Classification Pattern¶
Source: ODP portal · Published by: ontologydesignpatterns.org · Category: structural · Domain: general
Represents the assignment of a concept to a classification scheme or taxonomy.
What it answers¶
- What concept classifies this entity? What entities are classified by this concept?
The pattern¶
The graph is the axioms the pattern asserts; nothing here is inferred. Drag to rearrange, scroll to zoom, and use the graph's own search box to find a term inside it.
Opens at level of detail 3: classes, individuals, properties and restrictions, without the literals. Raise it with the LOD control in the graph's own toolbar to see annotation values and anything a reasoner adds.
Should you use this one?¶
| Size | 2 classes, 2 properties, 12 axioms |
| Brings in | nothing - it stands on its own |
| Reasoning | HermiT finds this pattern consistent, with no unsatisfiable class, and its worked example consistent with the pattern. |
A situation it was written for. A biological species is classified under a Linnaean taxonomy. A product is assigned to a category in a catalog.
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Terms it declares¶
The 4 classes and properties this pattern models, as the recommender scores them. Annotation properties and built-ins are excluded, because an annotation property is not modelling.
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/classification.owl#Concepthttp://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/classification.owl#Entityhttp://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/classification.owl#classifieshttp://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/classification.owl#isClassifiedBy
An example of it in use¶
The pattern says what may be asserted; this says it. The graph below is a small set of individuals that instantiate the classes above and are connected by its properties, so the shape the pattern describes is visible as data rather than as a schema.
Import this pattern into your own ontology from inside Protégé: OntoBoard → Reuse → Pattern library…, which hands it to Import terms… and writes the term list, the module, the import and the catalog entry the way ODK expects. See Working with ODK.
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