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Societies Ontology
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## Societies Ontology






Author  

Dorian

Taylor



Version  

0.1



Created  

July 29, 2014



Namespace URI  



Preferred Namespace Prefix  

soco



The Organization Ontology provides a core set of classes and properties

useful for describing the basic structures of corporate entities. The

authors deliberately left out explicit provisions for the myriad

idiosyncrasies we find in organizations all around the world. The

Societies Ontology is an attempt to fill some of that in.



A *society*, charity, association, foundation, or other non-profit

entity tends to be structured according to a common schema. In North

America, at least, a society is controlled by an elected board of directors. Of these directors, there are the

legislated roles of president, secretary, and treasurer,

and may appoint an executive director to run

the organization.



A board of directors is actually a special kind of committee, which itself is a special kind of organizational unit. Societies may also have members,

which themselves may be people, or other organizations. It is the goal

of this vocabulary to provide the necessary extensions to encode those

relationships.



I acknowledge a bias toward the anglosphere, common law, and especially

North America when considering this vocabulary. I am content to take

suggestions to accommodate structures from other jurisdictions.



![](https://vocab.methodandstructure.com/societies-classes)



#### Imports



-   Core organization ontology









## Classes






#### Chapter



A chapter is an organizational unit focused on a geographic region.



Subclass of:  

org:OrganizationalUnit









#### Committee



A committee is a specific type of organizational unit.



Subclass of:  

org:OrganizationalUnit









#### Board



The board of directors is a specific committee within the organization.



Subclass of:  

soco:Committee



Properties:  

[soco:board-of](https://vocab.methodandstructure.com/societies#board-of)












## Properties



### Related to the Board of Directors






#### board-of



Indicates a direct relation between a board of directors and its parent

organization.



Sub-property of:  

org:unitOf



Inverse of:  

soco:has-board



Domain:  

org:Organization



Range:  

soco:Board



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#### has-board



Indicates a direct relation between an organization and its board of

directors.



Sub-property of:  

org:hasUnit



Inverse of:  

soco:board-of



Domain:  

soco:Board



Range:  

org:Organization



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### Related to Membership






#### primary-contact



Designates the person who is the primary contact of a membership.



> Many membership organizations, e.g. trade or professional

> associations, have companies as members rather than people. In that

> case, the member company would designate a person to deal with the

> details of its membership to the association.



Domain:  

org:Membership



Range:  

foaf:Person



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#### billing-contact



Designates the person who is in charge of paying the bills associated

with a membership.



> In membership organizations whose members are companies, there is

> often a dedicated bookkeeper, comptroller, or CFO.



Domain:  

org:Membership



Range:  

foaf:Person



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### Related to Officers






#### president-of



Designates the president of the organization.



Sub-property of:  

org:headOf



Domain:  

foaf:Person



Range:  

org:Organization



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#### secretary-of



Designates the secretary of the organization.



Sub-property of:  

org:memberOf



Domain:  

foaf:Person



Range:  

org:Organization



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#### treasurer-of



Designates the treasurer of the organization.



Sub-property of:  

org:memberOf



Domain:  

foaf:Person



Range:  

org:Organization



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#### executive-director-of



Designates the executive director of the organization.



Sub-property of:  

org:memberOf



Domain:  

foaf:Person



Range:  

org:Organization



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#### chair-of



Designates the chair of a committee.



Sub-property of:  

org:memberOf



Domain:  

foaf:Person



Range:  

soco:Committee



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## Individuals



This vocabulary contains a number of predefined roles.






#### Officers



This is a concept scheme to contain the standard roles of officers.



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#### President



The president is the elected chief executive of an organization. The

president is the first of three officer roles typically mandated by

legislation.



Role property:  

soco:president-of



Concept scheme:  

Officers



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#### Secretary



The secretary is the elected officer responsible for maintaining the

records of an organization, and is the second of three

typically-mandatory officer roles.



Role property:  

soco:secretary-of



Concept scheme:  

Officers



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#### Treasurer



The treasurer is the elected officer responsible for the finances of an

organization, and is the third of the three mandatory elected positions.



Role property:  

soco:treasurer-of



Concept scheme:  

Officers



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#### Executive Director



The executive director is the first appointed position in a society-like

organization, and is responsible for its day-to-day operation.



Role property:  

soco:executive-director-of



Concept scheme:  

Officers



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#### Chair



The chair, or chairperson, is in charge of maintaining order in a

committee.



Role property:  

soco:chair-of



Concept scheme:  

Officers



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