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Contributor(s)
Created
  • 2016-12-06

Modified

2019-10-21

Version Information

0.9

Version URI

http://linked.data.gov.au/def/agrif/0.9

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Ontology RDF

RDF turtle

Description

The Australian Government Records Interoperability Framework (AGRIF, ‘the Framework’) is a system of related semantic ontologies that describe the structure, functions, and activities of the Australian Government, providing sufficient context for the effective use – including but not limited to management – of Australian Government information assets. It complies with the World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Ontology Language (OWL2) Recommendation and makes reference to other Recommendations and existing domain ontologies for archival and preservation processes.

Table of Contents

Classes

AGIFT Function

Property Value

IRI

Is Defined By

Description

An AGIFT Function is a Function that classifies a Record according to the Australian Governments' Interactive Functions Thesaurus.

Super-classes

Access Activity

Property Value

IRI

Description

An Access Activity is an Activity where a Record is accessed by an Agent over a period of time.

Super-classes

Restrictions

Access Control

Property Value

IRI

Description

Access Control is the selective restriction of access to a Record or Artefact.

Super-classes

Sub-classes

Access Trigger

Property Value

IRI

Description

An Access Trigger is a Trigger that can be initiated when a Record is accessed.

Super-classes

Activity

Property Value

IRI

Source

Description

An Activity is something that occurs over a period of time on a Record.

Restrictions

Sub-classes

Administrator

Property Value

IRI

Description

An Administrator is a Role that has overall responsibility for the administration and functions of an Information System, but not necessarily for the information stored within.

Super-classes

Agent

Property Value

IRI

Source

Description

An Agent is a corporate entity, organisational element or system, or individual responsible for the performance of some Activity or Event, including those on Records.

Restrictions

Sub-classes

Artefact

Property Value

IRI

Description

An Artefact is an object that is made by a Person and that is to be preserved.

Restrictions

Sub-classes

Artefact Change Event

Property Value

IRI

Description

An Artefact Change Event is an Event that results in a new version of an Artefact.

Super-classes

Restrictions

Sub-classes

Artefact Control Event

Property Value

IRI

Description

An Artefact Control Event is an Event that requires a particular level of access to an Artefact.

Super-classes

Restrictions

Sub-classes

Artefact Publish Event

Property Value

IRI

Description

An Artefact Publish Event is an Event that gives indiscriminate access to an Artefact to a set of Agents.

Super-classes

Artefact Send Event

Property Value

IRI

Description

An Artefact Send Event is an Event that results in a new version or a set of new versions of an Artefact at a target Agent or a set of target Agents.

Super-classes

Restrictions

Artefact Share Event

Property Value

IRI

Description

An Artefact Share Event is an Event that gives access to an Artefact to an Agent or a defined set of Agents.

Super-classes

Restrictions

Association

Property Value

IRI

Source

Description

An Association is a qualified assignment of responsibility to an Agent in an Activity or Event, indicating that the Agent had a Role in the Activity.

Restrictions

Business Owner

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Business Owner is the Role that has the managerial control of a Function.

Super-classes

Classifier

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Classifier is a machine-generated and applied category that a set of Records belong to.

Restrictions

Collection

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Collection is an aggregation of Artefact items.

Restrictions

Sub-classes

Control

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Control is a security or access measure that safeguards or restricts access to an asset.

Sub-classes

Controlled Vocabulary

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Controlled Vocabulary is an Intellectual Control System that provides a way to organize Records that facilitates a later discovery of a Record.

Super-classes

Restrictions

Coverage

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Coverage denotes the jurisdictional applicability, or the temporal and/or spatial extent to which a Record is observed.

Sub-classes

Record Creation Event

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Record Creation Event is an Event that results in the creation of a Record.

Super-classes

Creator

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Creator is the Agent that has created a Record or Artefact.

Super-classes

Decision Status

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Decision Status is a Status that indicates the approval or disapproval of a Decision Event.

Super-classes

Has members

Digital Artefact

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Digital Artefact is an Artefact that is of a digital nature and stored in an Information System.

Super-classes

Restrictions

Digital Holding Space

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Digital Holding Space is a space that is used or reserved for the storage of a Digital Artefact on a storage medium or virtual storage space.

Super-classes

Digital Preservation Policy

Property Value

IRI

Description

The Digital Preservation Policy defines the process of active management by which the National Archives ensures that a digital object will be accessible in the future.

Super-classes

Disposal Class

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Disposal Class is a Policy that defines the sentencing requirements of an item.

Super-classes

Restrictions

Has members

Event

Property Value

IRI

Source

Description

An Event denotes an instantaneous transition in the world.

Restrictions

Sub-classes

Form Factor

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Form Factor defines and prescribes the size, shape, and other physical specifications of a Physical Artefact that is stored.

Function

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Function is a process that is performed routinely to carry out a part of the mandate of an Australian Government Agency.

Restrictions

Sub-classes

Holding Space

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Holding Space is a space that is used or reserved for the storage of an Artefact.

Super-classes

Sub-classes

Information Management Policy

Property Value

IRI

Description

An Information Management Policy is a Policy that helps to align information management practices to fulfill the requirements of an information governance framework. An Information Management Policy provides direction and guidance to staff for creating, capturing and managing information to satisfy business, legal and stakeholder requirements, and assigns responsibilities across the agency.

Super-classes

Restrictions

Information System

Property Value

IRI

Description

An Information System is an organized system for the collection, organization, storage and communication of information, typically Digital Artefacts or Records.

Sub-classes

Intellectual Control System

Property Value

IRI

Description

An Intellectual Control System is a System that enables Agents to locate and manage information.

Super-classes

Restrictions

Sub-classes

Jurisdictional Coverage

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Jurisdictional Coverage denotes the jurisdictional applicability of the Record.

Super-classes

Logical Collection

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Logical Collection is an aggregation of Artefact items that are stored within one physical file.

Super-classes

Maintain Activity

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Maintain Activity is an Activity to maintain a Record over a period of time due to a BusinessFunction or Policy.

Super-classes

Restrictions

Manifest

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Manifest describes the files involved in the transfer of a Record from an Agency to the National Archives, including details such as the filesize, the destination hierarchy and the file’s metadata.

Restrictions

Minimum Metadata Set Policy

Property Value

IRI

Description

The Minimum Metadata Set Policy is a Policy that has been developed by the National Archives of Australia to identify metadata properties essential for agency management of information as well as those needed for records which will be transferred to the Archives. It supports the Digital Continuity 2020 principles of interoperable systems and processes and is a practical application of the Australian Government Recordkeeping Metadata Standard 2.2 (AGRkMS) to support metadata implementation and information use in agencies.

Super-classes

Organisation

Property Value

IRI

Source

Description

An Organisation is a type of Agent that denotes a social or legal institution such as a government agency, a corporation, society, etc.

Super-classes

Restrictions

Sub-classes

Organisational Unit

Property Value

IRI

Description

An Organisational Unit is a division of labour typically organised around a business function that form part of the Organisation.

Super-classes

Restrictions

Security Clearance

Property Value

IRI

Source

Australian Government Recordkeeping Metadata Standard

Description

A Permission denotes the Security Clearance of an Agent that determines its access and use rights.

Person

Property Value

IRI

Source

Description

A Person is an Agent that denotes a human.

Super-classes

Physical Artefact

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Physical Artefact is an Artefact that is of physical nature.

Example

…​.An example of a Phyiscal Artefact in the context of record keeping is information printed or written on paper…​..  

Super-classes

Restrictions

Physical Collection

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Physical Collection is an aggregation of Artefact items that are stored in separate physical files.

Super-classes

Physical Holding Space

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Physical Holding Space is a Spatial Location that is used or reserved for the storage of a Physical Artefact.

Super-classes

Policy

Property Value

IRI

Source

Description

A Policy is a deliberate system of principles to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes.

Sub-classes

Preservation Quality

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Preservation Quality describes a Quality of an Artefact that supports or threatens the long term preservation of the information that is to be preserved.

Super-classes

Quality

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Quality is an attribute that is intrinsically associated with an entity.

Sub-classes

Record

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Record is information in any format created, received and maintained as evidence by an Organisation or Person, in pursuance of legal obligations or in the transaction of business. A Record may comprise a Digital or Physical Artefact.

Restrictions

Record Audit Event

Property Value

IRI

Description

An Record Audit Event is the systematic examination of a Record to ascertain how and where the Record is stored, who created it, or manages it, who uses it and how much longer the Record is required to be maintained.

Super-classes

Record Control Event

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Record Control Event is an Event that requires a particular level of access to the Record.

Super-classes

Restrictions

Sub-classes

Record Decision Event

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Record Decision Event changes the Decision Status on the Control of a Record.

Super-classes

Restrictions

Record Destruction Event

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Record Destruction Event is a Disposal Event that results in the regular authorised permanent desctruction of a Record that is no longer required for business purposes.

Super-classes

Record Disposal Event

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Record Disposal Event is an Event that results in the regular authorised destruction or change of custody of a Record that is no longer required for business purposes.

Super-classes

Sub-classes

Record Freeze Event

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Record Freeze Event is a Disposal Event that leads to a records disposal freeze or retention notice in support of compliance requirements or an identified need to suspend the Archives' records destruction permissions.

Super-classes

Record Replacement Event

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Record Replacement Event is an Event that results in the replacement of a Record with a new version. Edits to a Record constitute a Replace Event.

Super-classes

Restrictions

Record Sentencing Event

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Record Sentencing Event is an Event that classifies an Agencies Record to a specific class of a Records Authority Disposal Class Policy. This helps determine the Records value and how it should be managed throughout its lifecycle.

Super-classes

Record Storage Standard

Property Value

IRI

Description

The Standard for the storage of non-digital archival Records is designed to set out the requirements for the safe storage and preservation of non-digital records in the Archives’ custody; to ensure all non-digital records are protected, secure and accessible for as long as they are required to meet business and accountability needs and community expectations; and to ensure all non-digital records are stored in the most cost-effective manner possible.

Super-classes

Record Transfer Event

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Transfer Event is a Disposal Event that results in a change of custody.

Example

…​.An example of a Record Transfer Event is the transfer of a Record from an Agency to the National Archives. Section 27 of the Archives Act 1983 requires Australian government agencies to transfer Records to the Archives within 15 years of their creation…​..  

Super-classes

Restrictions

Records Authority Function

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Records Authority Function is a Function that is assigned by the National Archives to classify Agency business.

Super-classes

Records Authority Disposal Class Policy

Property Value

IRI

Source

Australian Government Recordkeeping Metadata Standard

Description

A Records Authority Disposal Class Policy is a Policy that identifies the specific disposal class that authorises the retention or destruction of a Record.

Super-classes

Restrictions

Sub-classes

Role

Property Value

IRI

Source

Description

A Role is the function of an entity or agent with respect to an Activity or Event, in the context of a usage, generation, invalidation, association, start, and end.

Restrictions

Sub-classes

Security Classification

Property Value

IRI

Source

Australian Government Recordkeeping Metadata Standard

Description

A Security Classification denotes the security status of a Record that an Agent needs to possess to access the Record.

Super-classes

Has members

Security Control

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Security Control is a safeguard or countermeasures to avoid, detect, counteract, or minimize security risks to a Record or Artefact.

Super-classes

Series

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Series is an identifier for an item, and when combined with a control symbol gives an item its intellectual context.

Super-classes

Restrictions

Share Activity

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Share Activity is an Activity where the custodianship of a Record is transferred to or shared with Agents over a period of time.

Super-classes

Restrictions

Spatial Coverage

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Spatial Coverage denotes the spatial extent to which a Record is observed.

Super-classes

Spatial Location

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Spatial Location describes where a something (e.g. a Record, Collection or Artefact) is physically located, using geospatial coordinates such as latitude and longitude.

Sub-classes

Status

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Status indicates an Activities current state.

Sub-classes

Has members

Temporal Coverage

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Temporal Coverage denotes the temporal extent to which a Record is observed.

Super-classes

Trigger

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Trigger is an entity that initiated an Activity or Event.

Restrictions

Sub-classes

User

Property Value

IRI

Description

A User is an Agent that uses a Record.

Super-classes

Version History

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Version History is the cumulative change to a previous version of a file.

Properties

Object Properties

accessed By

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that indicates that an Agent has accessed a Record as defined in an Access Activity.

Super-properties

acts As

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation between an Agent and the Role that Agent acts in.

affects

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation between an Event and an Artefact or a Record.

associated Function

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that associates a Function to an Entity, Event or Activity.

associated Role

Property Value

IRI

Source

Description

An associated Role is a qualified association between a Role and an Activity or Event defined by an Association.

guiding Policy

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that defines a Policy that is guiding an Activity or Change Event.

has Activity

Property Value

IRI

Source

Description

A relation between a Record and an Activity that acts upon the Record.

has Agent

Property Value

IRI

Source

Description

A qualified relation between an Agent and a Change Event defined through an Association.

has Classifier

Property Value

IRI

Super-properties

requires Control

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation between a Record, Artefact or Event and a Control that denotes the required level of Access or Security Control.

has Coverage

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation between a Record and its Jurisdictional Coverage, or its Temporal or Spatial Coverage.

has Decision Status

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that indicates what the Decision on a Decision Event was.

has Disposal Class

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that associates a Disposal Class with a Record.

has Form Factor

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that defines the size, shape, and other physical specifications of a Physical Artefact.

has Location

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that defines the Spatial Location of an Activity or Artefact.

has Manifest

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation between a Manifest and a Transfer Event that describes the files involved in the transfer of a Record.

has Next Version

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that indicates that an Artefact has a newer version.

Super-properties

has Part

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that defines part-whole relations.

has Permission

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation between an Agent and the Permission the Agent possesses.

prerequisite Decision Event

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation between a Decision Event and a prerequisite Decision Event, indicating a Decision chain in a Chain of Command.

Super-properties

has Previous Version

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that indicates that an Artefact has an older version.

Super-properties

has Quality

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that indicates a specific Quality of an Artefact.

has Series

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation between a Record and its Series Number.

Super-properties

has Source Agent

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that denotes the source Agent of a Record or an Artefact in an Event or Activity.

Super-properties

has Status

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation between an Activity and a Status that indicates its current state.

has Target Agent

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that denotes the target Agent of a Record or an Artefact in an Event or Activity.

Super-properties

has Version History

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation between a Record and its previous Version qualified through a Replace Event.

is Affected By

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation between an Artefact or a Record and an Event.

Super-properties

is Attached To

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that indicates that an Artefact is logically or physically attached to another Artefact.

Super-properties

is Based On

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that indicates that an Artefact is in part or as a whole based on another Artefact.

Super-properties

is Changed By

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that denotes the Information System that has been used to change an Artefact.

is Duplicate Of

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that indicates that an Artefact is an exact copy of another Artefact, i.e. the content is exactly the same, but its Record may be different.

Super-properties

is Mentioned In

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that indicates that an Artefact is mentioned in another Artefact. An example of such a relation is a citation of a document in another document.

Super-properties

is Part Of

Property Value

IRI

Description

A Collection in which the described Artefact is physically or logically included.

notifies

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation between a Trigger and an Agent that is to be notified.

part Of

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that defines part-whole relations.

position In

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that defines the position an Agent occupies in an Organisation or Organisational Unit.

prior Event

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation indicating some causal link between an Event and a previously happening Event.

qualified Association

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that associates an assignment of responsibility to an Agent for an Activity or Event, indicating that the Agent had a Role in the Activity or Event.

record Of

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that defines what Artefact the Record is about.

related To

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that indicates that there is some form of relation between a Record and another Record or between an Artefact and another Artefact.

replaced By

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that defines that a Record has been replaced by another Record, qualified through a Replace Event.

replaces

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that defines that a Record replaces another Record, qualified through a Replace Event.

requires Security Classification

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation between a Record and a Security Classification that denotes the required level of Security Clearance an Agent needs to possess to access the Record.

Super-properties

shared With

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that indicates that a Record was shared with an Agent as defined in a Share Activity.

Super-properties

stored In

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that indicates the Storage Location of an Artefact.

Super-properties

transferred From

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that defines that the Control of a Record has been transferred from that Role.

transferred To

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that defines that the Control of a Record has been transferred to that new Role.

triggered By

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that indicates that an Event has been initiated by a Trigger.

triggers

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation that indicates that a Trigger has initiated a Change Event.

used Record

Property Value

IRI

Description

A relation between an Activity and a Record the Activity uses.

was Associated With

Property Value

IRI

Source

Description

A relation that assigns responsibility of an Agent with an Activity or Event.

Datatype Properties

checksum

Property Value

IRI

Description

A checksum is a small-sized datum derived from a block of digital data representing a Record for the purpose of detecting errors during the transfer or storage of a Record.

Range(s)

disposalClassNumber

Property Value

IRI

Description

The number defining the sentencing requirements of a Record.

Range(s)

endedAtTime

Property Value

IRI

Source

Description

The time at which an Activity ended.

Range(s)

filename

Property Value

IRI

Description

A filename is a name used to uniquely identify a computer file stored in a file system.

filesize

Property Value

IRI

Description

File size is a measure of how much data a computer file contains or how much storage it consumes.

format

Property Value

IRI

Source

Description

The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource.

seriesNumber

Property Value

IRI

Description

A seriesNumber is a numerical identifier for a Series.

Range(s)

softwareAssignedID

Property Value

IRI

Description

A softwareAssignedID is an identifier given to an Artefact by an Information System.

Range(s)

startedAtTime

Property Value

IRI

Source

Description

The time at which and Activity started

Range(s)

Annotation Properties

contributor

Property Value

IRI

source

Property Value

IRI

example

Property Value

IRI

identifier

Property Value

IRI

name

Property Value

IRI

Named Individuals

Active Approved AwaitingDisposal Completed Confidential Disapproved Disposed link:Highly Protected[HighlyProtected] Protected Redundant RetainAsNationalArchives Secret link:Top Secret (NV)[TopSecret(NV)] link:Top Secret (PV)[TopSecret(PV)] Unclassified

Active

Property Value

IRI

Class(es)

Approved

Property Value

IRI

Class(es)

AwaitingDisposal

Property Value

IRI

Class(es)

Completed

Property Value

IRI

Class(es)

Disapproved

Property Value

IRI

Class(es)

Disposed

Property Value

IRI

Class(es)

Highly Protected

Property Value

IRI

Class(es)

Redundant

Property Value

IRI

Class(es)

RetainAsNationalArchives

Property Value

IRI

Class(es)

Top Secret (NV)

Property Value

IRI

Class(es)

Top Secret (PV)

Property Value

IRI

Class(es)

Namespaces

Legend

  • Classes: c

  • Object Properties: op

  • Functional Properties: fp

  • Data Properties: dp

  • Annotation Properties: dp

  • Properties: p

  • Named Individuals: ni