This instrument defines specific modalities of human agency and fundamental freedoms. The RDF properties and SHACL shapes parsed below codify these rights as affirmable undertakings binding upon actors.
Note: We strictly map these rights to the natural person, prioritizing self-determination and autonomy. Institutional constructs (such as corporate personhood) are explicitly disjoint from these human-centric dignity classifications within the SHACL constraints.
Contextual Data Structures (CML & nquins)
The underlying structure of this schema utilizes nquins and Context Markup Language (CML) to provide deep, context-aware semantic mapping.
This architecture ensures that whenever multiple cryptography-supported identifiers are utilized to manage state or attribute assertions, they remain entirely enumerated and compartmentalized. This prevents the blending of distinct agent presence modalities and secures the structural integrity of the Human-Centric system against opaque institutional tracking.
Triples / Shapes Viewer
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix sh: <http://www.w3.org/ns/shacl#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix dcterms: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> .
@prefix time: <http://www.w3.org/2006/time#> .
@prefix geo: <http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#> .
@prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> .
@prefix values: <https://ns.webcivics.net/values/> .
@prefix jur: <https://ns.webcivics.net/jurisdiction/> .
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# Spatio-temporal RATIFICATION + JURISDICTION layer.
# A human-rights instrument's norms bind a State only FROM that State's ratification /
# entry-into-force date — so the in-force window is PER-JURISDICTION, and the
# jurisdiction (+ ratification time) IS the frame in the frame-relative resolution
# (Axiom 2 / task #15): "ICCPR Art.3 is in force FOR Australia from 1980-11-13."
# Implementation can differ across SUB-state jurisdictions (federal systems).
# Authoritative per-State data is sourced from treaties.un.org (per instrument);
# the Australia entries below are ILLUSTRATIVE pending that sourcing.
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# --- Jurisdictions (a polity with legal authority over a territory) ---------
jur:Jurisdiction a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:label "Jurisdiction" .
jur:State a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf jur:Jurisdiction ;
rdfs:comment "A UN member State — the unit that ratifies international instruments." .
jur:SubStateJurisdiction a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf jur:Jurisdiction ;
rdfs:comment "A province / state / territory within a State (federal systems) — where implementation is realised." .
jur:hasJurisdiction a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain jur:State ; rdfs:range jur:Jurisdiction ;
rdfs:comment "A State contains a sub-state jurisdiction." .
jur:within a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain jur:Jurisdiction ; rdfs:range jur:Jurisdiction ;
rdfs:comment "Containment (sub → parent); inverse of hasJurisdiction." .
jur:isoCode a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain jur:Jurisdiction ; rdfs:range xsd:string .
# geo:hasGeometry / geo:asWKT carry the spatial extent (GeoSPARQL; kml_bridge ingests it).
# --- Ratification (the per-(instrument × State) binding) --------------------
jur:Ratification a rdfs:Class ;
rdfs:comment "A State's adoption of an instrument: status + dates + reservations. The norms bind the State within [entryIntoForceForState, denunciation)." .
jur:ratifies a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain jur:Ratification ;
rdfs:comment "The instrument adopted (a values:ValuesCredential doc:Instrument)." .
jur:ratifiedBy a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain jur:Ratification ; rdfs:range jur:State .
jur:ratificationStatus a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain jur:Ratification ; rdfs:range jur:RatificationStatus .
jur:signatureDate a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain jur:Ratification ; rdfs:range xsd:date .
jur:ratificationDate a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain jur:Ratification ; rdfs:range xsd:date .
jur:entryIntoForceForState a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain jur:Ratification ; rdfs:range xsd:date ;
rdfs:comment "When the instrument became BINDING for this State — the start of its per-jurisdiction in-force frame." .
jur:reservation a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain jur:Ratification ;
rdfs:comment "A reservation/declaration narrowing the binding (scopes which norms apply)." .
jur:RatificationStatus a rdfs:Class .
jur:Signed a jur:RatificationStatus . jur:Ratified a jur:RatificationStatus .
jur:Acceded a jur:RatificationStatus . jur:Succeeded a jur:RatificationStatus .
jur:Denounced a jur:RatificationStatus .
# --- Instrument-level temporal (richer than the dc:date adoption string) ----
jur:adopted a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:date ; rdfs:comment "Adoption date (typed)." .
jur:entryIntoForce a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:date ; rdfs:comment "General entry-into-force date of the instrument." .
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# SHACL — a ratification must be a well-formed binding
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jur:RatificationShape a sh:NodeShape ;
sh:targetClass jur:Ratification ;
sh:property [ sh:path jur:ratifies ; sh:minCount 1 ;
sh:message "A ratification must name the instrument it binds the State to." ] ;
sh:property [ sh:path jur:ratifiedBy ; sh:minCount 1 ; sh:class jur:State ;
sh:message "A ratification must be by a State." ] ;
sh:property [ sh:path jur:entryIntoForceForState ; sh:minCount 1 ;
sh:message "A ratification must record when it became binding (the in-force frame start)." ] .
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# PILOT — Commonwealth of Australia + its sub-state jurisdictions (ILLUSTRATIVE).
# Authoritative per-State ratification data: treaties.un.org. dataStatus = Illustrative.
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jur:Australia a jur:State ;
skos:prefLabel "Commonwealth of Australia" ;
jur:isoCode "AU" ;
jur:hasJurisdiction jur:AU-NSW, jur:AU-VIC, jur:AU-QLD, jur:AU-WA, jur:AU-SA,
jur:AU-TAS, jur:AU-ACT, jur:AU-NT .
jur:AU-NSW a jur:SubStateJurisdiction ; skos:prefLabel "New South Wales" ; jur:within jur:Australia .
jur:AU-VIC a jur:SubStateJurisdiction ; skos:prefLabel "Victoria" ; jur:within jur:Australia .
jur:AU-QLD a jur:SubStateJurisdiction ; skos:prefLabel "Queensland" ; jur:within jur:Australia .
jur:AU-WA a jur:SubStateJurisdiction ; skos:prefLabel "Western Australia" ; jur:within jur:Australia .
jur:AU-SA a jur:SubStateJurisdiction ; skos:prefLabel "South Australia" ; jur:within jur:Australia .
jur:AU-TAS a jur:SubStateJurisdiction ; skos:prefLabel "Tasmania" ; jur:within jur:Australia .
jur:AU-ACT a jur:SubStateJurisdiction ; skos:prefLabel "Australian Capital Territory" ; jur:within jur:Australia .
jur:AU-NT a jur:SubStateJurisdiction ; skos:prefLabel "Northern Territory" ; jur:within jur:Australia .
# Australia's ratification of the ICCPR (ILLUSTRATIVE — confirm against treaties.un.org).
jur:ratification-AU-ICCPR a jur:Ratification ;
jur:ratifies <https://ns.webcivics.net/values/international-covenant-civil-and-political-rights#Instrument> ;
jur:ratifiedBy jur:Australia ;
jur:ratificationStatus jur:Ratified ;
jur:ratificationDate "1980-08-13"^^xsd:date ;
jur:entryIntoForceForState "1980-11-13"^^xsd:date ;
values:dataStatus values:Illustrative ;
prov:wasDerivedFrom <https://treaties.un.org/> .