id: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/class/AllocationAgency
name: allocation_agency
title: Allocation Agency Class
prefixes:
  linkml: https://w3id.org/linkml/
  schema: http://schema.org/
  org: http://www.w3.org/ns/org#
  gleif_base: https://www.gleif.org/ontology/Base/
  hc: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/
imports:
  - linkml:types
  - ../enums/AllocationDomainEnum
  - ../metadata
  - ../slots/has_or_had_description
  - ../slots/has_or_had_score
classes:
  AllocationAgency:
    class_uri: org:FormalOrganization
    description: "An organization that allocates identifiers within a specific geographic\
      \ area \nand/or domain of heritage institutions.\n\n**Key Distinction from RegistrationAuthority:**\n\
      \n- **RegistrationAuthority**: Maintains the GLOBAL registry for a standard\n\
      \  - Example: Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces maintains global ISIL registry\n\
      \  - Example: ISNI International Agency (WIPO) maintains global ISNI database\n\
      \n- **AllocationAgency**: Allocates identifiers LOCALLY within constraints\n\
      \  - Example: Koninklijke Bibliotheek allocates ISIL for Dutch public libraries\n\
      \  - Example: OCLC allocates ISIL for Dutch academic libraries\n  - Example:\
      \ Nationaal Archief allocates ISIL for Dutch archives\n\n**Multi-Dimensional\
      \ Scope:**\n\nAllocationAgencies have both:\n1. **Geographic scope**: Which\
      \ country/region they serve\n2. **Domain scope**: Which types of institutions\
      \ they serve\n\nThis allows multiple agencies per country, each serving different\
      \ domains:\n- NL public libraries → KB\n- NL academic libraries → OCLC\n- NL\
      \ archives → Nationaal Archief\n\n**Relationship to Standard:**\n\nAn AllocationAgency\
      \ allocates for one or more Standards:\n- AllocationAgency.allocates_for → Standard[]\n\
      - Standard can have multiple AllocationAgencies (one per country/domain)\n\n\
      **Examples:**\n\n| Agency | Country | Domain | Standard |\n|--------|---------|--------|----------|\n\
      | Koninklijke Bibliotheek | NL | Public libraries | ISIL |\n| OCLC | NL | Academic\
      \ libraries | ISIL |\n| Nationaal Archief | NL | Archives | ISIL |\n| British\
      \ Library | GB | All | ISIL |\n| Library of Congress | US | All | ISIL |\n|\
      \ OCLC | Global | Academic | VIAF |\n| Deutsche Nationalbibliothek | DE | All\
      \ | ISNI |\n\n**Ontology Alignment:**\n\n- org:FormalOrganization - W3C Organization\
      \ Ontology\n- Extends gleif_base:RegistrationAuthority concept (but for allocation,\
      \ not registration)\n"
    exact_mappings:
    - org:FormalOrganization
    close_mappings:
    - gleif_base:RegistrationAuthority
    - schema:Organization
    slots:
    - has_or_had_score
    - name
    - name_local
    - is_active
    annotations:
      specificity_score: 0.1
      specificity_rationale: Generic utility class/slot created during migration
      custodian_types: '[''*'']'