Person
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: firstName
  cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: phoneNumber
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: faxNumber
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: isContactPerson
  all values from: Organisation
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: firstName
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: eMail
  min cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: lastName
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: lastName
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: eMail
subclass of: Party
comment: A named individual. Represents an individual responsible for the creation, or contribution to an ontology

firstName
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: The first name of a person
domain: Person
range: string

phoneNumber
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: The phone number of a person
domain: Person
range: string

faxNumber
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
domain: Person
comment: The fax number of a person

isContactPerson
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Person
range: Organisation

Organisation
type: Class
comment: An organisation of some kind. Represents social institutions such as universities, companies, societies etc.
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: hasContactPerson
  all values from: Person
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: acronym
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: acronym
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: name
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: name
subclass of: Party

eMail
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: The email address of a person
domain: Person
range: string

lastName
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
comment: The surname of a person
domain: Person

Party
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: Party
  on property: hasAffiliatedParty
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: specifiesKnowledgeRepresentationParadigm
  all values from: KnowledgeRepresentationParadigm
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: OntologyType
  on property: definesOntologyType
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: Ontology
  on property: createsOntology
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: OntologyLanguage
  on property: developesOntologyLanguage
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: isLocatedAt
  all values from: Location
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: developesOntologyEngineeringTool
  all values from: OntologyEngineeringTool
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: OntologyEngineeringMethodology
  on property: developesOntologyEngineeringMethodology
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: Ontology
  on property: contributesToOntology
comment: A party is a person or an organisation
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: developesOntologySyntax
  all values from: OntologySyntax
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: specifiesLicense
  all values from: LicenseModel

OntologySyntax
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: documentation
  max cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: developedBy
  all values from: Party
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: name
  cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: acronym
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: description
  max cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: acronym
  max cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: description
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: name
  all values from: string
subclass of: Thing
comment: Information about the syntax used in an Ontology
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: documentation

documentation
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: URL for further documentation
domain: Class
  union of: KnowledgeRepresentationParadigm
  union of: LicenseModel
  union of: Ontology
  union of: OntologyEngineeringMethodology
  union of: OntologyEngineeringTool
  union of: OntologyLanguage
  union of: OntologySyntax
  union of: OntologyTask
  union of: OntologyType
range: string

developedBy
type: ObjectProperty
range: Party
domain: Class
  union of: OntologyEngineeringMethodology
  union of: OntologyEngineeringTool
  union of: OntologySyntax
  union of: OntologyLanguage

name
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: The name by which this element is formally known.
domain: Class
  union of: FormalityLevel
  union of: KnowledgeRepresentationParadigm
  union of: LicenseModel
  union of: Ontology
  union of: OntologyDomain
  union of: OntologyEngineeringMethodology
  union of: OntologyEngineeringTool
  union of: OntologyLanguage
  union of: OntologySyntax
  union of: OntologyTask
  union of: OntologyType
  union of: Organisation
range: string

acronym
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: A short name by which a kR paradigm is known
domain: Class
  union of: KnowledgeRepresentationParadigm
  union of: LicenseModel
  union of: Ontology
  union of: OntologyEngineeringMethodology
  union of: OntologyEngineeringTool
  union of: OntologyLanguage
  union of: OntologySyntax
  union of: OntologyTask
  union of: OntologyType
  union of: Organisation
range: string

description
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
domain: Class
  union of: FormalityLevel
  union of: KnowledgeRepresentationParadigm
  union of: LicenseModel
  union of: Ontology
  union of: OntologyEngineeringMethodology
  union of: OntologyEngineeringTool
  union of: OntologyLanguage
  union of: OntologySyntax
  union of: OntologyTask
  union of: OntologyType
comment: Free text description of the formality level

KnowledgeRepresentationParadigm
type: Class
subclass of: Thing
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: name
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: documentation
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: description
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: name
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: description
  max cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: acronym
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: acronym
  max cardinality: 1
comment: Information about a knowledge representation paradigm a particular language adheres to
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: specifiedBy
  all values from: Party
subclass of: Restriction
  max cardinality: 1
  on property: documentation

specifiedBy
type: ObjectProperty
range: Party
domain: Class
  union of: LicenseModel
  union of: KnowledgeRepresentationParadigm

OntologyEngineeringTool
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: description
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: documentation
  all values from: string
comment: A tool used to create the ontology
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: name
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: acronym
  max cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: name
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: acronym
  all values from: string
subclass of: Thing
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: description
  max cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: documentation
  max cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: Party
  on property: developedBy

OntologyType
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: Party
  on property: definedBy
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: name
  cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: description
subclass of: Thing
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: documentation
  max cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: name
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: documentation
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  max cardinality: 1
  on property: description
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: acronym
comment: This class subsumes types of ontologies according to well-known classifications in the Ontology Engineering literature.
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: acronym
  max cardinality: 1

definedBy
type: ObjectProperty
range: Party
domain: OntologyType

hasAffiliatedParty
type: ObjectProperty
range: Party
domain: Party

specifiesKnowledgeRepresentationParadigm
type: ObjectProperty
range: KnowledgeRepresentationParadigm
domain: Party

definesOntologyType
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Party
range: OntologyType

Ontology
type: Class
comment: Aspects of specific realizations are covered modular (and extendable) by the class Ontology.
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: hasFormalityLevel
  all values from: FormalityLevel
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: knownUsage
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: OntologyLanguage
  on property: hasOntologyLanguage
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: resourceLocator
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: description
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: OntologyDomain
  on property: hasDomain
subclass of: Restriction
  max cardinality: 1
  on property: containsABox
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: name
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: documentation
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: isConsistentAccordingToReasoner
  max cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  max cardinality: 1
  on property: expressiveness
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: isOfType
subclass of: Restriction
  max cardinality: 1
  on property: status
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: OntologySyntax
  on property: hasOntologySyntax
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: integer
  on property: numIndividuals
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: naturalLanguage
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: usedKnowledgeRepresentationParadigm
  all values from: KnowledgeRepresentationParadigm
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: useImports
  all values from: Ontology
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: creationDate
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: version
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  max cardinality: 1
  on property: containsRBox
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: hasPriorVersion
  max cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: OntologyType
  on property: isOfType
subclass of: Restriction
  min cardinality: 1
  on property: hasCreator
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: acronym
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: description
  cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: numClasses
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: numProperties
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: modificationDate
  max cardinality: 1
subclass of: Thing
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: Party
  on property: hasContributor
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: Ontology
  on property: isIncompatibleWith
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: hasLicense
  all values from: LicenseModel
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: numProperties
  all values from: integer
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: documentation
  max cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: URI
  cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: name
  min cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: boolean
  on property: containsRBox
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: numAxioms
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: acronym
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: creationDate
  cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: Ontology
  on property: hasPriorVersion
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: numIndividuals
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: version
  cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: OntologyEngineeringTool
  on property: usedOntologyEngineeringTool
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: containsABox
  all values from: boolean
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: notes
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: keyClasses
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: expressiveness
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: Party
  on property: endorsedBy
subclass of: Restriction
  max cardinality: 1
  on property: notes
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: Party
  on property: hasCreator
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: isConsistentAccordingToReasoner
  all values from: boolean
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: Ontology
  on property: isBackwardCompatibleWith
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: integer
  on property: numAxioms
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: integer
  on property: numClasses
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: hasFormalityLevel
  max cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  max cardinality: 1
  on property: hasLicense
subclass of: Restriction
  max cardinality: 1
  on property: containsTBox
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: status
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: modificationDate
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: URI
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: OntologyTask
  on property: designedForOntologyTask
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: boolean
  on property: containsTBox
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: hasOntologySyntax
  cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: keywords
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: resourceLocator

createsOntology
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Party
range: Ontology

OntologyLanguage
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: KnowledgeRepresentationParadigm
  on property: supportsRepresentationParadigm
comment: Information about the language in which the ontology is implemented
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: OntologySyntax
  on property: hasSyntax
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: acronym
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: name
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: documentation
  max cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: documentation
subclass of: Restriction
  max cardinality: 1
  on property: description
subclass of: Thing
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: developedBy
  all values from: Party
subclass of: Restriction
  max cardinality: 1
  on property: acronym
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: name
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: description

developesOntologyLanguage
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Party
range: OntologyLanguage

isLocatedAt
type: ObjectProperty
range: Location
domain: Party

Location
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: city
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: street
  max cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: country
  max cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: state
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: country
comment: The geographical location of a party. To keep things simple we use only DatatypeProperties instead of introducing classes for country, street, etc.
subclass of: Restriction
  max cardinality: 1
  on property: state
subclass of: Restriction
  max cardinality: 1
  on property: city
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: street
  all values from: string

developesOntologyEngineeringTool
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Party
range: OntologyEngineeringTool

OntologyEngineeringMethodology
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: name
subclass of: Restriction
  max cardinality: 1
  on property: description
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: documentation
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: description
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: acronym
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: Party
  on property: developedBy
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: documentation
  max cardinality: 1
comment: Information about the ontology engineering methodology
subclass of: Restriction
  max cardinality: 1
  on property: acronym
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: name
subclass of: Thing

developesOntologyEngineeringMethodology
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Party
range: OntologyEngineeringMethodology

contributesToOntology
type: ObjectProperty
range: Ontology
domain: Party

developesOntologySyntax
type: ObjectProperty
range: OntologySyntax
domain: Party

specifiesLicense
type: ObjectProperty
range: LicenseModel
domain: Party

LicenseModel
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  max cardinality: 1
  on property: description
subclass of: Restriction
  max cardinality: 1
  on property: documentation
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: name
  cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: Party
  on property: specifiedBy
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: acronym
  max cardinality: 1
comment: A license model describing the usage conditions for an ontology
subclass of: Thing
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: acronym
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: documentation
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: name
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: description

OntologyDomain
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: OntologyDomain
  on property: isSubDomainOf
subclass of: Thing
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: URI
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: URI
  cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: name
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: name

URI
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: The URI of the ontology which is described by this metadata
range: string
domain: Class
  union of: Ontology
  union of: OntologyDomain

FormalityLevel
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: description
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: name
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: name
subclass of: Thing
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: description
  max cardinality: 1
comment: The level of formality of an ontology

OntologyTask
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: description
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: acronym
comment: Information about the task the ontology was intended to be used for
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: description
  max cardinality: 1
subclass of: Thing
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: name
  all values from: string
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: name
  cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: acronym
  max cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: documentation
  max cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: string
  on property: documentation

hasContactPerson
type: ObjectProperty
range: Person
domain: Organisation

supportsRepresentationParadigm
type: ObjectProperty
domain: OntologyLanguage
range: KnowledgeRepresentationParadigm

hasSyntax
type: ObjectProperty
domain: OntologyLanguage
range: OntologySyntax

hasFormalityLevel
type: ObjectProperty
range: FormalityLevel
domain: Ontology

hasOntologyLanguage
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Ontology
range: OntologyLanguage

resourceLocator
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Ontology
range: string
comment: The location where the ontology can be found. It should be accessible via a URL

hasDomain
type: ObjectProperty
range: OntologyDomain
domain: Ontology

containsABox
type: DatatypeProperty
range: boolean
domain: Ontology
comment: Indicates if the ontology contains role assertions between individuals and membership assertions (e.g. concept instantiation, role instantiation). It includes axioms of the form a : C, R(a, b), and a ? b, where a, b are individuals.

isConsistentAccordingToReasoner
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: Indicates whether a reasoner has classified the ontology correctly. The definition of consistency is independent of a reasoner. The assumption is that the reasoner used for consistency checking operates correctly, i.e. according to the well-defined semantics of the ontology language
range: boolean
domain: Ontology

expressiveness
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Ontology
comment: Indicates the expressiveness of the language used by the ontology (that could be expressed in terms of the underlying DL, e.g. ALCN(D), SHIF(D), etc.)
range: string

isOfType
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Ontology
range: OntologyType

status
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
comment: It specifies the tracking information for the contents of the ontology. Pre-defined values
domain: Ontology

hasOntologySyntax
type: ObjectProperty
range: OntologySyntax
domain: Ontology

numIndividuals
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: Number of individuals in the ontology
domain: Ontology
range: integer

naturalLanguage
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
comment: The language of the content of the ontology, i.e. English, German, etc.
domain: Ontology

usedKnowledgeRepresentationParadigm
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Ontology
range: KnowledgeRepresentationParadigm

useImports
type: ObjectProperty
range: Ontology
domain: Ontology

creationDate
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Ontology
range: string
comment: Date when the ontology was initially created

version
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Ontology
range: string
comment: Specifies the version information of the ontology. Version information could be useful for tracking, comparing and merging ontologies. The number could be incremented by 1, or a smaller or larger value, depending on the personal preference of the author.

containsRBox
type: DatatypeProperty
range: boolean
domain: Ontology
comment: Indicates if the ontology contains assertions about roles (properties) and role hierarchies (e.g. subsumption, equivalence, transitivity). Among others, it includes role definitions, transitivity axioms of the form Tr(R) and role inclusion axioms: (i) of the form R v S, where R; S are roles (simple role inclusion SRI), (ii) of the form R o S v R and S o R v R where R is a role and S is a simple role (i.e. complex role inclusion).

hasPriorVersion
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Ontology
range: Ontology

hasCreator
type: ObjectProperty
range: Party
domain: Ontology

numClasses
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: Number of classes in the ontology
range: integer
domain: Ontology

numProperties
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: Number of properties in the ontology
range: integer
domain: Ontology

modificationDate
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: Date of the last modification made to the ontology
range: string
domain: Ontology

hasContributor
type: ObjectProperty
range: Party
domain: Ontology

isIncompatibleWith
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Ontology
range: Ontology

hasLicense
type: ObjectProperty
range: LicenseModel
domain: Ontology

numAxioms
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: Number of axioms in the ontology
domain: Ontology
range: integer

usedOntologyEngineeringTool
type: ObjectProperty
range: OntologyEngineeringTool
domain: Ontology

notes
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
domain: Ontology
comment: Additional information can be expressed here. Kind of like the stuff you don't want to put inside documentation

keyClasses
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Ontology
comment: Indicates what the central/best represented classes of the ontology are.
range: string

endorsedBy
type: ObjectProperty
comment: Indicates the parties (i.e. organisations, people) that have expressed support or approval to the this ontology.
range: Party
domain: Ontology

isBackwardCompatibleWith
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Ontology
range: Ontology

containsTBox
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Ontology
comment: Indicates if the ontology contains assertions about concepts (e.g. subsumption, equivalence). It includes concept definitions (i.e. in the form of A=C which define a concept name A by a concept description C) and general concept inclusion axioms (GCIs) (i.e. of the form C v D, where both C and D are arbitrary concept descriptions).
range: boolean

designedForOntologyTask
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Ontology
range: OntologyTask

keywords
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: List of keywords related to an ontology. Typically this set includes words that describe the content of the ontology
range: string
domain: Ontology

usedOntologyEngineeringMethodology
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Ontology
range: OntologyEngineeringMethodology

city
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Location
range: string
comment: Name of the city (and zip code).

street
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Location
comment: Name of the street and number (address).
range: string

country
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Location
range: string
comment: The name of the country

state
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
domain: Location
comment: The state of a country.

Apple Public Source License (APSL)
type: LicenseModel

Thesaurus
type: FormalityLevel

SearchTask
type: OntologyTask
comment: the task characterizes how ontologies are used to refine common keywordbased search algorithms using domain knowledge in form of subsumption relations. Ontology-driven search is usually performed automatically by means of reasoning services handling particular aspects of an ontology representation language.

AnnotationTask
type: OntologyTask
comment: the ontology is used as a controlled vocabulary to annotate Semantic Web resources. This task includes the usage of a semantically rich ontology for representing arbitrarily complex annotation statements on these resources. The task can be performed manually or (semi-)automatically.

Description Logics
type: KnowledgeRepresentationParadigm

Open Software License (OSL)
type: LicenseModel

QueryRewritingTask
type: OntologyTask
comment: complementary to the query formulation dimension, this task applies ontologies to semantically optimize query expressions by means of the domain knowledge (constraints, subsumption relations etc.) The task can be interpreted as a particular art of filtering information. The task is performed automatically; however, it assumes the availability of patterns describing the transformations at query level.

Frames
type: KnowledgeRepresentationParadigm

FilteringTask
type: OntologyTask
comment: the task describes at a very general level how ontologies are applied to refine the solution space of a certain problem, such as information retrieval or personalization. The task is targeted at being performed semi-automatically or automatically.

General Public License (GPL)
type: LicenseModel

Task Ontology
type: OntologyType
comment: describes generic types of tasks or activities e.g. selling, selecting.

Upper Level Ontology
type: OntologyType
comment: describes general, domain-independent concepts e.g. space, time

OWL-Lite
type: OntologyLanguage

Vocabulary
type: FormalityLevel

Taxonomy
type: FormalityLevel

Application Ontology
type: OntologyType
comment: describes some domain in an application-dependent manner

IntegrationTask
type: OntologyTask
comment: the task characterizes how ontologies provide an integrating environment, an inter-lingua, for information repositories or software tools. In this scenario the ontology is applied (semi-)automatically to merge between heterogeneous data pools in the same or in adjacent domains.

DAML-OIL
type: OntologyLanguage

QueryFormulationTask
type: OntologyTask
comment: the ontology is used in information retrieval settings as a controlled vocabulary for representing user queries. Usually the task is performed automatically in that the concepts of the ontology is are listed in a query formulation front-end in order to allow users to specifies their queries.

IBM Public License (IBM PL)
type: LicenseModel

Core Ontology
type: OntologyType
comment: describes the most important concepts in a specific domain

MediationTask
type: OntologyTask
comment: the ontology is built to reduce the ambiguities between communicating human or machine agents. It can act as a normative model which formally and clearly defines the meaning of the terms employed in agent interactions. In the context of programmed agents, the task is envisioned to be performed automatically.

ConfigurationTask
type: OntologyTask
comment: the ontology is designed to provide a controlled and unambiguous means to represent valid configuration profiles in application systems. As the aim of the ontology is to support the operationalization of particular system-related processes; this task is performed automatically in that the ontology is processed in an automatic manner by means of reasoners or APIs.

Schema
type: FormalityLevel

RDF(S)
type: OntologyLanguage

Common Public License (CPL)
type: LicenseModel

Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
type: LicenseModel

OWL
type: OntologyLanguage

OWL-DL
type: OntologyLanguage

PersonalizationTask
type: OntologyTask
comment: the ontology is used mainly for providing personalized access to information resources. Individual user preferences w.r.t. particular application settings are formally specified by means of an ontology, which, in conjunction with appropriate reasoning services, can be directly integrated to a personalization component for filtering purposes. The usage of ontologies in personalization tasks might be carried out in various forms, from a direct involvement of the user who manually specifies ontological concepts which optimally describe his preferences, to the ontological modelling of user profiles.

IndexingTask
type: OntologyTask
comment: in this scenario, the goal of the ontology is to provide a clearly defined classification and browsing structure for the information items in a repository. Again, the task can be performed manually by domain experts or as part of an application in an automatic or semi-automatic way.

Domain Ontology
type: OntologyType
comment: describes some domain of the world

OWL-Full
type: OntologyLanguage

MatchingTask
type: OntologyTask
comment: the goal of matching is to establish links between semantically similar data items in information repositories. In contrast to the previous task, matching does not include the production of a shared final schema/ontology as a result of aggregating the matched source elements to common elements. W.r.t. the automatization level the range varies from manual to fully-automatical execution.

INTEL Open Source License (INTEL OSL)
type: LicenseModel

Modified BSD License (mBSD)
type: LicenseModel

OWL-XML
type: OntologySyntax

Academic Free License (AFL)
type: LicenseModel

RDF/XML
type: OntologySyntax

Terminology
type: FormalityLevel