Documentation of Swiss Performing Arts Performances model

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Abstract

(english) This page documents the data model used by the SAPA Foundation (Switzerland) to model entities specific to the performing arts. In particular, it models productions, performance series, individual performances, standalone performances, seasons and recordings. This model is mainly based on the FRBRoo and CIDOC-CRM ontologies. The following aspects should also be noted:

Literary and musical works that serve as sources for performances are not represented in this model. Only their authors are represented. The link between the ‘Performance’ entities and these individuals is made via the ‘Non-Performative Expression’ entities of type frbroo:F22_Self-Contained_Expression. The latter are not intended to be reconciled or completed. For example, they do not have any labels.
The FRBRoo ontology was replaced by LRMoo (IFLA Library Reference Model object-oriented) in 2024. An update to this new model is planned for the future.
The entities frbroo:F20_Performance_Work and frbroo:F25_Performance_Plan are used in a very similar way. They model the creative and economic process that made the performance possible. It is not impossible that in the future they will be merged into a single entity of type lrmoo:F1_Work.
The entities ‘Performance Series’, ‘Performance Single’ and ‘Performance Stand-alone’ are all of type frbroo:F31_Performance. Their distinction is indicated via a controlled vocabulary used with the schema:additionalType property.
‘Performance Series’ represent a series of performances in the same venue. ‘Performance Single’ are always linked to a ‘Performance Series’.
‘Performance Stand-alone’ entities include atypical performances such as work stages, improvisations or workshops given as part of a training course. They have no link to a ‘Performance Work’ or ‘Performance Series’. They are most often modelled because they are linked to a recording.
Entities of type crm:E42_Identifier linked to ‘Performance Plans’ have so far only been used for internal management purposes within the SAPA Foundation. They serve to link to other databases maintained by the foundation.
Linguistic Objects are simple annotations. There are plans to migrate them to crm:E62_String in the future.

(français) Cette page documente le modèle de données utilisé par la Fondation SAPA (Suisse) pour modéliser les entités spécifiques aux arts de la scène. Y sont modélisées en particulier les productions, les séries de représentations, les représentations individuelles, les représentations isolées, les saisons et les captations. Ce modèle est principalement basé sur les ontologies FRBRoo et CIDOC-CRM. Il faut aussi bien noter les aspects suivants :

Les œuvres littéraires et musicales qui servent de sources aux spectacles ne sont pas représentées dans cette modélisation. Seules leurs autrices ou auteurs le sont. Le lien entre les entités «Performance» et ces personnes se fait via les entités «Non-Performative Expression» de type frbroo:F22_Self-Contained_Expression. Ces dernières n’ont pas vocation à être réconciliées ou complétées. Elles ne disposent par exemple d’aucun libellé.
L’ontologie FRBRoo a été remplacée par celle LRMoo (IFLA Library Reference Model object-oriented) en 2024. Une mise à jour vers cette nouvelle modélisation est envisagée dans l’avenir.
Les entités de type frbroo:F20_Performance_Work et frbroo:F25_Performance_Plan sont utilisées dans une compréhension très proche. On y modélise le processus créatif et économique qui a rendu possible le spectacle. Il n’est pas impossible qu’à l’avenir elles soient fusionnées au sein d’une même entité de type lrmoo:F1_Work.
Les entités "Performance Serie", "Performance Single", "Performance Stand-alone" sont toutes de type frbroo:F31_Performance. Leur distinction est signalée via un vocabulaire contrôlé utilisé avec la propriété schema:additionalType.
Les "Performance Série" représentent les séries de représentations dans un même lieu. Les "Performance Single" sont toujours reliées à une "Performance Serie".
Les "Performance Stand-alone" regroupent les représentations atypiques comme des étapes de travail, des improvisations ou encore des ateliers donnés dans le cadre d’une formation. Elles ne disposent d’aucun lien avec une "Performance Work" ou "Performance Serie". Elles sont le plus souvent modélisées car en lien avec une captation.
Les entités de type crm:E42_Identifier liées aux «Performance Plan» n’ont qu’une vocation de gestion interne à la Fondation SAPA jusqu’ici. Elles servent à faire le lien vers d’autres bases de données maintenues par la fondation.
Les «Linguistic Object» sont de simples annotations. Il est envisagé de les migrer vers des crm:E62_String à l’avenir.

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/
olo	http://purl.org/ontology/olo/core#
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#
schema	http://schema.org/
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

Activity Participation

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/performances/Activity_Participation

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 {
 ?x crm:P9_consists_of ?this .
 ?this a crm:E7_Activity .
}

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.
additional type	`schema:additionalType`	`Type of Activity`	0..1
carried out by	`crm:P14_carried_out_by`	`crm:E21_Person` `or` `crm:E74_Group` `or` `crm:E39_Actor`	1..*
certainty	`rico:certainty`	`Type of Confidence (Certainty)`	0..1
comment	`rdfs:comment`	`xsd:string`	0..1
has type	`crm:P2_has_type`	`Type of Activity`	1..1
index	`olo:index`	`xsd:integer`	0..1
label	`rdfs:label`	`xsd:string`	0..1

Expression creation: Non-Performative Expression

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/performances/Creation_of_non-performative_work

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 frbroo:F28_Expression_Creation .
 ?this frbroo:R17_created ?something . 
 ?something a frbroo:F22_Self-Contained_Expression . 
}

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
consists of	`crm:P9_consists_of`	`Activity Participation`	1..*
created	`frbroo:R17_created`	`Non-Performative Expression`	1..1

Expression creation: Performance Plan

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/performances/Creation_of_Performance_Plan

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 frbroo:F28_Expression_Creation .
 ?this frbroo:R17_created ?something . 
 ?something a frbroo:F25_Performance_Plan . 
}

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.
consists of	`crm:P9_consists_of`	`Activity Participation`	1..*
created	`frbroo:R17_created`	`Performance Plan`	1..1
created a realisation of	`frbroo:R19_created_a_realisation_of`	`Performance Work`	0..1

Expression creation: Recording

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/performances/Creation_of_Recording

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 frbroo:F28_Expression_Creation .
 ?this frbroo:R17_created ?something . 
 ?something a frbroo:F26_Recording . 
}

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.
consists of	`crm:P9_consists_of`	`Activity Participation`	1..*
created	`frbroo:R17_created`	`Recording`	1..1
has time-span	`crm:P4_has_time-span`	`Time-Span`	0..1

Identifier

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

Ces identifiants font référence à d'autres base de données internes à SAPA

Applies to: crm:E42_Identifier
Closed shape

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
has type	`crm:P2_has_type`	`Type of Identifier`	1..1
value	`rdf:value`	`xsd:string`	1..1

Linguistic Object

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/performances/E33_Linguistic_Object

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:E33_Linguistic_Object.
}

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
has type	`crm:P2_has_type`	`Type of Linguistic Object`	1..1
value	`rdf:value`	`Literal`	1..1

Non-Performative Expression

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/performances/F22_Self-Contained_Expression

In this class we can find URI in /u/ and /a/

Applies to: frbroo:F22_Self-Contained_Expression
Closed shape

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
has title	`crm:P102_has_title`	`Title`	0..*
label	`rdfs:label`	`xsd:string`	0..1

Performance Plan

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/performances/F25_Performance_Plan

Applies to: frbroo:F25_Performance_Plan
Closed shape

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.
comment	`rdfs:comment`	`xsd:string`	0..1
has music title	`spao:hasMusicTitle`	`xsd:string`	0..*
has title	`crm:P102_has_title`	`Title`	0..*
incorporates	`frbroo:R14_incorporates`	`Non-Performative Expression`	0..*
is identified by	`crm:P1_is_identified_by`	`Identifier`	0..*
is referred to by	`crm:P67_is_referred_to_by`	`Linguistic Object`	0..*
label	`rdfs:label`	`xsd:string`	0..*
same as	`owl:sameAs`	`IRI`	0..*

Performance Serie

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/performances/Performance_Serie

A performance serie consists of other performances

Closed shape

Applies to:


                           PREFIX crm: <http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/>
PREFIX frbroo: <http://iflastandards.info/ns/fr/frbr/frbroo/>
PREFIX schema: <http://schema.org/>
SELECT ?this
WHERE {
 ?this a frbroo:F31_Performance .
 ?this schema:additionalType <http://vocab.performing-arts.ch/hlser> .
}

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.
additional type	`schema:additionalType`	`vocab:hlser`	1..1
consists of (participation)	`crm:P9_consists_of`	`Activity Participation`	0..*
falls within (saison)	`crm:P10_falls_within`	`Saison`	0..*
has title	`crm:P102_has_title`	`Title`	0..1
has type	`crm:P2_has_type`	`Type of Performance`	0..*
is referred to by	`crm:P67i_is_referred_to_by`	`Linguistic Object`	0..*
label	`rdfs:label`	`xsd:string`	1..1
performed	`frbroo:R25_performed`	`Performance Plan`	1..1
took place on or within	`crm:P8_took_place_on_or_within`	`crm:E22_Man-Made_Object`	0..*

Performance Single

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/performances/Single_Performance

A single performance is a performance that does not consists_of other performances

Closed shape

Applies to:


                           PREFIX crm: <http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/>
PREFIX frbroo: <http://iflastandards.info/ns/fr/frbr/frbroo/>
PREFIX schema: <http://schema.org/>
SELECT ?this
WHERE {
 ?this a frbroo:F31_Performance .
 ?this schema:additionalType <http://vocab.performing-arts.ch/hlsin> .
}

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.
additional type	`schema:additionalType`	`vocab:hlsin`	1..1
forms part of (serie)	`crm:P9i_forms_part_of`	`Performance Serie`	1..1
has time-span	`crm:P4_has_time-span`	`Time-Span`	0..1
has title	`crm:P102_has_title`	`Title`	0..1
has type	`crm:P2_has_type`	`Type of Performance`	0..*
is referred to by	`crm:P67i_is_referred_to_by`	`Linguistic Object`	0..*
label	`rdfs:label`	`xsd:string`	1..1

Performance Stand-alone

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/performances/Performance_Standalone

A stand-alone performance with no predefined serie, e.g. a workshop, etc.

Closed shape

Applies to:


                           PREFIX crm: <http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/>
PREFIX frbroo: <http://iflastandards.info/ns/fr/frbr/frbroo/>
PREFIX schema: <http://schema.org/>
SELECT ?this
WHERE {
 ?this a frbroo:F31_Performance .
 ?this schema:additionalType <http://vocab.performing-arts.ch/hlsta> .
}

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.
additional type	`schema:additionalType`	`vocab:hlsta`	1..1
consists of (participation)	`crm:P9_consists_of`	`Activity Participation`	0..*
has music title	`spao:hasMusicTitle`	`xsd:string`	0..*
has time-span	`crm:P4_has_time-span`	`Time-Span`	0..1
has title	`crm:P102_has_title`	`Title`	0..1
is referred to by	`crm:P67i_is_referred_to_by`	`Linguistic Object`	0..*
label	`rdfs:label`	`xsd:string`	1..1
took place on or within	`crm:P8_took_place_on_or_within`	`crm:E22_Man-Made_Object`	0..*
type (P2)	`crm:P2_has_type`	`Type of Performance`	0..*

Performance Work

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/performances/F20_Performance_Work

In this class we can find URI in /u/ and /a/

Applies to: frbroo:F20_Performance_Work
Closed shape

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.
has type	`crm:P2_has_type`	`Type of Performance Work`	0..*
in language	`schema:inLanguage`	`Type of Language`	0..*
is realised in	`frbroo:R12_is_realised_in`	`Performance Plan`	1..1
label	`rdfs:label`	`xsd:string`	0..1
subtitle language	`schema:subtitleLanguage`	`Type of Language`	0..*

Recording

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/performances/F26_Recording

Applies to: frbroo:F26_Recording
Closed shape

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
documents	`crm:P70_documents`	`Performance Single` `or` `Performance Stand-alone`	0..1	Link to the performance being recorded
duration	`schema:duration`	`xsd:string`	0..*
has title	`crm:P102_has_title`	`Title`	1..1
incorporates	`crm:R14_incorporates`	`Performance Plan`	0..*	Link to the production
is referred to by	`crm:P67_is_referred_to_by`	`Linguistic Object`	0..*
label	`rdfs:label`	`xsd:string` `or` `rdf:langString`	0..1
see also	`spao:seeAlso`	`IRI`	0..*	Note : the range of the property is left intentionnally open. It can points to RecordResource, Instantiation, File or other Recordings
type (P2)	`crm:P2_has_type`	`Type of Recording`	0..*

Saison

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/performances/E4_Period

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:E4_Period .
}

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
has time-span	`crm:P4_has_time-span`	`Time-Span`	1..1
label	`rdfs:label`	`rdf:langString`	1..*

Time-Span

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/performances/E52_Time-Span

Applies to: crm:E52_Time-Span
Closed shape

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.
begin of the begin	`crm:P82a_begin_of_the_begin`	`xsd:date`	0..1
end of the end	`crm:P82b_end_of_the_end`	`xsd:date`	0..1
label	`rdfs:label`	`xsd:string`	0..1

Title

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/performances/E35_Title

Applies to: crm:E35_Title
Closed shape

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Property name	URI	Expected value	Card.	Description
has type	`crm:P2_has_type`	`Type of Title`	1..1
value	`rdf:value`	`xsd:string` `or` `rdf:langString`	1..1

Type of Activity

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/performances/Activity_Type

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

Type of Confidence (Certainty)

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/performances/Certainty

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

Type of Identifier

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/performances/Identifier_Type

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

Type of Language

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/performances/Language

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

Type of Linguistic Object

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/performances/Linguistic_Object_Type

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

Type of Performance

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/performances/Performance_Type

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

Type of Performance Work

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/performances/Performance_Work_Type

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

Type of Recording

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/performances/RecordingGenre

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

Type of Title

http://shapes.performing-arts.ch/performances/Title_Type

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

Release notes

1.0.0 - 2026-02

First public release of the Performancesmodel

Documentation of Swiss Performing Arts Performances model

Abstract

Table of Contents

Namespaces

Diagrams

Performances

Performative Work & Performance Plan

Non-Performative Work

Model documentation

Activity Participation

Expression creation: Non-Performative Expression

Expression creation: Performance Plan

Expression creation: Recording

Identifier

Linguistic Object

Non-Performative Expression

Performance Plan

Performance Serie

Performance Single

Performance Stand-alone

Performance Work

Recording

Saison

Time-Span

Title

Type of Activity

Type of Confidence (Certainty)

Type of Identifier

Type of Language

Type of Linguistic Object

Type of Performance

Type of Performance Work

Type of Recording

Type of Title

Release notes