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Interoperability

CEP is designed to integrate with:

  • Popolo - the entity + political relationships backbone of nearly every open civics project worldwide (OCD, OpenStates, etc.) includes models for Person, Organization, Membership, Post / Role, Area, Event, Motion / Vote, Legislative Activity and works for elected officials, models boards, committees, councils, includes membership graph.
  • Open Civic Data
  • Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) - international standard for public procurement, contracts, tenders, awards, suppliers, implementation and milestone tracking.
  • Schema.org - includes Organization, Person, Place, GovernmentOrganization, Grant, MonetaryGrant, Legislation, VoteAction and enables interoperability with Google datasets, machine readability.
  • Financial Taxonomies (XBRL) - good for financial reporting, auditing, interoperability with Treasury and state finance systems
  • W3C PROV - good for academics and auditors, PROV guides revision chains, attestation blocks, canonical timestamps, and hash-based integrity. CEP attestation maps to PROV wasGeneratedBy, wasAttributedTo, wasDerivedFrom and CEP previousRecordHash maps to PROV wasRevisionOf.
  • Open Referral Human Services Data Specification (HSDS) - has Organization, Location, Service, Funding - enables connecting public funding to outcomes
  • Financial Industry Business Ontology (FIBO) - map to loan-agreement, grant-award (loosely), subsidiary.

CEP Concept Mapping Table

CEP Concept CEP Term / Field CEP Vocabulary / Schema External Standard External Concept / Class / Field Mapping Type Notes
Entity (organization) entityTypeUri = #government-jurisdiction entity-type.json Popolo Organization exactMatch Government bodies (legislatures, councils, agencies).
Entity (organization) entityTypeUri = #government-jurisdiction entity-type.json OCD ocd-jurisdiction exactMatch Use in identifiers.additionalSchemes with OCD jurisdiction IDs.
Entity (organization) entityTypeUri = #government-jurisdiction entity-type.json Schema.org GovernmentOrganization exactMatch For web/SEO and generic data consumers.
Entity (organization) entityTypeUri = #school-district entity-type.json OCD ocd-division + ocd-jurisdiction (school districts) broadMatch Division/jurisdiction pair identifies school districts.
Entity (organization) entityTypeUri = #school-district entity-type.json Schema.org EducationalOrganization / SchoolDistrict (where available) exactMatch For education analytics and public-facing data.
Entity (organization) entityTypeUri = #nonprofit-organization entity-type.json Popolo Organization with classification nonprofit broadMatch Nonprofits providing services, fiscal sponsors, etc.
Entity (organization) entityTypeUri = #nonprofit-organization entity-type.json Schema.org NGO / Organization relatedMatch Web-compatible representation of nonprofits.
Entity (organization) entityTypeUri = #vendor entity-type.json OCDS Party with role supplier exactMatch Contractors / vendors in procurement.
Entity (natural person) entityTypeUri = #natural-person entity-type.json Popolo Person exactMatch Politicians, officials, natural-person donors, etc.
Entity (natural person) entityTypeUri = #elected-official entity-type.json Popolo Person + Membership in Organization exactMatch Derived from Popolo membership in a legislature / council.
Entity (natural person) entityTypeUri = #natural-person / #elected-official entity-type.json Schema.org Person exactMatch Generic consumer-friendly alignment.
Entity (division) identifiers.additionalSchemes cep.entity.schema.json OCD ocd-division/... exactMatch Political geography for school districts, counties, states, etc.
Entity (jurisdiction) identifiers.additionalSchemes cep.entity.schema.json OCD ocd-jurisdiction/... exactMatch Governing bodies over divisions.
Entity (organization) identifiers.additionalSchemes cep.entity.schema.json OCD ocd-organization/... exactMatch Committees, councils, agencies, boards.
Entity (person) identifiers.additionalSchemes cep.entity.schema.json OCD ocd-person/... exactMatch People in OCD-compatible civic graphs.
Entity (financial) identifiers.lei cep.entity.schema.json LEI ISO 17442 Legal Entity Identifier exactMatch Global financial identity for entities in financial transactions.
Entity (federal) identifiers.samUei cep.entity.schema.json UEI SAM.gov Unique Entity Identifier exactMatch U.S. federal financial identity for entities.
Entity (SNFEI) identifiers.snfei cep.entity.schema.json (none, new) Hash-based Structured Non-Fungible Entity Identifier newConcept Bridges UEI/LEI to local civic entities; open-source identifier.
Relationship (contract) relationshipTypeUri = #prime-contract relationship-type.json OCDS Contract exactMatch Prime contract between government and supplier.
Relationship (contract) relationshipTypeUri = #prime-contract relationship-type.json USAspending contract (glossary) exactMatch Alignment with USASpending contract awards.
Relationship (subcontract) relationshipTypeUri = #subcontract relationship-type.json OCDS Contract linked via relatedProcesses broadMatch Subcontracts under a prime contract.
Relationship (grant) relationshipTypeUri = #grant-award relationship-type.json USAspending grant (glossary) exactMatch Federal grants / assistance awards.
Relationship (subgrant) relationshipTypeUri = #subgrant relationship-type.json OCDS Award + Implementation.transactions for subawards broadMatch Pass-through grants from state to local entities.
Relationship (coop agrmt) relationshipTypeUri = #cooperative-agreement relationship-type.json USAspending cooperative agreement exactMatch Cooperative federal assistance relationships.
Relationship (interagency) relationshipTypeUri = #interagency-agreement relationship-type.json OCDS Contract or Agreement between government parties relatedMatch Transfer agreements between agencies.
Relationship (MOU) relationshipTypeUri = #memorandum-of-understanding relationship-type.json Popolo Membership / Organization with informal cooperation relatedMatch Non-binding but structured relationships.
Relationship (fiscal spon) relationshipTypeUri = #fiscal-sponsorship relationship-type.json HSDS Funding / Service provider/host relationship relatedMatch Connects projects to 501(c)(3) entities.
Relationship (board) relationshipTypeUri = #board-membership relationship-type.json Popolo Membership (person ↔ organization, role = board member) exactMatch Governance relationships.
Relationship (employment) relationshipTypeUri = #employment relationship-type.json Popolo Membership or Post with classification employment exactMatch Staff roles in agencies, schools, vendors.
Relationship (consulting) relationshipTypeUri = #consulting-engagement relationship-type.json Popolo Membership with classification consultant relatedMatch Non-employee professional services.
Relationship (subsidiary) relationshipTypeUri = #subsidiary relationship-type.json Schema.org subOrganization relatedMatch Corporate ownership within civic vendor trees.
Relationship (joint ven.) relationshipTypeUri = #joint-venture relationship-type.json FIBO Joint venture relationship relatedMatch Optional mapping for advanced financial/corporate semantics.
Relationship (reg. reg.) relationshipTypeUri = #regulatory-registration relationship-type.json Schema.org GovernmentOrganization + registration-related properties relatedMatch Entities registered with regulatory bodies.
Relationship (loan) relationshipTypeUri = #loan-agreement relationship-type.json FIBO Loan contract exactMatch For loans, bond-like instruments, and revolving credit.
Relationship (bill-ties) sourceReferences on Relationship cep.relationship.schema.json OCD Bill object relatedMatch Relationship authorized or shaped by a bill.
Relationship (vote-ties) sourceReferences on Relationship cep.relationship.schema.json OCD Vote object relatedMatch Relationship activated/approved by a vote.
Relationship (event-ties) sourceReferences on Relationship cep.relationship.schema.json OCD Event object relatedMatch Relationship linked to hearings, meetings, signings.
Exchange (grant) exchangeTypeUri = #grant-disbursement exchange-type.json OCDS Implementation.transactions of type grant disbursement exactMatch Payment of grant funds under a grant-award relationship.
Exchange (contract fee) exchangeTypeUri = #contract-fee-payment exchange-type.json OCDS Implementation.transactions of type payment exactMatch Invoice payments under contracts.
Exchange (subaward) exchangeTypeUri = #subgrant-disbursement exchange-type.json USAspending Subaward transactions exactMatch Pass-through disbursements to subrecipients.
Exchange (donation) exchangeTypeUri = #campaign-contribution exchange-type.json Popolo / DIME Contribution records mapped to Person / Organization donors/recipients relatedMatch Campaign finance contributions tied into CEP graph.
Exchange (in-kind) value.valueTypeUri = #in-kind value-type.json Schema.org Offer / Grant with non-monetary value relatedMatch Non-monetary goods/services tracked in CEP.
Exchange (service-hours) value.valueTypeUri = #service-hours value-type.json HSDS Service + time-based contributions relatedMatch Volunteer or staff time as value.
Exchange (categorization) categorization.naicsCode cep.exchange.schema.json NAICS NAICS industry codes exactMatch Standard economic activity classification for exchanges.
Exchange (categorization) categorization.cfdaNumber cep.exchange.schema.json CFDA / Assistance CFDA / Assistance Listing number exactMatch Links exchanges to federal assistance programs.
Exchange (categorization) categorization.gtasAccountCode cep.exchange.schema.json GTAS Treasury Account Symbol exactMatch Aligns exchanges to Treasury reporting accounts.
Exchange (source) sourceReferences on Exchange cep.exchange.schema.json OCDS Release, Award, Contract, Implementation.transactions relatedMatch Exchange derived from procurement data.
Exchange (bill/vote) sourceReferences on Exchange cep.exchange.schema.json OCD Bill, Vote, Event relatedMatch Funding events tied to legislative activity.
Value (monetary) value.valueTypeUri = #monetary value-type.json XBRL Monetary item types (e.g., monetaryItemType) exactMatch Monetary amounts aligned with financial reporting taxonomies.
Value (monetary) value.amount, value.currencyCode cep.exchange.schema.json XBRL xbrli:monetaryItemType, ISO 4217 exactMatch Strictly typed monetary values.
Value (provisioning) valueTypeUri = #service-hours / #in-kind value-type.json HSDS Service value dimensions relatedMatch For human services and community programs.
Provenance (entity) attestation block on Entity cep.entity.schema.json W3C PROV prov:Entity, prov:wasGeneratedBy, prov:wasAttributedTo exactMatch Entity record as a PROV entity with associated agent/activity.
Provenance (relationship) attestation block on Relationship cep.relationship.schema.json W3C PROV Same as above exactMatch Relationship record provenance in PROV terms.
Provenance (exchange) attestation block on Exchange cep.exchange.schema.json W3C PROV Same as above exactMatch Exchange record provenance.
Provenance (revision) previousRecordHash, revisionNumber all CEP core schemas W3C PROV prov:wasRevisionOf, prov:qualifiedRevision exactMatch Immutable revision chains expressed via hashes and monotone revisions.
Provenance (hash) Canonical string + SHA-256 hash (SSOT) implementation / spec W3C PROV prov:generatedAtTime, prov:wasDerivedFrom relatedMatch Hash as integrity proof supporting PROV-compatible derivation chains.
IDs (UEI) identifiers.samUei cep.entity.schema.json UEI SAM.gov UEI exactMatch Federal identity.
IDs (LEI) identifiers.lei cep.entity.schema.json LEI LEI exactMatch Global financial identity.
IDs (SNFEI) identifiers.snfei cep.entity.schema.json (none, new) SNFEI newConcept Open, recomputable sub-federal ID bridging UEI/LEI and local civic entities.
IDs (OCD) identifiers.additionalSchemes cep.entity.schema.json OCD ocd-division, ocd-jurisdiction, ocd-organization, ocd-person exactMatch Primary bridge to the Open Civic Data topology.
IDs (OCDS) identifiers.additionalSchemes on Entity/Relationship cep.entity/relationship OCDS Parties, Award.id, Contract.id relatedMatch Tie CEP entities/relationships back to OCDS releases.
IDs (Popolo) identifiers.additionalSchemes cep.entity.schema.json Popolo Person.id, Organization.id relatedMatch Where Popolo IDs exist separately from OCD IDs.

CEP Concept Mapping Table (by Schema)

CEP Concept / Field External Standard External Concept / ID / Class Mapping Type Suggested externalUri / schemeUri example Notes
Entity (general civic entity) Popolo Person, Organization broadMatch http://www.popoloproject.com/specs/person.html, http://www.popoloproject.com/specs/organization.html CEP entity covers both persons and orgs; Popolo separates.
entityTypeUri #natural-person Popolo Person exactMatch http://www.popoloproject.com/specs/person.html For individuals (candidates, officials, donors).
entityTypeUri #organization Popolo Organization exactMatch http://www.popoloproject.com/specs/organization.html Base org type, parent of more specific government / nonprofit types.
entityTypeUri #government-jurisdiction Popolo/OCD Popolo Organization + OCD jurisdiction relatedMatch https://opencivicdata.org/id/jurisdiction A governing body; mix of org and jurisdiction.
identifiers.additionalSchemes (division) OCD ocd-division/* exactMatch https://opencivicdata.org/id/division Store OCD division IDs as schemeUri = "https://opencivicdata.org/id/division".
identifiers.additionalSchemes (jurisdiction) OCD ocd-jurisdiction/* exactMatch https://opencivicdata.org/id/jurisdiction Store OCD jurisdiction IDs.
identifiers.additionalSchemes (person) OCD / Popolo ocd-person/* (Popolo person) exactMatch https://opencivicdata.org/id/person Link CEP entity to OCD/Popolo person IDs.
identifiers.additionalSchemes (organization) OCD / Popolo ocd-organization/* exactMatch https://opencivicdata.org/id/organization Link CEP entity to OCD/Popolo org IDs.
identifiers.lei leif / LEI LEI (ISO 17442 Legal Entity Identifier) exactMatch https://www.gleif.org/en/about-lei/introducing-the-legal-entity-identifier-lei Already in schema; key for global finance interoperability.
identifiers.samUei US Federal UEI (SAM.gov Unique Entity Identifier) exactMatch https://www.sam.gov/ Tier 2 identity in our stack.
identifiers.additionalSchemes (OCDS party) OCDS parties.identifier.id relatedMatch https://standard.open-contracting.org/1.1/en/schema/reference/#parties Use for suppliers / buyers in procurement records.
entityTypeUri #supplier / #contractor OCDS Organization with role supplier / tenderer exactMatch https://standard.open-contracting.org/1.1/en/schema/reference/#parties Straight mapping for vendors.
entityTypeUri #school-district Schema.org SchoolDistrict (subtype of EducationalOrganization) relatedMatch https://schema.org/SchoolDistrict For education equity analytics.
entityTypeUri #government-agency Schema.org GovernmentOrganization exactMatch https://schema.org/GovernmentOrganization For agencies at any level.
Relationship (legal / functional relationships) Popolo Membership, Post relatedMatch http://www.popoloproject.com/specs/membership.html CEP Relationship is more general; includes contracts, grants, etc.
relationshipTypeUri #board-membership Popolo Membership exactMatch http://www.popoloproject.com/specs/membership.html Board membership of a person in an org.
relationshipTypeUri #employment Popolo Membership (with post / role) broadMatch http://www.popoloproject.com/specs/membership.html Employment is a constrained membership.
relationshipTypeUri #consulting-engagement Popolo Membership or ContactDetail relatedMatch http://www.popoloproject.com/specs/membership.html Less formal, non-employee service relationship.
relationshipTypeUri #prime-contract OCDS Contract exactMatch https://standard.open-contracting.org/latest/en/schema/reference/#contract CEP Relationship for a prime contract matches OCDS Contract.
relationshipTypeUri #subcontract OCDS Contract with relatedProcesses / relatedLots narrowMatch https://standard.open-contracting.org/latest/en/schema/reference/#contract Subcontracts are contracts linked to a parent award.
relationshipTypeUri #grant-award OCDS Award relatedMatch https://standard.open-contracting.org/latest/en/schema/reference/#award OCDS is procurement-focused; grants are adjacent.
relationshipTypeUri #cooperative-agreement OCDS Award or Contract (context-specific) relatedMatch https://standard.open-contracting.org/latest/en/schema/reference/ Map conceptually to awarded agreements.
relationshipTypeUri #loan-agreement FIBO LoanAgreement exactMatch https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FBC/DebtAndEquities/Debt/LoanAgreement Optional FIBO mapping; useful for financial instruments.
relationshipTypeUri #subsidiary Schema.org subOrganization relatedMatch https://schema.org/subOrganization See vocab.mappings.
relationshipTypeUri #joint-venture Schema.org Organization with memberOf relatedMatch https://schema.org/Organization Joint ventures as special multi-party orgs.
relationshipTypeUri #regulatory-registration Schema.org GovernmentOrganization / Service relatedMatch https://schema.org/GovernmentOrganization Registration with a regulator.
relationshipTypeUri #fiscal-sponsorship HSDS / Nonprofit HSDS Funding or Service relatedMatch https://github.com/openreferral/specification For nonprofit fiscal sponsor relationships.
Exchange (value transfer events) OCDS Implementation.transactions[] exactMatch https://standard.open-contracting.org/latest/en/schema/reference/#implementation CEP Exchange is very close to OCDS transaction-level data.
exchangeTypeUri #grant-disbursement Schema.org MonetaryGrant exactMatch https://schema.org/MonetaryGrant Core pattern for education & campaign finance.
exchangeTypeUri #contract-fee-payment Schema.org Payment / Invoice relatedMatch https://schema.org/Invoice Payment for contracted services.
exchangeTypeUri #donation (if defined) Schema.org DonateAction relatedMatch https://schema.org/DonateAction Campaign or charitable donations.
exchangeTypeUri #loan-disbursement FIBO LoanPrincipalPayment relatedMatch FIBO debt concepts More detailed financial modeling if needed.
Value & Categorization XBRL GAAP / GRT financial elements exactMatch e.g. http://xbrl.us/us-gaap/2024-01-31#RevenueRecognition Map CEP categorization fields to XBRL when possible.
value.currencyCode ISO 4217 Currency codes exactMatch https://www.iso.org/iso-4217-currency-codes.html Already enforced by regex.
categorization.naicsCode NAICS NAICS activity code exactMatch https://www.census.gov/naics/ Already included in schema.
categorization.cfdaNumber Assistance List CFDA / Assistance Listing number exactMatch https://sam.gov/content/assistance-listing For federal assistance programs.
categorization.gtasAccountCode US GTAS Treasury Account Symbol (TAS) exactMatch https://fiscal.treasury.gov/gtas/ Connects to federal reporting.
Provenance & Attestation W3C PROV Entity, Activity, Agent, wasGeneratedBy, wasAttributedTo, etc. relatedMatch https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-o/ CEP is PROV-aligned but more specialized.
attestation.attestorId W3C PROV Agent / prov:wasAttributedTo exactMatch https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-o/#wasAttributedTo The attesting node is the Agent.
attestation.attestationTimestamp W3C PROV generatedAtTime exactMatch https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-o/#generatedAtTime When the record (Entity) was generated.
previousRecordHash W3C PROV wasRevisionOf exactMatch https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-o/#wasRevisionOf Revision chain between CEP records.
provenanceChain.fundingChainTag W3C PROV wasDerivedFrom chain relatedMatch https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-o/#wasDerivedFrom Human-readable representation of a PROV derivation path.
provenanceChain.parentExchangeId W3C PROV wasDerivedFrom exactMatch https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-o/#wasDerivedFrom Parent exchange is the immediate predecessor in the flow.
Events, Bills, Votes OCD / Popolo Bill, VoteEvent, Event relatedMatch https://opencivicdata.org/specs/ Linked via sourceReferences.
sourceReferences (bill) OCD ocd-bill/* exactMatch https://opencivicdata.org/id/bill For authorizing legislation.
sourceReferences (vote) OCD / Popolo ocd-vote/* or Popolo VoteEvent exactMatch https://opencivicdata.org/id/vote For authorization votes.
sourceReferences (event) OCD / Popolo Event exactMatch https://opencivicdata.org/id/event Meetings, hearings tied to relationships or exchanges.
Human Services / Programs (optional) HSDS Service, Organization, Funding relatedMatch https://github.com/openreferral/specification For social services and community programs.
entityTypeUri #service-provider HSDS Organization exactMatch https://github.com/openreferral/specification For agencies and nonprofits providing services.
relationshipTypeUri #service-delivery-agreement (future) HSDS Service / Funding relatedMatch HSDS docs If added.

Vocabulary Notes

prime-contract

  • USAspending contract is a close conceptual match.
  • OCDS contract is the canonical public procurement concept, so exactMatch.

subcontract

  • OCDS does not have a first-class subcontract object, but it is conceptually a specialized contract under a main award, so narrowMatch.

grant-award

  • USAspending grant is a direct match to federal grants.
  • OCDS award is broader (covers procurements and grants), so relatedMatch.
  • Schema.org MonetaryGrant is almost exactly, so exactMatch.

loan-agreement

  • FIBO Contracts and Loans ontologies give similar semantic neighborhood but more general, so relatedMatch.

subsidiary

  • Schema.org subOrganization is close but not strictly legal-definition match, so relatedMatch.
  • FIBO Subsidiary is semantically close but in financial-industry framing; so relatedMatch.

board-membership and employment

  • Both are specializations of Popolo Membership (person–organization relationship with roles and time-bounds), so narrowMatch.