Europeana adds foaf:Organisationclass to provided EDM record during ingestion to expose information about organisations providing data partners, including both aggregators and CHIs. This data is collected Information about organisations is first recorded in Europeana's customer relationship management tool, Zoho CRM, as outlined in the guide for aggregators.
The mandatory property (rdf:about) is properties are marked in dark blue.
The recommended properties (skos:prefLabel, owl:isSameAs)are marked in dark red.
The optional properties are left in black.
Please provide the properties in the record in the same order given in this document, the metadata validation performed by Europeana requires this order.
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Property | Description | Value | Cardinality |
skos:prefLabel | The preferred form of the name of the organisation. Although the maximum number of occurrences is set at 1, it can be interpreted as 1 per language tag. At least one skos:prefLabel MUST be provided. It is recommended to provide both the English name and the organisation's name in its native (official) language. If the organisation's native language is not supported by Europeana, an English label is mandatory. | literal | 1….1 |
edm:acronym | Acronym of organisation in English or native language. | literal | 0….n |
skos:altLabel | Alternative forms of the name of the organisation. | literal | 0….n |
skos:hiddenLabel | The unofficial names of the organisation provided by aggregators in the source data, for example name variations that combine skos:prefLabel with acronyms or the name of the city where organisation is based. Hidden labels are used for matching during semantic enrichment. | literal | 0….n |
dc:description | Description of the organisation. | literal | 0….n |
foaf:logo | Small image that represents the organisation. | ref | 0….1 |
edm:europeanaRole | Describes the organisation's level of participation in Europeana: whether it is a potential providing institution, providing institution, aggregator, or accredited aggregator. | ref | 1….n |
edm:country | The country where the organisation is physically located. | ref | 1….1 |
edm:language | The official language of the organisation, which is typically the language spoken or used by the organisation, reflecting its country of origin or cultural context. | literal | 1….n |
foaf:homepage | Website of the organisation. | ref | 0….1 |
foaf:mbox | Email address of the organisation. | literal | 0….n |
vcard:hasAddress | Physical address of the organisation, including at most the street, ZIP code, city, and country. For most organisations, city and country information is available. | ref | 0….1 |
edm:aggregatesFrom | Used to describe the relationship between the aggregator and CHIs, recording the names of CHIs with which the aggregator collaborates to provide data to Europeana. | ref | 0….n |
edm:aggregatedVia | Used to describe the relationship between the CHI and aggregator(s), recording the names of aggregator(s) with which the CHI collaborates to provide data to Europeana. | ref | 0….n |
owl:sameAs | Another URI that can be used to identify this organisation (for example, an entity from LD vocabulary or a persistent identifier for organisation). | ref | 0….n |