Actor:Group

Actor:Group node definition.

Description

Nodes with both the "Actor" and "Group" labels, representing all pairings or larger groupings of people that are understandable and uniquely identifiable, able to act and/or hold responsibilities as a recognized unit (e.g., a married couple, a formally-instituted organization, a short-term team, etc.). Represented in visualizations by HTML hex color #6A4C93: Actor:Group with white (#FFFFFF) label text.

Analogy

A row in a "Groups" spreadsheet or relational database table.

Example

"Calvin University", "Department of Antiquities of Jordan", "UJAP 2024 Fieldwork Team"

CIDOC-CRM Mapping

MAYBE include a short summmary here, but leave the details for the designated CIDOC-CRM section.

Node Properties

Basic Properties

property	type	req?	uniq?	description	example(s)
-	-	-	-	-	-
uid	string	Y	Y	Unique identifier as alphanumeric slug, prepended with “group-”	"group-ujap-2024-team"
name	string	Y	Y	Unique name by which this Group is known in the database.	"UJAP.2024.Team"
description	string	Y	n	Short description of the Group recorded by this node. Will almost certainly be unique, but this is not enforced.	"UJAP.2024 field season team."
dateFormation	string (edtf)	n	n	Where relevant and available, the date this group was formed, as precisely as possible, in extended date-time format (level 0/1 supported).	"2024-04"
dateEnd	string (edtf)	n	n	Where relevant and available, the date this group was dissolved, as precisely as possible, in extended date-time format (level 0/1 supported).	"2024-06-10"

TENTATIVE Properties

(these may be changed to edge/relationships with Vocab terms or ContactPoint nodes, rather than directly stored as node properties)

property	type	req?	uniq?	description	example(s)
-	-	-	-	-	-
type	string	n	n	The type of Group recorded by this group entity, selected from the Vocab:GroupType controlled vocabulary.	"Temporary fieldwork team."
email	string	n	n	Where relevant and available, the primary email address for this group.	"team@domain.com"
phone	string	n	n	Where relevant and available, the primary telephone number (with country code) for this group.	"+1-555-555-5555"
homepage	string	n	n	Where relevant and available, the primary homepage/website address for this group.	"https://ummaljimal.org"
postalAddress	string	n	n	Where relevant and available, the primary postal address for this group.	"3201 Burton Street, Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI 49506, USA"

System/Audit Properties

(these are not required/enforced by Neo4j but are populated via the UJAP Database web application; these could also be handled—perhaps more simply—by edge/relationship to AuditEvent nodes)

property	type	req?	uniq?	description	example(s)
proposedAt	datetime	n	n	Timestamp of entity proposal (initial database record creation)	"2026-01-30T02:39:15.638Z"
proposedBy	string	n	n	Email or userID of the person who created this entity's initial/proposed record	"person@email.com"
approvedAt	datetime	n	n	Timestamp of entity proposal (initial database record creation)	"2026-01-30T12:47:15.638Z"
approvedBy	string	n	n	Email or userID of the person who created this entity's initial/proposed record	"person@email.com"
committedAt	datetime	n	n	of node entity COMMIT (i.e., formal approval/ publishing to database by an admin).	"2026-01-31T02:41:56.043Z"
committedBy	string	n	n	Email or userID of the person who COMMITTED this node entity.	"person@email.com"