id: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/class/Activity name: Activity title: Activity Class prefixes: linkml: https://w3id.org/linkml/ hc: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/ crm: http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/ rico: https://www.ica.org/standards/RiC/ontology# prov: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov# schema: http://schema.org/ dcterms: http://purl.org/dc/terms/ aat: http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/ skos: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core# default_prefix: hc imports: - linkml:types - ../metadata - ../slots/has_description - ../slots/identified_by - ../slots/has_label - ../slots/has_score - ../slots/has_status - ../slots/succeeded_by - ../slots/has_note - ../slots/has_activity - ../slots/temporal_extent classes: Activity: class_uri: prov:Activity description: >- Discrete or ongoing action undertaken by a heritage custodian. alt_descriptions: nl: "Discrete of doorlopende actie uitgevoerd door een erfgoedbeheerder." de: "Diskrete oder laufende Handlung, die von einem Kulturgüterverwalter durchgeführt wird." fr: "Action discrète ou continue entreprise par un dépositaire du patrimoine." es: "Acción discreta o continua realizada por un custodio del patrimonio." ar: "إجراء منفصل أو مستمر يقوم به أمين التراث." id: "Tindakan diskrit atau berkelanjutan yang dilakukan oleh pengelola warisan." zh: "由遗产保管人执行的离散或持续行动。" examples: - value: identified_by: identifier_value: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/activity/rijksmuseum-inventory-2025-001 has_label: 2025 Annual Collection Inventory - Dutch Masters has_description: "Annual physical inventory of the Dutch Masters collection (Gallery of Honour and adjacent galleries). Spot-check methodology with 20% sample verification against CMS records." temporal_extent: begin_of_the_begin: '2025-01-15' end_of_the_end: '2025-03-31' has_status: IN_PROGRESS description: Annual collection inventory activity at a museum - value: identified_by: identifier_value: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/activity/kb-digitization-medieval-2024 has_label: Medieval Manuscripts Digitization Project has_description: "High-resolution digitization of 342 medieval manuscripts with HTR processing and metadata enhancement. IIIF-compliant output." temporal_extent: begin_of_the_begin: '2024-03-01' end_of_the_end: '2025-12-31' has_status: IN_PROGRESS preceding_activity: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/activity/kb-condition-survey-2023 description: Digitization project activity at a national library close_mappings: - crm:E7_Activity - rico:Activity broad_mappings: - schema:Action - prov:Activity related_mappings: - aat:300054277 structured_aliases: - literal_form: activiteit in_language: nl - literal_form: handeling in_language: nl - literal_form: verrichting in_language: nl - literal_form: Aktivität in_language: de - literal_form: Tätigkeit in_language: de - literal_form: Vorgang in_language: de - literal_form: activité in_language: fr - literal_form: opération in_language: fr - literal_form: action in_language: fr - literal_form: actividad in_language: es - literal_form: operación in_language: es - literal_form: acción in_language: es - literal_form: نشاط in_language: ar - literal_form: إجراء in_language: ar - literal_form: عملية in_language: ar - literal_form: aktivitas in_language: id - literal_form: kegiatan in_language: id - literal_form: operasi in_language: id - literal_form: 活动 in_language: zh - literal_form: 行动 in_language: zh - literal_form: 操作 in_language: zh keywords: - action - operation - provenance - workflow - process - activity - curation - conservation - digitization - cataloging slots: - identified_by - has_label - has_description - temporal_extent - succeeded_by - has_activity - has_status - has_note - has_score slot_usage: identified_by: required: true identifier: true inlined: false examples: - value: identifier_value: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/activity/rijksmuseum-inventory-2025-001 - value: identifier_value: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/activity/nationaal-archief-digitization-voc-2024 has_label: required: true examples: - value: 2025 Annual Collection Inventory - value: VOC Archives Digitization Project Phase 2 has_description: required: false examples: - value: "Annual physical inventory of the Dutch Masters collection, covering approximately 450 paintings. Spot-check methodology with 20% sample verified against catalog records." temporal_extent: range: TimeSpan required: false inlined: true examples: - value: begin_of_the_begin: '2025-01-15' end_of_the_end: '2025-03-31' succeeded_by: range: Activity description: Link to subsequent activity instances (activity chaining). multivalued: true inlined: false examples: - value: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/activity/conservation-treatment-2025 has_activity: inlined: false examples: - value: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/activity/condition-survey-2024 has_status: required: false examples: - value: IN_PROGRESS - value: COMPLETED - value: PLANNED has_note: multivalued: true annotations: specificity_score: "0.50" specificity_rationale: "Moderately specific - Activity is a core domain concept but broadly applicable across all heritage custodian types." has_score: custodian_types: "['*']" ontological_alignment_prov: "Primary - provenance tracking" ontological_alignment_crm: "E7_Activity - Cultural heritage domain" ontological_alignment_rico: "Activity - Archival activities" ontological_alignment_schema: "Action - Web semantics" key_relationships: "has_activity_type, has_timespan, succeeded_by, preceding_activity" subclasses: "CurationActivity, ConservationActivity, ExhibitionActivity, DigitizationActivity" prov_properties: "prov:wasAssociatedWith, prov:used, prov:generated, prov:atTime" comments: - Base class for all heritage domain activities - Extended by CurationActivity, ConservationActivity, ExhibitionActivity, DigitizationActivity - Uses generic slots: has_activity_identifier, has_activity_type, has_timespan - PROV-O primary alignment for provenance tracking - Supports activity chaining via succeeded_by/preceding_activity - Activity types organized by category: CURATION, CONSERVATION, COMMERCIAL, RESEARCH, EDUCATION, EXHIBITION, DIGITIZATION, ADMINISTRATIVE - | Preserved from prior description: **DEFINITION**: An Activity represents a discrete or ongoing action undertaken by a heritage custodian. This is the base class for all activity instances in the ontology. **ONTOLOGICAL ALIGNMENT**: | Ontology | Class | Use Case | |----------|-------|----------| | PROV-O | prov:Activity | Primary - provenance tracking | | CIDOC-CRM | crm:E7_Activity | Cultural heritage domain | | RiC-O | rico:Activity | Archival activities | | Schema.org | schema:Action | Web semantics | **KEY RELATIONSHIPS**: ``` Activity │ ├── has_activity_type → ActivityType (classification) │ └── CurationActivityType, ConservationActivityType, etc. │ ├── has_timespan → TimeSpan (temporal extent) │ └── start_date, end_date, fuzzy bounds │ ├── succeeded_by → Activity (succession) │ └── preceding_activity → Activity (inverse succession) ``` **SPECIALIZATION**: This base class is extended by domain-specific activity classes: - CurationActivity - Collection management (existing, to be refactored) - ConservationActivity - Preservation work - ExhibitionActivity - Exhibition planning and execution - DigitizationActivity - Digital transformation projects **PROVENANCE (PROV-O)**: Activities generate provenance information: - `prov:Activity` - The activity itself - `prov:wasAssociatedWith` - Responsible agents - `prov:used` - Entities processed - `prov:generated` - Entities created - `prov:atTime` - Temporal extent - 'Preserved from prior description: Discrete or ongoing action undertaken by a heritage custodian. Base class for all activity instances in the ontology, representing provenance-tracked operations such as collection inventory, digitization projects, conservation treatments, and cataloging workflows.' see_also: - https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-o/ - http://www.cidoc-crm.org/html/cidoc_crm_v7.1.3.html#E7 - https://www.ica.org/standards/RiC/ontology - ActivityType - ActivityTypes