Parliamentary questions dataset description
Creation date: 2022-11-18
Last updated: 2024-10-26 00:00:00
Copyright date: 2022
Version: 2.3.0
License: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/legal-notice/en/
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
dcterms http://purl.org/dc/terms/
eli http://data.europa.eu/eli/ontology#
eli-dl http://data.europa.eu/eli/eli-draft-legislation-ontology#
ep-document-types https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/ep-document-types/
ep-roles https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/ep-roles/
ept https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/
epvoc https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/epvoc#
foaf http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
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#
xsd http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#

Diagram

Diagram
Parliamentary questions diagram

Model documentation

Question Oral

https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/parliamentary-questions#QuestionOralWork

This node shape represents a subset of eli:Work

  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: ^https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/O-[0-9]{1,2}-[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{6}$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/O-9-2023-000056
Applies to: 
PREFIX eli: <http://data.europa.eu/eli/ontology#>
SELECT ?this
WHERE {
 ?this eli:work_type ?type .
 VALUES ?type {
 <https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/ep-document-types/QUESTION_ORAL>
 }
}
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
based on eli:based_on IRI
0..*
creator dcterms:creator Reference to an Organization
0..*
date document eli:date_document xsd:date
1..1
en number version ept:epvoc#epNumberVersion xsd:string
0..1
ep number ept:epvoc#epNumber xsd:string
1..1
identifier dcterms:identifier xsd:string
1..1
identifier year ept:epvoc#identifierYear xsd:string
1..1
is realized by eli:is_realized_by Expression
1..*
label rdfs:label xsd:string
0..1
notation skos:notation ept:epvoc#publicRegister
1..1
original language ept:epvoc#originalLanguage Reference to a Language
0..*
parliamentary term eli-dl:parliamentary_term IRI
0..1
publisher dcterms:publisher Reference to an Organization
1..1
stakeholder participant ept:epvoc#workHadParticipation Participation
0..*
title dcterms:title rdf:langString
1..*
type rdf:type eli:Work
1..1
work type eli:work_type Reference to a Work type
1..1

Question Interpellation Major

https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/parliamentary-questions#InterpellationMajorWork

This node shape represents a subset of eli:Work

  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: ^https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/G-[0-9]{1,2}-[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{6}$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/G-9-2023-001002
Applies to: 
PREFIX eli: <http://data.europa.eu/eli/ontology#>
SELECT ?this
WHERE {
 ?this eli:work_type ?type .
 VALUES ?type {
 <https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/ep-document-types/INTERPELLATION_MAJOR>
 }
}
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
based on eli:based_on IRI
0..*
creator dcterms:creator Reference to an Organization
0..*
date document eli:date_document xsd:date
1..1
en number version ept:epvoc#epNumberVersion xsd:string
0..1
ep number ept:epvoc#epNumber xsd:string
1..1
identifier dcterms:identifier xsd:string
1..1
identifier year ept:epvoc#identifierYear xsd:string
1..1
is realized by eli:is_realized_by Expression
1..*
label rdfs:label xsd:string
0..1
notation skos:notation ept:epvoc#publicRegister
1..1
original language ept:epvoc#originalLanguage Reference to a Language
0..*
parliamentary term eli-dl:parliamentary_term IRI
0..1
publisher dcterms:publisher Reference to an Organization
1..1
stakeholder participant ept:epvoc#workHadParticipation Participation
0..*
title dcterms:title rdf:langString
1..*
type rdf:type eli:Work
1..1
work type eli:work_type Reference to a Work type
1..1

Question Written (Priority)

https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/parliamentary-questions#QuestionWrittenWork

This node shape represents a subset of eli:Work

  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: ^https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/(E|P)-[0-9]{1,2}-[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{6}$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/E-9-2022-000004
Applies to: 
PREFIX eli: <http://data.europa.eu/eli/ontology#>
SELECT ?this
WHERE {
 ?this eli:work_type ?type .
 VALUES ?type {
 <https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/ep-document-types/QUESTION_WRITTEN>
<https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/ep-document-types/QUESTION_WRITTEN_PRIORITY>
 }
}
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
based on eli:based_on IRI
0..*
creator dcterms:creator Reference to an Organization
0..*
date document eli:date_document xsd:date
1..1
en number version ept:epvoc#epNumberVersion xsd:string
0..1
ep number ept:epvoc#epNumber xsd:string
1..1
identifier dcterms:identifier xsd:string
1..1
identifier year ept:epvoc#identifierYear xsd:string
1..1
inverse answers to ^eli-dl:answers_to questions:AnswerToQuestionWork
0..*
is realized by eli:is_realized_by Expression
1..*
label rdfs:label xsd:string
0..1
notation skos:notation ept:epvoc#publicRegister
1..1
original language ept:epvoc#originalLanguage Reference to a Language
0..*
parliamentary term eli-dl:parliamentary_term IRI
0..1
publisher dcterms:publisher Reference to an Organization
1..1
stakeholder participant ept:epvoc#workHadParticipation Participation
0..*
title dcterms:title rdf:langString
1..*
type rdf:type eli:Work
1..1
work type eli:work_type Reference to a Work type

ept:ep-document-types/QUESTION_WRITTEN, ept:ep-document-types/QUESTION_WRITTEN_PRIORITY
1..1

Question Interpellation Minor

https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/parliamentary-questions#InterpellationMinorWork

This node shape represents a subset of eli:Work

  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: ^https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/K-[0-9]{1,2}-[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{6}$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/K-8-2019-000001
Applies to: 
PREFIX eli: <http://data.europa.eu/eli/ontology#>
SELECT ?this
WHERE {
 ?this eli:work_type ?type .
 VALUES ?type {
 <https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/ep-document-types/INTERPELLATION_MINOR>
 }
}
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
based on eli:based_on IRI
0..*
creator dcterms:creator Reference to an Organization
0..*
date document eli:date_document xsd:date
1..1
en number version ept:epvoc#epNumberVersion xsd:string
0..1
ep number ept:epvoc#epNumber xsd:string
1..1
identifier dcterms:identifier xsd:string
1..1
identifier year ept:epvoc#identifierYear xsd:string
1..1
inverse answers to ^eli-dl:answers_to questions:AnswerToQuestionWork
0..*
is realized by eli:is_realized_by Expression
1..*
label rdfs:label xsd:string
0..1
notation skos:notation ept:epvoc#publicRegister
1..1
original language ept:epvoc#originalLanguage Reference to a Language
0..*
parliamentary term eli-dl:parliamentary_term IRI
0..1
publisher dcterms:publisher Reference to an Organization
1..1
stakeholder participant ept:epvoc#workHadParticipation Participation
0..*
title dcterms:title rdf:langString
1..*
type rdf:type eli:Work
1..1
work type eli:work_type Reference to a Work type
1..1

Answer to question

https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/parliamentary-questions#AnswerToQuestionWrittenWork

This node shape represents a subset of eli:Work

  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: ^https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/(E|P|K)-[0-9]{1,2}-[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{6}-ASW$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/E-9-2022-000004-ASW
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
No specific properties

Annex to Answer

https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/parliamentary-questions#AnnexOfAnswerWork

This node shape represents a subset of eli:Work

  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: ^https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/(E|P)-[0-9]{1,2}-[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{6}-ASW-ANN[0-9]{2}$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/E-9-2021-003744-ASW-ANN01
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
date document eli:date_document xsd:date
1..1
en number version ept:epvoc#epNumberVersion xsd:string
0..1
ep number ept:epvoc#epNumber xsd:string
1..1
identifier dcterms:identifier xsd:string
1..1
identifier year ept:epvoc#identifierYear xsd:string
1..1
is annex of eli:is_annex_of questions:AnswerToQuestionWork
1..1
is realized by eli:is_realized_by Expression
1..*
label rdfs:label xsd:string
0..1
notation skos:notation ept:epvoc#publicRegister
1..1
number eli:number xsd:string
1..1
numbering ept:epvoc#numbering xsd:integer
1..1
parliamentary term eli-dl:parliamentary_term IRI
0..1
publisher dcterms:publisher Reference to an Organization
1..1
stakeholder participant ept:epvoc#workHadParticipation Participation
0..*
title dcterms:title rdf:langString
1..*
type rdf:type eli:Work
1..1
work type eli:work_type Reference to a Work type
1..1

Expression

https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/parliamentary-questions#Expression
  • Applies to: eli:Expression
  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: ^https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/[A-Za-z0-9\-_]+/[a-z][a-z]$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/E-9-2022-000004/en
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
alternative title eli:title_alternative rdf:langString
0..*
is embodied by eli:is_embodied_by Manifestation
1..*
language eli:language Reference to a Language
1..*
title eli:title rdf:langString
1..*
type rdf:type eli:Expression
1..1

Manifestation

https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/parliamentary-questions#Manifestation
  • Applies to: eli:Manifestation
  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: ^https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/[A-Za-z0-9\-_]+/[a-z][a-z]/.*$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/doc/E-9-2022-000004/en/pdf
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
byte size ept:epvoc#byteSize xsd:long
0..1
format dcterms:format Reference to a Format
1..1
is exemplified by eli:is_exemplified_by IRI
1..*
issued dcterms:issued xsd:dateTime
1..1
media type eli:media_type IRI
1..1
type rdf:type eli:Manifestation
1..1

Participation

https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/parliamentary-questions#Participation

This node shape refers to the class eli-dl:Participation

  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: ^https://data.europarl.europa.eu/eli/dl/participation/[A-Za-z0-9\-_]+_+[A-Za-z0-9\-_]+$
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
participation in name of eli-dl:participation_in_name_of Reference to an Organization
0..1
participation organization eli-dl:had_participant_organization Reference to an Organization
0..1
participation person eli-dl:had_participant_person Reference to a Person
0..1
participation role eli-dl:participation_role Reference to a Role

ep-roles:AUTHOR, ep-roles:ADDRESSEE
1..1
type rdf:type eli-dl:Participation
1..1

Reference to a Parliamentary Term

https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/parliamentary-questions#ParliamentaryTermReference

This node shape refers to the class eli-dl: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
No specific properties

Reference to a Work type

https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/parliamentary-questions#WorkTypeReference

This node shape refers to the class eli:WorkType

  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/resource-type/.*$
  • Example: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/resource-type/QUEST_WRITTEN
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
Is in scheme skos:inScheme ept:ep-document-types
0..*
type rdf:type eli:WorkType
0..*

Reference to a Language

https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/parliamentary-questions#LanguageReference

This node shape refers to the class dcterms:LinguisticSystem

  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/.*$
  • Example: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ENG
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
Is in scheme skos:inScheme op-aut:language
0..*
type rdf:type dcterms:LinguisticSystem
0..*

Reference to a Format

https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/parliamentary-questions#MediaTypeOrExtentReference

This node shape refers to the class dcterms:MediaTypeOrExtent

  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • 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:format
0..*
type rdf:type dcterms:MediaTypeOrExtent
0..*

Reference to a Role

https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/parliamentary-questions#ParticipationRoleReference

This node shape refers to the class eli-dl:ParticipationRole

  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/role/.*$
  • Example: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/role/AUT
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
Is in scheme skos:inScheme ept:ep-roles
0..*
type rdf:type eli-dl:ParticipationRole
0..*

Reference to an Organization

https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/parliamentary-questions#OrganizationReference

This node shape refers to the class org:Organization

  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/.*$
  • Example: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/EP
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
type rdf:type org:Organization
0..*

Reference to a Person

https://data.europarl.europa.eu/def/parliamentary-questions#PersonReference

This node shape refers to the class foaf:Person

  • Nodes: IRI
  • Closed shape
  • URI pattern: ^https://data.europarl.europa.eu/person/[0-9].*$
  • Example: https://data.europarl.europa.eu/person/1234
Property name URI Expected value Card. Description
type rdf:type foaf:Person
0..*

Release notes

2.3.0 - 2024-10-26 (minor/patch)

  • (*) Changes impacting data:
  • (rfc) change wrong sh:datatype for epvoc:numbering (previously xsd:string)
  • (new) add eli:number
  • (*) Other documentation changes (no impact on data):
  • (rfc) added regex pattern to local-ids of URIs, also to some properties
  • (rfc) added missing cardinalities
  • (rfc) added sh:hasValue, sh:in
  • (rfc) add shacl-play:background-color
  • (rfc) rename some shapes for background-colour formula

2.1.0 - 2024-03-21

  • (rfc) eli:work_type[eli:WorkType] values based on the EP taxonomy ep-document-types (QUESTION_WRITTEN, QUESTION_WRITTEN_PRIORITY, QUESTION_ORAL, INTERPELLATION_MAJOR, INTERPELLATION_MINOR, QUESTION_WRITTEN_ANSWER, INTERPELLATION_MINOR_WRITTEN_ANSWER, ANNEX) and not EU AT (op-aut:resource-type)
  • (rfc) dcterms:creator, dcterms:publisher, eli-dl:had_participant_organization and eli-dl:participation_in_name_of will be based on org:Organization as EP data
  • (rfc) eli-dl:participation_role values based on the EP taxonomy ep-roles (AUTHOR, ADDRESSEE), and not EU AT (op-aut:role)
  • (rfc) create more specific shapes for each type
  • (rfc) change of JSON key using "inverse_" (api/v2 only)

1.1 - 2023-04-27

  • eli:date_document sh:datatype is not xsd:dateTime, but xsd:date
  • remove external shapes (incl. controlled vocabularies data) in datasets (Dumps).

1.0 - 2022-11-18

  • creation