Semantic Units of the PREMIS Data Dictionary

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in the OWL Ontology ver. 1 is defined as:
ObjectProperty hasEventType

Semantic unit	2.2 eventType
Definition	A categorization of the nature of the Event.
Obligation	Mandatory
Repeatability	Not repeatable
Rationale	Categorizing Events will aid the preservation repository in machine processing of Event information, particularly in reporting.
Data constraint	Value should be taken from a controlled vocabulary. A controlled vocabulary is available at:
Controlled vocabulary	http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/preservation/eventType.html
Examples	E77 [a code used within a repository for a particular Event type] ingestion migration validation