Top ontology of telecommunications concepts

IRI:
http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl
Current version:
1.4
Previous version:
Version 1.1.1 (2006-12-13), first phase
Imported Ontologies:
http://www.w3.org/2006/time (visualise it with LODE)
Other visualisation:
Ontology source

Abstract

Defines top-level telecommunication concepts developed within the SIMS project (http://www.ist-sims.org).

Table of Content

  1. Classes
  2. Object Properties
  3. Data Properties
  4. Namespace Declarations

Classes

acceptancec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#Acceptance

Act of agreeing to participate in a communication. Usually done in response of an invitation.
has super-classes
communication actionc

attachmentc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#Attachment

Act of linking one object to another, e.g.: attachment of a session to another session or attachment of a multimedia stream to a session.
has super-classes
communication actionc

chargec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#Charge

Defines a payment for the service. Could be described with amount of payment and a currency.
has super-classes
thingc
is in domain of
has amountdp, has currencydp
is in range of
has chargeop

communicationc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#Communication

Ways of interaction between (two or more) participants (close terms: collaboration, interaction). This term is enhanced with other, more specific concepts, such as session, call, one way communications, etc.
is equivalent to
one way communicationc or two way communicationc
has super-classes
servicec
has statusop some communication statusc
has participantop some communication participantc
has sub-classes
multiparty communicationc, one way communicationc, two way communicationc
is in domain of
has network connectivityop, has participantop, has statusop
is in range of
participates inop, refers to communicationop

communication actionc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#CommunicationAction

Initiative (action) related to communication, e.g., establishment or termination. Defines what can be done with the communication.
is equivalent to
acceptancec or attachmentc or deliveryc or disposalc or establishmentc or information retrievalc or initiationc or invitationc or joiningc or rejectionc or terminationc or votingc
has super-classes
thingc
refers to communicationop some communicationc
has sub-classes
acceptancec, attachmentc, deliveryc, disposalc, establishmentc, information retrievalc, initiationc, invitationc, joiningc, rejectionc, terminationc, votingc
is in domain of
defines time periodop, refers to communicationop, refers to dataop

communication initiatorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#CommunicationInitiator

Defines the communicating party who initiated the act of creating communication.
has super-classes
communication participantc

communication participantc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#CommunicationParticipant

A party involved in an interaction represented by a Communication concept
has super-classes
thingc
has sub-classes
communication initiatorc, communication responderc
is in domain of
participates inop, uses terminalop
is in range of
has participantop

communication responderc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#CommunicationResponder

Defines the communicating party who responds to the act of creating communication
has super-classes
communication participantc

communication statusc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#CommunicationStatus

A condition or state of a communication at a given time. Note that this concept should be made more specific in the inherited concepts (e.g., CallStatus) - and define some specific attributes and relationships.
has super-classes
thingc
is in range of
has statusop

connectivity typec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#ConnectivityType

Type of technology used in communicating: e.g., wireless and wireline, short range and long range. Individuals in this class are concrete technologies (WiFi, Bluetooth, GSM, etc.).
has super-classes
thingc
is in range of
has network connectivityop

deliveryc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#Delivery

Act of carrying an object, e.g., delivery of a message, document, data
has super-classes
communication actionc

disposalc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#Disposal

Act of removing an object, e.g., disposal of a multimedia stream
has super-classes
communication actionc

encryptionc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#Encryption

Defines protection method or algorithm used to provide safe communication.
has super-classes
thingc
is in domain of
uses encryption protocoldp
is in range of
uses encryptionop

establishmentc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#Establishment

Act of setting up, e.g., establishment of a new connection
has super-classes
communication actionc

free servicec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#FreeService

Defines an abstract service accessible without a payment.
is equivalent to
servicec and (not (paid servicec))
has super-classes
servicec

information retrievalc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#InformationRetrieval

Act of extracting information on something, e.g., retrieval of the status of a call or information retrieval about session participants
has super-classes
communication actionc

initiationc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#Initiation

Act of starting a communication
has super-classes
communication actionc

invitationc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#Invitation

Act of requesting the presence of an entity in a (usually multiparty) communication
has super-classes
communication actionc

joiningc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#Joining

Act of becoming a participant of an existing communication. May be done in response of an invitation
has super-classes
communication actionc

multiparty communicationc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#MultipartyCommunication

Defines abstract communication in which at least three participants participate
has super-classes
communicationc
has participantop min 3 communication participantc

one way communicationc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#OneWayCommunication

A type of interaction that is not symmetrical: the information is passed one way only. This involves one active party and one or more passive party. The active party makes an effort to send information, other parties receive it. An example of this is a single SMS message sending.
has super-classes
communicationc

paid servicec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#PaidService

Defines an abstract service accessible for some charge. Value of the charge can be specified with the Charge concept.
is equivalent to
servicec and (has chargeop some chargec)
has super-classes
servicec

rejectionc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#Rejection

Act of rejecting an invitation in communication
has super-classes
communication actionc

secured servicec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#SecuredService

Defines an abstract service which use some encryption to provide safty.
is equivalent to
servicec and (uses encryptionop some encryptionc)
has super-classes
servicec

servicec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#Service

Defines an abstract service.
has super-classes
thingc
has sub-classes
communicationc, free servicec, paid servicec, secured servicec, un secured servicec
is in domain of
has chargeop, uses encryptionop

structured datac back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#StructuredData

Data which has organised and defined structure. This covers serialised data (files documents) as well as data streams
has super-classes
thingc
is in range of
refers to dataop

terminationc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#Termination

Act of ending an activity, e.g., termination of a session, call etc.
has super-classes
communication actionc

two way communicationc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#TwoWayCommunication

A type of interaction involving one or more parties that are symmetrical: a data or stream might be passed between all parties involved in the interaction. An example of such interaction is a voice call.
has super-classes
communicationc

un secured servicec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#UnSecuredService

Defines an abstract service which do not support any encryption methods.
is equivalent to
servicec and (not (secured servicec))
has super-classes
servicec

user terminalc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#UserTerminal

Class that represents capabilities of devices. It is unspecified in top ontology, however, it is a subject for more detailed specification in the more specific parts of the ontology
has super-classes
thingc
is in range of
uses terminalop

votingc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#Voting

Activity that concerns communication session. This covers all actions concerning a communication that have already been established.
has super-classes
communication actionc

Object Properties

defines time periodop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#definesTimePeriod

has domain
communication actionc
has range
date time description

has chargeop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#hasCharge

Defines the charge for the service.
has domain
servicec
has range
chargec

has network connectivityop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#hasNetworkConnectivity

Defines a network connectivity type used in communication.
has domain
communicationc
has range
connectivity typec

has participantop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#hasParticipant

Defines a participant of a communication (normally, multiple participants can be applied to a communication)
has domain
communicationc
has range
communication participantc
is inverse of
participates inop

has statusop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#hasStatus

Defines the status of a communication (e.g., the status of a call)
has domain
communicationc
has range
communication statusc

participates inop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#participatesIn

Defines a communication in which the participant takes part
has domain
communication participantc
has range
communicationc
is inverse of
has participantop

refers to communicationop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#refersToCommunication

Defines a communication that an initiative refers to (e.g., a message sending refers to message exchange)
has domain
communication actionc
has range
communicationc

refers to dataop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#refersToData

Defines structured data that a communication initiative refers to
has domain
communication actionc
has range
structured datac

uses encryptionop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#usesEncryption

Defines encryption protocol used in service.
has domain
servicec
has range
encryptionc

uses terminalop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#usesTerminal

Defines a user terminal that a communication refers to
has domain
communication participantc
has range
user terminalc

Data Properties

has amountdp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#hasAmount

Defines an amout of money for the charge
has domain
chargec
has range
float

has currencydp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#hasCurrency

Defines currency of the charge
has domain
chargec
has range
string

uses encryption protocoldp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#usesEncryptionProtocol

Defines an encryption protocol or algorithm name used in a service to provide safety.
has domain
encryptionc
has range
string

Namespace Declarations back to ToC

default namespace
http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/TelecomEntity.owl#
2006
http://www.w3.org/2006/
owl
http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#
rdf
http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
rdfs
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
time
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#
xsd
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#
~sims-onto
http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/~sims-onto/

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