OpenRiC Activity-Type Vocabulary
Scheme IRI: https://openric.org/vocab/activity-type/
Status: Active (v0.37.0) · Issued: 2026-04-25 · Licence: CC-BY 4.0
Machine-readable: activity-type.ttl (Turtle)
A SKOS ConceptScheme of activity-type concepts referenced from rico:hasActivityType on rico:Activity instances. Each concept is also a rico:ActivityType (RiC-O 1.1 defines ActivityType as a class for categorising activities).
Concepts
| IRI | prefLabel | Definition |
|---|---|---|
production |
Production | An activity that produces a record — creation, contribution, drafting, authoring. |
accumulation |
Accumulation | An activity that aggregates or accumulates records — building a collection, gathering files, inheriting custody. |
custody |
Custody | A custody event — taking, holding, or transferring physical or intellectual control of records. |
transfer |
Transfer | A transfer event — records moving between custodians, repositories, or jurisdictions. |
publication |
Publication | A publication event — issuing or releasing records to a wider audience. |
reproduction |
Reproduction | A reproduction event — copying, digitising, or duplicating records. |
Source-data mapping (AtoM event_type)
AtoM event_type |
Activity-type IRI |
|---|---|
creation |
<…/production> |
contribution |
<…/production> |
accumulation |
<…/accumulation> |
collection |
<…/accumulation> |
custody |
<…/custody> |
publication |
<…/publication> |
reproduction |
<…/reproduction> |
| (other) | — (fall back to bare rico:Activity with openric:localType carrying the source string) |
Usage example
<.../activity/910378> a rico:Activity ;
rico:hasActivityType <https://openric.org/vocab/activity-type/production> ;
rico:name "Production of funeral boat model" ;
rico:isAssociatedWithDate [
a openricx:DateRange ;
rico:beginningDate "1961-01-01"^^xsd:date ;
rico:endDate "1999-01-01"^^xsd:date
] ;
rico:hasOrHadParticipant <.../corporatebody/905206> ;
rico:resultsOrResultedIn <.../recordset/905228> .
See mapping.md §6.5 and provenance-event.md for the full pattern.