edm:Agent

Property

Description

Value
type

Cardinality

skos:prefLabel

The preferred form of the name of the agent. Although the maximum number of occurrences is set at 1, it can be interpreted as 1 per language tag. At least one skos:prefLabel SHOULD be provided. Several prefLabels with languages tags are strongly recommended for language variants and translations.

This is a recommended property for this class.
<skos:prefLabel xml:lang=''fr''>Courtois neveu aîné</skos:prefLabel>
<skos:prefLabel xml:lang=''en''>Courtois’eldest nephew</skos:prefLabel>

For recommendations on medata quality see Tier A-C requirements , more specifically Metadata Tier B and Metadata Tier C

literal

0...1

skos:altLabel

Alternative forms of the name of the agent. This is a recommended property for this class.

<skos:altLabel xml:lang="en">Courtois</skos:altLabel>
<skos:altLabel xml:lang="fr">Augte. Courtois aîné</skos:altLabel>

literal

0....n

skos:note

A note about the agent e.g. biographical notes.
<skos:note> Courtois neveu aîné started a company of the same name manufacturing brass instruments in Paris in 1803</skos:note>

literal

0....n

dc:date

A significant date associated with the Agent. Europeana recommends date conforming to ISO 8601 starting with the year and with hyphens (YYYY-MM-DD).
<dc:date>1803</dc:date/>

literal or ref

0....n

dc:identifier

An identifier of the agent.
<dc:identifier>http://viaf.org/viaf/96994048 </dc:identifier>

literal

0....n

dcterms:hasPart

Reference to an Agent that is part of the Agent being described (e.g. a part of a corporation).
<dcterms:hasPart rdf:resource=“http://identifier/partOfCorporation/”>

ref

0....n

dcterms:isPartOf

Reference to an agent that the described agent is part of.
<dcterms:isPartOf rdf:resource=“http://identifier/parentCorporation/”>

ref

0....n

edm:begin

The date the agent was born/established. Europeana recommends date conforming to ISO 8601 starting with the year and with hyphens (YYYY-MM-DD).
<edm:begin>1795</edm:begin>

Generic "begin" and "end" properties are being used to indicate start date and end date generically for edm:Agent and edm:TimeSpan. For edm:Agent this can be interpreted and
birth and death dates.

For recommendations on medata quality see Tier A-C requirements , more specifically Metadata Tier B and Metadata Tier C

literal

0....1

edm:end

Generic "begin" and "end" properties are being used to indicate start date and end date generically for edm:Agent and edm:TimeSpan. For edm:Agent this can be interpreted and
birth and death dates.

For recommendations on medata quality see Tier A-C requirements , more specifically Metadata Tier B and Metadata Tier C

literal

0....1

edm:hasMet

Reference to another entity which the agent has “met” in a broad sense. For example a reference to a Place class
<edm:hasMet rdf:resource=“http://sws.geonames.org/6620265/”>

ref

0....n

edm:isRelatedTo

Reference to other entities, particularly other agents, with whom the agent is related in a generic sense.
<edm:isRelatedTo rdf:resource=“http://identifier/relatedAgent/”>

ref

0....n

foaf:name

The name of the agent as a simple textual string.
<foaf:name>Auguste Courtois</foaf:name>

literal

0....n

rdaGr2:biographicalInformation

Information pertaining to the life or history of the agent.
<rdaGr2:biographicalInformation>Courtois neveu aîné started a company of the same name manufacturing brass instruments in Paris in 1803</rdaGr2:biographicalInformation>

literal

0....n

rdaGr2:dateOfBirth

The date the agent (person) was born. Europeana recommends date conforming to ISO 8601 starting with the year and with hyphens (YYYY-MM-DD).

This is a recommended property for this class.
<rdaGr2:dateOfBirth>1795</rdaGr2:dateOfBirth>

dates.

For recommendations on medata quality see Tier A-C requirements , more specifically Metadata Tier B and Metadata Tier C

literal

0....1

rdaGr2:dateOfDeath

The date the agent (person) died. Europeana recommends date conforming to ISO 8601 starting with the year and with hyphens (YYYY‐MM-DD).

This is a recommended property for this class.
<rdaGr2:dateOfDeath>1895</rdaGr2:dateOfDeath>

For recommendations on medata quality see Tier A-C requirements , more specifically Metadata Tier B and Metadata Tier C

literal

0....1

rdaGr2:dateOfEstablishment

The date on which the agent (corporate body) was established or founded.
<rdaGr2:dateOfEstablishment>1795</rdaGr2:dateOfEstablishment>

literal

0....1

rdaGr2:dateOfTermination

The date on which the agent (corporate body) was terminated or dissolved.
<rdaGr2:dateOfTermination>1895</rdaGr2:dateOfTermination>

literal

0....1

rdaGr2:gender

The gender with which the agent identifies.
< rdaGr2:gender>Female</rdaGr2:gender>

literal

0....1

rdaGr2:placeOfBirth

The town, city, province, state, and/or country in which a person was born.
<rdaGr2:placeOfBirth>Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia</rdaGr2:placeOfBirth>
<rdaGr2:placeOfBirth rdf:resource=”http://sws.geonames.org/909137/”/>

For recommendations on medata quality see Tier A-C requirements , more specifically Metadata Tier B and Metadata Tier C

literal or ref

0....1

rdaGr2:placeOfDeath

The town, city, province, state, and/or country in which a person died.
<rdaGr2:placeOfDeath>London, United Kingdom</rdaGr2:placeOfDeath>
<rdaGr2:placeOfDeath rdf:resource=“http://sws.geonames.org/2635167/”/>

For recommendations on medata quality see Tier A-C requirements , more specifically Metadata Tier B and Metadata Tier C

literal or ref

0....1

rdaGr2:professionOrOccupation

The profession or occupation in which the agent works or has worked.
<rdaGr2:professionOrOccupation>Instrument Maker</rdaGr2:professionOrOccupation>

literal or ref

0....n

owl:sameAs

Another URI of the same agent.
<owl:sameAs rdf:resource=“http://www.identifier/sameResourceElsewhere”/>

ref

0....n