Commons Classifiers Ontology
type: Ontology
abstract: This ontology defines abstract concepts for representation of classification schemes that enable the classification of arbitrary concepts into hierarchies (or partial orders) for use in many other ontologies, derived in part from the patterns defined in ISO 1087-1 for terminology work and ISO 11179-3, Metadata Registries.
license: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
imports: AnnotationVocabulary
imports: Collections
imports: Designators
version IRI: Classifiers
note: The classifiers ontology conforms with the OWL 2 DL semantics, and is outside of OWL 2 RL due to the inclusion of local some values and minimum cardinality constraints. These constraints could be removed as needed to support OWL RL rule-based applications that cannot be extended to support them.
note: This ontology was originally designed for use in the OMG Languages, Countries and Codes (LCC) specification as part of the broader CountryRepresentation ontology. The concepts have also been used in the Financial Industry Business Ontology (FIBO) for representing industry sectors, financial instrument classifiers (e.g., asset classes), lifecycle states, and so forth.
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copyright: Copyright (c) 2014-2022 Thematix Partners LLC
copyright: Copyright (c) 2022 Object Management Group, Inc.

aspect
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: characterizes
  min cardinality: 0
definition: characteristic or feature that can be used to dimensionalize, filter, or subset something
synonym: characteristic

classification scheme
type: Class
subclass of: Arrangement
source: ISO/IEC 11179-3 Information technology - Metadata registries (MDR) - Part 3: Registry metamodel and basic attributes, Third edition, 2013-02-15
definition: system for allocating classifiers to things
note: ISO 11179-3 defines a classification scheme as descriptive information for an arrangement or division of objects into groups based on criteria such as characteristics, which the objects have in common. A classification scheme may be a taxonomy, a network, an ontology, or any other terminological system. Such classification schemes are intended to permit the classification of arbitrary objects into hierarchies, or partial orders, as appropriate. The classification may also be just a list of controlled vocabulary of property words (or terms). The list might be taken from the 'leaf level' of a taxonomy.

classifier
type: Class
subclass of: aspect
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: isDefinedIn
  all values from: classification scheme
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: classifies
  some values from: Thing
source: ISO/IEC 11179-3 Information technology - Metadata registries (MDR) - Part 3: Registry metamodel and basic attributes, Third edition, 2013-02-15
definition: standardized classification or delineation for something, per some scheme for such delineation, within a specified context
example: The classifier 'color' embraces characteristics being red, blue, green, etc. The classifier 'material' embraces characteristics made of wood, metal, etc.
note: In ISO 1087, classifiers form categories of characteristics that serve as the criterion of subdivision when establishing concept systems.

characterizes
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: describes
definition: provides a discriminating feature or quality of

classifies
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: characterizes
definition: arranges in categories according to one or more shared characteristics

is characterized by
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: isDescribedBy
inverse of: characterizes
definition: indicates a quality or feature of something, distinguishing it from something else

is classified by
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: is characterized by
inverse of: classifies
definition: is systematically grouped based on characteristics by