https://github.com/nicholascar/decprov-ont
A Web Ontology Language (OWL) ontology extending the PROV ontology for modelling decisions and thus the causes for actions or the use or generation of things
https://github.com/nicholascar/decprov-ont
decision-modelling decisions ontology owl provenance web-ontology-language
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A Web Ontology Language (OWL) ontology extending the PROV ontology for modelling decisions and thus the causes for actions or the use or generation of things
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/nicholascar/decprov-ont
- Owner: nicholascar
- License: cc-by-4.0
- Created: 2017-06-28T07:05:17.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2019-08-20T05:04:57.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-25T12:27:12.949Z (over 1 year ago)
- Topics: decision-modelling, decisions, ontology, owl, provenance, web-ontology-language
- Language: HTML
- Homepage: https://promsns.org/def/decprov
- Size: 3.66 MB
- Stars: 3
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# DecProv-O
The Decision Provenance ontology
## Introduction
This ontology is for modelling decisions and thus the causes for actions or the use or generation of things. It allows for a better understanding of *why* something might have taken place, have been used or produced than the more generic [PROV ontology](https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-o/), on which it is mainly based, does.
The specialised decision modelling elements of this ontology have been derived from the [W3C Decisions and Decision-Making Incubator Group](https://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/decision/)'s Decision Ontology (DO) which can be found at . Many DO classes have been aligned with the PROV-O since it is widely recognised that analysing the elements of decisions *post hoc* is an exercise in provenance.
Unlike the original DO, this ontology cannot be used for *normative* scenarios: it is only capable of recording decisions that have already been made (so-called *data-driven* use in the DO). This is because PROV does not have a templating system which can indicate what *should* occur in future scenarios.
This ontology introduces only one new element for decision modelling over that which was present in the DO: an Agent which allows agency in decision making to be recorded.
NOTE: this ontology is now in Version 2.0 release however not all examples are updated to match the new version's modelling.
## Ontology document
Namespace location:
* HTML:
* RDF turtle:
Local copies:
* HTML: [decprov.html](decprov.html)
* RDF Turtle: [decprov.ttl](decprov.ttl)
## Ontology class diagram
**Figure 1**: An Overview of the DecPROV classes and main relationships**
## Modelling description
See [MODELLING](MODELLING.md) for a description of the choices made about classes in DecPROV, including why certain Decision Ontology classes were included, excluded or changed.
## Examples
See [EXAMPLES](EXAMPLES.md).
## Publications
* [Modelling causes for actions with the Decision and PROV ontologies (MODSIM 2017 conference)](http://github.com/nicholascar/decprov-ont/blob/master/references/Car2017-Modelling-causes-for-actions-with-the-Decision-and-PROV-ontologies.pdf)
## License
This ontology and all other content in this repository are licensed under the [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) (local copy of deed: [LICENSE](LICENSE)).
## Contacts
**Nicholas Car**
*Data Systems Architect*
SURROUND Australia Pty Ltd
*(formerly of [Geoscience Australia](http://www.ga.gov.au) & [CSIRO](https://www.csiro.au))*