Organisation Ontology
type: Ontology
created: 2008-01-23
creator: Jeni Tennison, The Stationery Office, jeni.tennison@tso.co.uk
description: Ontology for Organisations. This is a beta version, and you should expect it to change.
imports: ns
imports: person

spatially contains
comment: The interior and boundary of one region is completely contained in the interior of the other region, or the interior of one region is completely contained in the interior or the boundary of the other region and their boundaries intersect..

completely spatially contains
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: The interior and boundary of one region is completely contained in the interior of the other region.
sub property of: spatially contains

has vernacular name
type: AnnotationProperty
sub property of: has name

has official name
type: AnnotationProperty
sub property of: has name

tangentially spatially contains
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: The interior of one region is completely contained in the interior or the boundary of the other region and their boundaries intersect.
sub property of: spatially contains

has boundary line name
type: AnnotationProperty
sub property of: has name

has official Welsh name
type: AnnotationProperty
sub property of: has name

OfficeAddress
type: ObjectProperty
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: address associated with an office location
range: Address
domain: Office Class

hasOrganisation property
type: ObjectProperty
comment: organisation(s) associated with location
range: Organisation

correspondingOrganisation
type: ObjectProperty
range: Organisation
inverse of: correspondingOrganisation
domain: Position

hasPreviousTradingAddress
type: ObjectProperty
type: FunctionalProperty
domain: Organisation
range: GazettesAddress

hasPrincipalTradingAddress property
type: ObjectProperty
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: Principal Trading Address associated with an organisation
range: Address
domain: Organisation

registeredOffice
type: ObjectProperty
type: FunctionalProperty
domain: ForProfitOrganisation
range: GazettesAddress

correspondingOrganisation
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Organisation
range: Position

Company number
type: DatatypeProperty
type: FunctionalProperty
range: string
domain: LimitedCompany

CompanyName
type: DatatypeProperty
type: FunctionalProperty
range: string
domain: Organisation
sub property of: name

natureOfBusiness
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
domain: Organisation

previousCompanyName
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
domain: Organisation

partnershipNumber
type: DatatypeProperty
type: FunctionalProperty
range: string
domain: Partnership

Department Class
type: Class
equivalent class: Restriction
  on property: isPartOfOrganisation
  some values from: Organisation
subclass of: Thing
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: departmentName
  min cardinality: 1
comment: Internal department or team within an organisation

ForProfitOrganisation
type: Class
subclass of: Organisation
disjoint with: PublicInstitution

General Partnership Class
type: Class
subclass of: Partnership
disjoint with: Limited Liability Partnership Class
disjoint with: Limited Partnership Class
comment: A General Partnership; this is what's usually meant when 'partnership' isn't qualified

LimitedCompany
type: Class
subclass of: ForProfitOrganisation
disjoint with: Partnership
disjoint with: SoleTrader
comment: Limited Company

Limited Liability Partnership Class
type: Class
subclass of: Partnership
disjoint with: Limited Partnership Class
comment: A Limited Liability Partnership; partnerships of this kind will often have LLP in their names

Limited Partnership Class
type: Class
subclass of: Partnership
comment: A Limited Partnership, in which some of the partners are limited partners (invest money but have no control over the firm)

Office Class
type: Class
comment: Location of Offices - an organisation can have many offices - an office can accommodate many organisations

Organisation
type: Class
subclass of: Organization

Partnership
type: Class
subclass of: ForProfitOrganisation
disjoint with: SoleTrader
comment: Organisation classed as a Partnership of any kind

RegionalAdministration
type: Class
subclass of: PublicInstitution
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: hasArea
  cardinality: 1

has census code

is spatially equal to
comment: The two regions have the same boundary and interior.

borders
comment: The boundaries of two regions intersect but their interiors do not intersect.

has area