VU Events at a glance

Classes: | Actor | ActorType | Event | EventType | Object | ObjectType | Place | PlaceType | Role | RoleType | TimeStampedEntity | Type |

Properties: | actorType | beginsAt | beginsInPlace | childOfType | directPartOfEvent | directPartOfPlace | endsAt | endsInPlace | eventType | hasPart | hasRole | hasType | involvedIn | involves | objectInPlace | objectType | parentOfType | partOf | partOfDirect | partOfEvent | partOfPlace | participatesIn | participatesInAsRole | placeType | roleInPlace | roleType | takesPlaceIn | timeStampedAt |

Classes and Properties (full detail)


Class: event:Actor

Actor - A thing, animate or inanimate, physical or non-physical, that plays a part in an "Event".
Status: unknown
subClassOf Time-stamped entity

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Class: event:ActorType

Actor type - an "actorType" is a non-mandatory definition of an intrinsic type, inherent to the "Actor" him/her/itself, and not to his/her/its "Role": an "Actor" can be Caucasian, independently from the role that he or she has in a certain time span of his/her life. Specifying an "ActorType" is not mandatory but recommended.
Status: unknown
subClassOf Types

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Class: event:Event

Event - Something significant that happens at a specified place and time; the semantics of what this event is should be defined as an "Event Type", enabling multiple (possibly external) hierarchies of events.
Status: unknown
subClassOf Time-stamped entity

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Class: event:EventType

Event type - "eventType"s can be the Storming of the Bastille, an auction, a ship entering a harbor or The Birth of Venus. Specifying an "EventType" is not mandatory but recommended.
Status: unknown
subClassOf Types

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Class: event:Object

Object - A thing, animate or inaminate, that is a relevant instrument of an "Event" but does not play a role per se.
Status: unknown
subClassOf Time-stamped entity

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Class: event:ObjectType

Object type - an "ObjectType" can be a crown, a ritual sword, a container ship etc. Specifying an "ObjectType" is not mandatory but recommended.
Status: unknown
subClassOf Types

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Class: event:Place

Place - A physical or non-physical (or even mythical) location where "Event"s can take place and where "Role"s can be played.
Status: unknown
subClassOf Time-stamped entity

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Class: event:PlaceType

Place type - a "PlaceType" can be a Place of Interest, countries, geo-spatial areas like a forest or points defined by geo-coordinates. Hence, the "PlaceType"s can be defined externally and independently from the Core VUevent Model. Specifying a "PlaceType" is not mandatory but recommended.
Status: unknown
subClassOf Types

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Class: event:Role

Role - A "Role" specifies the temporal boundary of an "Actor"'s "RoleType". For example, Napoleon Bonaparte was only Emperor for a specific part of his life. The specification of a "Role" is not mandatory but a recommended practice.
Status: unknown
subClassOf Time-stamped entity

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Class: event:RoleType

Role type - The semantic definition of the "Role" that an "Acctor" is plating in a certain "Event": Emperor, King, Pirate, Painter, NGO, Nation etc. Specifying an "RoleType" is not mandatory but recommended.
Status: unknown
subClassOf Types

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Class: event:TimeStampedEntity

Time-stamped entity - This can be anything, physical, or non-physical, an object, or a process, as long as it has a specified time where it exists. Instances of this class have a denotated time. For example, a range of time that "beginsAt" a certain moment and "endsAt" a certain moment.
Status: unknown
has subclass Actor Place Event Object Role

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Class: event:Type

Types - Non time-stamped specified types of "Event"s, "Actor"s, "Object"s, "Place"s, etc. Specifying a "Type" is not mandatory but recommended.
Status: unknown
has subclass Actor type Event type Object type Place type Role type

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Property: event:roleInPlace

Role played in Event in Place - A "Role" can be directly linked to a "Place".
Status: unknown

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Property: event:takesPlaceIn

takes place in - An "Event" "takesPlaceIn" a "Place".
Status: unknown

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Property: event:childOfType

child of type - The "childOfType" property states that all entities of the child's "Type" are also of this "Type".
Status: unknown

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Property: event:directPartOfPlace

direct part of place - "Place"s can be a "directPartOf" an other "Place".
Status: unknown

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Property: event:parentOfType

parent of type - The "parentOfType" property states that all entities of that "Type" are also of the parent's "Type".
Status: unknown

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Property: event:participatesIn

participates in - An "Actor" "participatesIn" an "Event".
Status: unknown

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Property: event:objectType

has object type - The "Type" of an "Object". For example, "crown", or "book". Specifically, a passive object, not an "Actor". The specification of a "Type" is not mandatory but a recommended practice.
Status: unknown

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Property: event:placeType

has place type - The "Type" of a "Place". For example, "The Dutch coast"; "A city". The specification of a "Type" is not mandatory but a recommended practice.
Status: unknown

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Property: event:objectInPlace

Object involved in Event in Place - An "Object" can be directly linked to a "Place".
Status: unknown

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Property: event:hasType

has type - this property enables to make the distinction between a 'global' type, like "Role", and domain-specific types, like Pope, King, Pirate, Painter, NGO etc. For the users who do not wish to make this distinction, the type of the different classes of teh model can be specified directly with the rdf:type property. The specification of a "Type" is not mandatory but a recommended practice.
Status: unknown

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Property: event:partOfEvent

part of event - "Event"s can be "partOf" an other "Event".
Status: unknown

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Property: event:hasRole

has role - An "Actor", "Object" and a "Place" can assume a "Role". It is a recommended practice to specify which "Role" they play when participating in the "Event" .
Status: unknown

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Property: event:beginsAt

begins at - The moment at which a "TimeStamp" starts. In case of a point in time, the value of this property should be equivalent to the "endsAt" value.
Status: unknown

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Property: event:directPartOfEvent

direct part of event - "Event"s can be a "directPartOf" an other "Event".
Status: unknown

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Property: event:beginsInPlace

begins in place - An "Event" starts at a certain "Place".
Status: unknown

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Property: event:participatesInAsRole

participates in as role - An "Actor" "participatesIn" an "Event" within the context of a certain "Role". The specification of a "Role" is not mandatory but a highly recommended practice.
Status: unknown

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Property: event:partOfDirect

part of direct - "TimeStampedEntiti"es can be directecly related to others with the "partOf" property.
Status: unknown

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Property: event:involvedIn

involved in - "Object"s are "involvedIn" an "Event".
Status: unknown

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Property: event:timeStampedAt

time stamped at - A property to specify the time of a TimeStampedEntity. The type of the values is not specified, but could be a TIMEX string.
Status: unknown

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Property: event:eventType

has event type - The "Type" of an "Event". For example, "The coronation of Napoleon"; "A ship anchoring"; "A specimen being observed"; or a news event, like "The fall of the Berlin wall". The specification of a "Type" is not mandatory but a recommended practice.
Status: unknown

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Property: event:roleType

has role type - The "Type" of a "Role". For example, "captain", "painter", or "instigator", "ritual object", "capital" for a city, etc. The specification of a "Type" is not mandatory but a recommended practice.
Status: unknown

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Property: event:partOfPlace

part of place - "Place"s can be "partOf" an other "Place".
Status: unknown

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Property: event:partOf

part of - "TimeStampedEntities" can be "partOf" an other "TimeStampedEntities".
Status: unknown

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Property: event:endsAt

ends at - The moment at which a "TimeStamp" starts. In case of a point in time, the value of this property should be equivalent to the "beginsAt" value.
Status: unknown

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Property: event:hasPart

has part - An "Event" can "hasPart" another "Event", which defines the second "Event" to be a subprocess of the first. For example, an "Event" can play a part in another "Event" or an "Event" can be seminal to a "Movement".
Status: unknown

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Property: event:endsInPlace

ends in place - An "Event" ends at a certain "Place".
Status: unknown

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Property: event:involves

involves - "Event"s can "involves" "Object"(s).
Status: unknown

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Property: event:actorType

has actor type - The "Type" of an "Actor". For example, "Person"; "Organisation". The specification of a "Type" is not mandatory but a recommended practice.
Status: unknown

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