id: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/class/Reference
name: Reference
title: Reference Class
description: "Represents a bibliographic or source reference with citation text and\
  \ metadata.\n**USE CASES**: - Source citations for birth/death dates from historical\
  \ documents - Documentary evidence supporting claims - Catalog or finding aid references\n\
  **EXAMPLE**: ```yaml Reference:\n  citation_text: \"born in the year of our Lord\
  \ 1823\"\n  source_type: \"parish_register\"\n  source_location: \"Amsterdam Stadsarchief,\
  \ DTB 123\"\n```"
prefixes:
  linkml: https://w3id.org/linkml/
  hc: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/
  dcterms: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
  schema: http://schema.org/
  bibo: http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/
default_prefix: hc
imports:
  - linkml:types
  - ../slots/has_or_had_label
classes:
  Reference:
    class_uri: dcterms:BibliographicResource
    description: A bibliographic or documentary reference containing citation text
      and source metadata.
    exact_mappings:
    - dcterms:BibliographicResource
    close_mappings:
    - schema:CreativeWork
    - bibo:Document
    slots:
    - has_or_had_label
    - source_type
    - source_date
    slot_usage:
      has_or_had_label:
        range: string
        inlined: true
        examples:
        - value:
            label_value: Parish register entry for Johannes van Berg
    examples:
    - value:
        source_type: parish_register
        source_date: '1823-03-15'
    - value:
        source_type: biography
    annotations:
      custodian_types: '["*"]'
      specificity_score: 0.4
      specificity_rationale: Moderately specific - bibliographic references used across
        heritage research.