glam/schemas/20251121/linkml/modules/classes/LegalForm.yaml
kempersc 4319f38c05 Add archived slots for audience size, audience type, and capacity metrics
- Created new YAML files for audience size and audience type slots, defining their properties and annotations.
- Added archived capacity slots including cubic meters, linear meters, item count, and descriptions, with appropriate URIs and ranges.
- Introduced a template specificity slot for context-aware RAG filtering.
- Consolidated capacity-related slots into a unified structure, including has_or_had_capacity, capacity_type, and capacity_value, with detailed descriptions and examples.
2026-01-17 18:53:23 +01:00

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id: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/class/LegalForm
name: legal_form_class
title: Legal Form Class
description: 'Specific legal forms of organizations as defined by national and international law.
Based on ISO 20275 Entity Legal Form (ELF) codes.
'
prefixes:
linkml: https://w3id.org/linkml/
rov: http://www.w3.org/ns/regorg#
gleif: https://www.gleif.org/ontology/Base/
iso20275: https://www.gleif.org/en/about-lei/code-lists/iso-20275-entity-legal-forms-code-list
imports:
- linkml:types
- ../metadata
- ./LegalEntityType
- ./Country
- ../slots/specificity_annotation
- ../slots/has_or_had_score # was: template_specificity - migrated per Rule 53 (2026-01-17)
- ./SpecificityAnnotation
- ./TemplateSpecificityScore # was: TemplateSpecificityScores - migrated per Rule 53 (2026-01-17)
- ./TemplateSpecificityType
- ./TemplateSpecificityTypes
- ../slots/specificity_annotation
- ../slots/has_or_had_score # was: template_specificity - migrated per Rule 53 (2026-01-17)
- ../slots/specificity_annotation
- ../slots/has_or_had_score # was: template_specificity - migrated per Rule 53 (2026-01-17)
classes:
LegalForm:
class_uri: rov:orgType
description: 'Legal form of an organization as recognized by law.
Based on ISO 20275 Entity Legal Forms (ELF) standard.
Maps to:
- rov:orgType (Registered Organizations Vocabulary)
- gleif:hasLegalForm (GLEIF ontology)
- tooi:rechtsvorm (TOOI for Dutch entities)
'
attributes:
id:
identifier: true
slot_uri: schema:identifier
description: Unique identifier for the legal form
range: uriorcurie
required: true
elf_code:
slot_uri: gleif:hasEntityLegalFormCode
description: 'ISO 20275 Entity Legal Form code (4 alphanumeric characters).
Examples: 8888 (Stichting), RJFM (Public Limited Company)
'
range: string
required: true
pattern: ^[A-Z0-9]{4}$
has_or_had_country:
slot_uri: schema:addressCountry
description: 'Country jurisdiction for this legal form.
Links to Country class with ISO 3166-1 codes.
Legal forms are jurisdiction-specific - a "Stichting" in Netherlands (NL)
has different legal meaning than a "Fundación" in Spain (ES).
Schema.org: addressCountry indicates jurisdiction.
Examples:
- Dutch Stichting → country.alpha_2 = "NL"
- German GmbH → country.alpha_2 = "DE"
- French Association → country.alpha_2 = "FR"
'
range: Country
required: true
local_name:
slot_uri: schema:name
description: 'Name of the legal form in the local language.
Examples: "Stichting", "Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung"
'
range: string
required: true
transliterated_name:
slot_uri: schema:alternateName
description: 'Transliterated name for non-Latin scripts.
Used for legal forms from countries using non-Latin alphabets.
'
range: string
has_or_had_abbreviation:
slot_uri: schema:additionalName
description: 'Common has_or_had_abbreviation of the legal form.
Examples: "BV", "GmbH", "LLC"
'
range: string
legal_entity_type:
slot_uri: org:classification
description: 'Reference to the high-level LegalEntityType.
Links to either PERSON or ORGANIZATION.
'
range: LegalEntityType
required: true
parent_form:
slot_uri: org:hasSubOrganization
description: 'Parent legal form in the hierarchy.
Example: "Limited Company" may have subtypes like "Public Limited Company"
'
range: LegalForm
valid_from:
slot_uri: schema:validFrom
description: Date when this legal form code became valid
range: date
valid_to:
slot_uri: schema:validThrough
description: Date when this legal form code ceased to be valid (if applicable)
range: date
comments:
- ISO 20275 defines over 1,600 legal forms across 150+ jurisdictions
- Each legal form has specific rights, obligations, and governance requirements
- Legal forms determine tax treatment, liability, and reporting requirements
slots:
- specificity_annotation
- has_or_had_score # was: template_specificity - migrated per Rule 53 (2026-01-17)