This ontology defines general purpose concepts for representation of regulatory agencies, also known as regulatory authorities or regulators. Examples of financial industry regulatory agencies in the US include the Securities Exchange Commission, FINRA, and the FDIC, among others. The SEC and FINRA are both registration authorities and regulatory agencies. The FDIC is a regulatory agency and an insurer, and may be a registration authority for certain state-chartered banks in the US without bank holding companies. Regulatory Agencies Ontology indicates the jurisdiction in which the regulatory agency has authority has jurisdiction officially makes something available or gives something to people to be used issues indicates the party that issues something is issued by indicates the regulatory agency that regulates something is regulated by governs or directs according to rule or law, typically an industry, organization, or product regulates a party appointed by, and who has the capacity to act as an official representative of, a regulatory agency to provide examination, review, and other regulatory services examiner grant of permission needed to legally perform some task, provide some service, exercise a certain privilege, or pursue some business or occupation government-issued license a rule used to carry out a law regulation an identifier associated with a regulation regulation identifier a public authority or government agency responsible for exercising autonomous authority over some area of human activity in a regulatory or supervisory capacity regulatory agency the capacity of some natural person to regulate some industry, organization, or product by virtue of some certification program on behalf of some regulatory agency regulatory capacity a service provided by a regulatory agency, which may include, but not be limited to, examination, monitoring, supervision, testing, or other capabilities required to ensure the integrity, fairness, safety, or other capacity of a given industry, organization, or product regulatory service 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 Copyright (c) 2015 EDM Council, Inc. Copyright (c) 2015 Object Management Group, Inc. http://www.omg.org/techprocess/ab/SpecificationMetadata/MITLicense RegulatoryAgencies.rdf fibo-fbc-fct-rga This ontology defines general purpose concepts for representation of regulatory agencies, also known as regulatory authorities or regulators. Examples of financial industry regulatory agencies in the US include the Securities Exchange Commission, FINRA, and the FDIC, among others. The SEC and FINRA are both registration authorities and regulatory agencies. The FDIC is a regulatory agency and an insurer, and may be a registration authority for certain state-chartered banks in the US without bank holding companies. http://www.omg.org/spec/EDMC-FIBO/FND/ http://www.omg.org/spec/EDMC-FIBO/BE/ http://www.omg.org/spec/ODM/ http://www.w3.org/standards/techs/owl#w3c_all indicates the jurisdiction in which the regulatory agency has authority officially makes something available or gives something to people to be used http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/issue indicates the party that issues something indicates the regulatory agency that regulates something governs or directs according to rule or law, typically an industry, organization, or product http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regulate a party appointed by, and who has the capacity to act as an official representative of, a regulatory agency to provide examination, review, and other regulatory services Black's Law Dictionary, see http://thelawdictionary.org/examiner/ grant of permission needed to legally perform some task, provide some service, exercise a certain privilege, or pursue some business or occupation Barron's Dictionary of Business and Economics Terms, Fifth Edition, 2012 a rule used to carry out a law Many government agencices issue regulations to administer laws. Barron's Dictionary of Business and Economics Terms, Fifth Edition, 2012 an identifier associated with a regulation regulatory authority regulatory body regulator a public authority or government agency responsible for exercising autonomous authority over some area of human activity in a regulatory or supervisory capacity Typically, a regulatory agency is chartered to protect some constituancy, (e.g., investors in the financial industry), to ensure the fairness and integrity of some market (e.g., the securities market), and fair and safe business practices among the service providers in that market. See http://www.finra.org/AboutFINRA/ for an example describing a regulatory agency. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/regulatory+agency http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_agency the capacity of some natural person to regulate some industry, organization, or product by virtue of some certification program on behalf of some regulatory agency a service provided by a regulatory agency, which may include, but not be limited to, examination, monitoring, supervision, testing, or other capabilities required to ensure the integrity, fairness, safety, or other capacity of a given industry, organization, or product