A datetime of an event in the lifecycle of the resource, in ISO 8601 format. Typically, Date will be associated with the creation or availability of the resource.
Recommended best practice for encoding the date value is defined in a profile of ISO 8601 [W3CDTF]
and includes (among others) dates of the form YYYY-MM-DD.
This is a Dubin Core element.
date
An academic title is given by a university to a person upon the completion of a particular course of study. E.g. PhD, MSc, MD
Conceptual model of the XML interface for the IST World context ResultPublication.
An entity responsible for making contributions to the content of the resource.
Examples of Contributor include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Contributor should be used to indicate the entity.
This is a Dubin Core element.
contributor
A language of the intellectual content of the resource.
Recommended best practice is to use RFC 3066 [RFC3066] which, in conjunction with ISO639 [ISO639]), defines two- and three-letter primary language tags with optional subtags. Examples include "en" or "eng" for English, "akk" for Akkadian", and "en-GB" for English used in the United Kingdom.
This is a Dubin Core element.
language
A result publication is a deliverable, usually resulting from a project activity. It is published in either paper or digital formats. Added languageCode as an CERIF extension.
A living human about whom we wish to store a significant record.
The expertise or skills or an Person or OrgUnit.
For storing raw resources.
description
An account of the content of the resource.
Examples of Description include, but are not limited to: an abstact, table of contents, reference to a graphical representation of content or a free-text account of the content.
This is a Dubin Core element.
Link entity between the CERIF and Dublin Core submodels.
This link entity is between Person and DC.
A project or research project is any activity or development activity with a specific objective, having a start date and an expected ending date, carried out within a certain organisation unit, with or without external funding.
For many-to-many relations with the resource table.
A Funding Programme is a means by which organisations such as national and international organisations achieve their own research policies and goals. Funding is allocated by these
organisations to one or more projects or activities as a way of implementing these research goals.
A Funding Programme describes the initiatives and actions under which individual projects or activities are carried out, usually through contractual agreements.
An Organisation unit is a subdivision of an organisation, such as a site, department, or a research group. The OrgUnit is assumed to currently exist.
creator
An entitiy primarily responsible for making the content of the resource.
Examples of Creator include person, an organisation, or a service. Typically, the name of a Creator
should be used to indicate the entity.
This is a Dubin Core element.
A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. The class may be determined by the creator or the publisher of by a third party.
This is a Dubin Core element.
audience
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security or other regulations.
This is a Dubin Core qualifier.
Due to the transformation from the relational CERIF model (version 1.1) to the object-centeres model, there were conceptual changes at property naming level necessary. All associated properties at this class are needed for a mapping with the relational CERIF model.
Equipment is a particular device used in a Facility.
For example, optic cables, spectrometer systems, electron microscopes, radiometers and lasers.
Storing extracted text (Full text, Body text, Citations and Abstract).
Transforming the relational model into a ontology-based model needs additional concepts and properties. To identify them at a later stage, they are to be documented at this level (class).
A unique identifier string for the Facility.
The physical or digital manifestation of the resource.
Typically, Format may include the media-type or dimensions of the resource. Format may be used to identify the software, hardware, or other equipment needed to display or operate the resource.
Examples of dimensions include size and duration.
Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary (for example, the list of Internet Media Types [MIME] defining computer media formats).
This is a Dubin Core element.
format
Storing remarks and notes for various entities.
The ClassificationScheme entity holds the name and address of a particular classification scheme.
Example: The classification scheme Dublin Core has the following 18 elements: Title, Creator, Subject, Keywords, Description, Publisher, Contributor, Date, Resource Type, Format, Resource Identifier, Source, Language, Relation, Coverage, Rights Management, Audience, Provenance, Rights Holder. This classification scheme forms a controlled vocabulary.
Spatial characteristics of the intellectual content of the resource.
This is a Dubin Core qualifier.
Maybe a spelling error (BJ) ?
To be defined.
This is a Formalised Dubin Core qualifier.
Conceptual model of the XML interface for the IST World agent OrgUnit.
A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource.
Recommended best practice is to identify the license using a URI.
Examples of such licenses can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/.
This is a Dubin Core qualifier.
To be defined.
This is a Formalised Dubin Core qualifier.
The nature or genre of the content of the resource.
Type includes terms describing general categories, functions, genres, or aggregation levels for content. Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary (for example, the DCMI Type Vocabulary [DCT1]). To describe the physical or digital manifestation of the resource, use the FORMAT element.
This is a Dubin Core element.
resourceType
Conceptual Model of the XML interface for the IST World agent Person.
The name of all countries, encoded using the ISO 3166 scheme.
ISO 3166:
Name: ISO3166
Label: ISO 3166
Definition: ISO 3166 Codes for the representation of names of countries
See also:
http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html
http://www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma/codlstp1/index.html
A reference to a related resource.
Recommended best practice is to identify the referenced resource by means of a string or number conforming to a formal identification system.
This is a Dubin Core element.
relation
cerifExtension: added description property.
The Classification entity holds the elements that each belong to a particular classification scheme.
Example: The classification scheme Dublin Core has the following 18 elements: Title, Creator, Subject, Keywords, Description, Publisher, Contributor, Date, Resource Type, Format, Resource Identifier, Source, Language, Relation, Coverage, Rights Management, Audience, Provenance, Rights Holder. This classification scheme forms a controlled vocabulary.
All relationships between a person and an organisation unit.
provenance
A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity and interpretation.
The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource.
This is a Dubin Core element.
Storing remarks and notes for various entities.
All relationships between a project and an organisation unit.
The entity represents the Dublic Core resource.
A Facility is a large-scale national or international site holding one or more pieces of Equipment.
Examples of Facilities include particle colliders, astronomical observatories, radio telescopes,
super-computers or space shuttles.
Storing remarks and notes for various entities.
All relationships between a project and person
IST World specific CERIF extensions according to deliverable 1.1.
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context.
Recommended best practice is to identify the resource by means of a string or number conforming to a formal identification system. Formal identification systems include but are not limited to the
Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) (including the Uniform Resource Locator (URL)), the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) and the International Standard Book Number (ISBN).
This is a Dubin Core element.
resourceIdentifier
The persons address details.
A Service is any work done by an organisation unit or person for the benefit of another organisation unit or person.
EXAMPLES:
a) Supercomputer computation services
b) Searching scientific information
c) Radiotelescope services
d) Hadron collider services
source
A Reference to a resource from which the present resource is derived.
The present resource may be derived from the Source resource in whole or in part. Recommended best practice is to identify the referenced resource by means of a string or number conforming to a formal identification system.
This is a Dubin Core element.
Link entity between the CERIF and Dublin Core submodels.
This link entity is between Project and DC.
Not from the RDBS model, but created for the ontology-based model.
Based on the relational 1.1 version of the CERIF Model from euroCRIS:
http://www.edward.grabczewski.btinternet.co.uk/CERIF/CERIF2004/WWWCERIF2004_FDM_R1/Local/CERIF2004_FDM_R1Document.htm
Transformation of the Relational DB Model into an OWL Ontology Model (1:1).
All relationships between one organisation unit and another organisation unit.
A name given to the resource
Typically, Title will be a name by which the resource is formally known.
This is a Dubin Core element.
title
The address of a person or organisation. References a physical or virtual location.
To be defined.
This is a Formalised Dubin Core qualifier.
Link entity between the CERIF and Dublin Core submodels.
This link entity is between OrgUnit and DC.
Information about rights held in and over the resource.
Typically, Rights will contain a rights management statement for the resource, or reference a service providing such information. Rights information often encompasses Intellectual Property
Rights (IPR), Copyright, and various Property Rights. If the Rights element is absent, no assumptions may be made about any rights held in or over the resource.
This is a Dubin Core element.
rightsManagement
An Event is an activity that supports a Funding Programme or research activity in some way.
rightsHolder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Recommended best practice is to use the URI or name of the Rights Holder to indicate the entity.
This is a Dubin Core element.
A result product is a product resulting from, usually, a project activity. It includes any products except publications and patents (see ResultPublication and ResultPatent).
Temporal characteristics of the intellectual content of the resource.
This is a Dubin Core qualifier.
XML API for the IST World agent Person, OrgUnit and their context Project and ResultPublication. Later to be used as templates for entering data.
The OrgUnits address details.
Conceptual model of the XML interface for the IST World context Project.
A short account of one's career, qualifications and skills.
A CV can be stored in any digital format eg. MS-Word (DOC), Adobe Acrobat (PDF), MS-PowerPoint
(PPT).
All relationships between one project and another project.
The name of all languages, encoded using the ISO 639-1 scheme.
Encoding Schemes for languages include:
ISO 639-1:
Name: ISO639-1
Label: ISO 639-1
Definition: ISO 639-1: Two-letter codes for the representation of names of languages.
See also: http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langcodes.html
ISO 639-2:
Name: ISO639-2
Label: ISO 639-2
Definition: ISO 639-2: Three-letter codes for the representation of names of languages.
See also: http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langcodes.html
RFC 1766:
Name: RFC1766
Label: RFC 1766
Definition: Internet RFC 1766 'Tags for the identification of Language' specifies a two letter code
taken from ISO 639, followed optionally by a two letter country code taken from ISO 3166.
See also: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1766.txt
publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available.
Examples of Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity.
This is a Dubin Core element.
The extent or scope of the content of the resource.
Typically, Coverage will include spatial location (a place name or geographic coordinates), temporal period (a period label, date, or date range) or jurisdiction (such as a named administrative entity). Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary (for example, the Thesaurus of Geographic Names [TGN]) and to use, where appropriate, named places
or time periods in preference to numeric identifiers such as sets of coordinates or date ranges.
This is a Dubin Core element.
subject
A topic of the content of the resource.
Typically, Subject will be expressed in keywords, key phrases or classification codes that describe a topic of the resource. Recommended best practise is the select a value from a controlled vocabulary or formal classification scheme.
This is a Dubin Core element.
The Dublin Core element Label is: Subject and Keywords
A result patent is a patent resulting from, usually, a project activity.
A patent is a formal right, granted by a government for a set period, which prevents others from making, using or selling an invention without the permission of the patent holder.The patent holder can then license others to use the invention. These licensees usually provide a source of revenue in return from the license.
Note that separate patents may be held with different organisations, hence the same invention may be patented several times in several countries or regions.
The ResultPatent entity includes patent registrations ('patent pending') as well as patent
approvals.
All relationships between one person and another person.
The equipment manufacturers OrgUnitId.
The LanguageTag is encoded using the RFC 1766 scheme.
The syntax of this tag in EBNF is:
Lang-Tag = Lang-code ["-" Country-code ]
Lang-code = aa eg. "en"
Country-code = AA eg. "US"
EXAMPLES:
en-US
en-GB
en-AU
Encoding Schemes for languages include:
ISO 639-1:
Name: ISO639-1
Label: ISO 639-1
Definition: ISO 639-1: Two-letter codes for the representation of names of languages.
See also: http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langcodes.html
ISO 639-2:
Name: ISO639-2
Label: ISO 639-2
Definition: ISO 639-2: Three-letter codes for the representation of names of languages.
See also: http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langcodes.html
RFC 1766:
Name: RFC1766
Label: RFC 1766
Definition: Internet RFC 1766 'Tags for the identification of Language' specifies a two letter code
taken from ISO 639, followed optionally by a two letter country code taken from ISO 3166.
See also: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1766.txt
The ISO 639-1 two-letter language code.
The equipment owners inventory identifier
EUROSTAT region locator, m in EU.
The CV type.
NOTE
To be defined.
Classification Scheme identifier.
To be defined.
A description of the location of the event.
The skill of speaking the language in LanguageCode.
The valid values are:
'm' mother tongue or native language
'f' fluent in the language
'w' working knowledge of the language
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
The full text of the academic qualification.
EXAMPLES:
Batchelor of Science
Master of Science
Master of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy
A Formalised Dublin Core attribute.
The start of a datetime period.
The meaning of NULL is application dependent.
In a relationship, this attribute represents the date or time at which this record is true in the
modelled world. Also known as the Valid Time.
A Formalised Dublin Core attribute.
The X (Latitude) coordinate
The meaning of NULL is application dependent.
The reference of the publication.
The acronym for the organisation unit.
Example:
a) 'CCLRC' is the acronym for the organisation with the full name 'Council for the Central
Laboratory of the Research Councils'.
o
A Formalised Dublin Core attribute.
The Z (Altitude) coordinate
The meaning of NULL is application dependent.
A unique identifier string for the Service.
In a relationship, this attribute represents the date or time at which this record is true in the
modelled world. Also known as the Valid Time.
To be defined.
The total annual working budget.
The date on which the event starts.
The full name of the Type of entity.
NOTE:
CERIF conventions use the term "Type" only within entities and the term "Role" only within relationships (Link Tables).
A Formalised Dublin Core attribute.
The precision of the X, Y, Z measurements.
The meaning of NULL is application dependent.
The budget allocated to the Funding Programme.
A unique identifier string for the Facility.
The classification scheme used to classify the values of properties used to describe the Dublin
Core resource.
Encoding Scheme is a generic term for Vocabulary Encoding Scheme and Syntax Encoding Scheme.
A Vocabulary Encoding Scheme is a class which indicates that the value of a property is taken from
a controlled vocabulary.
A Syntax Encoding Scheme indicates that the value string is formatted in accordance with a formal
notation, such as "2004-11-17" as the standard expression of a date.
Here are some Encoding Scheme examples:
The Library of Congress Subject Headings.
Simple DublinCore:
This comprises the basic fifteen DC elements
Current DublinCore:
Currently, this comprises the simple fifteen DC elements plus "Audience", "Provenance" and "Rights
Holder"
Qualified DublinCore:
This comprises the currentDublinCore elements together with the extra DC qualifiers.
Formalised DublinCore:
This comprises the simpleDublinCore elements together with the Formalised DC qualifiers.
An entity responsible for making contributions to the content of the resource.
The currency of the Budget.
NOTE:
if Budget >= 0
then mandatory
else optional
Currency of orgunit turnover, using the ISO 4217 three-letter code.
ISO 4217:
See: http://www.jhall.demon.co.uk/currency/by_abbrev.html
The currency of the Price or Budget.
A unique string to identify the publication.
The NUTS Name in the native language.
The short name of the relationship between two entities.
EXAMPLES:
EventId 'hasRequested' ResultPublicationId
EventId 'presents' ResultPublicationId
The short name of the relationship between two entities. It shows the nature of the relationship
between an OrgUnit and the address details.
EXAMPLES:
OrgUnitId 'hasHeadOfficeAt' ContactId
OrgUnitId 'hasADistributionCentreAt' ContactId
OrgUnitId 'hasLegalAddressAt' ContactId
NOTE:
The CERIF Contact entity holds addresses (of the geographical and email kind)
The role defines the relationship between the OrgUnit and the DC resource.
The following roles are supported:
isPublisher - OrgUnit is the publisher of a DC resource.
isAuthor - OrgUnit is the author of a DC resource
isEditor - OrgUnit is the editor of a DC resource
isContributor - OrgUnit is a contributor to a DC resource
isReviewer - OrgUnit is a reviewer of a DC resource.
The short name of the relationship between two entities.
EXAMPLES:
OrgUnitId 'hasKnowledge' ExpertiseAndSkillId
OrgUnitId 'hasExperts' ExpertiseAndSkillId
OrgUnitId 'needsStaffFor' ExpertiseAndSkillId
The short name of the relationship between two entities.
EXAMPLES:
OrgUnitId 'isOwnerOf' ResultProductId
OrgUnitId 'isAsigneeOf' ResultProductId
OrgUnitId 'isPurchaserOf' ResultProductId
The short name of the relationship between two entities.
EXAMPLES:
OrgUnitId 'owns' ServiceId
OrgUnitId 'manages' ServiceId
The short name of the relationship between two entities.
EXAMPLES:
PersonId 'hasHomeAddress' ContactId
PersonId 'hasBusinessAddress' ContactId
PersonId 'hasTemporaryAddress' ContactId
PersonId 'hasEmailAddress' ContactId
NOTE:
The CERIF Contact entity holds addresses (of the geographical and email kind)
The short name of the relationship between two entities.
EXAMPLES:
PersonId 'hasERCFormatResume' CVId
PersonId 'hasLongResume' CVId
PersonId 'hasShortResume' CVId
The role defines the relationship between the Person and the DC resource.
The following roles are supported:
isAuthor - Person is the author of a DC resource
isEditor - Person is the editor of a DC resource
isContributor - Person is a contributor to a DC resource
isReviewer - Person is a reviewer of a DC resource.
The short name of the relationship between two entities.
EXAMPLES:
PersonId 'hasHomeAddress' ContactId
PersonId 'hasBusinessAddress' ContactId
PersonId 'hasTemporaryAddress' ContactId
PersonId 'hasEmailAddress' ContactId
NOTE:
The CERIF Contact entity holds addresses (of the geographical and email kind)
The short name of the relationship between two entities.
All legal values of Role are held in the Person_EquipmentRole entity.
NOTE:
CERIF conventions use the term "Type" only for entities and the term "Role" only for a
relationships or Link Tables.
The short name of the relationship between two entities.
All legal values of Role are held in the Person_EventRole entity.
EXAMPLES:
PersonId 'isOrganisorOf' EventId
PersonId 'isInvitedSpeakerFor' EventId
PersonId 'isRegisteredFor' EventId
The short name of the relationship between two entities.
Valid values for Role are held in the Person_ExpertiseAndSkillRole entity.
EXAMPLES:
PersonId 'isExpert' ExpertiseAndSkillId
PersonId 'isTraining' ExpertiseAndSkillId
PersonId 'isConsultant' ExpertiseAndSkillId
The short name of the relationship between two entities.
All valid values of Role are held in the Person_FaciltyRole entity.
EXAMPLES:
PersonId 'isManagerOf' FaciltyId
PersonIId 'isAgentFor' FaciltyId
PersonId 'isMarketingContactFor' FaciltyId
All the relationships between PersonId and OrgUnitId. The legal values for Role are held in the
Person_OrgUnitRole entity.
EXAMPLE:
PersonId isEmployedBy OrgUnitId
PersonId isDepartmentHeadFor OrgUnitId
The unique identifier string for the second person in this relationship.
The skill of writing the language in LanguageCode.
The valid values are:
'm' mother tongue or native language
'f' fluent in the language
'w' working knowledge of the language
The unique identifier string for the first person in this relationship.
The full form of the honorary title
EXAMPLES:
Sir,
Lady,
Doctor
The NUTS Name in the English language.
The current project status.
Current legal values for Status are:
'initiated' - the project is being compiled.
'submitted' - the project proposal has been submitted.
'accepted' - the proposal has been accepted.
'progressing' the project is currently in progress.
'stalled' - the project has stopped temporarily, before completion.
'stopped' - the project has stopped permanently before completion.
'completed' - the project has completed.
NOTE: there is no standard or controlled vocabulary for project statuses. Currently the choice is
made by the CERIF implementor.
To be defined.
The CV document - stored as a binary object.
The language name in the native language.
The date on which the event ends.
The short form of the honorary title
EXAMPLES:
Sir,
Lady,
Dr
A unique identifier string for the Expertise and Skills entity.
The source of the translation.
Takes the following values:
'o' for original source
'h' for human translation
'm' for machine translation
A Formalised Dublin Core attribute.
The Y (Longitude) coordinate
The meaning of NULL is application dependent.
The family names of this person, as given in legal documentation eg. passport, birth certicate,
national identitiy card, driving license.
Examples:
Ng,
Yang,
Eisenstein,
Newton-John,
Ortega y Gasset,
Santiago Rodriguez.
Also known as the surname.
A unique product identifier string.
The "first" names of a person are the names that appear on a persons legal documentation.
Examples:
Sergei,
Robert,
XiaoHui
Michael James
Also known as the forenames or the given names.
NOTE
In some countries (eg. China) the FamilyName is conventionally written first, hence FirstNames
would in fact be the last name.
eg. YANG XiaoHui has a FirstNames value of "XiaoHui".
The skill of reading the language in LanguageCode.
The valid values are:
'm' mother tongue or native language
'f' fluent in the language
'w' working knowledge of the language
The format of the Reference attribute:
Examples:
a) Vancouver
b) APA
c) BibTeX
The number of working staff.
A Formalised Dublin Core attribute.
The start of a datetime period.
The meaning of NULL is application dependent.
Holds the address details of a person or an organisation unit.
CERIF TG: we are currently discussing renaming this entity to "Address". As yet no decision is
reached.
To be defined.
The short form of the persons qualification.
EXAMPLES:
BSc, BEng, MSc, MPhil, PhD, DPhil, DSc, RNDr
In a relationship, this attribute represents the date or time at which this record is true in the
modelled world. Also known as the Valid Time.
A unique identifier for this person.
The NUTS Code.
SO 3166 Standard 2-letter code.
A unique identifier string for the Equipment.
The internal identifier for the Dublin Core resource.
The short name of the type of entity.
NOTE:
CERIF conventions use the term "Type" only within entities and the term "Role" only within relationships (Link Tables).
The type of event.
Currently the only legal values are:
'conference'
'exhibition'
The organisation unit type.
Examples (not for a single organisation!):
a) 'organisation' eg. University of London
b) 'college' eg. Birkbeck College
c) 'orgGroup' eg. Technology Group
d) 'division' eg. Technology Division
e) 'department' eg. Department of Computing Science
f) 'deptGroup' eg. Computer Support
We do not have a standard controlled vocabulary of organisation unit terminology. Currently, the
organisation unit types are defined by the CERIF implementor.
A unique identifier for the organisation unit (OrgUnit).
This unique number is determined by the implementor of the CRIS.
Examples:
a) '00134' is a unique numerical string
b) 'CCLRC0001' is a unique alphanumeric string.
Multimedia format of the CV document
EXAMPLES:
--------------------
MS-Word (DOC)
Acrobat (PDF)
MS-PowerPoint (PPT)
ASCII Text (TXT)
Web Page (HTML)
A unique identifier string for the Funding Programme.
The gender of the person.
List for possible genders :
'f' = female
'm' = male,
'u' = unknown (default)
The Encoding Scheme URI identifies the class of the value of the element (property) describing the
resource.
For all DC recommended Encoding Schemes, the URI reference is constructed by concatenating the name
of the Encoding Scheme with the DCTerms namespace URI.
A unique identifier string for the Event.
Country name in the English language.
Country name in native language
The full name of the relationship between two entities.
NOTE:
CERIF conventions use the term "Type" only within entities and the term "Role" only within
relationships (Link Tables).
URI reference to the scheme.
or
Contact URI
or
The Web URI where the CV can be found.
or
The Event Homepage.
or
The URI for this person. Normally a Web URL.
or
This single-character attribute indicates whether the event chages a fee or is a free event to the
people participating.
The legal values for this attribute are:
'p' for a fee paying event
'f' for a free event
Use this attribute if you want to define a datetime range.
This attribute is NOT in the Dublin Core standard, but should be considered an alternative way of
storing a date or range.
Use this attribute if you want to define a datetime range.
This attribute is NOT in the Dublin Core standard, but should be considered an alternative way of
storing a date or range.
A unique identifier for this CV entity.