Value Flows Ontology

The current amount and unit of the economic resource for which the agent has primary rights and responsibilities, sometimes thought of as ownership. This can be either stored or derived from economic events affecting the resource.

Defines the kind of flow, such as consume, produce, work, transfer, etc.

Reference to an agreement between agents which specifies the rules, terms, policies, calculations, etc. which govern this flow.

The economic event being appreciated (gift economy).

The economic event implemented in appreciation (gift economy).

The place where an intent, commitment, or economic event occurs. Usually mappable.

The quantity of the offered resource currently available.

The definition or standard specification for a process.

References one or more concepts in a common taxonomy or other classification scheme for purposes of categorization or grouping.

This commitment is part of the agreement.

The primary resource knowledge specification or definition of an existing or potential resource.

Used when a stock economic resource contains units also defined as economic resources.

The current place an economic resource is located. Could be at any level of granularity, from a town to an address to a warehouse location. Usually mappable.

The default unit used for use or work.

The default unit used for the resource itself.

The scenario definition for this scenario, for example yearly budget.

The amount and unit of the work or use or citation effort-based action. This is often a time duration, but also could be cycle counts or other measures of effort or usefulness.

Location or area where the proposal is valid.

The economic event which completely or partially fulfills a commitment.

The commitment which is completely or partially fulfilled by an economic event.

Grouping around something to create a boundary or context, used for documenting, accounting, planning.

Represents a desired deliverable expected from this plan.

Relates an input flow to its process.

Denotes if a process input or output, or not related to a process.

Lot or batch of an economic resource, used to track forward or backwards to all occurrences of resources of that lot.

A textual address that can be mapped using mapping software.

The process with its inputs and outputs is part of the scenario.

The object of a relationship between 2 agents. For example, if Mary is a member of a group, then the group is the object.

The increment and/or decrement effect the action will have on the onhand quantity of an inventoried resource.

The current amount and unit of the economic resource which is under direct control of the agent. It may be more or less than the accounting quantity. This can be either stored or derived from economic events affecting the resource.

Relates an output flow to its process.

The action that should be included on the other direction of the process, for example accept with modify.

The process with its inputs and outputs is part of the plan.

The agent currently with primary rights and responsibilites for the economic resource. It is the agent that is associated with the accountingQuantity of the economic resource.

The main place an agent is located, often an address where activities occur and mail can be sent. This is usually a mappable geographic location. It also could be a website address, as in the case of agents who have no physical location.

References a concept in a common taxonomy or other classification scheme for purposes of categorization or grouping.

The standard specification or definition of a process.

The proposal that is published to a specific agent.

The agent to which the proposal is published.

The economic agent from whom the intended, committed, or actual economic event is initiated.

The published proposal which this intent is part of.

The intent which is part of this published proposal.

This economic event occurs as part of this agreement.

The economic agent whom the intended, committed, or actual economic event is for.

Relates a flow to its exchange agreement in a recipe.

The resource definition referenced by this flow in the recipe.

Relates an input flow to its process in a recipe.

Relates an output flow to its process in a recipe.

This scenario or plan refines another scenario, often as time moves closer or for more detail.

The role of an economic relationship that exists between 2 agents, such as member, trading partner.

References a concept in a common taxonomy or other classification scheme for purposes of categorization or grouping.

The primary resource specification or definition of an existing or potential economic resource. A resource will have only one, as this specifies exactly what the resource is.

The increment and/or decrement effect the action will have on the accounting quantity of an inventoried resource.

Economic resource involved in the flow.

The amount and unit of the economic resource counted or inventoried.

A commitment or economic event fully or partially satisfying an intent

An intent satisfied fully or partially by an economic event or commitment.

References an economic event that fully or partially settles the claim.

References a claim that is fully or partially settled by the economic event.

References the ProcessSpecification of the last process the economic resource went through. Stage is used when the last process is important for finding proper resources, such as where the publishing process wants only documents that have gone through the editing process.

The state of the desired economic resource, after coming out of a test or review process.

The subject of a relationship between 2 agents. For example, if Mary is a member of a group, then Mary is the subject.

Additional economic resource on the economic event when needed by the receiver. Used when a transfer or move, or sometimes other actions, requires explicitly identifying an economic resource on the receiving side.

References an economic event that implied the claim or event, often based on a prior agreement.

The unit used for use or work or sometimes cite actions.

The unit used for this resource in the recipe.

The time something is expected to be complete.

The commitment or intent or process is complete or not. This is irrespective of if the original goal has been met, and indicates that no more will be done.

The planned or actual beginning of a flow or process.

The planned or actual end of a flow or process.

The planned or actual time of a flow; can be used instead of hasBeginning and hasEnd, if so, hasBeginning and hasEnd should be able to be returned with this value.

The uri to an image relevant to the entity, such as a logo, avatar, photo, diagram, etc.

The human readable name of the role, inverse from the object to the subject. For example, 'has member'.

An informal or formal textual identifier for an object. Does not imply uniqueness.

This is a reciprocal intent of this proposal, not primary. Not meant to be used for intent matching.

The human readable name of the role, inverse from the object to the subject. For example, 'is member of'.

Defines if any resource of that type can be freely substituted for any other resource of that type when used, consumed, traded, etc.

Sometimes called serial number, used when each item must have a trackable identifier (like a computer). Could also be used for other unique tracking identifiers needed for resources.

This proposal contains unit based quantities, which can be multipied to create commitments; commonly seen in a price list or e-commerce.

The web address relevant to the entity.