Linked Art API: Provenance Activity

Table of Contents

Introduction
Property Definitions
Example

Introduction

The Provenance Activity API is a method of getting access to descriptions of ... The API is of higher than average complexity with many familiar properties and patterns, but also with a series of classes which convey parts of the higher level activity, each with their own unique properties.

Property Definitions

Dereferencing an entity via the Provenance Activity endpoint would result in a JSON-LD document containing a single JSON object with the following properties.

Properties of Provenance Activities

The top level Activity has the following properties.

Property Name	Datatype	Requirement	Description
`@context`	string, array	Required	The value MUST be the URI of the Linked Art context as a string, `"https://linked.art/ns/v1/linked-art.json"` or an array in which the URI is the last entry to allow for extensions
`id`	string	Required	The value MUST be the HTTP(S) URI at which the event's representation can be dereferenced
`type`	string	Required	The class for the event, which MUST be the value `"Event"` or the value `"Activity"`
`_label`	string	Recommended	A human readable label for the event, intended for developers
`classified_as`	array	Required	An array of json objects, each of which is a classification of the event and MUST follow the requirements for Type
`identified_by`	array	Recommended	An array of json objects, each of which is a name/title of the event and MUST follow the requirements for Name, or an identifier for the event and MUST follow the requirements for Identifier
`referred_to_by`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a human readable statement about the event and MUST follow the requirements for Statement
`equivalent`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference to an external identity and description of the current event
`representation`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference to a Visual Work that represents the current event, and MUST follow the requirements for a reference
`member_of`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a Set that the current event is a member of and MUST follow the requirements for a reference to a Set
`subject_of`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference to a Textual Work, the content of which focuses on the current event, and MUST follow the requirements for a reference
`attributed_by`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a Relationship Assignment that relates the current event to another entity
`part_of`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference to another event that the current event is a part of.
`timespan`	json object	Recommended	A json object recording when the event occured, which MUST follow the requirements for timespans
`took_place_at`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference to a Place where the event occured
`caused_by`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference to an Event that caused the event to occur
`influenced_by`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference to an entity that influenced the event in some noticable fashion
`carried_out_by`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference to a Person or Group that carried out the activity
`used_specific_object`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference] to an entity that was instrumental in the carrying out of the activity
`part`	array	Required	The more detailed changes that the activity consists of, described below

Required Classification

In order to determine that the activity is a Provenance Activity, rather than a more general Event or Activity, which would follow the event API instead, the Activity MUST have a classified_as entry with an id of "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300055863".

{
  "@context": "https://linked.art/ns/v1/linked-art.json",
  "id": "https://linked.art/example/provenance/0",
  "type": "Activity",
  "_label": "Provenance Activity",
  "classified_as": [
    {
      "id": "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300055863",
      "type": "Type",
      "_label": "Provenance Activity"
    }
  ]
}

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Properties of All Parts

Each of the activities in the part property can have the properties in the table below. The different classes of activity have their own type and other properties, which are defined in the following subsections.

Property Name	Datatype	Requirement	Description
`id`	string	Optional	If present, the value MUST be a URI identifying the creation or publication
`type`	string	Required	The class for the part, which MUST be the value given in the subsections below
`_label`	string	Recommended	A human readable label for the creation or publication, intended for developers
`identified_by`	array	Recommended	An array of json objects, each of which is a name for the creation or publication and MUST follow the requirements for Name, or an identifier for the creation or publication and MUST follow the requirements for Identifier
`classified_as`	array	Recommended	An array of json objects, each of which is a further classification of the creation or publication and MUST follow the requirements for Type
`referred_to_by`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is an embedded statement about the creation or publication
`timespan`	json object	Recommended	A json object recording when the creation or publication occured, which MUST follow the requirements for timespans
`took_place_at`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference to a Place where the creation or publication occured
`influenced_by`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference to an entity that influenced the creation or publication in some noticable fashion
`carried_out_by`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference to a Person or Group that carried out the creation or publication
`used_specific_object`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference] to an entity that was instrumental in the carrying out of the activity

Properties of Part: Acquisition

Parts which are Acquisitions have the following additional properties.

Property Name	Datatype	Requirement	Description
`type`	string	Required	The class for the part, which MUST be the value `"Acquisition"`
`transferred_title_of`	array	Required	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference to the Object of which the ownership is transferred
`transferred_title_from`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference to a Person or Group, each of which was a previous owner of the object, and from whom the object's ownership was transferred
`transferred_title_to`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference to a Person or Group, each of which is one of the new owners to whom the object's ownership was transferred

Properties of Part: Payment

Parts which are Payments have the following additional properties.

Property Name	Datatype	Requirement	Description
`type`	string	Required	The class for the part, which MUST be the value `"Payment"`
`paid_amount`	json object	Optional	A Monetary Amount structure encoding the amount that was transferred
`paid_from`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference to a Person or Group, each of which provided some part of the monetary amount
`paid_to`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference to a Person or Group, each of which received some part of the monetary amount

Properties of Part: Transfer of Custody

Parts which are Transfers of Custody have the following additional properties.

Property Name	Datatype	Requirement	Description
`type`	string	Required	The class for the part, which MUST be the value `"TransferOfCustody"`
`transferred_custody_of`	array	Required	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference to the Object of which the custody is transferred
`transferred_custody_from`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference to a Person or Group, each of which was a previous custodian of the object, and from whom the object's custody was transferred
`transferred_custody_to`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference to a Person or Group, each of which was a previous custodian of the object, and from whom the object's custody was transferred

Properties of Part: Encounter

Parts which are Encounters have the following additional properties.

Property Name	Datatype	Requirement	Description
`type`	string	Required	The class for the part, which MUST be the value `"Encounter"`
`encountered`	array	Required	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference to the Object which was encountered

Properties of Part: Right Acquisition

Parts which are Right Acquisitions have the following additional properties.

Property Name	Datatype	Requirement	Description
`type`	string	Required	The class for the part, which MUST be the value `"RightAcquisition"`
`establishes`	array	Required	An array of json objects, each of which is a `Right` structure, described below
`invalidates`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a `Right` structure, described below

Properties of Part: Move

Parts which are Moves have the following additional properties.

Property Name	Datatype	Requirement	Description
`type`	string	Required	The class for the part, which MUST be the value `"Move"`
`moved`	array	Required	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference to an Object that was moved by this activity
`moved_from`	json object	Optional	An reference to a Place where all of the objects were moved from
`moved_to`	json object	Optional	An reference to a Place where all of the objects where moved to

Properties of Part: Promise

Parts which are Promises have the following additional properties.

Property Name	Datatype	Requirement	Description
`type`	string	Required	The class for the part, which MUST be the value `"Activity"`
`classified_as`	array	Required	An array of json objects, each of which is a further classification of the creation or publication and MUST follow the requirements for Type, and one entry in the array MUST have have an `id` with the value "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300435599", in order to distinguish this activity as a promise

Properties of Rights

Property Name	Datatype	Requirement	Description
`id`	string	Optional	If present, the value MUST be a URI identifying the right
`type`	string	Required	The class for the right, which MUST be the value `"Right"`
`_label`	string	Recommended	A human readable label for the right, intended for developers
`identified_by`	array	Recommended	An array of json objects, each of which is a name for the right and MUST follow the requirements for Name, or an identifier for the right and MUST follow the requirements for Identifier
`classified_as`	array	Recommended	An array of json objects, each of which is a further classification of the right and MUST follow the requirements for Type
`referred_to_by`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is an embedded statement about the right
`dimension`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is Dimension structure
`possessed_by`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference to a Person or Group that possessed the right
`applies_to`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a reference to an Object that the right pertains to
`part`	array	Optional	An array of json objects, each of which is a right, and MUST follow the requirements of this definition of rights

Property Diagram

JSON Schema

See the schema documentation and the schema itself

Incoming Properties

Provenance Activities do not have any incoming references in the current set of APIs, instead they link out to many different entities.

Example

The JSON for a Provenance Activity describing an the purchase of an object in 1820 at auction could be as below.

It has the Linked Art context document reference in @context
It self-documents its URI in id
It has a type of "Activity"
It has a _label with the value "St George from Simpson to Adams" for people reading the JSON
It is classified_as a "Provenance Entry", which has an id of "aat:300055863"
It is identified_by ...
- ... a Name, with the content "Purchase of Lot 0055a, Durer's St George and the Dragon"
- ... and an Identifier, with the content "0055a"
It has a timespan between "1820-03-09T00:00:00Z" and "1820-03-09T23:59:59Z"
It took_place_at London
It used_specific_object of the auction lot, a Set which would have the object as a member
It consists of two part entries:
- An Acquisition which ...
  - ... transferred_title_of the object,
  - ... transferred_title_from a Person called Simpson (the seller),
  - ... and transferred_title_to a Person called Adams (the buyer)
- A Payment which ...
  - ... paid_amount of 8.8 British Pounds ("aat:300411998")
  - ... was paid_from Adams
  - ... was paid_to Simpson

{
  "@context": "https://linked.art/ns/v1/linked-art.json",
  "id": "https://linked.art/example/provenance/1",
  "type": "Activity",
  "_label": "St George from Simpson to Adams",
  "classified_as": [
    {
      "id": "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300055863",
      "type": "Type",
      "_label": "Provenance Activity"
    }
  ],
  "identified_by": [
    {
      "type": "Name",
      "content": "Purchase of Lot 0055a, Durer's St George and the Dragon"
    },
    {
      "type": "Identifier",
      "content": "0055a"
    }
  ],
  "timespan": {
    "type": "TimeSpan",
    "_label": "1820 Mar 09",
    "begin_of_the_begin": "1820-03-09T00:00:00Z",
    "end_of_the_end": "1820-03-09T23:59:59Z"
  },
  "took_place_at": [
    {
      "id": "http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7011781",
      "type": "Place",
      "_label": "London"
    }
  ],
  "carried_out_by": [
    {
      "id": "http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500451765",
      "type": "Group",
      "_label": "Edward Foster & Son"
    }
  ],
  "used_specific_object": [
    {
      "id": "http://example.org/set/Br1908/0055",
      "type": "Set",
      "_label": "Set of Objects for Lot 0055"
    }
  ],
  "caused_by": [
    {
      "id": "http://example.org/auction/Br1908/0055",
      "type": "Activity",
      "_label": "Auction of Lot 0055"
    }
  ],
  "part": [
    {
      "type": "Acquisition",
      "transferred_title_of": [
        {
          "id": "http://example.museum/object/1",
          "type": "HumanMadeObject",
          "_label": "St George and the Dragon"
        }
      ],
      "transferred_title_from": [
        {
          "id": "http://example.museum/person/2",
          "type": "Person",
          "_label": "Simpson"
        }
      ],
      "transferred_title_to": [
        {
          "id": "http://example.museum/person/1",
          "type": "Person",
          "_label": "Adams"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "Payment",
      "paid_amount": {
        "type": "MonetaryAmount",
        "_label": "8.8 pounds",
        "value": 8.8,
        "currency": {
          "id": "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300411998",
          "type": "Currency",
          "_label": "British Pounds"
        }
      },
      "paid_from": [
        {
          "id": "http://example.museum/person/1",
          "type": "Person",
          "_label": "Adams"
        }
      ],
      "paid_to": [
        {
          "id": "http://example.museum/person/2",
          "type": "Person",
          "_label": "Simpson"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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