CULCO: Concept Scheme for Words Matter Knowledge Graph
type: Ontology
subclass of: ConceptScheme
label: Contentious Issues Scheme
abstract: The CULCO concept scheme is used to represent the knowlege graph of contentious terminology from the cultural sector. CULCO stands for "cultural contexts"
created: 2022-12-13
creator: Andrei Nesterov
creator: Laura Hollink
creator: Jacco van Ossenbruggen
contributor: The Dutch National Museum of World Cultures
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7456064
status: CULCO Scheme Specification
namespace prefix: culco
namespace URI: http://w3id.org/culco#
replaces: culco#
version IRI: culco#
version info: 1.0.0

Andrei Nesterov
type: Person
affiliation: CWI

Laura Hollink
type: Person
affiliation: CWI

Jacco van Ossenbruggen
type: Person
affiliation: VU University Amsterdam

The Dutch National Museum of World Cultures
type: Organisation

Contentious Issue
type: Class
in scheme: CULCO: Concept Scheme for Words Matter Knowledge Graph
comment: Represents a discussion about a term. In a broader sense, the discussion may have various formats and types (a textual publication, a social media post, a multimedia file, a verbal conversation etc.). A term can be a word or a phrase that causes a discussion. In the case of Words Matter, the discussion is the glossary entry, which takes one page and includes a title (a contentious term), explanations about the term's usage, and suggestions

Suggestion
type: Class
comment: A suggestion gives recommendations on how to use a contentious term. It can be a general textual suggestion or have concrete alternatives: words and phrases to be used instead of a contentious term in specific contexts. A suggestion can refer to multiple contentious terms. Usually, a Suggestion is a part of a Contentious Issue

hasSuggestion
type: Property
domain: Contentious Issue
range: Suggestion
comment: Used to link Contentious Issue to a Suggestion. Contentious Issue may have several Suggestions

hasContentiousLabel
type: Property
domain: Contentious Issue
range: Label
comment: Used to link Contentious Issue to the contentious label(s) it mentions. Technically, Suggestion may also mention contentious labels

hasSuggestedLabel
type: Property
domain: Suggestion
range: Label
comment: Used to link Suggestion to the suggested label(s) it mentions.

suggestedFor
type: Property
domain: Suggestion
range: Label
comment: Used to link Suggestion to the contentious label(s) it is suggested for.

hasAltLabelExample
type: Property
domain: Suggestion
range: Label
comment: Used with Suggestions when a suggestion gives an example of a contextually appropriate synonym, but not a complete alternative to a contentious label. For example, the term 'Moroccan-Dutch' is one of the possible alternatives for the contentious term 'Allochtoon'

hasUsageExample
type: Property
domain: Suggestion
range: string
comment: Used with Suggestions when it gives an example of how a contentious term or its synonym can be used appropriately in speech; usually, it is a phrase providing additional context in which it is appropriate to use the mentioned terms, for example, the phrase 'There was an artistic movement called ‘primitivism’ for the term 'Primitive'