ELI-EP Application Profile
Creation date: 2022-11-24
Last updated: 2024-10-28 00:00:00
Copyright date: 2022
Version: 2.3.0
License: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/legal-notice/
Creator: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/dataset/corporate-body/EP
Publisher: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/dataset/corporate-body/EP
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Namespaces

Prefix Namespace
dcat http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#
dcterms http://purl.org/dc/terms/
eli http://data.europa.eu/eli/ontology#
eli-dl http://data.europa.eu/eli/eli-draft-legislation-ontology#
ept https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/
epvoc https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/epvoc#
euvoc http://publications.europa.eu/ontology/euvoc#
foaf http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
geosparql http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#
op-aut http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/
org http://www.w3.org/ns/org#
rdf http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
rdfs http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
skos http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#
vcard http://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns#
xsd http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#

Diagram

Diagram
ELI-EP diagram

Description

ELI-EP is an application profile based on the ELI / ELI-DL Ontology, specifically designed to describe the documents and the activities of the European Parliament.

Model documentation

Work

http://data.europa.eu/eli/ontology#Work
  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: ^https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/[A-Za-z0-9\-_]+$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/A-9-2019-0001
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
adopts eli-dl:adopts Work
0..*
 Indicates that the work represents the adopted work of one or several related works
amends eli-dl:foresees_change_of Work
0..1
 Indicates a LegalResource already published that the future law, if adopted, will change. Readers should refer to the definition of the eli:changes property. Note the legal impacts can change in successive versions of the same document.
answers eli-dl:answers_to Work
0..1
 Indicates that this work is an answer the other work.
based on eli:based_on Legal Resource
0..*
 Indicates that this work is empowered by another one, typically rules, constitution, a treaty or an enabling act.
consolidated by eli:consolidated_by Work
0..1
 Indicates that this legal resource or expression is taken into account in a consolidated text
contributor dcterms:contributor foaf:Agent
0..*
 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource.
corrects eli:corrects Work
0..1
 Indicates that this work / expression corrects the other work / expression. Corrects is used for minor corrections made to a work / expression. The property used to relate works describe the fact that a work expresses some corrections to be made to the an other work. The property used to relate expression indicate that a specific linguistic expression correct a specific expression.
creator dcterms:creator foaf:Agent
0..*
 An agent responsible for making the resource.
date document eli:date_document xsd:date
1..1
 Date of adoption or signature (of the form yyyy-mm-dd) of the document
display label rdfs:label xsd:string
0..1
 Label to by displayed in user interfaces
ep number ept:epvoc#epNumber xsd:string
0..1
 European Parliament number
ep number version ept:epvoc#epNumberVersion xsd:string
0..1
 European Parliament number version
expression content ept:epvoc#expressionContent rdf:langString
0..*
 This property is a shortcut of the more fully developed path from eli:Work to eli:Expression
identifier dcterms:identifier xsd:string
1..1
 An unambiguous reference to the resource.
identifier year ept:epvoc#identifierYear xsd:string
0..1
 A year linked to the reference of the resource.
is about eli:is_about Concept
0..*
 A subject for this legal resource. The use of Eurovoc (http://eurovoc.europa.eu) is encouraged to select values for this property. Member states are encouraged to align local values to Eurovoc.
is about directory code ept:epvoc#isAboutDirectoryCode Concept
0..*
 This property is a subproperty of eli:is_about and identifies the directory code of a Work. It points to concepts of the dir-eu-legal-act OP vocabulary.
is about subject matter ept:epvoc#isAboutSubjectMatter Concept
0..*
 This property is a subproperty of eli:is_about and identifies the subject matter of a Work. It points to concepts of the subject-matter OP vocabulary.
is annex of eli:is_annex_of Work
0..*
 Indicates that the Work is Annex of another Work
is derivative of eli:is_derivative_of Work
0..*
 This work is derived from the other work. Example: a motion derived from an oral question.
is realized by eli:is_realized_by Expression
0..*
 Relates a work to an expression that realizes it. Inverse of "realizes".
notation in EP Public Register skos:notation ept:epvoc#publicRegister
0..*
 A notation is a string of characters such as "T58.5" or "303.4833" used to uniquely identify a concept within the scope of a given concept scheme.
numbering ept:epvoc#numbering xsd:integer
0..1
 This property refers to a number sequence that indicates order or is used for identification.
numbering range begin ept:epvoc#itemNumberBegin xsd:integer
0..1
 This property identifies the starting number in a list of items.
numbering range end ept:epvoc#itemNumberEnd xsd:integer
0..1
 This property identifies the ending number in a list of items.
original language ept:epvoc#originalLanguage Linguistic System
0..1
 Original language of a work
parliamentary term eli-dl:parliamentary_term Parliamentary term
0..1
 The parliamentary term in which the activity took place
publisher dcterms:publisher Corporate Body (Organisation)
0..1
 The property refers to the institution responsible for making the document available. The values are concepts of op-aut:corporate-body.
stakeholder participant ept:epvoc#workHadParticipation Participation
0..*
 Indicates the participation of a stakeholder to an activity involving the work. The role of the agent in this participation is described in the participation resource.
title dcterms:title rdf:langString
1..*
 use ISO639-1 of controlled vocabulary
version status ept:epvoc#versiontype Status
0..1
 Indicates the version type of a Work part of a Complex Work, like Agenda or Minutes.
work type eli:work_type Work type
1..1
 The type of a work, taken from a controlled vocabulary.

Complex work

http://data.europa.eu/eli/ontology#ComplexWork
  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: ^https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/[A-Za-z0-9\-_]+$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/OJ-9-2020-10-21
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
date document eli:date_document xsd:date
1..1
 Date of adoption or signature (of the form yyyy-mm-dd) of the document
display label rdfs:label xsd:string
0..1
 Label to by displayed in user interfaces
ep number ept:epvoc#epNumber xsd:string
0..1
 European Parliament number
has current version dcat:hasCurrentVersion Work
0..1
 This property is intended for relating a non-versioned or abstract resource to a single snapshot that can be used as a permalink to indicate the current version of the content [PAV].The notion of version used by this property is limited to versions resulting from revisions occurring to a resource as part of its life-cycle.
has member eli:has_member Work
0..*
 Indicates that a Work is part of a Complex Work.
identifier dcterms:identifier xsd:string
1..1
 An unambiguous reference to the resource.
identifier year ept:epvoc#identifierYear xsd:string
0..1
 A year linked to the reference of the resource.
is annex of eli:is_annex_of Work
0..*
 Indicates that the Work is Annex of another Work
is derivative of eli:is_derivative_of Work
0..*
 This work is derived from the other work. Example: a motion derived from an oral question.
notation in EP Public Register skos:notation ept:epvoc#publicRegister
0..*
 A notation is a string of characters such as "T58.5" or "303.4833" used to uniquely identify a concept within the scope of a given concept scheme.
numbering ept:epvoc#numbering xsd:integer
0..1
 This property refers to a number sequence that indicates order or is used for identification.
numbering range begin ept:epvoc#itemNumberBegin xsd:integer
0..1
 This property identifies the starting number in a list of items.
numbering range end ept:epvoc#itemNumberEnd xsd:integer
0..1
 This property identifies the ending number in a list of items.
parliamentary term eli-dl:parliamentary_term Parliamentary term
0..1
 The parliamentary term in which the activity took place
publisher dcterms:publisher Corporate Body (Organisation)
0..1
 The property refers to the institution responsible for making the document available. The values are concepts of op-aut:corporate-body.
stakeholder participant ept:epvoc#workHadParticipation Participation
0..*
 Indicates the participation of a stakeholder to an activity involving the work. The role of the agent in this participation is described in the participation resource.
title dcterms:title rdf:langString
1..*
 use ISO639-1 of controlled vocabulary
work type eli:work_type Work type
1..1
 The type of a work, taken from a controlled vocabulary.

Expression

http://data.europa.eu/eli/ontology#Expression
  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: ^https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/[A-Za-z0-9\-_]+/[a-z]{2,3}$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/A-9-2019-0001/en
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
alternative title eli:title_alternative rdf:langString
0..*
 An alternative title of the expression (if any).
expression content ept:epvoc#expressionContent rdf:langString
0..*
is embodied by eli:is_embodied_by Manifestation
0..*
 Relates an expression to the manifestation that embodies it. Inverse of "embodies".
language eli:language Linguistic System
1..1
 A language of an expression.
title eli:title rdf:langString
1..*
 use ISO639-1 of controlled vocabulary

Manifestation

http://data.europa.eu/eli/ontology#Manifestation
  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: ^https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/[A-Za-z0-9\-_]+/[a-z]{2,3}/.*$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/A-9-2019-0001/en/pdf
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
byte size ept:epvoc#byteSize xsd:long
0..1
 Indicates the byte size of the file exemplified by the manifestation.
format dcterms:format Media Type or Extent
1..1
 The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource.
format eli:media_type Media Type
1..1
 The file format of the manifestation (IANA). This field is intended to capture the technical file format and will serve as a basis for content negotiation for the server to return the appropriate file based on the client preference.
is exemplified by eli:is_exemplified_by rdfs:Resource
1..1
 Link to a concrete file URL.Relates a manifestation to a single exemplar or instance of that manifestation.
issued dcterms:issued xsd:dateTime
1..1
 Date of formal issuance of the work.

Activity

http://data.europa.eu/eli/eli-draft-legislation-ontology#Activity
  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: ^https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/event/[A-Za-z0-9\-_]+$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/event/MTG-PL-2020-10-23
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
activity date eli-dl:activity_date xsd:date
1..1
 The date of an activity, to indicate a single date. Alternatively, if an activity spans a time range, \"activity_start_date\" and \"activity_end_date\" can be used to indicate the beginning and end of the activity.
activity end date eli-dl:activity_end_date xsd:dateTime
1..1
 The date at which an activity ended.
activity id eli-dl:activity_id xsd:string
0..1
 An identifier for the process. This is meant to capture how the process is identified by law makers. A process can have multiple identifiers for different institutions, e.g. an identifier for the government, and an identifier for the parliament. Note that a subproperty process_external_id exists to capture the identifier of another institution, depending on the point of view.
activity label eli-dl:activity_label rdf:langString
0..*
 A label on the activity, describing what is being carried out.
activity start date eli-dl:activity_start_date xsd:dateTime
1..1
 The date at which an activity started.
activity type eli-dl:had_activity_type Activity Type
1..1
 The type of a process. The type of a process often determine the workflow being followed to create the law.
based on a realization of eli-dl:based_on_a_realization_of Work
0..*
 Indicates that an Activity used some Work .The works are seen as the \"input\" of the activity. Example : the work of a commitee \"used\" a specific version of the draft as input to produce an opinion document. Note : the naming \"used a realization of\" is taken from FRBRoo. Since a work is an idea, existing only in people's mind, an activity cannot be simply said to have \"used\" a work, but really \"used an expression of this work\".
comment rdfs:comment rdf:langString
0..*
 a human-readable description of a resource.
consists of eli-dl:consists_of Activity
0..*
 Indicates a more fine-grained activity that is taking place within this one. This allows to nest activities inside each other, at an arbitrary level of precision. Example : \"Legislative process number 384\" consists of \"Initiation of the process 384\", \"First lecture in assembl?e nationale of legislative process 384\", \"First lecture in senate of legislative process 384\", \"joint commitee reading of legislative process 384\" and \"enactement of legislative process 384\".
created a realization of eli-dl:created_a_realization_of Work
0..*
 Indicates that an Activity created some Work . The works are seen as the \"output\" of the activity. This property is meant to point to the text of the bill, the amendments, the opinions, etc. to point to the final LegalResource published as the outcome of a legislative process, use the alternative property \"created_a_realization_of_legal_resource\". For recording of debates, which are not really \"outputs\" of the activity, use the alternative property \"recorded_in_realization_of\". Note : the naming \"created a realization of\" is taken from FRBRoo. Since a work is an idea, existing only in people's mind, an activity cannot be simply said to have \"created\" a work, but really \"created an expression of this work\".
dlv Id skos:notation ept:epvoc#dlvId
1..1
 Identifier in DLV.
documented by a realization of eli-dl:documented_by_a_realization_of Work
0..*
 Indicates that the activity was or will be conducted according to the plan described by a Work. Typically these works are agendas that foreseen how future activities will take place.
executed eli-dl:executed eli:ForeseenActivity
0..1
 The foreseen (planned) activity according to which this activity was executed. For example a meeting was executed according to the foreseen activity from the agenda.
had excused person eli-dl:had_excused_person foaf:Person
0..*
 Indicates a person that was excuded for an activity
had participant person eli-dl:had_participant_person foaf:Person
0..*
 Indicates a person that took part in an activity
had responsible organization eli-dl:had_responsible_organization Corporate Body (Organisation)
0..1
 responsible organization (corporate-body)
had responsible organization ept:epvoc#hadResponsibleOrganization Corporate Body (Organisation)
0..1
 responsible organization (body)
has room ept:epvoc#hasRoom Room
0..*
 This property associates a resource with a room (physical or virtual), . E.g., it can be the room where an activity takes place or a person's office.
locality vcard:hasLocality Place
0..1
 Used to support property parameters for the locality data property
number of attendees eli-dl:number_of_attendees xsd:integer
0..1
 Number of attendees
occured at stage eli-dl:occured_at_stage Process Stage
0..*
 The stage at which an activity occured.
order eli-dl:activity_order xsd:integer
0..1
 Indicates the order of this activity in a sequence of activities. Note that the range of this property is xsd:decimal, so it is always possible to order a new activity in between two subsequent existing activities.
parliamentary term eli-dl:parliamentary_term Parliamentary term
0..1
 The parliamentary term in which the activity took place
recorded in a realization of eli-dl:recorded_in_a_realization_of Work
0..*
 Indicates that an activity was recorded in a related work. Note : this property is shortcut for an implicit FRBR \"Recording Event\" that would have created the Recording of the event.
responsible organization label eli-dl:responsible_organization_label rdf:langString
0..1
 The name of an organization that was responsible for an activity.
scheduled in ept:epvoc#scheduledIn ForeseenActivity
0..*
 Indicates a more fine-grained foreseen activity that is taking place within this one (ex:time slot).
structured activity label ept:epvoc#structuredLabel rdf:langString
0..*
 A structured label on the activity, describing what is being carried out.
was motivated by eli-dl:was_motivated_by Activity
0..*
 Annother activity that was \"triggered\" or \"logically followed\" this one. Example : the request for an opinion motivated the writing of an opinion.

ForeseenActivity

http://data.europa.eu/eli/eli-draft-legislation-ontology#ForeseenActivity
  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: ^https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/event/[A-Za-z0-9\-_]+$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/event/MTG-PL-2020-10-23-TF-9000
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
OJ heading activity label ept:epvoc#agendaLabel rdf:langString
0..*
 A heading label (from OJ) on the activity, describing what is being carried out.
activity date eli-dl:activity_date xsd:date
1..1
 The date of an activity, to indicate a single date. Alternatively, if an activity spans a time range, \"activity_start_date\" and \"activity_end_date\" can be used to indicate the beginning and end of the activity.
activity end date eli-dl:activity_end_date xsd:dateTime
1..1
 The date at which an activity ended.
activity id eli-dl:activity_id xsd:string
0..1
 An identifier for the process. This is meant to capture how the process is identified by law makers. A process can have multiple identifiers for different institutions, e.g. an identifier for the government, and an identifier for the parliament. Note that a subproperty process_external_id exists to capture the identifier of another institution, depending on the point of view.
activity label eli-dl:activity_label rdf:langString
0..*
 A label on the activity, describing what is being carried out.
activity start date eli-dl:activity_start_date xsd:dateTime
1..1
 The date at which an activity started.
activity type eli-dl:had_activity_type Activity Type
1..1
 The type of a process. The type of a process often determine the workflow being followed to create the law.
agenda plenary dossier identifier skos:notation ept:epvoc#agendaId
0..1
 An identifier is a string of characters such as "12345-33" used to uniquely identify a concept within the scope of a given concept scheme.
agenda point notation skos:notation ept:epvoc#agendaPoint
0..1
 An identifier is a string of characters such as "12345-33" used to uniquely identify a concept within the scope of a given concept scheme.
forms part of eli-dl:forms_part_of ForeseenActivity
0..*
 Indicates another larger activity that encompasses this one.
has room ept:epvoc#hasRoom Room
0..*
 This property associates a resource with a room (physical or virtual), . E.g., it can be the room where an activity takes place or a person's office.
heading activity label ept:epvoc#headingLabel rdf:langString
0..*
 A heading label on the activity, describing what is being carried out.
identifier in pericles skos:notation ept:epvoc#periclesId
0..*
 An identifier is a string of characters such as "12345-33" used to uniquely identify a concept within the scope of a given concept scheme.
locality vcard:hasLocality Place
0..1
 Used to support property parameters for the locality data property
occured at stage eli-dl:occured_at_stage Process Stage
0..*
 The stage at which an activity occured.
order eli-dl:activity_order xsd:integer
0..1
 Indicates the order of this activity in a sequence of activities. Note that the range of this property is xsd:decimal, so it is always possible to order a new activity in between two subsequent existing activities.
parliamentary term eli-dl:parliamentary_term Parliamentary term
0..1
 The parliamentary term in which the activity took place
reference text ept:epvoc#referenceText rdf:langString
0..*
 A label on the activity, describing what is being carried out.
structured activity label ept:epvoc#structuredLabel rdf:langString
0..*
 A structured label on the activity, describing what is being carried out.

Participation

http://data.europa.eu/eli/eli-draft-legislation-ontology#Participation
  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: ^https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/participation/[A-Za-z0-9\-_]+_+[A-Za-z0-9\-_]+$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/participation/A-9-2021-0226_112611
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
participation has Organization eli-dl:had_participant_organization Corporate Body (Organisation)
0..*
 Describes that the organisation is the actor in a participation description.
participation has Person eli-dl:had_participant_person foaf:Person
0..*
 Describes that the person is the actor in a participation description.
participation in name of eli-dl:participation_in_name_of Corporate Body (Organisation)
0..1
 Indicate in the name of which organization an agent was acting has stakeholder.
stakeholder has role eli-dl:participation_role Participation Role
1..1
 Describes the role of the agent in a stakeholder description.

Room

https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/epvoc#Room
  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: ^https://data.europarl.europa.eu/room/[A-Za-z0-9\-_]+$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/room/LOWHEM
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
identifier dcterms:identifier xsd:string
1..1
 An unambiguous reference to the resource.
office address euvoc:officeAddress xsd:string
0..1
 The office address idendentifier
site ept:epvoc#hasSite Site
0..1
 This property identifies the site where a resource is located.

Parliamentary term

http://data.europa.eu/eli/eli-draft-legislation-ontology#ParliamentaryTerm
  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: ^https://data.europarl.europa.eu/org/ep-[0-9].*$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/org/ep-9
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
type rdf:type org:Organization
0..*
 Property that is used to state that a resource is an instance of a class

Legal Resource

http://data.europa.eu/eli/ontology#LegalResource
  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
No specific properties

Process

http://data.europa.eu/eli/eli-draft-legislation-ontology#Process

Remark: Process data will not be yet available. For now, this inverse relation will be provided only in adopted-texts dumps and APIs.

  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: ^https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/proc/[A-Za-z0-9\-_]+$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/proc/2019-0001
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
based on eli:based_on Work
0..*
 Inverse of "basis_for". Indicates that this work is empowered by another one, typically a constitution, a treaty or an enabling act.
consists of eli-dl:consists_of eli-dl:Activity, eli-dl:Decision
0..*
 Indicates a more fine-grained activity that is taking place within this one. This allows to nest activities inside each other, at an arbitrary level of precision.
created a realization of eli-dl:created_a_realization_of Work
0..*
 Indicates that an Activity created some Work . The works are seen as the \"output\" of the activity. This property is meant to point to the text of the bill, the amendments, the opinions, etc. to point to the final LegalResource published as the outcome of a legislative process, use the alternative property \"created_a_realization_of_legal_resource\". For recording of debates, which are not really \"outputs\" of the activity, use the alternative property \"recorded_in_realization_of\". Note : the naming \"created a realization of\" is taken from FRBRoo. Since a work is an idea, existing only in people's mind, an activity cannot be simply said to have \"created\" a work, but really \"created an expression of this work\".
current stage eli-dl:current_stage Process Stage
0..1
 The latest stage in which a process is currently in. This is a shortcut for the full path Process latest_activity Activity occured_at_stage ProcessStage.
identifier year ept:epvoc#identifierYear xsd:string
1..1
involved work eli-dl:involved_work Work
0..*
label rdfs:label xsd:string
1..1
process id eli-dl:process_id xsd:string
1..1
 An identifier for the process. This is meant to capture how the process is identified by law makers.
process title eli-dl:process_title rdf:langString
1..*
 The name or title of a process.
process type eli-dl:process_type Process Type
1..1
 The type of a process. The type of a process often determine the workflow being followed to create the law.
scheduled in eli-dl:was_scheduled_in ForeseenActivity
0..*

Work Subdivision

http://data.europa.eu/eli/ontology#WorkSubdivision
  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: ^https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/[A-Za-z0-9\-_]+$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/PV-9-2023-07-11-RCV-ITM-90
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
identifier dcterms:identifier xsd:string
1..1
 An unambiguous reference to the resource.
is part of eli:is_part_of Work
1..*
 Indicates a work in which this one is physically included. Covers the case of text included in an Official Journal, or an article included in a text. For the notion of conceptual/temporal inclusion, use eli:is_member_of.
is realized by eli:is_realized_by Expression
0..*
 Relates a work to an expression that realizes it. Inverse of "realizes".
notation (speech id) skos:notation ept:epvoc#speechId
0..1
number eli:number xsd:string
0..1
 An identifier or other disambiguating feature for a legal resource or legal expression. This can be the number of a legislation, the number of an article, or the issue number of an official journal.
numbering ept:epvoc#numbering xsd:integer
0..1
 This property refers to a number sequence that indicates order or is used for identification.
original language ept:epvoc#originalLanguage Linguistic System
0..*
 Original language of a work subdivision
refers to eli:refers_to Work
0..*
title dcterms:title rdf:langString
1..*
 use ISO639-1 of controlled vocabulary
type subdivision eli:type_subdivision Subdivision Type
1..1
 The type of a document subdivision (e.g. "Article", "Paragraph", "Section", etc.). A subdivision can have only one type. ELI does not specify a list of possible values. Member states are encouraged to make their own list of values in the corresponding concept scheme. EU Publication Office provies a list of values for EU resource types at https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/at-dataset/-/resource/dataset/subdivision

Decision

http://data.europa.eu/eli/eli-draft-legislation-ontology#Decision
  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: ^https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/event/[A-Za-z0-9\-_]+$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/event/MTG-PL-2023-07-11-DEC-156726
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
activity date eli-dl:activity_date xsd:date
0..1
 The date of an activity, to indicate a single date. Alternatively, if an activity spans a time range, \"activity_start_date\" and \"activity_end_date\" can be used to indicate the beginning and end of the activity. Dates can be expressed either at a date precision (yyyy-mm-dd), or with time precision (yyyy-dd-mmYhh:mm:ss)
activity id eli-dl:activity_id xsd:string
1..1
 An identifier for the process. This is meant to capture how the process is identified by law makers. A process can have multiple identifiers for different institutions, e.g. an identifier for the government, and an identifier for the parliament. Note that a subproperty process_external_id exists to capture the identifier of another institution, depending on the point of view.
activity label eli-dl:activity_label rdf:langString
0..*
 A label on the activity, describing what is being carried out.
activity type eli-dl:had_activity_type Activity Type
1..1
 The type of a process. The type of a process often determine the workflow being followed to create the law.
comment rdfs:comment rdf:langString
0..*
 a human-readable description of a resource.
decided on a part of a realisation of a work eli-dl:decided_on_a_part_of_a_realization_of Work
0..*
 Decision on a single amendment
decided on a realisation of a work eli-dl:decided_on_a_realization_of Work
0..*
 Indicates the decision activity decided upon some Work. This is a specific kind of ? input ? of the activity
decision about id ept:epvoc#decisionAboutId xsd:string
0..1
 This property identifies uniquelely the object of a decision.
decision about id (xml syntax) ept:epvoc#decisionAboutId rdf:XMLLiteral
0..1
 This property identifies uniquelely the object of a decision.
decision method eli-dl:decision_method Decision Method
0..1
 The method used to carry out the decision activity (e.g. Roll call vote, etc.)
decision outcome eli-dl:decision_outcome Decision Outcome
0..1
 Indicates the outcome of the decision, e.g. adopted, rejected, lapsed, etc.
heading lable ept:epvoc#headingLabel rdf:langString
0..*
 Heading section label.
note skos:note rdf:langString
0..*
 Notes are used to provide information relating to SKOS concepts.
order eli-dl:activity_order xsd:integer
0..1
 Indicates the order of this activity in a sequence of activities. Note that the range of this property is xsd:decimal, so it is always possible to order a new activity in between two subsequent existing activities.
reference text ept:epvoc#referenceText rdf:langString
0..*
 A label on the activity, describing what is being carried out.
responsible organisation label eli-dl:responsible_organization_label rdf:langString
0..*
 A label on the activity, describing what is being carried out.
voting id skos:notation ept:epvoc#votingId
0..1
 An identifier for a voting
was motivated by eli-dl:was_motivated_by Activity
0..*
 Annother activity that was \"triggered\" or \"logically followed\" this one. Example : the request for an opinion motivated the writing of an opinion.

Vote

http://data.europa.eu/eli/eli-draft-legislation-ontology#Vote
  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: ^https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/event/[A-Za-z0-9\-_]+$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/event/MTG-PL-2024-02-27-DEC-164491
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
activity date eli-dl:activity_date xsd:date
0..1
 The date of an activity, to indicate a single date. Alternatively, if an activity spans a time range, \"activity_start_date\" and \"activity_end_date\" can be used to indicate the beginning and end of the activity. Dates can be expressed either at a date precision (yyyy-mm-dd), or with time precision (yyyy-dd-mmYhh:mm:ss)
activity id eli-dl:activity_id xsd:string
1..1
 An identifier for the process. This is meant to capture how the process is identified by law makers. A process can have multiple identifiers for different institutions, e.g. an identifier for the government, and an identifier for the parliament. Note that a subproperty process_external_id exists to capture the identifier of another institution, depending on the point of view.
activity label eli-dl:activity_label rdf:langString
0..*
 A label on the activity, describing what is being carried out.
activity start date eli-dl:activity_start_date xsd:dateTime
0..1
 The date at which an activity started. Dates can be expressed either at a date precision (yyyy-mm-dd), or with time precision (yyyy-dd-mmYhh:mm:ss)
activity type eli-dl:had_activity_type Activity Type
1..1
 The type of a process. The type of a process often determine the workflow being followed to create the law.
comment rdfs:comment rdf:langString
0..*
 a human-readable description of a resource.
decided on a part of a realisation of a work eli-dl:decided_on_a_part_of_a_realization_of Work
0..*
 Decision on a single amendment
decided on a realisation of a work eli-dl:decided_on_a_realization_of Work
0..*
 Indicates the decision activity decided upon some Work. This is a specific kind of ? input ? of the activity
decision about id ept:epvoc#decisionAboutId xsd:string
0..1
 This property identifies uniquelely the object of a decision.
decision about id (xml syntax) ept:epvoc#decisionAboutId rdf:XMLLiteral
0..1
 This property identifies uniquelely the object of a decision.
decision method eli-dl:decision_method Decision Method
0..1
 The method used to carry out the decision activity (e.g. Roll call vote, etc.)
decision outcome eli-dl:decision_outcome Decision Outcome
0..1
 Indicates the outcome of the decision, e.g. adopted, rejected, lapsed, etc.
had voter abstention eli-dl:had_voter_abstention foaf:Person
0..*
 Indicates a person that took part in a vote with an abstention vote
had voter against eli-dl:had_voter_against foaf:Person
0..*
 Indicates a person that took part in a vote with a vote against
had voter favor eli-dl:had_voter_favor foaf:Person
0..*
 Indicates a person that took part in a vote with a vote in favor
had voter intended abstention eli-dl:had_voter_intended_abstention foaf:Person
0..*
 Indicates a person that took part in a vote and expressed that he/she intended to vote abstention while he/she voted otherwise
had voter intended against eli-dl:had_voter_intended_against foaf:Person
0..*
 Indicates a person that took part in a vote and expressed that he/she intended to vote against while he/she voted otherwise
had voter intended favor eli-dl:had_voter_intended_favor foaf:Person
0..*
 Indicates a person that took part in a vote and expressed that he/she intended to vote in favor while he/she voted otherwise
heading lable ept:epvoc#headingLabel rdf:langString
0..*
 Heading section label.
note skos:note rdf:langString
0..*
 Notes are used to provide information relating to SKOS concepts.
number of attendees eli-dl:number_of_attendees xsd:integer
0..1
 The total number of attendees to the Vote.
number of votes abstention eli-dl:number_of_votes_abstention xsd:integer
0..1
 The total number of votes abstention
number of votes against eli-dl:number_of_votes_against xsd:integer
0..1
 The total number of votes against
number of votes in favor eli-dl:number_of_votes_favor xsd:integer
0..1
 The total number of votes in favor
order eli-dl:activity_order xsd:integer
0..1
 Indicates the order of this activity in a sequence of activities. Note that the range of this property is xsd:decimal, so it is always possible to order a new activity in between two subsequent existing activities.
recorded in a realization of eli-dl:recorded_in_a_realization_of Work Subdivision
0..1
 Indicates that an activity was recorded in a related work. Note : this property is shortcut for an implicit FRBR \"Recording Event\" that would have created the Recording of the event.
reference text ept:epvoc#referenceText rdf:langString
0..*
 A label on the activity, describing what is being carried out.
responsible organisation label eli-dl:responsible_organization_label rdf:langString
0..*
 A label on the activity, describing what is being carried out.
voting id skos:notation ept:epvoc#votingId
0..1
 An identifier for a voting
was motivated by eli-dl:was_motivated_by Activity
0..*
 Annother activity that was \"triggered\" or \"logically followed\" this one. Example : the request for an opinion motivated the writing of an opinion.

Work type

http://data.europa.eu/eli/ontology#WorkType
  • Nodes: IRI
  • URI pattern: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/ep-document-types/.*$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/ep-document-types/TEXT_ADOPTED
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
Is in scheme skos:inScheme ept:ep-document-types
0..*
 Property stating the concept scheme that a given resource is part of
type rdf:type skos:Concept
0..*
 Property that is used to state that a resource is an instance of a class

Participation Role

http://data.europa.eu/eli/eli-draft-legislation-ontology#ParticipationRole
  • Nodes: IRI
  • URI pattern: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/ep-roles/.*$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/ep-roles/RAPPORTEUR
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
Is in scheme skos:inScheme ept:ep-roles
0..*
 Property stating the concept scheme that a given resource is part of
type rdf:type skos:Concept
0..*
 Property that is used to state that a resource is an instance of a class

Linguistic System

http://purl.org/dc/terms/LinguisticSystem
  • Nodes: IRI
  • URI pattern: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/langauge/.*$
  • Example: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/LIT
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
Is in scheme skos:inScheme op-aut:language
0..*
 Property stating the concept scheme that a given resource is part of
type rdf:type skos:Concept
0..*
 Property that is used to state that a resource is an instance of a class

Media Type or Extent

http://purl.org/dc/terms/MediaTypeOrExtent
  • Nodes: IRI
  • URI pattern: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/file-type/.*$
  • Example: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/file-type/PDF
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
Is in scheme skos:inScheme op-aut:file-type
0..*
 Property stating the concept scheme that a given resource is part of
type rdf:type skos:Concept
0..*
 Property that is used to state that a resource is an instance of a class

Media Type

http://purl.org/dc/terms/MediaType
  • Nodes: IRI
  • URI pattern: https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/.*$
  • Example: https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/pdf
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
Is in scheme skos:inScheme op-aut:file-type
0..*
 Property stating the concept scheme that a given resource is part of
type rdf:type skos:Concept
0..*
 Property that is used to state that a resource is an instance of a class

Country

http://publications.europa.eu/ontology/euvoc#Country
  • Nodes: IRI
  • URI pattern: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country/.*$
  • Example: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country/FRA
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
Is in scheme skos:inScheme op-aut:country
0..*
 Property stating the concept scheme that a given resource is part of
type rdf:type skos:Concept
0..*
 Property that is used to state that a resource is an instance of a class

Place

http://purl.org/dc/terms/Location
  • Nodes: IRI
  • URI pattern: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/place/.*$
  • Example: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/place/FRA_SXB
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
Is in scheme skos:inScheme op-aut:place
0..*
 Property stating the concept scheme that a given resource is part of
Within country geosparql:sfWithin skos:Concept
0..*
 States that the subject is spatially within the object
type rdf:type skos:Concept
0..*
 Property that is used to state that a resource is an instance of a class

Status

http://publications.europa.eu/ontology/euvoc#FileStatus
  • Nodes: IRI
  • URI pattern: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/file-status/.*$
  • Example: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/file-status/ADOPTED
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
Is in scheme skos:inScheme op-aut:status
0..*
 Property stating the concept scheme that a given resource is part of
type rdf:type skos:Concept
0..*
 Property that is used to state that a resource is an instance of a class

Corporate Body (Organisation)

http://www.w3.org/ns/org#Organization
  • Nodes: IRI
  • URI pattern: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/org/.*$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/org/EU_PARLIAMENT
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
type rdf:type org:Organization
0..*
 Property that is used to state that a resource is an instance of a class

Site

http://www.w3.org/ns/org#Site
  • Nodes: IRI
  • URI pattern: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/site/.*$
  • Example: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/site/ASP
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
Is in scheme skos:inScheme op-aut:site
0..*
 Property stating the concept scheme that a given resource is part of
type rdf:type skos:Concept
0..*
 Property that is used to state that a resource is an instance of a class

Concept

http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept
  • Nodes: IRI
  • Example: http://eurovoc.europa.eu/434743
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
Is in scheme skos:inScheme IRI

op-aut:subject-matter, op-aut:dir-eu-legal-act, http://eurovoc.europa.eu
0..*
 Property stating the concept scheme that a given resource is part of
type rdf:type skos:Concept
0..*
 Property that is used to state that a resource is an instance of a class

Activity Type

http://data.europa.eu/eli/eli-draft-legislation-ontology#ActivityType
  • Nodes: IRI
  • URI pattern: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/ep-activities/.*$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/ep-activities/TABLING_PLENARY
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
Is in scheme skos:inScheme ept:ep-activities
0..*
 Property stating the concept scheme that a given resource is part of
type rdf:type skos:Concept
0..*
 Property that is used to state that a resource is an instance of a class

Subdivision Type

http://data.europa.eu/eli/ontology#SubdivisionType
  • Nodes: IRI
  • URI pattern: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/subdivision/.*$
  • Example: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/subdivision/ITM
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
Is in scheme skos:inScheme op-aut:subdivision
0..*
 Property stating the concept scheme that a given resource is part of
type rdf:type skos:Concept
0..*
 Property that is used to state that a resource is an instance of a class

Process Type

http://data.europa.eu/eli/eli-draft-legislation-ontology#ProcessType
  • Nodes: IRI
  • URI pattern: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/ep-procedure-types/.*$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/ep-procedure-types/COD
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
Is in scheme skos:inScheme ept:ep-procedure-types
0..*
 Property stating the concept scheme that a given resource is part of
type rdf:type skos:Concept
0..*
 Property that is used to state that a resource is an instance of a class

Decision Method

http://data.europa.eu/eli/eli-draft-legislation-ontology#DecisionMethod
  • Nodes: IRI
  • URI pattern: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/ep-decision-methods/.*$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/ep-decision-methods/VOTE_ELECTRONIC_ROLLCALL
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
Is in scheme skos:inScheme ept:ep-decision-methods
0..*
 Property stating the concept scheme that a given resource is part of
type rdf:type skos:Concept
0..*
 Property that is used to state that a resource is an instance of a class

Decision Outcome

http://data.europa.eu/eli/eli-draft-legislation-ontology#DecisionOutcome
  • Nodes: IRI
  • URI pattern: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/ep-statuses/.*$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/ep-statuses/ADOPTED
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
Is in scheme skos:inScheme ept:ep-statuses
0..*
 Property stating the concept scheme that a given resource is part of
type rdf:type skos:Concept
0..*
 Property that is used to state that a resource is an instance of a class

Process Stage

http://data.europa.eu/eli/eli-draft-legislation-ontology#ProcessStage
  • Nodes: IRI
  • URI pattern: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/procedure-phase/.*$
  • Example: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/procedure-phase/RDG1
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
Is in scheme skos:inScheme op-aut:procedure-phase
0..*
 Property stating the concept scheme that a given resource is part of
type rdf:type skos:Concept
0..*
 Property that is used to state that a resource is an instance of a class

Release notes

2.3.0 - 2024-10-28

2.1.0 - 2024-10-11

2.1.0 - 2024-03-20

2.0 - 2024-01-12

1.5 - 2023-12-05

1.3 - 2023-09-26

1.2 - 2023-06-10

1.1 - 2023-04-14