id: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/class/Currency
name: Currency
title: Currency Class
prefixes:
  linkml: https://w3id.org/linkml/
  hc: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/
  schema: http://schema.org/
  qudt: http://qudt.org/schema/qudt/
default_prefix: hc
imports:
  - linkml:types
  - ../slots/has_code
  - ../slots/symbolized_by
  - ../slots/has_description
  - ../slots/identified_by
  - ../slots/has_label
  - ../slots/has_score
classes:
  Currency:
    class_uri: qudt:CurrencyUnit
    exact_mappings:
    - qudt:CurrencyUnit
    description: >-
      Standardized monetary unit with ISO 4217 code representation for pricing, budgeting, and financial valuation metadata.
    alt_descriptions:
      nl: >-
        Gestandaardiseerde monetaire eenheid met ISO 4217-codecodering voor prijzen, begroting en financiële waarderingsmetadata.
      de: >-
        Standardisierte Währungseinheit mit ISO 4217-Codedarstellung für Preisgestaltung, Budgetierung und finanzielle Bewertungs-Metadaten.
      fr: >-
        Unité monétaire normalisée avec représentation de code ISO 4217 pour les prix, la budgétisation et les métadonnées d'évaluation financière.
      es: >-
        Unidad monetaria estandarizada con representación de código ISO 4217 para precios, presupuestos y metadatos de valoración financiera.
      ar: >-
        وحدة نقدية موحدة مع تمثيل رمز ISO 4217 للتسعير والميزانية وبيانات التقييم المالي.
      id: >-
        Unit mata uang terstandarisasi dengan representasi kode ISO 4217 untuk harga, penganggaran, dan metadata penilaian keuangan.
      zh: >-
        具有ISO 4217代码表示的标准化货币单位，用于定价、预算和财务估值元数据。
    structured_aliases:
      - literal_form: valuta
        predicate: EXACT_SYNONYM
        in_language: nl
      - literal_form: Währung
        predicate: EXACT_SYNONYM
        in_language: de
      - literal_form: devise
        predicate: EXACT_SYNONYM
        in_language: fr
      - literal_form: moneda
        predicate: EXACT_SYNONYM
        in_language: es
      - literal_form: عملة
        predicate: EXACT_SYNONYM
        in_language: ar
      - literal_form: mata uang
        predicate: EXACT_SYNONYM
        in_language: id
      - literal_form: 货币
        predicate: EXACT_SYNONYM
        in_language: zh
    broad_mappings:
      - schema:Currency
    close_mappings:
      - qudt:CurrencyUnit
    slots:
      - identified_by
      - has_code
      - has_label
      - symbolized_by
      - has_description
      - has_score
    slot_usage:
      has_code:
        required: true
        pattern: '^[A-Z]{3}$'
    comments:
      - |
        Preserved from prior description (commit 5e94e52b):

        "A currency used for monetary values.\n**SCHEMA.ORG ALIGNMENT**:\nMaps to `schema:Currency` - \"A currency as defined by ISO 4217.\"\n**ISO 4217 STANDARD**:\nISO 4217 defines three-letter currency codes:\n| Code | Currency | Symbol | |------|----------|--------| | EUR | Euro | \u20AC | | USD | US Dollar | $ | | GBP | British Pound | \xA3 | | JPY | Japanese Yen | \xA5 | | CHF | Swiss Franc | CHF |\n**WHY NOT JUST USE STRING?**\nSimple string fields like `budget_currency: \"EUR\"` lose important context: - Symbol for display purposes - Full name for accessibility - Historical validity (currencies change over time) - Link to authoritative ISO 4217 standard\nThe Currency class captures this richness while remaining simple for basic use.\n**HISTORICAL CURRENCIES**:\nHeritage institutions often deal with historical currencies: - NLG (Dutch Guilder) - replaced by EUR in 2002 - DEM (German Mark) - replaced by EUR in 2002 - FRF (French Franc) - replaced by EUR in 2002\nThe temporal\