Colorado Local Authorities Data dictionary

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Classes

Agent
Comment The general CoLA agent class

Identity
Comment The class of identities by which a cola:agent is known.

Relationship
Comment The class of relationships between cola:agents and the resources of which they are creator or subject.

Place
Same As http://schema.org/Place
Comment The class of geographic locations of relevance to the cola:agent being described.

Date
Same As http://schema.org/Date
Comment The class of dates of relevance to the cola:agent being described.

Maintenance Event
Comment The class of events associated with the creation and ongoing maintenance of a cola:agent representation.

Relationship Properties

Has identity
Domain cola:agent
Range cola:identity
Comment Indicates the existence of a relationship between an agent and an identity for that agent.

Has place
Domain cola:agent
Range cola:place
Comment Indicates the existence of a relationship between an agent and a geographical location.

Has date
Domain cola:agent
Range cola:date
Comment Indicates a date of importance in the biography or history of an agent.

Has relationship
Domain cola:agent
Range cola:relation
Comment Indicates a relationship between two agents.

Has maintenance event
Domain cola:agent
Range cola:maintenanceEvent
Comment Indicates the existence of a maintenance event for a cola:agent representation.

Properties

Properties of cola:agent

Occupation
Domain cola:agent
Comment A professional role held by a person.

Function
Domain cola:agent
Comment The task performed or purpose served by a corporate body or organization.

Biographical/Historical Statement
Domain cola:agent
Comment The biography or history of the described agent

Properties of cola:identity

Name part
Domain cola:identity
Comment A semantically ambiguous part of name of the described identity

Surname
Domain cola:identity
Comment The surname of the described identity

Forename
Domain cola:identity
Comment The forename of the described identity

Prefix
Domain cola:identity
Comment The prefix of the described identity

Suffix
Domain cola:identity
Comment The suffix of the described identity

Primary Name
Domain cola:identity
Comment The primary form of name of the described identity

Subordinate Name
Domain cola:identity
Comment The subordinate form(s) of name of the described identity

Has form
Domain cola:identity
Comment The form of name described within the cola:identity: authorized, alternative, parallel, variant.

Cataloging rules
Domain cola:identity
Comment The cataloging rules, if any, by which the identity was constructed: DACS, AACR2, RDA, etc.

Use dates
Domain cola:identity
Range cola:date
Comment The dates during which the identity form described was used to name the represented agent

Properties of cola:relation

relation type
Domain cola:relation
Comment The high-level relationship described by the cola:relation, according to EAC-CPF terminology

relation entry
Domain cola:relation
Comment The related agent

relationship
Domain cola:relation
Comment The specific type of relationship described by the cola:relation, narrower in scope than its cola:relationType

Properties of cola:place

place entry
Domain cola:place
Comment The place associated with the agent's cola:hasPlace relationship

place role
Domain cola:place
Comment The role played by the place in the existence of the agent

Properties of cola:date

single date
Domain cola:date
Comment A single date associated with the agent

date from
Domain cola:date
Comment The first date in a date range associated with the agent

date to
Domain cola:date
Comment The last date in a date range associated with the agent

date note
Domain cola:date
Comment A note providing additional details about the date or date range as it pertains to the agent described

Properties of cola:maintenanceEvent

Event type
Domain cola:maintenanceEvent
Comment The type of maintenance event associated with the CoLA record

Event date
Domain cola:maintenanceEvent
Comment The date and time at which the event was performed or generated

Event description
Domain cola:maintenanceEvent
Comment A detailed description of the event

Event agent
Domain cola:maintenanceEvent
Comment The agent responsible for performing the maintenance event

Event agent type
Domain cola:maintenanceEvent
Comment Whether the agent performing the event was a human or a machine