Closed shape

Applies to:


                           PREFIX crm: <http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/>
PREFIX frbroo: <http://iflastandards.info/ns/fr/frbr/frbroo/>
SELECT ?this
WHERE {
 ?this a crm:E7_Activity .
 ?this crm:P2_has_type <http://vocab.performing-arts.ch/mujfv> .
 ?this ^crm:P10_falls_within ?F28 .
 ?F28 a frbroo:F28_Expression_Creation .
 ?F28 frbroo:R17_created ?something . 
 ?something a frbroo:F25_Performance_Plan . 
}

Management Activity (Venue)

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/ManagementActivity_Venue

A management activity that links a Group/LegalBody/Family with a Venue, indicating that this actor managed this venue.

Closed shape

Applies to:


                           PREFIX crm: <http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/>
PREFIX frbroo: <http://iflastandards.info/ns/fr/frbr/frbroo/>
SELECT ?this
WHERE {
 ?this a crm:E7_Activity .
 ?this crm:P2_has_type <http://vocab.performing-arts.ch/mujfv> .
 ?this crm:P16_used_specific_object ?venue .
 ?venue a crm:E22_Man-Made_Object .
}

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.
managed venue (P16)	`crm:P16_used_specific_object`	`Venue`	1..1
type (P2)	`crm:P2_has_type`	`vocab:mujfv`	1..1
type (rdf)	`rdf:type`	`crm:E7_Activity`	1..1

Nationality

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/Nationality

The nationalities of a person. The values are crm:E74_Group in a special named graph. This is really the nationality and not the country.

URI pattern: http://data.performing-arts.ch/g/nation/.*
Example: http://data.performing-arts.ch/g/nation/ch

Person

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/E21_Person

Known persons.

Applies to: crm:E21_Person
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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
bibliography (spao)	`spao:hasBibliography`	`xsd:string`	0..*
birth date (rico)	`rico:birthDate`	`Date`	0..*	Date of birth (this should theoretically be expressed on the birth event)
contact point (P76)	`crm:P76_has_contact_point`	`Contact Point`	0..*
death date (rico)	`rico:deathDate`	`Date`	0..1	Date of death (this should theoretically be expressed on the death event)
died in (P100i)	`crm:P100i_died_in`	`Event: Death`	0..1	Reference to a death event, which will indicate the place of death.
history (rico)	`rico:history`	`xsd:string` `or` `rdf:langString`	0..*
is current or former member of (P107i)	`crm:P107i_is_current_or_former_member_of`	`Gender` `or` `Nationality`	0..*	This is a reference to either the genre or the nationality of the person.
is identified by (P131)	`crm:P131_is_identified_by`	`Appellation: Actor`	1..*
label	`rdfs:label`	`xsd:string` `or` `rdf:langString`	1..*	Name of the person
note (P3)	`crm:P3_has_note`	`String`	0..*
replaced by (spao)	`spao:replacedBy`	`Person`	0..1
same as	`owl:sameAs`	`IRI`	0..*
was born (P98i)	`crm:P98i_was_born`	`Event: Birth`	0..1	Reference to a birth event, which will indicate a place of birth.

Place

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/Place_known

Known places like cities, regions. Their URI starts with "http://data.performing-arts.ch/p/"

Closed shape

Applies to:


                           PREFIX crm: <http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/>
SELECT ?this
WHERE {
 ?this a crm:E53_Place .
 FILTER(STRSTARTS(STR(?this), "http://data.performing-arts.ch/p/"))
}

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
falls within (P89)	`crm:P89_falls_within`	`Place`	0..*	Note : it is normal that some Swiss canton are inside more than one other places. Hence there is not a maximum cardinality of 1.
is identified by (P87)	`crm:P87_is_identified_by`	`Appellation: Place`	0..1
label	`rdfs:label`	`xsd:string` `or` `rdf:langString`	0..*
same as	`owl:sameAs`	`IRI`	0..*

Place (undefined)

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/Place_undefined

Undefined places where the venues are located, which are linked to a known place in which this place is included. Their URI starts with "http://data.performing-arts.ch/x/"

Closed shape

Applies to:


                           PREFIX crm: <http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/>
SELECT ?this
WHERE {
 ?this a crm:E53_Place .
 FILTER(STRSTARTS(STR(?this), "http://data.performing-arts.ch/x/"))
}

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
falls within (P89)	`crm:P89_falls_within`	`Place`	0..*

Pursuit

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/F51_Pursuit

A period of continuous activity of a Group/LegalBody/Family. This links the Group/LegalBody/Family with an entry from the Genre controlled vocabulary

Applies to: frbroo:F51_Pursuit
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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
carried out by	`crm:P14_carried_out_by`	`Group, Legal Bodies or Families`	1..1
had typical subject	`frbroo:R59_had_typical_subject`	`Type of Pursuit`	1..*

String

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/E62_String

A base string value

Applies to: crm:E62_String
Closed shape

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
type (P2)	`crm:P2_has_type`	`Type of Note`	1..1
value	`rdf:value`	`xsd:string` `or` `rdf:langString`	1..1

Type of Appellation

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/Appellation_Type

A type of appellation, taken from the appellation type vocabulary

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
in scheme	`skos:inScheme`	`vocab:ya`	0..*

Type of Contact Point

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/Contact_Point_Type

A type of contact point, taken from the contact point type vocabulary

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
in scheme	`skos:inScheme`	`vocab:ih`	0..*

Type of Group

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/Group_Type

A type of Group/LegalBody/Family, taken from the group type vocabulary

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
in scheme	`skos:inScheme`	`vocab:vr`	0..*

Type of Man-Made Object

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/Man-Made_Object_Type

An object type, taken from the object type vocabulary

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
in scheme	`skos:inScheme`	`vocab:dw`	0..*

Type of Note

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/Note_Type

A type of linguistic object, taken from the linguistic object type vocabulary

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
in scheme	`skos:inScheme`	`vocab:eo`	0..*

Type of Pursuit

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/Genre

An artistic genre, taken from the Genre vocabulary

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
in scheme	`skos:inScheme`	`vocab:mn`	0..*

Venue

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/Venue

Known places (buildings, theaters, rooms, etc.) where performances took place. Their URI starts with "http://data.performing-arts.ch/o/"

Closed shape

Applies to:


                           PREFIX crm: <http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/>
PREFIX frbroo: <http://iflastandards.info/ns/fr/frbr/frbroo/>
SELECT ?this
WHERE {
 ?this a crm:E22_Man-Made_Object .
 FILTER(CONTAINS(STR(?this), "/o/"))
 ?this crm:P2_has_type <http://vocab.performing-arts.ch/dwmkn> .
}

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
beginning date (rico)	`rico:hasBeginningDate`	`Date`	0..1
byline (P131)	`crm:P131_is_identified_by`	`Appellation: Byline`	0..1
common title (P102)	`crm:P102_has_title`	`crm:E35_Title`	0..*
contact point (P76)	`crm:P76_has_contact_point`	`Contact Point`	0..*
contains (P46)	`crm:P46_is_composed_of`	`Venue`	0..*
end date (rico)	`rico:hasEndDate`	`Date`	0..1
label	`rdfs:label`	`xsd:string` `or` `rdf:langString`	1..*	Label of the venue
location (P156)	`crm:P156_occupies`	`Place (undefined)`	0..*
note (P3)	`crm:P3_has_note`	`String`	0..*
same as	`owl:sameAs`	`IRI`	0..*
type (P2)	`crm:P2_has_type`	`Type of Man-Made Object`	1..1

Venue (unreconciled)

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/authorities/Venue_unreconciled

Places (buildings, theaters, rooms, etc.) where performances took place, that are not yet reconciled to a known entity. Their URI starts with "http://data.performing-arts.ch/u/"

Applies to:


                           PREFIX crm: <http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/>
SELECT ?this
WHERE {
 ?this a crm:E22_Man-Made_Object .
 FILTER(CONTAINS(STR(?this), "/u/"))
 ?this crm:P2_has_type <http://vocab.performing-arts.ch/dwmkn> .
}

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
label	`rdfs:label`	`xsd:string`	1..1
type (P2)	`crm:P2_has_type`	`Type of Man-Made Object`	1..1

Release notes

1.0.0 - 2026-01

Initial version of the Autority model

0.0.1

Documentation of Swiss Performing Arts Authority model

Abstract

Table of Contents

Namespaces

Diagrams

Venue

Group, Legal Bodies or Families

Person

Place

Conceptual Object

Model documentation

Actor (special values)

Actor (unreconciled)

Appellation: Actor

Appellation: Byline

Appellation: Fictional Character

Appellation: Place

Contact Point

Date

Event: Birth

Event: Death

Fictional character

Gender

Group, Legal Bodies or Families

Identifier

Management Activity (Institution)

Management Activity (Venue)

Nationality

Person

Place

Place (undefined)

Pursuit

String

Type of Appellation

Type of Contact Point

Type of Group

Type of Man-Made Object

Type of Note

Type of Pursuit

Venue

Venue (unreconciled)

Release notes