id: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/class/LegalResponsibilityCollection name: legal_responsibility_collection_class title: LegalResponsibilityCollection Class prefixes: linkml: https://w3id.org/linkml/ hc: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/ tooi: https://identifier.overheid.nl/tooi/def/ont/ prov: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov# dcat: http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat# rico: https://www.ica.org/standards/RiC/ontology# crm: http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/ bf: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/ dcmitype: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/ schema: http://schema.org/ default_prefix: hc imports: - linkml:types - ../metadata - ./CustodianCollection - ./CustodianLegalStatus - ./Custodian - ./CustodianObservation - ./ReconstructionActivity - ./TimeSpan - ./OrganizationalStructure - ../slots/responsible_legal_entity - ../slots/legal_responsibility_basis - ../slots/legal_responsibility_start_date - ../slots/legal_responsibility_end_date - ../slots/has_or_had_custodian_type - ../slots/specificity_annotation - ../slots/has_or_had_score # was: template_specificity - migrated per Rule 53 (2026-01-17) - ./SpecificityAnnotation - ./TemplateSpecificityScore # was: TemplateSpecificityScores - migrated per Rule 53 (2026-01-17) - ./TemplateSpecificityType - ./TemplateSpecificityTypes - ../slots/refers_to_custodian - ../slots/has_or_had_custodian_type - ../slots/legal_responsibility_basis - ../slots/legal_responsibility_end_date - ../slots/legal_responsibility_start_date - ../slots/refers_to_custodian - ../slots/responsible_legal_entity - ../slots/specificity_annotation - ../slots/has_or_had_score # was: template_specificity - migrated per Rule 53 (2026-01-17) - ../slots/has_or_had_custodian_type - ../slots/legal_responsibility_basis - ../slots/legal_responsibility_end_date - ../slots/legal_responsibility_start_date - ../slots/refers_to_custodian - ../slots/responsible_legal_entity - ../slots/specificity_annotation - ../slots/has_or_had_score # was: template_specificity - migrated per Rule 53 (2026-01-17) classes: LegalResponsibilityCollection: is_a: CustodianCollection class_uri: tooi:Informatieobject description: "Specialized subclass of CustodianCollection representing information objects (informatieobjecten)\nunder\ \ the legal responsibility of a heritage custodian organization.\n\n**TOOI Ontology Alignment**:\n- Follows TOOI pattern:\ \ tooi:Informatieobject with tooi:verantwoordelijke property\n- tooi:verantwoordelijke: \"Overheidsorganisatie die de\ \ wettelijke verantwoordelijkheid draagt \n voor de inhoud (strekking) van het informatieobject\" (Organization with\ \ legal responsibility \n for the content/purport of the information object)\n- Maps information objects to legally\ \ responsible organizations\n\n**Definition from TOOI**:\n- Informatieobject: \"Een resource waarvan de essentiƫle karakteristieken\ \ medegedeeld kunnen \n worden in een bericht\" (A resource whose essential characteristics can be communicated in\ \ a message)\n- Subclass of prov:Entity and dcat:Resource\n\n**Key Distinctions**:\n- **LegalResponsibilityCollection**:\ \ Collections with FORMAL LEGAL ACCOUNTABILITY\n - Must have identifiable legal custodian (via CustodianLegalStatus)\n\ \ - Legal responsibility documented through registration, statute, or regulation\n - Example: Government archives\ \ legally mandated to preserve records\n\n- **CustodianCollection** (parent class): General heritage collections\n \ \ - May or may not have formal legal responsibility relationship\n - Includes both legally mandated and voluntarily\ \ maintained collections\n - Example: Private collection donated to museum (no legal mandate)\n\n**Use Cases**:\n1.\ \ **Government Archives**: Collections legally mandated by archival laws\n - Example: National archives responsible\ \ for government records (Archiefwet 1995)\n\n2. **Public Museums**: Collections under legal custody of government agencies\n\ \ - Example: Rijksmuseum collection under formal responsibility of Dutch state\n\n3. **University Libraries**: Collections\ \ legally held by educational institutions\n - Example: University library with statutory responsibility for holdings\n\ \n4. **Heritage Registers**: Legally designated monument collections\n - Example: Municipal monument register required\ \ by Heritage Act\n\n**Temporal Dimension**:\nLegal responsibility can change over time through:\n- Custody transfers\ \ (collections moving between legal entities)\n- Organizational mergers/splits (responsibility transferred to successor\ \ entities)\n- Statutory changes (new laws assigning responsibility)\n- Deaccessioning (legal responsibility terminated)\n\ \nTrack responsibility changes via:\n- `responsible_legal_entity` with temporal validity (valid_from/valid_to)\n- Multiple\ \ LegalResponsibilityCollection instances for different time periods\n- custody_history documenting transfers\n\n**Examples**:\n\ \n```yaml\n# Example 1: Government Archive Collection\nLegalResponsibilityCollection:\n id: \"https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/collection/nha-government-records\"\ \n collection_name: \"Noord-Hollands Archief - Provinciaal Archief\"\n collection_type: [\"archival_records\"]\n \ \ responsible_legal_entity: \"https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/legal/nha-organization\"\n legal_responsibility_basis: \"\ Archiefwet 1995 (Dutch Archives Act)\"\n valid_from: \"2001-01-01\" # When NHA legally took custody\n refers_to_custodian:\ \ \"https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/nl-nh-haa-a-nha\"\n\n# Example 2: Museum Collection Under State Responsibility\nLegalResponsibilityCollection:\n\ \ id: \"https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/collection/rm-national-collection\"\n collection_name: \"Rijksmuseum National Art\ \ Collection\"\n collection_type: [\"museum_objects\"]\n responsible_legal_entity: \"https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/legal/rijksmuseum-foundation\"\ \n legal_responsibility_basis: \"Erfgoedwet (Heritage Act) + Foundation statute\"\n valid_from: \"1885-07-01\" #\ \ Founding date\n refers_to_custodian: \"https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/nl-nh-ams-m-rm-q190804\"\n\n# Example 3: Custody\ \ Transfer (Before)\nLegalResponsibilityCollection:\n id: \"https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/collection/haarlem-municipal-archive-pre-2001\"\ \n collection_name: \"Gemeentearchief Haarlem Municipal Records\"\n collection_type: [\"archival_records\"]\n responsible_legal_entity:\ \ \"https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/legal/haarlem-municipality-1990s\"\n legal_responsibility_basis: \"Municipal charter\ \ + Archiefwet\"\n valid_from: \"1910-01-01\"\n valid_to: \"2001-01-01\" # Custody ended when NHA formed\n refers_to_custodian:\ \ \"https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/nl-nh-haa-a-gemeentearchief\"\n\n# Example 3: Custody Transfer (After)\nLegalResponsibilityCollection:\n\ \ id: \"https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/collection/haarlem-municipal-archive-post-2001\"\n collection_name: \"Gemeentearchief\ \ Haarlem Municipal Records\"\n collection_type: [\"archival_records\"]\n responsible_legal_entity: \"https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/legal/nha-organization\"\ \n legal_responsibility_basis: \"NHA merger agreement + Archiefwet\"\n valid_from: \"2001-01-01\"\n custody_history:\n\ \ - transfer_date: \"2001-01-01\"\n from_entity: \"https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/legal/haarlem-municipality-1990s\"\ \n to_entity: \"https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/legal/nha-organization\"\n transfer_reason: \"Merger of Gemeentearchief\ \ Haarlem into Noord-Hollands Archief\"\n refers_to_custodian: \"https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/nl-nh-haa-a-nha\"\n```\n\ \n**Distinction from managing_unit**:\n- `responsible_legal_entity`: TOP-LEVEL legal accountability (CustodianLegalStatus)\n\ \ - Who is LEGALLY responsible? (foundation, government agency, etc.)\n - Established through statute, registration,\ \ or regulation\n \n- `managing_unit`: OPERATIONAL management (OrganizationalStructure)\n - Which department/division\ \ manages day-to-day operations?\n - Internal organizational structure\n\nExample:\n- `responsible_legal_entity`: Stichting\ \ Rijksmuseum (legal foundation)\n- `managing_unit`: Paintings Department (internal unit)\n\n**SPARQL Query Pattern**:\n\ ```sparql\n# Find legal entity responsible for a collection\nPREFIX tooi: \n\ PREFIX hc: \n\nSELECT ?collection ?collection_name ?legal_entity ?legal_name\nWHERE\ \ {\n ?collection a hc:LegalResponsibilityCollection ;\n hc:collection_name ?collection_name ;\n \ \ tooi:verantwoordelijke ?legal_entity .\n \n ?legal_entity hc:legal_name/hc:full_name ?legal_name .\n}\n\ ```\n" exact_mappings: - tooi:Informatieobject - prov:Entity - dcat:Resource close_mappings: - rico:RecordSet - crm:E78_Curated_Holding - bf:Collection related_mappings: - dcmitype:Collection - schema:CreativeWork slots: - has_or_had_custodian_type - legal_responsibility_basis - legal_responsibility_end_date - legal_responsibility_start_date - responsible_legal_entity - specificity_annotation - has_or_had_score # was: template_specificity - migrated per Rule 53 (2026-01-17) slot_usage: responsible_legal_entity: range: CustodianLegalStatus required: true examples: - value: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/legal/nha-organization description: Noord-Hollands Archief foundation as responsible legal entity - value: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/legal/rijksmuseum-foundation description: Stichting Rijksmuseum as legally responsible custodian legal_responsibility_basis: range: string required: true examples: - value: 'Archiefwet 1995, Article 41: Provincial archives shall preserve government records' description: Statutory basis for provincial archive responsibility - value: 'Testamentary bequest 1897-12-20: Teylers Museum trust deed' description: Contractual basis for museum collection custody legal_responsibility_start_date: range: date required: false examples: - value: '2001-01-01' description: Legal responsibility transferred when NHA formed from merger - value: '1885-07-01' description: Legal responsibility established at Rijksmuseum founding legal_responsibility_end_date: range: date required: false examples: - value: '2001-01-01' description: Legal responsibility ended when collection transferred to NHA - value: '1950-05-15' description: Collection sold at auction, legal responsibility terminated refers_to_custodian: required: true has_or_had_custodian_type: equals_expression: '["*"]' comments: - Subclass of CustodianCollection specializing in LEGALLY ACCOUNTABLE collections - 'Follows TOOI ontology pattern: tooi:verantwoordelijke property linking Informatieobject to Overheidsorganisatie' - Distinguishes legal responsibility (CustodianLegalStatus) from operational management (OrganizationalStructure) - Legal responsibility can transfer between entities over time (track via custody_history) - Use this class when collection has FORMAL legal accountability relationship with custodian - Use parent CustodianCollection when collection lacks formal legal responsibility (e.g., private collections) see_also: - https://identifier.overheid.nl/tooi/def/ont/ - https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-o/ - https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-dcat-3/ examples: - value: id: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/collection/nha-provincial-archive has_or_had_label: # was: collection_name (2026-01-18) has_or_had_label: Noord-Hollands Archief - Provinciaal Archief collection_description: 'Government records of the Province of North Holland, dating from 1289 to present. Includes administrative documents, notarial records, and judicial archives. ' collection_type: - archival_records has_or_had_scope: # was: collection_scope (2026-01-18) scope_description: Provincial government records of Noord-Holland scope_type: archival_scope has_or_had_content: # was: temporal_coverage - migrated per Rule 53/56 (2026-01-16) - has_or_had_label: "Provincial Government Records" temporal_extent: begin_of_the_begin: '1289-01-01' end_of_the_end: null extent: 45 kilometers of shelving, approximately 2.5 million documents responsible_legal_entity: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/legal/nha-organization legal_responsibility_basis: 'Archiefwet 1995 (Dutch Archives Act), Article 41: "De provincie draagt zorg voor de archiefbescheiden die niet meer voor de dagelijkse uitvoering van de werkzaamheden nodig zijn" (The province is responsible for archival records no longer needed for daily operations)' legal_responsibility_start_date: '2001-01-01' refers_to_custodian: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/nl-nh-haa-a-nha is_or_was_derived_from: # was: was_derived_from - migrated per Rule 53 - https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/observation/nha-website-2025 - https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/observation/nha-archiefwet-registration is_or_was_generated_by: # was: was_generated_by - migrated per Rule 53 https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/activity/legal-responsibility-extraction-2025 description: Provincial archive collection under statutory legal responsibility - value: id: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/collection/rm-national-collection has_or_had_label: # was: collection_name (2026-01-18) has_or_had_label: Rijksmuseum National Art Collection collection_description: "National art collection of the Netherlands, comprising 8,000+ paintings, \n1 million objects\ \ of applied art, and 2 million works on paper.\n" collection_type: - museum_objects has_or_had_scope: # was: collection_scope (2026-01-18) scope_description: Dutch art and history from the Middle Ages to present scope_type: museum_scope has_or_had_content: # was: temporal_coverage - migrated per Rule 53/56 (2026-01-16) - has_or_had_label: "National Art Collection" temporal_extent: begin_of_the_begin: '1200-01-01' end_of_the_end: null extent: Approximately 1 million objects responsible_legal_entity: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/legal/rijksmuseum-foundation legal_responsibility_basis: 'Erfgoedwet (Heritage Act) 2016, Article 2.1 + Stichting Rijksmuseum statute (1885): "Het Rijksmuseum heeft tot taak het beheren, bewaren, en tonen van de Rijkscollectie" (The Rijksmuseum''s mission is to manage, preserve, and display the National Collection)' legal_responsibility_start_date: '1885-07-01' managing_unit: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/org-unit/rm-collection-management refers_to_custodian: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/nl-nh-ams-m-rm-q190804 is_or_was_derived_from: # was: was_derived_from - migrated per Rule 53 - https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/observation/rijksmuseum-website - https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/observation/erfgoedwet-2016 is_or_was_generated_by: # was: was_generated_by - migrated per Rule 53 https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/activity/museum-collection-extraction description: National museum collection under heritage law and foundation statute