SCALES OKN Documentation

RDF Terms

This page lists all terms (besides URIs and literals) used in SCALES's graph data, which is accessible via FRINKopen in new window, the query service for the NSF Proto-OKN. However, at time of writing, FRINK was serving an old version of our data, so some of the below terms may be missing.

Note that this list does not distinguish between terms that we use as predicates, i.e. <uri_1 NamespaceTerm uri_2>, and terms that we use as types, i.e. <uri_1 rdf:Type NamespaceTerm>. In general, though, we try to employ all of the below terms in the predicate format, and thereafter we add additional rdf:Type triples as a courtesy where appropriate.

The terms are sorted by their namespace of origin, with the header of each section linking to the namespace prefix we use in our graph. All of the namespaces besides NIBRS and SCALES are compliant with NIEM 5.0open in new window.

JXDMopen in new window

NIEM-Coreopen in new window

FIPSopen in new window

NIBRSopen in new window

RDFopen in new window

SCALESopen in new window (custom terms)

TermExplanation
BirthYearUsed for data sources that list defendant birth years but not full birthdays.
CivilCaseNIEM lacks case-type distinctions finer than nc:CourtCase.
CriminalCaseNIEM lacks case-type distinctions finer than nc:CourtCase.
FirmJXDM has JudicialOfficialFirmopen in new window, but that term is slightly too ambiguous for our purposes.
OntologyLabelLinks a docket entry to a tag in our litigation ontology.
PartyJXDM lacks a general term beyond CaseInitiatingParty and CaseDefendantParty, which don't encompass all possible types of parties.
appointedByPartyDerived from the "party of appointing president" FJC fieldopen in new window.
assignedToDefendantDerived from the per-party judge-assignment data in PACER criminal cases.
hasChargeTypeDerived from the pending_counts / terminating_counts dichotomy in PACER.
hasCommissionDateDerived from the eponymous FJC fieldopen in new window.
hasExtraInfoDerived from the raw_info PACER field.
hasHighestOffenseLevelOpeningDerived from the eponymous PACER field.
hasHighestOffenseLevelTerminatedDerived from the eponymous PACER field.
hasIdbXDerived from the fields in the FJC IDB (listed in the civilopen in new window and criminalopen in new window codebooks) and encoded as hasIdbCircuit, hasIdbDistrict, etc. Our graph does not include all fields, so some trial and error may be required when attempting to use a particular field.
hasIfpJudgeAttributionDerived from our in forma pauperis tags.
hasIfpLabelDerived from our in forma pauperis tags.
hasJudgeReferenceLinks a docket entry to the disambiguated ID of a judge referenced in that entry.
hasMemberCaseFor a given case, links the ucid listed in the lead_case_id PACER field to the ucid of the given case.
hasReferenceToOtherEntryDerived from the edges PACER field.
hasRelatedCaseDerived from the eponymous PACER field.
hasUVAJudgeDirIDLinks a disambiguated judge entity ID to the ID embedded in the corresponding URL in UVA's BR/MAG Judge Databaseopen in new window.
isInCircuitLinks a URI for a federal district court to a literal specifying its court circuit.
isInstanceOfEntityLinks a court entity (judge, party, lawyer, or law firm) to a disambiguated entity ID.