About the Multiple Vocabulary Facility (MVF) Specification
type: Ontology
abstract: This ontology is provided for the convenience of MVF users. It can be used to load all of the current MVF ontologies, using a relative catalog as needed for Protege and other tools.
contributor: Daniel Brookshire, Dassault Systemes
contributor: Davide Sottara, Mayo Clinic
contributor: Ed Barkmeyer, Thematix Partners LLC
contributor: Elisa Kendall, Thematix Partners LLC
contributor: Evan Wallace, U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
contributor: Jim Logan, Ontogenesis Solutions, LLC
contributor: Jim Odell, Thematix Partners LLC
contributor: Pete Rivett, Adaptive Analytics, Inc.
contributor: Roy Bell, Thematix Partners LLC
contributor: Stephen Powley, Coventry University
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references: terms
references: core#
source: ISO 1087 Terminology work and terminology science - Vocabulary, Second edition, 2019-09
source: ISO 704:2009 Terminology work - Principles and methods, Third edition, 2009-11-01
source: ISO/IEC 11179-3:2013 Information technology - Metadata registries (MDR) - Registry metamodel and basic attributes, Third edition, 2013-02-15
source: International Information Centre for Terminology (InfoTerm), see http://www.infoterm.info/
imports: AnnotationVocabulary
imports: Classifiers
imports: CodesAndCodeSets
imports: Collections
imports: ContextualDesignators
imports: DatesAndTimes
imports: Designators
imports: Documents
imports: Identifiers
imports: Languages
imports: Locations
imports: Organizations
imports: QuantitiesAndUnits
imports: TextDatatype
imports: ISO1087-TerminologyScience
imports: ISO1087-VocabularyForTermsAndDefinitions
imports: MultipleVocabularyFacility
version IRI: AboutMVF
copyright: Copyright (c) 2019-2025 Thematix Partners LLC
copyright: Copyright (c) 2019-2025 agnos.ai U.K. Ltd
copyright: Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Mayo Clinic
copyright: Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
copyright: Copyright (c) 2022-2023 QuoteWell Insurance Services, LLC
copyright: Copyright (c) 2024-2025 Adaptive Analytics, Inc.
copyright: Copyright (c) 2024-2025 Coventry University
copyright: Copyright (c) 2024-2025 Dassault Systemes
copyright: Copyright (c) 2024-2025 Ontogenesis Solutions, LLC