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History of changes to the project is available in Changelog.
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The Terminology section defining the key concepts and terms used in the vocabulary.
| Prefix | Namespace IRI |
|---|---|
at-voc
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http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/
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epo
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http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#
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epo-con
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http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#
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epo-not
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http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#
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rdf
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http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
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xsd
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http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#
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This document describes the usage of the following main entities for a correct usage of the vocabulary:
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CAN defence- D81 |
CAN social notice |
CAN social notice- D25 |
CAN social- D25 |
CAN standard notice |
CAN standard- D24 |
CN defence- D81 |
CN social notice |
CN social notice- D25 |
CN social- D25 |
CN standard notice |
CN standard- D24 |
Competition notice |
Completion notice |
Concession award notice- D23 |
Concession notice- D23 |
Contract modification notice |
Design contest notice |
Design contest result notice |
Design contest result- D24 |
Design contest result- D25 |
Design contest- D24 |
Design contest- D25 |
Direct award prenotification notice |
E forms notice |
Modification- D23 |
Modification- D24 |
Modification- D25 |
Notice1 |
Notice10 |
Notice11 |
Notice12 |
Notice13 |
Notice14 |
Notice15 |
Notice16 |
Notice17 |
Notice18 |
Notice19 |
Notice2 |
Notice20 |
Notice21 |
Notice22 |
Notice23 |
Notice24 |
Notice25 |
Notice26 |
Notice27 |
Notice28 |
Notice29 |
Notice3 |
Notice30 |
Notice31 |
Notice32 |
Notice33 |
Notice34 |
Notice35 |
Notice36 |
Notice37 |
Notice38 |
Notice39 |
Notice4 |
Notice40 |
Notice5 |
Notice6 |
Notice7 |
Notice8 |
Notice9 |
PI N- CFC social notice |
PI N- CFC social notice- D25 |
PI N- CFC social- D25 |
PI N- CFC standard notice |
PI N- CFC standard- D24 |
PI N- RT L- D24 |
PI N- RT L- D25 |
PIN defence- D81 |
PIN only notice |
PIN only- D24 |
PIN only- D25 |
PIN profile notice |
PIN profile- D24 |
PIN profile- D25 |
PIN profile- D81 |
PIN time limit notice |
Planning notice |
Pre market consultation notice |
Q S- D25 |
QS notice |
QS notice- D25 |
Result notice |
Social and other specific services- D23 |
Social and other specific services- D24 |
Standard forms notice |
Subcontract notice |
Subcontract- D81 |
VEA T- D23 |
VEA T- D24 |
VEA T- D25 |
VEA T- D81 |
Voluntary ex- ante transparency notice |
And supported by these datatypes:
| Plain literal | Any URI | Boolean | Date | Date time | Decimal | Integer |
| Property | Range | Card | Definition | Usage | Reuse | Feedback |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| announces lot |
Lot |
1..* |
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| announces lot group |
Lot group |
0..* |
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| announces procedure |
Procedure |
1 |
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| announces role |
Agent in role |
1..* |
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| Property | Range | Card | Definition | Usage | Reuse | Feedback |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| announces completion of contract |
Contract |
1 |
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| announces review object |
Review object |
1..* |
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| announces role |
Agent in role |
0..* |
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| refers to award decision |
Award decision |
0..* |
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| refers to lot |
Lot |
1..* |
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| refers to lot group |
Lot group |
0..* |
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| refers to lot group award information |
Lot group award information |
0..* |
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| refers to notice award information |
Notice award information |
0..1 |
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| refers to procedure |
Procedure |
1 |
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| refers to role |
Agent in role |
0..* |
|
| Property | Range | Card | Definition | Usage | Reuse | Feedback |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| announces contract amendment |
Contract amendment |
1 |
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| announces role |
Agent in role |
0..* |
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| refers to award decision |
Award decision |
0..* |
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| refers to contract to be modified |
Contract |
1 |
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| refers to lot |
Lot |
1..* |
|
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| refers to lot group |
Lot group |
0..* |
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| refers to lot group award information |
Lot group award information |
0..* |
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| refers to notice award information |
Notice award information |
0..1 |
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| refers to procedure |
Procedure |
1 |
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| Property | Range | Card | Definition | Usage | Reuse | Feedback |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| announces award decision |
Award decision |
0..* |
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| announces contract |
Contract |
0..* |
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| announces lot |
Lot |
1..* |
|
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| announces lot group |
Lot group |
0..* |
|
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| announces lot group award information |
Lot group award information |
0..* |
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| announces notice award information |
Notice award information |
0..1 |
|
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| announces procedure |
Procedure |
1 |
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| announces role |
Agent in role |
1..* |
|
| Property | Range | Card | Definition | Usage | Reuse | Feedback |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| announces planned procurement part |
Planned procurement part |
0..* |
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| announces role |
Agent in role |
1..* |
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| Property | Range | Card | Definition | Usage | Reuse | Feedback |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| announces award decision |
Award decision |
0..* |
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| announces contract |
Contract |
0..* |
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| announces lot group award information |
Lot group award information |
0..* |
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| announces notice award information |
Notice award information |
0..1 |
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| announces role |
Agent in role |
0..* |
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| refers to lot |
Lot |
1..* |
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| refers to lot group |
Lot group |
0..* |
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| refers to procedure |
Procedure |
1 |
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| refers to role |
Agent in role |
1..* |
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| Class | Definition | Feedback |
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| Class | Class IRI | Property type | Property | Property IRI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#CompetitionNotice |
Mandatory | announces lot | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#announcesLot |
| Competition notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#CompetitionNotice |
Optional | announces lot group | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#announcesLotGroup |
| Competition notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#CompetitionNotice |
Mandatory | announces procedure | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#announcesProcedure |
| Competition notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#CompetitionNotice |
Mandatory | announces role | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#announcesRole |
| Completion notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#CompletionNotice |
Mandatory | announces completion of contract | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#announcesCompletionOfContract |
| Completion notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#CompletionNotice |
Mandatory | announces review object | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#announcesReviewObject |
| Completion notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#CompletionNotice |
Optional | announces role | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#announcesRole |
| Completion notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#CompletionNotice |
Optional | refers to award decision | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#refersToAwardDecision |
| Completion notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#CompletionNotice |
Mandatory | refers to lot | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#refersToLot |
| Completion notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#CompletionNotice |
Optional | refers to lot group | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#refersToLotGroup |
| Completion notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#CompletionNotice |
Optional | refers to lot group award information | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#refersToLotGroupAwardInformation |
| Completion notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#CompletionNotice |
Optional | refers to notice award information | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#refersToNoticeAwardInformation |
| Completion notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#CompletionNotice |
Mandatory | refers to procedure | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#refersToProcedure |
| Completion notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#CompletionNotice |
Optional | refers to role | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#refersToRole |
| Contract modification notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#ContractModificationNotice |
Mandatory | announces contract amendment | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#announcesContractAmendment |
| Contract modification notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#ContractModificationNotice |
Optional | announces role | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#announcesRole |
| Contract modification notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#ContractModificationNotice |
Optional | refers to award decision | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#refersToAwardDecision |
| Contract modification notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#ContractModificationNotice |
Mandatory | refers to contract to be modified | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#refersToContractToBeModified |
| Contract modification notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#ContractModificationNotice |
Mandatory | refers to lot | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#refersToLot |
| Contract modification notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#ContractModificationNotice |
Optional | refers to lot group | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#refersToLotGroup |
| Contract modification notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#ContractModificationNotice |
Optional | refers to lot group award information | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#refersToLotGroupAwardInformation |
| Contract modification notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#ContractModificationNotice |
Optional | refers to notice award information | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#refersToNoticeAwardInformation |
| Contract modification notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#ContractModificationNotice |
Mandatory | refers to procedure | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#refersToProcedure |
| Direct award prenotification notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#DirectAwardPrenotificationNotice |
Optional | announces award decision | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#announcesAwardDecision |
| Direct award prenotification notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#DirectAwardPrenotificationNotice |
Optional | announces contract | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#announcesContract |
| Direct award prenotification notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#DirectAwardPrenotificationNotice |
Mandatory | announces lot | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#announcesLot |
| Direct award prenotification notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#DirectAwardPrenotificationNotice |
Optional | announces lot group | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#announcesLotGroup |
| Direct award prenotification notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#DirectAwardPrenotificationNotice |
Optional | announces lot group award information | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#announcesLotGroupAwardInformation |
| Direct award prenotification notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#DirectAwardPrenotificationNotice |
Optional | announces notice award information | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#announcesNoticeAwardInformation |
| Direct award prenotification notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#DirectAwardPrenotificationNotice |
Mandatory | announces procedure | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#announcesProcedure |
| Direct award prenotification notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#DirectAwardPrenotificationNotice |
Mandatory | announces role | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#announcesRole |
| Planning notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#PlanningNotice |
Optional | announces planned procurement part | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#announcesPlannedProcurementPart |
| Planning notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#PlanningNotice |
Mandatory | announces role | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#announcesRole |
| Result notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#ResultNotice |
Optional | announces award decision | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#announcesAwardDecision |
| Result notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#ResultNotice |
Optional | announces contract | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#announcesContract |
| Result notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#ResultNotice |
Optional | announces lot group award information | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#announcesLotGroupAwardInformation |
| Result notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#ResultNotice |
Optional | announces notice award information | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#announcesNoticeAwardInformation |
| Result notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#ResultNotice |
Optional | announces role | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#announcesRole |
| Result notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#ResultNotice |
Mandatory | refers to lot | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#refersToLot |
| Result notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#ResultNotice |
Optional | refers to lot group | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#refersToLotGroup |
| Result notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#ResultNotice |
Mandatory | refers to procedure | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#refersToProcedure |
| Result notice | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#ResultNotice |
Mandatory | refers to role | http://data.europa.eu/a4g/ontology#refersToRole |
The following list provides links to semantic data specifications and other resources related to this vocabulary.