Mapping concepts from the OMG Commons Ontology Library v1.0, instead of LCC and eliminating redundancy in FIBO
The Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.0 Specification was approved for formalization at the December 2022 OMG Technical Meeting. The specification and ontologies are available on the OMG site at https://www.omg.org/spec/COMMONS and in GitHub at https://github.com/ObjectManagementGroup/Commons. FIBO has depended on classes and properties that, for many years, were embedded in the Languages, Countries and Codes (LCC) ontologies (also an OMG standard, available at ), which include content that is not needed in many cases. The domain independent concepts and properties have been implemented in the building blocks in the Commons ontology library, extended and improved on. Use of the Commons Ontology Library is a more appropriate solution, as only the immediately relevant concepts are included in those ontologies. The concepts and properties that are redundant with the new Commons library will be deprecated as the LCC 1.3 release is completed at OMG, and will be eliminated from LCC over time.
The table below includes the mapping from what we have used to date in FIBO to the corresponding replacement for FIBO users to assist with transitioning their applications of FIBO to use the Commons library instead.
Table 1. Mapping Reused Terms from LCC to Replacements in Commons
Ontology | Original Element | Original Element IRI | New Element | New Element IRI | Notes |
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Language Representation | denotes | lcc-lr;denotes | denotes | cmns-dsg;denotes | cmns-id;identifies is a subproperty of cmns-dsg;denotes, so in cases where both occur we are eliminating the use of cmns-dsg;denotes in FIBO going forward. |
| has | lcc-lr;has |
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| For the most part, this is used as a parent property for other properties, and will be retired. In certain cases, where the property in FIBO characterizes or classifies something, a more appropriate parent property from Commons will be used. |
| has denotation | lcc-lr:hasDenotation | is signified by | cmns-dsg;isSignifiedBy |
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| has member | lcc-lr;hasMember | has member | cmns-col;hasMember |
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| identifies | lcc-lr;identifies | identifies | cmns-id;identifies |
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| is identified by | lcc-lr;isIdentifiedBy | is identified by | cmns-id;isIdentifiedBy |
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| is member of | lcc-lr;isMemberOf | is member of | cmns-col;isMemberOf |
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| has name | lcc-lr;hasName | has text value | cmns-txt;hasTextValue fibo-fnd-rel-rel;hasTextualName | 'has name' is a data property in LCC, and an object property in Commons - thus a new property, 'has textual name' has been added to the Agents ontology as a subproperty of 'has text value'. |
| has tag | lcc-lr;hasTag | has text value | cmns-txt;hasTextValue fibo-fnd-rel-rel;hasTag | 'has tag' is used throughout FIBO to provide a text value for certain codes - thus a new property, 'has tag' has been added to the Agents ontology as a subproperty of 'has text value'. |
| arrangement | lcc-lr;Arrangement | arrangement | cmns-col;Arrangement |
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| code element | lcc-lr;CodeElement | code element | cmns-cds;CodeElement |
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| code set | lcc-lr;CodeSet | code set | cmns-cds;CodeSet |
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| collection | lcc-lr;Collection | collection | cmns-col;Collection |
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| identification scheme | lcc-lr;IdentificationScheme | identification scheme | cmns-id;IdentificationScheme |
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| identifier | lcc-lr;Identifier | identifier | cmns-id;Identifier |
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Country Representation | classifies | lcc-cr;classifies | classifies | cmns-cls;classifies |
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| has part | lcc-cr;hasPart | has part | cmns-col;hasPart |
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| is classified by | lcc-cr;isClassifiedBy | is classified by | cmns-cls;isClassifiedBy |
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| is part of | lcc-cr;isPartOf | is part of | cmns-col;isPartOf |
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| is used by | lcc-cr;isUsedBy | is used by | cmns-cxtdsg;isUsedBy |
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| uses | lcc-cr;uses | uses | cmns-cxtdsg;uses |
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In addition to LCC, there is some (minimal) redundancy in FIBO with the now published Commons ontologies. The mapping from what was used in FIBO to the relevant Commons replacements is given in Table 2, below. Elements that are now redundant in FIBO have been deprecated and will eventually be eliminated from the FIBO ontologies.
Ontology | Original Element | Original Element IRI | New Element | New Element IRI | Notes |
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Agents | language-tagged string | rdf;langString | language-tagged string | rdf;langString | This declaration is now available in the Commons Text Datatypes ontology and not needed in FIBO. No deprecation is required in this case. |
| has structured name | fibo-fnd-aap-agt;hasStructuredName | has name | cmns-dsg;hasName |
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| has text value | fibo-fnd-aap-agt;hasTextValue | has text value | cmns-txt;hasTextValue |
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| is structured name of | fibo-fnd-aap-agt;isStructuredNameOf | is name of | cmns-dsg;isNameOf |
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| name | fibo-fnd-aap-agt;Name | name | cmns-dsg;Name |
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| text | fibo-fnd-aap-agt;Text | text | cmns-txt;Text |
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Arrangements | collection constituent | fibo-fnd-arr-arr;CollectionConstituent | constituent | cmns-col;Constituent |
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| structured collection | fibo-fnd-arr-arr;StructuredCollection | structured collection | cmns-col;StructuredCollection |
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| has constituent | fibo-fnd-arr-arr;hasConstituent | has constituent | cmns-col;hasConstituent |
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| is constituent of | fibo-fnd-arr-arr;isConstituentOf | is constituent of | cmns-col;isConstituentOf |
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Relations | comprises | fibo-fnd-rel-rel;comprises | comprises | cmns-col;comprises |
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| is included in | fibo-fnd-rel-rel;isIncludedIn | is included in | cmns-col;isIncludedIn |
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| has context | fibo-fnd-rel-rel;hasContext | is applicable in | cmns-cxtdsg;isApplicableIn |
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| has representation | fibo-fnd-rel-rel;hasRepresentation | is signified by | cmns-dsg;isSignifiedBy |
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| represents | fibo-fnd-rel-rel;represents | denotes | cmns-dsg;denotes |
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| defines | fibo-fnd-rel-rel;defines | defines | cmns-dsg;defines |
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| is defined in | fibo-fnd-rel-rel;isDefinedIn | is defined in | cmns-dsg;isDefinedIn |
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| is conferred on | fibo-fnd-rel-rel:isConferredOn | is conferred on | fibo-fnd-law-lcap;isConferredOn | This property was moved to eliminate a potential circular relationship between ontologies using Relations |
| applies to | fibo-fnd-rel-rel;appliesTo | applies to | cmns-cxtdsg;appliesTo |
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| characterizes | fibo-fnd-rel-rel;characterizes | characterizes | cmns-cls;characterizes |
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| is characterized by | fibo-fnd-rel-rel;isCharacterizedBy | is characterized by | cmns-cls;isCharacterizedBy |
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| describes | fibo-fnd-rel-rel;describes | describes | cmns-dsg;describes |
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| is described by | fibo-fnd-rel-rel;isDescribedBy | is described by | cmns-dsg;isDescribedBy |
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Classification Schemes | classifier | fibo-fnd-arr-cls;Classifier | classifier | cmns-cls;Classifier |
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| classification scheme | fibo-fnd-arr-cls;ClassificationScheme | classification scheme | cmns-cls;ClassificationScheme |
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Analytics | aspect | fibo-fnd-utl-alx;Aspect | aspect | cmns-cls;Aspect |
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Identifiers and Indices | composite identifier | fibo-fnd-arr-id;CompositeIdentifier | structured identifier | cmns-cxtid;StructuredIdentifier |
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Parties | contextual name | fibo-fnd-pty-pty;ContextualName | contextual name | cmns-cxtdsg;ContextualName | Note that the original restriction on contextual name with respect to the property 'holdsDuring' now uses the property 'cmns-cxtdsg;hasApplicablePeriod' |
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Jurisdiction | applies in | fibo-fnd-law-jur;appliesIn | is applicable in | cmns-cxtdsg;isApplicableIn |