]> Relations Ontology This ontology defines a set of general purpose relations for use in other FIBO ontology elements. These include a number of properties required for reuse across the foundations and business entities models. https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT The http://www.omg.org/spec/EDMC-FIBO/FND/20170201/Relations/Relations.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the FIBO 2.0 RFC to include additional properties and the linkage to LCC. The http://www.omg.org/spec/FIBO/Foundations/20130601/Relations/Relations.owl version of the ontology submitted with the FIBO FND RFC, was revised in advance of the September 2013 New Brunswick, NJ meeting, as follows: (1) to use slash style URI/IRIss (also called 303 URIs, vs. hash style) as required to support server side processing (2) to use version-independent IRIs for all definitions internally as opposed to version-specific IRIs (3) to change the file suffix from .owl to .rdf to increase usability in RDF tools (4) to use 4-level abbreviations and corresponding namespace prefixes for all FIBO ontologies, reflecting a family/specification/module/ontology structure (5) to incorporate changes to the specification metadata to support documentation at the family, specification, module, and ontology level, similar to the abbreviations (6) to move the ontology from the Utilities module to an independent Relations module (7) to revise a number of definitions, per discussion with various stakeholders. (8) to augment the definitions to include entity names from Business Entities. The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20130801/Relations/Relations.rdf version of this ontology was revised to add the appliesTo object property in support of the IND RFC. The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20140501/Relations/Relations.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the issue resolutions identified in the FIBO FND 1.0 FTF report and in https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/1.0/AboutFND-1.0/. It was further revised in FTF 2 resulting in https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20141101/Relations/Relations/. The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20141101/Relations/Relations.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the issue resolutions identified in the FIBO FND 1.2 RTF report. The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20180801/Relations/Relations.rdf version of this ontology was modified to incorporate evaluates and isEvaluatedBy, and to loosen constraints on hasName properties to allow multi-lingual names. The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20190301/Relations/Relations.rdf version of this ontology was modified to loosen constraints on properties using xsd:dateTime in their range to allow for more flexible representation, and to add properties including produces, isProducedBy. The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20190501/Relations/Relations.rdf version of this ontology was modified to rename (migrate) the hasDefinition property to isDefinedIn. The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20190701/Relations/Relations.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate deprecated elements. The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20190901/Relations/Relations.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate duplication with concepts in LCC and remove the unused hasDispositionDate property, whose semantics were unclear at best. The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20200301/Relations/Relations.rdf version of this ontology was modified to move hasAcquisitionDate to Financial Dates to improve usability and simplify reasoning, to eliminate circular definitions, to deprecate fibo-fnd-rel-rel;hasTag in favor of the simpler LCC property of the same name, to loosen domain restrictions on some properties which were too narrowly specified, and to add two new properties, describes and isDescribedBy, which are more appropriate for certain cases where we were using characterizes and isCharacterizedBy. The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20200901/Relations/Relations.rdf version of this ontology was modified to move the property 'exchanges' to FND given that it could be applied more generally than with respect to swaps only. The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20201201/Relations/Relations.rdf version of this ontology was modified to clean up references to external dictionaries that don't meet FIBO policies, eliminate ambiguity where possible, eliminate the superproperties of produces and is produced by, whose semantics are different from their parent properties, and improve ISO 704 compliance of definitions. The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20210201/Relations/Relations.rdf version of this ontology was modified to add Reference as a superclass of Name and use the hasTextValue property as the superproperty of certain data properties. The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20210601/Relations/Relations.rdf version of this ontology was modified to remove the deprecated hasTag property. The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20220401/Relations/Relations.rdf version of this ontology was modified to address hygiene issues with respect to text formatting. The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20220701/Relations/Relations.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary. The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20230101/Relations/Relations.rdf version of this ontology was modified to move the property, 'is conferred on' to the Legal Capacity ontology and to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) rather than the OMG's Languages, Countries and Codes (LCC), eliminating redundancies in FIBO as appropriate. Copyright (c) 2013-2023 EDM Council, Inc. Copyright (c) 2013-2023 Object Management Group, Inc. reference concept that stands in for how something may be interpreted/understood in some context In linguistics, a reference characterizes, provides context for, or specifies the relationship of one linguistic expression to another, i.e., provides the information necessary to interpret the dependent expression. referent something that another concept stands for, exemplifies, symbolizes, or otherwise mentions true causes relationship between an event or set of events or factors (the cause) and a second event, phenomenon, situation, or result (the effect), where the second event or outcome is understood as a consequence of the first true true confers grants or bestows by virtue of some authority This property should be read as describing the conferral of some legal power or duty, some commitment or some social construct, and is a property of some social construct such as an agreement or some legal authority. These concepts, which would describe the kind of thing of which this is a property, and the kinds of thing in terms of which this property is framed, are outside the scope of this mode land so are not shown. invests with controls exercises authority or influence over true true designates appoints someone officially This property is intended to cover assigning a job or role to someone, selecting or designating someone to fill an office or a position, and fixing or setting by authority or by mutual agreement. embodies is an expression of, gives a tangible or visible form to (an idea, quality, or feeling), makes concrete and perceptible evaluates assesses the nature, quality, or ability of someone or something exchanges gives something in return something else generates produces through the application of one or more mathematical or logical steps or rules governs has and exercises authority over, regulates has alias indicates an alternate name of by which something is known has common name indicates a name by which something is frequently referred, without reference to any formal usage or structure true has designation relates an individual or organization to a position, role, or other designation has formal name indicates a name by which something is known for some official purpose or context, or which is structured in some way such as to always follow the same format regardless of usage has identity provides a means for identifying something that fills a particular role This property should be read as being a property of some kind of 'relative thing' as defined externality to this ontology. The property is usually but not exclusively framed with reference to some 'independent thing' but may take other forms and so should be regarded as having a target of 'thing'. has legal name specifies the name used to refer to a party in legal communications true has tag combination of alphanumeric characters corresponding to a label for something Text-valued tags may be useful for automated transformation or encoding systems, such as those used to produce IETF compliant language tags in XML. Such tags are required to be string-valued in FIBO, but not language-tagged strings. has textual name associates a string-valued name, reference name, or appellation with something Note that the hasTextualName property has an implicit range of rdfs:Literal. This is purposeful, so that users can specify any element that has a name with or without a language tag without concern for conflicting datatypes (i.e., xsd:string vs. rdf:langString, which are logically disjoint). holds is the relationship between a party and something it possesses, or over which it exercises some ownership or control or has at its discretion the ability to dispose of it as it sees fit involves (of a situation or event) includes (something) as a necessary part or result is caused by is the relationship between an event (the effect) and a second event (the cause), where the first event is understood as a consequence of the second; also, the relationship between a set of factors (causes) and a phenomenon (the effect) true is conferred by a relationship between a right or obligation and the vehicle, such as an agreement or contract, that vests (or confers) said right or obligation This property should be read as describing some legal power or duty, some commitment or some social construct being conferred as a result of some social construct such as an agreement or some legal authority. These concepts, which would describe the kind of thing of which this is a property, and the kinds of thing in terms of which this property is framed, are outside the scope of this model and so are not shown. true This property is now in LegalCapacity, but not equivalenced to avoid circular dependencies. is controlled by is influenced, managed, or directed by true true is designated by indicates the party that has assigned or appointed someone to an office or position is evaluated by is ascertained or determined by is generated by identifies some party or something that produces something via some equation, logic, or rules is governed by relates a contract, agreement, jurisdiction, or other legal construct and the regulation, policy, procedure, or legal person that regulates or oversees (governs) it This property should be read as being the property of some thing and as referring to a logical union of social construct (in the informative abstractions ontology) and legal person. is held by indicates the party that possesses and has at least partial control of something, regardless of ownership true is issued by indicates a functional entity or party responsible for circulating, distributing, or publishing something is managed by relates something to another thing that has some role in directing its affairs The target or range of this property should be read as always being some kind of 'relative thing', that is a thing defined in some context. Generally this will be a 'party in role'. This property is not intended to be used to relate a thing to some independent thing which it is managed by, only to something in the role of being that which manages it. is mandated by relates a responsibility, capacity, or action to that which requires it is produced by identifies the producer that fabricates, manufactures or otherwise creates something through some production process is provided by is made available by The target or range of this property should be read as always being some kind of 'relative thing', that is a thing defined in some context. Generally this will be a 'party in role'. This property is not intended to be used to relate a thing to some independent thing which it is provided by, only to something in the role of being that which provides it. issues officially makes something available manages relates a party to something that it directs in some way mandates relates something to a commitment, contract, law, obligation, requirement, regulation, or similar concept that requires it produces creates through a fabrication, manufacturing or production process provides makes something available refers to classifies, provides context for, or indicates true was formerly known as indicates a name by which something was known in the past The context may include the setting in which something is defined, expressed, or represented. 'is signified by' relates a concept to some textual or other symbol which is intended to convey the sense of that concept or to some form of words that sets out the meaning of that concept.