reassessment of actors, their affiliations, and relations to research product (versions)

[lzehl]

This issue is based on issues #502, #500 with additional aspects.

research products (RPs); research product versions (RPVs)
category legalPerson: Person, Organisation, Consortium

@openMetadataInitiative/openminds-developers please review and discuss (terminology is still up for change, please provide better suggestions if you have them)

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Current status (as reminder)

Current status for linkages between RP/PRV and actors:

• author (1-N) linked category: legalPerson (for some RP/RPV, e.g. dataset (version))
• custodian (1/0-N) linked category: legalPerson (for any RP/RPV; required only in dataset (version))
• developer (1-N) linked category: legalPerson (for some RP/RPV, e.g. software (version))
• otherContribution (0-N) linked type: Contribution (for any RPV)

Current Contribution:

• contributor (1) linked category: legalPerson
• type (1-N) linked type: ContributionType (controlled, e.g. coordination, data processing, etc.)

Current linkage to Affiliation:

• affiliation (0-N) linked type: Affiliation (for Person or Organisation)

Current Affiliation:

• endDate (0-1) string (date)
• memberOf (1) linked type: Consortium or Organisation
• startDate (0-1) string (date)

Current Organisation:

• affiliation (0-N) linked type: Affiliation
• digitalIdentifier (0-N) linked type: GRIDID, RORID, RRID
• fullName (1) string
• hasParent (0-N) linked type: Organisation
• homepage (0-1) string (iri)
• shortName (0-1) string

Current Consortium:

• fullName (1) string
• contactInformation (0-1) linked type ContactInformation (email)
• homepage (0-1) string (iri)
• shortName (0-1) string

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SUGGESTIONS:

1. get rid of role specific actor linkages
2. make affiliation for a specific RP/RPV explicit
3. enforce real Organisation (with RORID); decouple department, institute, etc. info
4. review Consortium (ID missing? affiliation missing?)
5. review Person (full name?)

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RP/RPV

• replace "author", "developer", "otherContribution" with "contributor"
• contributor (1-N) embedded type Contributor

New Contributor:

• legalPerson (1) linked category legalPerson
• contribution (1-N) embedded type Contribution
• affiliation (1-N) linked type Affiliation

New Contribution:

• role (1) linked type ContributorType
• order (0-1) number (will require conditions to be checked)

New Affiliation:

• organisation (1) linked type Organisation
• institution (0-1) free text ? linked type ?
• department (0-1) free text ? linked type ?
• other ?

New Organisation:

• acronym (0-1) string
• alternateName (0-N) string
• digitalIdentifier (0-N) linked type: GRIDID, RORID, RRID
• fullName (1) string
• hasParent (0-N) linked type: Organisation
• homepage (0-1) string (iri)
• memberOf (0-N) embedded type: Membership

New Person:

• alternateName (0-N) string
• associatedAccount (0-N) linked type AccountInformation
• contactInformation (1) linked type ContactInformation
• digitalIdentifier (0-N) linked type ORCID (others??)
• familyName (0-1) string
• givenName (1) string
• memberOf (0-N) embedded type Membership

New Membership:

• endDate (0-1) string (date)
• memberOf (1) linked type: Consortium or Organisation
• startDate (0-1) string (date)