@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix sh: <http://www.w3.org/ns/shacl#> .
@prefix dct: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://opda.org.uk/pdtf/previousName> a owl:DatatypeProperty ;
    rdfs:label "previous name" ;
    skos:definition "The surname that a name-change event changed from, as the activity's own record of the prior state." ;
    rdfs:comment "The surname the opda:NameChangeEvent activity changed FROM — the activity's own record of the prior state, distinct from opda:formerName's Person-level assertion (ODR-0006 §Q1). Plain string datatype per ODR-0008 §Q5a; flat per §Q6a." ;
    rdfs:domain <https://opda.org.uk/pdtf/NameChangeEvent> ;
    rdfs:range xsd:string ;
    dct:source <https://opda.org.uk/pdtf/harness/data-dictionary/participants%5B%5D.name.maidenName> .

# one hop — immediate neighbours
<https://opda.org.uk/pdtf/NameChangeEvent> a owl:Class .