Description of Transaction Events

Duration

• Term: otgevents:duration

• Equivalent property: schema:duration

• Data type: Duration or Text

• Description: The length of the lease, rental, or term of enslavement before manumission in sales contract.

• Usage:

• Input: Single

Currency

• Term: otgevents:currency

• Equivalent property: schema:currency

• Data type: Text

• Description: The currency in which the monetary amount is expressed.

• Usage: Input will vary based on time and place. Use a general base term to indicate the currency (dollars, pounds, etc.), even if smaller units of that currency are being used. If a local currency is being used, indicate the location with an annotation or in the Description field (Maryland pounds, British pounds, etc.).

• Input: Multiple

Price

• Term: otgevents:price

• Equivalent property: schema:price

• Data type: Integer or Text

• Description: The numeric representation of the price or evaluation for a transaction.

• Usage: This property offers a way to capture the monetary elements of a transaction. For transactions that also include bartered items, list those elements with Price Component. In the case of pounds, separate the units with periods (e.g. £ 31.05.02).

• Input: Multiple

Price Component

• Term: otgevents:priceComponent

• Equivalent property: schema:priceComponent

• Data type: Text

• Description: Indication of combined elements in a commercial transaction.

• Usage: If a transaction lists multiple forms of payment or exchange, rather than a total price, list those elements here, (i.e. livestock, trade goods, agricultural products, exchanges of enslaved people).

• Input: Multiple

Good or Service

• Term: otgevents:typeOfGood

• Equivalent property: schema:typeOfGood

• Data type: Text

• Description: Materials involved in a commercial transaction

• Usage:

• Input: Multiple

Task Performed

• Term: otgevents:taskPerformed

• Equivalent property:

• Data type: Text

• Description: The type of work performed.

• Usage:

• Input: Multiple

Contract Terms

• Term: otgevents:contractTerms

• Equivalent property:

• Data type: Text

• Description: The terms of a sale, legal, or employment contract.

• Usage:

• Input: Multiple

Exchanged For

• Term: otgevents:exchangedFor

• Equivalent property:

• Data type: Text

• Description: The goods or services exchanged in transaction. Might be used in lieu of monetary payment.

• Usage:

• Input: Multiple