id: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/class/CurationActivity name: CurationActivity title: CurationActivity Class prefixes: linkml: https://w3id.org/linkml/ hc: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/ crm: http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/ rico: https://www.ica.org/standards/RiC/ontology# prov: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov# schema: http://schema.org/ dcterms: http://purl.org/dc/terms/ aat: http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/ skos: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core# default_prefix: hc imports: - linkml:types - ../enums/CurationActivityTypeEnum - ../metadata - ../slots/curate - ../slots/has_objective - ../slots/has_output - ../slots/has_type - ../slots/allocated_budget - ../slots/recur_at - ../slots/add - ../slots/affect - ../slots/has_quantity - ../slots/remove - ../slots/has_priority - ../slots/has_pattern - ../slots/associated_with - ../slots/managed_by - ../slots/has_protocol classes: CurationActivity: is_a: Activity class_uri: crm:E87_Curation_Activity description: "Ongoing collection management activities performed to preserve heritage for access.\n\n**CIDOC-CRM Definition**:\n\nE87_Curation_Activity comprises \"the activities that result in the continuity of\nmanagement and the preservation and evolution of instances of E78 Curated Holding.\"\n\n**INHERITANCE**:\n\nExtends `Activity` base class. Inherits:\n# - has_activity_identifier (required, identifier)\n# - has_activity_name (required)\n# - has_activity_description\n- has_activity_type \u2192 ActivityType\n- temporal_extent \u2192 TimeSpan\n- succeeded_by, preceding_activity\n- status, note\n\n**KEY DISTINCTION**:\n\n| Concept | Class | Duration | Example |\n|---------|-------|----------|---------|\n| **Curation Activity** | CurationActivity | Ongoing/recurring | Annual inventory |\n| Exhibition | Exhibition | Time-bounded | \"Van Gogh Retrospective\" |\n| Conservation treatment | ConservationRecord | Discrete action | Frame repair |\n| Provenance event | ProvenanceEvent\ \ | Point-in-time | Sale at auction |\n\n**RELATIONSHIP TO COLLECTION**:\n\n```\nCollection (rico:RecordSet)\n \u2502\n \u251C\u2500\u2500 items \u2192 ExhibitedObject[]\n \u2502\n \u2514\u2500\u2500 curation_activities \u2192 CurationActivity[] (THIS CLASS)\n \u2502\n \u251C\u2500\u2500 has_activity_type: CurationActivityType\n \u251C\u2500\u2500 curated_holding: Collection (back-reference)\n \u251C\u2500\u2500 objects_affected: ExhibitedObject[]\n \u251C\u2500\u2500 responsible_actor: PersonObservation\n \u2514\u2500\u2500 has_timespan: TimeSpan\n```\n\n**SPECTRUM ALIGNMENT**:\n\nMaps to SPECTRUM (UK Collections Management Standard) primary procedures:\n\n| SPECTRUM Procedure | CurationActivityTypeEnum |\n|--------------------|--------------------------|\n| Object Entry | ACCESSIONING |\n| Acquisition | ACQUISITION_RESEARCH |\n| Inventory Control | INVENTORY |\n| Cataloguing | CATALOGING |\n| Object\ \ Storage | REHOUSING, STORAGE_REORGANIZATION |\n| Location and Movement | RELOCATION |\n| Condition Checking | CONDITION_SURVEY |\n| Collections Care | PREVENTIVE_CONSERVATION |\n| Deaccession and Disposal | DEACCESSIONING |\n| Loans Out/In | OUTGOING_LOAN_MANAGEMENT, INCOMING_LOAN_MANAGEMENT |\n| Valuation | VALUATION |\n| Audit | AUDIT |\n\n**ACTIVITY CATEGORIES**:\n\n1. **Acquisition/Disposal**: Accessioning, deaccessioning, collection review\n2. **Documentation**: Cataloging, inventory, provenance research, rights research\n3. **Physical Management**: Rehousing, relocation, storage reorganization\n4. **Preservation**: Condition surveys, preventive conservation, disaster planning\n5. **Access**: Digitization, photography, interpretation, online publication\n6. **Loans**: Outgoing and incoming loan management\n7. **Administrative**: Collection development, registration, valuation, audit\n8. **Integration**: Database migration, vocabulary alignment, linked data\n\n**PROVENANCE TRACKING\ \ (PROV-O)**:\n\nCurationActivity generates provenance information (inherited from Activity):\n- `prov:Activity` - The curation activity itself\n- `prov:wasAssociatedWith` - Responsible actor (staff, contractor)\n- `prov:used` - Objects/collections processed\n- `prov:generated` - Documentation, reports, digital surrogates\n- `prov:atTime` - Activity timespan\n\n**DELIVERABLES**:\n\nActivities typically produce documentation:\n- Accession records (ACCESSIONING)\n- Catalog records (CATALOGING)\n- Condition reports (CONDITION_SURVEY)\n- Finding aids (CATALOGING for archives)\n- Digital surrogates (DIGITIZATION)\n- Valuation reports (VALUATION)\n- Audit reports (AUDIT)\n" exact_mappings: - crm:E87_Curation_Activity close_mappings: - rico:Activity related_mappings: - crm:E7_Activity - crm:E65_Creation - aat:300054277 slots: - allocated_budget - curate - has_type - has_objective - has_output - recur_at - add - objects_affected - has_quantity - remove - has_priority - has_pattern - associated_with - managed_by - has_protocol slot_usage: has_type: examples: - value: INVENTORY - value: DIGITIZATION - value: ACCESSIONING curate: range: Collection multivalued: true inlined: false examples: - value: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/collection/rijksmuseum-dutch-masters associated_with: range: PersonObservation multivalued: true inlined: false examples: - value: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/person/jan-de-vries-registrar managed_by: # range: string examples: - value: Registration Department - value: Digital Initiatives - value: Conservation Lab recur_at: range: boolean examples: - value: true - value: false has_pattern: # range: string examples: - value: P1Y - value: P3M - value: Every January objects_affected: range: ExhibitedObject multivalued: true inlined: false examples: - value: - https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/object/rijksmuseum-nightwatch - https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/object/rijksmuseum-milkmaid add: range: ExhibitedObject multivalued: true inlined: false examples: - value: - https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/object/new-acquisition-2025-001 remove: range: ExhibitedObject multivalued: true inlined: false examples: - value: - https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/object/deaccessioned-2025-001 has_quantity: range: integer examples: - value: 10000 - value: 342 has_output: range: Documentation multivalued: true examples: - value: has_label: Inventory reconciliation report (2025-03-31) - value: has_label: Condition notation updates has_objective: # range: string multivalued: true inlined: false # Fixed invalid inline for primitive type inlined_as_list: false # Fixed invalid inline for primitive type examples: - value: has_label: has_text: Inventory reconciliation report deliverable_url: https://example.org/reports/inventory-2025.pdf is_completed: true - value: has_label: has_text: VOC Series Finding Aid deliverable_url: https://example.org/finding-aids/voc-series-1.ead is_completed: true allocated_budget: # range: string examples: - value: EUR 125,000 - value: USD 50,000 has_priority: # range: string examples: - value: HIGH - value: CRITICAL has_protocol: # range: string examples: - value: inventory - value: cataloguing - value: condition-assessment annotations: specificity_score: '0.65' specificity_rationale: Moderately specific - CurationActivity is domain-specific but broadly applicable across museum, archive, and library custodian types. has_score: null custodian_types: "['*']" comments: - CurationActivity extends Activity base class (refactored 2026-01-13) - Inherits generic slots from Activity, adds curation-specific slots - CurationActivity represents ONGOING collection management (not discrete events) - Distinct from Exhibition (time-bounded), ConservationRecord (discrete treatment) - "Links Collection \u2192 CurationActivity[] via Collection.curation_activities slot" - Activity types defined in CurationActivityTypeEnum with SPECTRUM alignment - Supports activity chaining via succeeded_by/preceding_activity (inherited) - Tracks objects affected, added, removed for collection change management see_also: - http://www.cidoc-crm.org/html/cidoc_crm_v7.1.3.html#E87 - https://collectionstrust.org.uk/spectrum/ - https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-o/ examples: - value: identified_by: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/activity/rijksmuseum-inventory-2025-001 has_label: 2025 Annual Collection Inventory - Dutch Masters has_description: "Annual physical inventory of the Dutch Masters collection \n(Gallery of Honour and adjacent galleries). Spot-check methodology \nwith 20% sample verification against CMS records. Includes \ncondition notation and location verification.\n" curate: - https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/collection/rijksmuseum-dutch-masters responsible_actor: - https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/person/maria-jansen-registrar responsible_department: Registration Department temporal_extent: begin_of_the_begin: '2025-01-15' end_of_the_end: '2025-03-31' is_recurring: true recurrence_pattern: P1Y objects_count: 450 has_output: - has_label: Inventory reconciliation report - has_label: Location discrepancy list (3 items) - has_label: Condition notation updates (28 records) priority: MEDIUM spectrum_procedure: inventory - value: identified_by: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/activity/nationaal-archief-digitization-voc-2024 has_label: VOC Archives Digitization Project - Phase 2 has_description: "Second phase of systematic digitization of VOC (Dutch East India \nCompany) archives. Focus on Hoge Regering Batavia series (1.04.02). \nHigh-resolution scanning with OCR/HTR processing for searchability. \nIIIF-compliant output.\n" curate: - https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/collection/nationaal-archief-voc-fonds responsible_department: Digital Services temporal_extent: begin_of_the_begin: '2024-03-01' end_of_the_end: '2025-12-31' is_recurring: false objects_count: 125000 has_output: - has_label: Digital asset management records - has_label: OCR quality assessment report - has_label: IIIF manifest files has_objective: - has_label: has_text: VOC Digital Archive deliverable_url: https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/1.04.02/digital is_completed: true allocated_budget: EUR 850,000 priority: HIGH spectrum_procedure: documentation preceding_activity: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/activity/voc-digitization-phase-1 - value: identified_by: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/activity/kb-rehousing-medieval-2025 has_label: Medieval Manuscripts Rehousing Initiative has_description: "Transfer of 342 medieval manuscripts from legacy storage to \ncustom-fitted archival boxes with acid-free tissue interleaving. \nIncludes updated location records and condition photography.\n" curate: - https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/collection/kb-medieval-manuscripts responsible_department: Special Collections Conservation temporal_extent: begin_of_the_begin: '2025-02-01' end_of_the_end: '2025-08-31' is_recurring: false objects_count: 342 has_output: - has_label: Rehousing completion report - has_label: Before/after condition photographs - has_label: Updated location records in CMS allocated_budget: EUR 95,000 priority: HIGH spectrum_procedure: object-storage preceding_activity: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/activity/kb-condition-survey-2024