RiC-O Entity and Relationship Reference

Last updated: 2026-03-28 15:16:39

RiC-O Entities Supported

Heratio implements full support for the following RiC-O entities, available in both Heratio View and RiC View:

RiC-O Class Archival Concept
rico:RecordSet Fonds, series, sub-series, file
rico:Record Individual archival record
rico:RecordPart Fragment or component of a record
rico:Person Individual (creator, subject, custodian)
rico:CorporateBody Organisation
rico:Family Family unit
rico:Activity Event, process, transaction
rico:Function Functional classification
rico:Place Geographic location
rico:Instantiation Physical or digital carrier
rico:DocumentaryFormType Form type classification
rico:CarrierType Carrier type classification
rico:ContentType Content type classification
rico:RecordState State classification
rico:Language Language classification

Key Relationships

Relationship Meaning
rico:hasOrHadCreator Record to creating agent
rico:hasOrHadHolder Custodial history
rico:hasOrHadSubject Subject access points
rico:hasOrHadInstantiation Record to physical/digital carrier
rico:describesOrDescribed Description to described entity
rico:isOrWasRelatedTo General relationship
rico:hasOrHadPart / rico:isOrWasIncludedIn Hierarchy
rico:isAssociatedWithDate Temporal context
rico:isAssociatedWithPlace Spatial context

Standards Mapping

Standard Role
RiC-O 1.1 Canonical semantic layer
RiC-CM 1.0 Conceptual model
ISAD(G) Traditional description form and view lens
ISAAR-CPF Authority record form and view lens
EAD3 Export format
EAC-CPF Export format
Dublin Core OAI-PMH harvesting
RDF-Star Provenance annotation on triples
PROV-O Description provenance mapping
Spectrum 5.0 Condition assessment framework

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