id: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/class/Event name: Event title: Event Hub Class prefixes: linkml: https://w3id.org/linkml/ hc: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/ crm: http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/ prov: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov# schema: http://schema.org/ rico: https://www.ica.org/standards/RiC/ontology# dcterms: http://purl.org/dc/terms/ skos: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core# default_prefix: hc imports: - linkml:types - ../slots/has_or_had_description - ../slots/has_or_had_documentation - ../slots/has_or_had_hypernym - ../slots/has_or_had_identifier - ../slots/has_or_had_label - ../slots/has_or_had_score - ../slots/involves_or_involved - ../slots/is_or_was_generated_by - ../slots/takes_or_took_place_at - ../slots/temporal_extent classes: Event: class_uri: crm:E5_Event description: "An abstract hub class representing temporal phenomena - things that happen\nand involve actors, places, and temporal extents.\n\n**HUB ARCHITECTURE**:\n\nThe Event class follows the hub pattern established by Custodian:\n- Minimal hub with persistent identifier (event_id)\n- Links to temporal extent (TimeSpan) via temporal_extent\n- Links to actors (Custodian, Person) via involved_actors\n- Links to place via took_place_at\n- Categorized by hypernym_event_type (generic) and domain-specific type\n\n**INHERITANCE HIERARCHY**:\n\n```\nEvent (this class - abstract)\n\u251C\u2500\u2500 OrganizationalChangeEvent (existing - organizational changes)\n\u251C\u2500\u2500 IntangibleHeritageEvent (future - ICH-related events)\n\u251C\u2500\u2500 CollectionEvent (future - accession, deaccession, loan)\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 PersonEvent (future - birth, death, career milestones)\n```\n\n**CIDOC-CRM ALIGNMENT**:\n\nMaps to crm:E5_Event which is defined as:\n\"This class comprises distinct,\ \ delimited and coherent processes and states, \neither deliberately or spontaneously caused by E39 Actors, that result in \nchanges in E18 Physical Things.\"\n\nKey relationships:\n- crm:P4_has_time-span \u2192 TimeSpan (when)\n- crm:P7_took_place_at \u2192 Place (where)\n- crm:P11_had_participant \u2192 Actor (who)\n- crm:P2_has_type \u2192 EventTypeEnum (what kind)\n\n**RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING OrganizationalChangeEvent**:\n\nOrganizationalChangeEvent already exists and maps to crm:E5_Event.\nThis Event class provides:\n1. Shared base properties (temporal_extent, involved_actors, took_place_at)\n2. Generic event typing (hypernym_event_type)\n3. Foundation for other event types\n\nFuture migration: OrganizationalChangeEvent can inherit from Event.\n\n**RELATIONSHIP TO ACTORS**:\n\nEvents link to actors bidirectionally:\n- Event \u2192 involved_actors \u2192 Custodian/Person (who participated)\n- Custodian \u2192 organizational_change_events \u2192 Event (what events affected org)\n\ - Person \u2192 is_or_was_affected_by_event \u2192 Event (what events affected person)\n\n**EXAMPLE - Merger Event**:\n```yaml\nEvent:\n event_id: \"https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/event/nha-merger-2001\"\n event_label: \"Noord-Hollands Archief Merger\"\n hypernym_event_type: TRANSFORMATION\n temporal_extent:\n begin_of_the_begin: \"2001-01-01\"\n end_of_the_end: \"2001-01-01\"\n took_place_at: \"https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/place/nl-nh-haa\"\n involved_actors:\n - \"https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/nl-nh-haa-a-gah\"\n - \"https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/nl-nh-haa-a-ranh\"\n has_or_had_description: |\n Merger of Gemeentearchief Haarlem (founded 1910) and\n Rijksarchief in Noord-Holland (founded 1802) to form\n Noord-Hollands Archief.\n confidence_score: 0.95\n documentation_source:\n - \"https://noord-hollandsarchief.nl/over-ons/geschiedenis\"\n```\n\n**EXAMPLE - Destruction Event**:\n```yaml\nEvent:\n event_id: \"https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/event/gaza-library-destruction-2024\"\ \n event_label: \"Gaza Public Library Destruction\"\n hypernym_event_type: DESTRUCTION\n temporal_extent:\n begin_of_the_begin: \"2024-01-15\"\n end_of_the_end: \"2024-01-15\"\n took_place_at: \"https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/place/ps-gz-gaz\"\n has_or_had_description: |\n Gaza Public Library destroyed during military operations.\n confidence_score: 0.85\n```\n" exact_mappings: - crm:E5_Event - prov:Activity - rico:Event close_mappings: - schema:Event - crm:E4_Period - crm:E7_Activity broad_mappings: - crm:E2_Temporal_Entity - prov:Entity narrow_mappings: - crm:E63_Beginning_of_Existence - crm:E64_End_of_Existence - crm:E81_Transformation - crm:E10_Transfer_of_Custody - crm:E9_Move - crm:E85_Joining - crm:E86_Leaving slots: - has_or_had_documentation - has_or_had_description - has_or_had_identifier - has_or_had_label - has_or_had_hypernym - temporal_extent - involves_or_involved - has_or_had_score - takes_or_took_place_at - is_or_was_generated_by slot_usage: has_or_had_identifier: required: true identifier: true has_or_had_hypernym: required: true range: uriorcurie # range: EventType inlined: true has_or_had_label: required: true has_or_had_description: required: false temporal_extent: required: false range: TimeSpan inlined: true is_or_was_generated_by: range: uriorcurie # range: GenerationEvent required: false inlined: true description: 'Generation event containing confidence score for this event. MIGRATED 2026-01-19: Replaces confidence_score slot with structured pattern.' examples: - value: has_or_had_score: has_or_had_score: 0.95 has_or_had_method: documentation_verification comments: - Event is the hub class for all temporal phenomena in the HC ontology - Domain-specific events (OrganizationalChangeEvent, CollectionEvent) can inherit from Event - TimeSpan link (temporal_extent) is critical - enables fuzzy temporal reasoning - Actor links (involved_actors) connect events to both persons and organizations - has_or_had_hypernym provides cross-domain event queries - 'Future: Add participated_in_events slot to Custodian and Person for inverse navigation' - "MIGRATED 2026-01-19: confidence_score \u2192 is_or_was_generated_by + ConfidenceScore" examples: - value: has_or_had_identifier: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/event/nha-merger-2001 has_or_had_label: Noord-Hollands Archief Merger has_or_had_hypernym: TRANSFORMATION temporal_extent: begin_of_the_begin: '2001-01-01' end_of_the_end: '2001-01-01' takes_or_took_place_at: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/place/nl-nh-haa has_or_had_involved_actor: - https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/nl-nh-haa-a-gah - https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/nl-nh-haa-a-ranh has_or_had_description: 'Merger of Gemeentearchief Haarlem (founded 1910) and Rijksarchief in Noord-Holland (founded 1802) to form Noord-Hollands Archief. ' is_or_was_generated_by: has_or_had_score: has_or_had_score: 0.95 has_or_had_documentation: - has_or_had_url: url_value: https://noord-hollandsarchief.nl/over-ons/geschiedenis annotations: specificity_score: 0.1 specificity_rationale: Generic utility class/slot created during migration custodian_types: "['*']"