@prefix svc: .
@prefix skos: .
@prefix dct: .
@prefix owl: .
@prefix rdfs: .
@prefix xsd: .
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# UK armed-forces service-number vocabulary
#
# A service number identifies a serviceperson, so it is a high-confidence
# identity key and a formal identifier TYPE. Its syntax varies by service,
# role and era. This vocabulary publishes those syntax rules as
# machine-readable concepts (each carrying a regex `svc:pattern`, an
# `svc:example`, a `svc:dates` range and `svc:appliesToService`) so they can
# drive validation, identity clustering, and extraction of service numbers
# from free text.
#
# SOURCED, not asserted. Rules marked svc:sourced true are from Wikipedia's
# "Service number" article (dct:source below). The RAF 7-digit+letter form is
# only OBSERVED in Honoria's own data (svc:sourced false) - flagged so, not
# fabricated. The JPA 8-digit form is tri-service and does not encode the
# service, so a branch hint (from the honours "Military Division") disambiguates
# it. Mirrors src/lib/serviceNumber.ts (classifyServiceNumber).
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a owl:Ontology, skos:ConceptScheme ;
dct:title "UK armed-forces service-number vocabulary"@en ;
dct:description "Identifier syntax rules for UK military service numbers, by service, role and era, with regex patterns for validation and text extraction."@en ;
skos:prefLabel "UK service numbers"@en ;
owl:versionInfo "1.1.0-draft" ;
dct:modified "2026-07-01"^^xsd:date ;
dct:source ;
dct:license .
# ---- Properties ------------------------------------------------------------
svc:pattern a owl:DatatypeProperty ; rdfs:label "regex pattern"@en ;
rdfs:comment "ECMAScript/PCRE regex (case-insensitive, whitespace stripped) matching this format."@en .
svc:example a owl:DatatypeProperty ; rdfs:label "example"@en .
svc:dates a owl:DatatypeProperty ; rdfs:label "dates in use"@en .
svc:appliesToService a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "applies to service"@en .
svc:sourced a owl:DatatypeProperty ; rdfs:label "sourced"@en ;
rdfs:comment "true = Wikipedia-sourced rule; false = observed only in Honoria's data."@en .
# ---- Services (branches) ---------------------------------------------------
svc:army a skos:Concept ; skos:inScheme ; skos:prefLabel "British Army"@en .
svc:raf a skos:Concept ; skos:inScheme ; skos:prefLabel "Royal Air Force"@en .
svc:navy a skos:Concept ; skos:inScheme ; skos:prefLabel "Royal Navy"@en .
svc:royal-marines a skos:Concept ; skos:inScheme ; skos:prefLabel "Royal Marines"@en .
# ---- Formats (with defined date ranges) ------------------------------------
svc:jpa-8-digit
a skos:Concept ; skos:inScheme ;
skos:prefLabel "JPA 8-digit (begins 3)"@en ;
skos:definition "Post-JPA tri-service number: 8 digits beginning with 3, no role/gender/service distinction."@en ;
svc:pattern "^3\\d{7}$" ; svc:example "30028313" ;
svc:dates "from 2006–2007 (Army 2007) with JPA"@en ;
svc:sourced true ; dct:source ;
svc:appliesToService svc:army, svc:raf, svc:navy, svc:royal-marines .
svc:army-number-8-digit
a skos:Concept ; skos:inScheme ;
skos:prefLabel "Army Number 8-digit (enlisted)"@en ;
skos:definition "British Army enlisted 'Army Number', 8 digits, introduced by Army Order 338 (9 August 1920)."@en ;
svc:pattern "^\\d{8}$" ; svc:example "25232301" ;
svc:dates "from 1920"@en ;
svc:sourced true ; dct:source ;
svc:appliesToService svc:army .
svc:army-officer-6-digit
a skos:Concept ; skos:inScheme ;
skos:prefLabel "Army Officers' Personal Number (6-digit)"@en ;
skos:definition "British Army officers' 6-digit Personal Number, used until 2007; numbers issued before JPA remained unchanged."@en ;
svc:pattern "^\\d{6}$" ; svc:example "300283" ;
svc:dates "until 2007 (JPA)"@en ;
svc:sourced true ; dct:source ;
svc:appliesToService svc:army .
svc:navy-prefix-letter
a skos:Concept ; skos:inScheme ;
skos:prefLabel "Navy/RM prefix letter + 6 digits + check letter"@en ;
skos:definition "Pre-JPA Royal Navy / Royal Marines number: a prefix letter, 6 digits and a check letter. The prefix letter denoted role/gender/service: D male rating, W female rating, C male officer, V female officer, P Royal Marines other rank, N Royal Marines officer."@en ;
svc:pattern "^[A-Z]\\d{6}[A-Z]$" ; svc:example "D250757S" ;
svc:dates "before 2006–2007 (pre-JPA)"@en ;
svc:sourced true ; dct:source ;
svc:appliesToService svc:navy, svc:royal-marines .
svc:raf-7-digit-letter
a skos:Concept ; skos:inScheme ;
skos:prefLabel "RAF 7 digits + letter"@en ;
skos:definition "Royal Air Force number of 7 digits followed by a letter. OBSERVED in Honoria's data; not independently sourced - dates and exact rule unconfirmed."@en ;
svc:pattern "^\\d{7}[A-Z]$" ; svc:example "5207357M" ;
svc:dates "date unconfirmed"@en ;
svc:sourced false ;
svc:appliesToService svc:raf .