Glossary Ontology
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3.1
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2001-09-19
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A sample glossary ontology, with data types taken from ISO 12200 and ISO 12620
Glossary
Many of the data categories reflect categories found in ISO12200 and ISO 12620
Glossary Name
Has Description
Has Term Entry
Term Entry
Entry will contain descriptive and administrative data and be made up of one or more terms for a complete terminological entry
Term Entry For
Has Term
Has Main Term
Choosen to head a terminological entry. Only one main term per TermEntry allowed
Term
Term class will contain a Term Name and associated descriptive and administrative data
Term For
Main Term For
Choosen to head a terminological entry. Only one main term per TermEntry allowed
Synonym For
Any term that represents that same or a very similar concept as the referenced term entry
Has Synonym
Any term that represents that same or a very similar concept as the referenced term entry
Quasi Synonym For
A term that represents the same or a very similar concept as another term in the same language, but for which interchnageability is limited to some contexts and inapplicablein others
Has Quasi Synonym
A term that represents the same or a very similar concept as another term in the same language, but for which interchnageability is limited to some contexts and inapplicablein others
Common Name For
A synonym for an international scientific term that is used in general discourse in a given language
Has Common Name
A synonym for an international scientific term that is used in general discourse in a given language
Full Form For
The complete representation of a term for which there is an abbreviated form
Has Full Form
The complete representation of a term for which there is an abbreviated form
Abbreviated Form
A term resulting in the omission of any part of the full term while designating the same concept
Abbreviation
An abbreviated form of a simple term resulting from the omission of some of its letters
Short Form
A variant of a multiword term that incldes fewer words than the full form of the term
Initialism
An abbreviated form of a term consisting of some of the inital letters of the words making up a multiword term of the term elements making up a compound term when these letters are pronounced individually
Acronym
An abbreviated form of a term made up of letters from the full form of a multiword term strung together into a sequence pronounced only syllabically
Clipped Term
An abbreviated form of a term resulting fromthe omission of one or more term elements or syllables
Variant For
One of the aternate forms of a term
Has Variant
One of the aternate forms of a term
Symbol
A designation of a concept by letters, numerals, pictograms or any combination thereof
Formula
Figures, symbols of the like used to express a concept briefly, such as a mathematical of chemical formula
Equation
An expression used to represent a concept based on a statment that two mathematical expreesions are, for instance, equal as identified by the equal sign, of assigned to one another by a similar sign
Logical Expression
An expression used to represent a concept based on mathematical or logical relations, such as statements of inequality, set relationships, boolean operations, and the like
Grammar
Grammatical information about a term
Part Of Speech
A category assigned to a word based on its grammatical and semantic properties. Examples of parts of speech commonly documented in terminology databases can include: noun, verb, adjective
Description
Descriptive Data Class
Description For
Has Administration
Subject Field
An area of human knowledge to which a terminological record is assigned
Classification System
The arrangement of concepts into classes and their subdivisions to express the relations among them
Classification Number
A set of symbols, with rules for their application, used to represent classes and their interrelations
Definition
A statement that describes a concept and permits its differentiation from other concepts within a system of concepts
Intensional Definition
A definition that identifies the concept's nearest superordinate concept and the characteristics that differentiate the given concept from coordinate concepts
Extensional Definition
A definition based on the enumeration of the concepts that refer to the main parts of an object covered by a superordinate concept in a partitive relation
Partitive Definition
A definition based on the enumeration of the concepts that refer to the main parts of an object covered by a superordinate concept in a partitive relation
Explanation
A statement that describes and clarifies a concept and makes it understandable, but does not necessarily differentiate it from other concepts
Context
A text or part of a text in which a term occurs
Defining Context
A context that contains substantial information about a concept, but that does not possess the formal rigor of a definition
Explanatory Context
A context that provides a summary explanation of a concept
Associative Context
A context that contains the minimum amount of conceptual information needed to associate a concept to a particular concept field
Linguistic Context
Context that illustrates the function of a term in discourse, but that provides no conceptual information
Meta Linguistic Context
Context consisting of a discourse about the term as a sign in such a way that the term is used in an autonomous way
Example
Descriptive material that provides a sample of the object or entity defined in the entry
Administration
Administrative Data Class
Administration For
Has Source
A complete citation of the bibliographic information pertaining to a document or other resource
Has Reference
Date
The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place
Origination Date
The date on which an element (field, record, entry, etc.) is created
Input Date
The date on which an element (field, record, entry, etc.) is input into a data collection
Modification Date
The date when a field, record, etc. is edited or otherwise modified
Check Date
The date when a field, record, etc. is checked
Approval Date
The date when a record, entry, etc. is approved or declared a consolidated item
Withdrawal Date
The date when a record or entry is removed from an active data collection and placed in an archive file
Standardization Date
The date when a term is introduced as a normative term based on final approval by an authoritative body
Exportation Date
The date when a terminological entry is exported from a database to another database or to an interchange format
Importation Date
The date when a terminological entry is imported into a database
Responsibility
Identifies the individual associated with a terminology management transaction
Originator
An identifier assigned to the individual creating a field, record, etc.
Inputter
An identifier assigned to the individual inputting a field, or record, etc. if this varies from the originator
Updater
An identifier assigned to the individual editing or otherwise modifying a field or record
Checker
An identifier assigned to the individual checking a field or record
Approver
An identifier assigned to the individual approving a consolidated or definitive field or record
User
An identifier assigned to the specific user-audience of a terminological entry
Withdrawer
An identifier assigned to the individual responsible for withdrawing a terminological entry from the main terminology collection
Exporter
An identifier assigned to the individual responsible for exporting a terminological entry from a terminology database
Importer
An identifier assigned to the individual responsible for importing a terminological entry into a terminology database
Subset Owner
An identifier assigned to the specific individual responsible for administering a subset of terminological records
Subset
Any sub-group of terms within a database identified as having a property in common with other members of the sub-group, such as being administered by a single user or used for a specified application
Customer Subset
An identifier assigned to a terminological record indicating that it is associated with a specific customer
Initial Customer Subset
An identifier assigned to a terminological record indicating that it is associated with a specific initial customer
Project Subset
An identifier assigned to a specific project indicating that it is associated with a term, record or entry
Initial Project Subset
An identifier assigned to a specific initial project with which a term, record or entry is associated
Product Subset
An identifier assigned to a product to which a term is related
Application Subset
An identifier assigned to a terminology entry associated with a specific application
Environment Subset
An identifier assigned to a terminology entry indicating its association with a specific computer environment
Business Unit Subset
An identifier assigned to a term or terminological record indicating its association with a specific department, division, or other unit of an enterprise
Security Subset
An in-house security classification of a term
Working Status
A code indicating the level of completeness and accuracy of an element (field, record, entry) within a terminological collection
Target Database
A database or format to which data are exported
Entry Source
A database or format from which data are imported
Record Identifier
A separate record identifier can be necessary in cases where several physical records are linked to form a virtual entry
File Identifier
File identifiers become valuable when data from several files are merged or when aggregate files are split into subsets during data exportation and importation
Has Cross Reference
A pointer field used in a data collection to direct the user to another related location
See
A pointer field used in a terminology collection as a direction from one location that does not contain information to the location(s) where information can be found
See Also
A pointer field used in a terminology collection as a direction from one location that contains information to one or more other locations where related information will be found
Has Inverted Term
A multiword string that has been rearranged to create a new entry so that a desired keyword appearing at the end of the string appears first for the purpose of alphabetization
Has Permuted Term
A multiword string that has been rearranged so that desired keywords embedded in the term appear first for the purpose of alphabetization
Has Homograph
A word that is spelled like another, but that has a different pronunciation, meaning, and origin
Has Antonym
A term whose concept constitutes the opposite of the concept represented by a second term
Namespace Identifier
Identifier used to retrieve documents and resources on the World Wide Web
URL
The unique address for a page on the World Wide Web
Uniform Resource Locator
FPI
The unique identifier for a representative of a given document in the World Wide Web environment
Formal Public Identifier
Originatin Entity
A person, an institution, a company, etc., that serves as the origin of information in lieu of a document
Originatin Person
An individual treated as a source of information for the purpose of bibliographic documentation
Expert
Specialist
Originatin Institution
An institution (i.e., company, government agency, etc.) treated as a source of information for the purpose of bibliographic documentation
Originatin Database
A database treated as as document for the purpose of bibiographic documentation