Documentation of Swiss Performing Arts Authority model

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1. 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)

2. 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#

3. Diagrams

Venue

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Person

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Place

spao-at:Place_knownowl:sameAs : IRIrdfs:label : xsd:string or rdf:langString : Literalcrm:E48_Place_Namespao-at:Place_undefinedcrm:P87_is_identified_by [0..1]crm:P89_falls_withincrm:P89_falls_within
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Conceptual Object

spao-at:E28_Conceptual_Objectowl:sameAs : IRIrdfs:label : xsd:string [1..1]spao-at:Genderspao-at:Nationalitycrm:E75_Conceptual_Object_Appellationcrm:E62_Stringcrm:P107i_is_current_or_former_member_ofcrm:P131_is_identified_by [1..*]crm:P3_has_note [1..1]
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4. Main Entities

4.1 Actor (special values)

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

4.1.1 General description

Description

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/"

SPARQL Definition
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/"))
}
Identifier or value specification
  • URI pattern: ^http://data.performing-arts.ch/a/.*$

4.1.2 Properties

⚠ No other properties than the ones listed in the table below are allowed.
Property name URI Expected value Card.
label xsd:string or rdf:langString
1..*
➙ Label of the un-reconciled actor. This is the only information available on these nodes.

4.2 Actor (unreconciled)

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

4.2.1 General description

Description

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

SPARQL Definition
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/"))
}
Identifier or value specification
  • URI pattern: ^http://data.performing-arts.ch/u/.*$

4.2.2 Properties

⚠ No other properties than the ones listed in the table below are allowed.
Property name URI Expected value Card.
label xsd:string or rdf:langString
1..*
➙ Label of the un-reconciled actor. This is the only information available on these nodes.

4.2.3 Usage

Group, Legal Bodies or Families has current or former member (P107)

4.3 Fictional character

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

4.3.1 General description

Description

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

SPARQL Definition
PREFIX crm: <http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/>
SELECT $this
WHERE {
 $this a crm:E28_Conceptual_Object .
}
Identifier or value specification
  • URI pattern: ^http://data.performing-arts.ch/c/.*$

4.3.2 Diagram

spao-at:E28_Conceptual_Objectowl:sameAs : IRIrdfs:label : xsd:string [1..1]spao-at:Genderspao-at:Nationalitycrm:E75_Conceptual_Object_Appellationcrm:E62_Stringcrm:P107i_is_current_or_former_member_ofcrm:P131_is_identified_by [1..*]crm:P3_has_note [1..1]
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4.3.3 Properties

Property name URI Expected value Card.
is current or former member of (P107i) Gender or Nationality
0..*
➙ This is used to capture the genre of the character, and its nationality
is identified by (P131) crm:E75_Conceptual_Object_Appellation
1..*
label xsd:string
1..1
note (P3) crm:E62_String
1..1
same as IRI
0..*

4.5 Management Activity (Institution)

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

4.5.1 General description

SPARQL Definition
PREFIX crm: <http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/>
PREFIX frbroo: <http://iflastandards.info/ns/fr/frbr/frbroo/>
PREFIX rico: <https://www.ica.org/standards/RiC/ontology#>
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 ?institution .
 ?institution a ?type .
 VALUES ?type { crm:E74_Group crm:E40_Legal_Body rico:Family }
}

4.5.2 Diagram

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4.5.3 Properties

⚠ No other properties than the ones listed in the table below are allowed.
Property name URI Expected value Card.
has time-span crm:E52_Time-Span
1..1
has type vocab:mujfv
1..1
managed institution (P16) Group, Legal Bodies or Families
1..1

4.5.4 Usage

Person performed (P14i)

4.6 Management Activity (Venue)

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

4.6.1 General description

Description

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

SPARQL Definition
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 .
}

4.6.2 Properties

⚠ No other properties than the ones listed in the table below are allowed.
Property name URI Expected value Card.
managed venue (P16) Venue
1..1
type (P2) vocab:mujfv
1..1
type (rdf) crm:E7_Activity
1..1

4.6.3 Usage

Group, Legal Bodies or Families performed (P14i)

4.7 Person

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

4.7.1 General description

Description

Known persons.

Targets
Identifier or value specification
  • URI pattern: ^http://data.performing-arts.ch/a/.*$

4.7.2 Diagram

spao-at:E21_Person (crm:E21_Person)owl:sameAs : IRIrdfs:label : xsd:string or rdf:langString [1..*]rico:history : xsd:string or rdf:langString : Literalspao:hasBibliography : xsd:stringspao-at:Genderspao-at:Nationalitycrm:E69_Deathcrm:E67_Birthcrm:E62_Stringcrm:E82_Actor_Appellationcrm:E51_Contact_Pointrico:Datespao-at:ManagementActivity_Institutioncrm:P107i_is_current_or_former_member_ofcrm:P100i_died_in [0..1]crm:P98i_was_born [0..1]crm:P3_has_notecrm:P131_is_identified_by [1..*]spao:replacedBy [0..1]crm:P76_has_contact_pointrico:birthDaterico:deathDate [0..1]crm:P14i_performed
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4.7.3 Properties

⚠ No other properties than the ones listed in the table below are allowed.
Property name URI Expected value Card.
bibliography (spao) xsd:string
0..*
birth date (rico) rico:Date
0..*
➙ Date of birth (this should theoretically be expressed on the birth event)
contact point (P76) crm:E51_Contact_Point
0..*
death date (rico) rico:Date
0..1
➙ Date of death (this should theoretically be expressed on the death event)
died in (P100i) crm:E69_Death
0..1
➙ Reference to a death event, which will indicate the place of death.
history (rico) xsd:string or rdf:langString
0..*
is current or former member of (P107i) Gender or Nationality
0..*
➙ This is a reference to either the genre or the nationality of the person.
is identified by (P131) crm:E82_Actor_Appellation
1..*
label xsd:string or rdf:langString
1..*
➙ Name of the person
note (P3) crm:E62_String
0..*
performed (P14i) Management Activity (Institution)
0..*
➙ This is a link a management activity of type ["management"](http://vocab.performing-arts.ch/mujfv), that indicates that this Person managed an Institution
replaced by (spao) Person
0..1
same as IRI
0..*
was born (P98i) crm:E67_Birth
0..1
➙ Reference to a birth event, which will indicate a place of birth.

4.7.4 Usage

Group, Legal Bodies or Families has current or former member (P107)

4.8 Place

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

4.8.1 General description

Description

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

SPARQL Definition
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/"))
}
Identifier or value specification
  • URI pattern: ^http://data.performing-arts.ch/p/.*$

4.8.2 Diagram

spao-at:Place_knownowl:sameAs : IRIrdfs:label : xsd:string or rdf:langString : Literalcrm:E48_Place_Namecrm:P87_is_identified_by [0..1]crm:P89_falls_within
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4.8.3 Properties

⚠ No other properties than the ones listed in the table below are allowed.
Property name URI Expected value Card.
falls within (P89) 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:E48_Place_Name
0..1
label xsd:string or rdf:langString
0..*
same as IRI
0..*

4.8.4 Usage

Event: Birth took place at
Event: Death took place at
Group, Legal Bodies or Families has current or former residence (P74)
Place falls within (P89)
Place (undefined) falls within (P89)

4.9 Place (undefined)

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

4.9.1 General description

Description

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/"

SPARQL Definition
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/"))
}
Identifier or value specification
  • URI pattern: ^http://data.performing-arts.ch/x/.*$

4.9.2 Diagram

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4.9.3 Properties

⚠ No other properties than the ones listed in the table below are allowed.
Property name URI Expected value Card.
falls within (P89) Place
0..*

4.9.4 Usage

Group, Legal Bodies or Families has current or former residence (P74)
Venue location (P156)

4.10 Pursuit

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

4.10.1 General description

Description

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

Targets
Identifier or value specification
  • URI pattern: ^http://data.performing-arts.ch/x/.*$

4.10.2 Diagram

spao-at:F51_Pursuit (frbroo:F51_Pursuit)spao-at:Genrespao-at:Group_Legal_Body_Familyfrbroo:R59_had_typical_subject [1..*]crm:P14_carried_out_by [1..1]
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4.10.3 Properties

⚠ No other properties than the ones listed in the table below are allowed.
Property name URI Expected value Card.
carried out by Group, Legal Bodies or Families
1..1
had typical subject Type of Pursuit
1..*

4.11 Venue

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

4.11.1 General description

Description

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

SPARQL Definition
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/"))
 $this crm:P2_has_type <http://vocab.performing-arts.ch/dwmkn> .
}
Identifier or value specification
  • URI pattern: ^http://data.performing-arts.ch/o/.*$

4.11.2 Diagram

spao-at:Venueowl:sameAs : IRIrdfs:label : xsd:string or rdf:langString [1..*]crm:P2_has_type : spao-at:Man-Made_Object_Type [1..1]crm:E35_Titlespao-at:Place_undefinedcrm:E51_Contact_Pointrico:Datespao-at:Bylinecrm:E62_Stringcrm:P102_has_titlecrm:P156_occupiescrm:P76_has_contact_pointcrm:P46_is_composed_ofrico:hasBeginningDate [0..1]rico:hasEndDate [0..1]crm:P131_is_identified_by [0..1]crm:P3_has_note
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4.11.3 Properties

⚠ No other properties than the ones listed in the table below are allowed.
Property name URI Expected value Card.
beginning date (rico) rico:Date
0..1
byline (P131) Appellation: Byline
0..1
common title (P102) crm:E35_Title
0..*
contact point (P76) crm:E51_Contact_Point
0..*
contains (P46) Venue
0..*
end date (rico) rico:Date
0..1
label xsd:string or rdf:langString
1..*
➙ Label of the venue
location (P156) Place (undefined)
0..*
note (P3) crm:E62_String
0..*
same as IRI
0..*
type (P2) Type of Man-Made Object
vocab:dwmkn
1..1

4.11.4 Usage

Management Activity (Venue) managed venue (P16)
Venue contains (P46)

4.12 Venue (unreconciled)

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

4.12.1 General description

Description

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/"

SPARQL Definition
PREFIX crm: <http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/>
SELECT $this
WHERE {
 $this a crm:E22_Man-Made_Object .
 FILTER(CONTAINS(STR($this), "/u/"))
 $this crm:P2_has_type <http://vocab.performing-arts.ch/dwmkn> .
}
Identifier or value specification
  • URI pattern: ^http://data.performing-arts.ch/u/.*$

4.12.2 Diagram

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4.12.3 Properties

Property name URI Expected value Card.
label xsd:string
1..1
type (P2) Type of Man-Made Object
vocab:dwmkn
1..1

5. Supportive Entities

5.1 Appellation: Actor

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

5.1.1 General description

Description

The name of a Person or Group/LegalBody/Family

5.1.2 Properties

⚠ No other properties than the ones listed in the table below are allowed.
Property name URI Expected value Card.
type crm:E82_Actor_Appellation
1..1
type (P2) Type of Appellation
1..1
value xsd:string or rdf:langString
1..1

5.1.3 Usage

Group, Legal Bodies or Families is identified by (P131)

5.2 Appellation: Byline

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

5.2.1 General description

Description

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

5.2.2 Properties

⚠ No other properties than the ones listed in the table below are allowed.
Property name URI Expected value Card.
type crm:E41_Appellation
1..1
type (P2) Type of Appellation
vocab:yauzw
1..1
value xsd:string
1..1

5.2.3 Usage

Group, Legal Bodies or Families is identified by (P131)
Venue byline (P131)

5.3 Appellation: Fictional Character

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

5.3.1 General description

Description

The name of a fictional character

5.3.2 Properties

⚠ No other properties than the ones listed in the table below are allowed.
Property name URI Expected value Card.
type crm:E75_Conceptual_Object_Appellation
1..1
type (P2) Type of Appellation
1..1
value xsd:string
1..1

5.4 Appellation: Place

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

5.4.1 General description

Description

The name of a place

5.4.2 Properties

⚠ No other properties than the ones listed in the table below are allowed.
Property name URI Expected value Card.
type crm:E48_Place_Name
1..1
value xsd:string or rdf:langString
1..*

5.5 Contact Point

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

5.5.1 General description

Description

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

5.5.2 Properties

⚠ No other properties than the ones listed in the table below are allowed.
Property name URI Expected value Card.
type crm:E51_Contact_Point
1..1
type (P2) Type of Contact Point
1..1
value IRI
1..1

5.6 Date

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

5.6.1 General description

Description

A date value

5.6.2 Properties

⚠ No other properties than the ones listed in the table below are allowed.
Property name URI Expected value Card.
date standard xsd:string
0..1
expressed date xsd:string
0..1
normalized date value xsd:string
0..1
type rico:Date
1..1

5.7 Event: Birth

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

5.7.1 General description

Description

The birth event of a Person

5.7.2 Diagram

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5.7.3 Properties

⚠ No other properties than the ones listed in the table below are allowed.
Property name URI Expected value Card.
took place at Place
1..1
type crm:E67_Birth
1..1

5.8 Event: Death

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

5.8.1 General description

Description

The death event of a Person

5.8.2 Diagram

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5.8.3 Properties

⚠ No other properties than the ones listed in the table below are allowed.
Property name URI Expected value Card.
took place at Place
1..1
type crm:E69_Death
1..1

5.9 Gender

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

5.9.1 General description

Description

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

Identifier or value specification
  • URI pattern: http://data.performing-arts.ch/g/gender/.*
  • Example: http://data.performing-arts.ch/g/gender/f

5.9.2 Usage

Fictional character is current or former member of (P107i)
Person is current or former member of (P107i)

5.10 Identifier

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

5.10.1 General description

5.10.2 Properties

⚠ No other properties than the ones listed in the table below are allowed.
Property name URI Expected value Card.
type crm:E42_Identifier
1..1
value xsd:string
1..1

5.10.3 Usage

Group, Legal Bodies or Families is identified by (P1)

5.11 Nationality

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

5.11.1 General description

Description

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.

Identifier or value specification
  • URI pattern: http://data.performing-arts.ch/g/nation/.*
  • Example: http://data.performing-arts.ch/g/nation/ch

5.11.2 Usage

Fictional character is current or former member of (P107i)
Person is current or former member of (P107i)

5.12 String

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

5.12.1 General description

Description

A base string value

5.12.2 Properties

⚠ No other properties than the ones listed in the table below are allowed.
Property name URI Expected value Card.
type crm:E62_String
1..1
type (P2) Type of Note
1..1
value xsd:string or rdf:langString
1..1

5.13 Type of Appellation

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

5.13.1 General description

Description

A type of appellation, taken from the appellation type vocabulary

5.13.2 Properties

Property name URI Expected value Card.
in scheme vocab:ya
0..*

5.13.3 Usage

Appellation: Actor type (P2)
Appellation: Byline type (P2)
Appellation: Fictional Character type (P2)

5.14 Type of Contact Point

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

5.14.1 General description

Description

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

5.14.2 Properties

Property name URI Expected value Card.
in scheme vocab:ih
0..*

5.14.3 Usage

Contact Point type (P2)

5.15 Type of Group

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

5.15.1 General description

Description

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

5.15.2 Properties

Property name URI Expected value Card.
in scheme vocab:vr
0..*

5.15.3 Usage

Group, Legal Bodies or Families type (P2)

5.16 Type of Man-Made Object

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

5.16.1 General description

Description

An object type, taken from the object type vocabulary

5.16.2 Properties

Property name URI Expected value Card.
in scheme vocab:dw
0..*

5.16.3 Usage

Venue type (P2)
Venue (unreconciled) type (P2)

5.17 Type of Note

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

5.17.1 General description

Description

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

5.17.2 Properties

Property name URI Expected value Card.
in scheme vocab:eo
0..*

5.17.3 Usage

String type (P2)

5.18 Type of Pursuit

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

5.18.1 General description

Description

An artistic genre, taken from the Genre vocabulary

5.18.2 Properties

Property name URI Expected value Card.
in scheme vocab:mn
0..*

5.18.3 Usage

Pursuit had typical subject

6. Release notes

1.0.0 - 2026-02

1.1.0 - 2026-03-26