Formatted specification
This page is normative.
It is a formatted version of the vocabulary as defined in the RDF turtle file system of record, excluding the Named Individuals, the Classes needed to manage those, and the "layer" definitions. In other words, this includes the base ontological Classes and Properties for building with Valueflows.
Credit: p y LODE 3.2.1 with the OntPub profile (modified to fit inside the Valueflows site)
Classes
Action c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#Action
An action verb defining the kind of flow and its behavior.
Agent c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#Agent
An identifiable entity that can commit to and/or perform economic and/or ecological activity under its own power or authority.
Agreement c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#Agreement
A set of reciprocal commitments among economic agents, or a set of reciprocal economic events.
Agreement Bundle c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#AgreementBundle
A grouping of agreements to bundle detailed line item reciprocity.
Batch Lot Record c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#BatchLotRecord
A document which contains all the needed detail related to the production process of a particular batch or lot, a resource processed in the same process(es) so that it is expected to be homogeneous.
Commitment c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#Commitment
A planned economic flow that has been scheduled or promised by one agent to another agent.
Ecological Agent c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#EcologicalAgent
A non-human being; or a functional group of non-human beings; or an ecosystem of living beings that includes non-humans; but it has agency and receives and/or provides economic/ecological resources.
Economic Event c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#EconomicEvent
An observed economic flow, which could reflect creation or a change in the quantity, location, accountability and/or responsibility, of an economic resource, whether material or not.
Economic Resource c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#EconomicResource
Economic or environmental things (material or digital), media of exchange, which agents agree should be accounted for and which can be inventoried.
Intent c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#Intent
A desired or proposed or planned or estimated economic flow, usually with only one agent associated, which could become a commitment and/or economic event.
Measure c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#Measure
A quantity expressed as a numeric value with a unit of measure.
Organization c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#Organization
A functional structure, formal or informal, which can include people and/or other organizations, and has its own agency. Something called a group is an Organization in Valueflows if it has agency as the group.
Person c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#Person
A human being. All persons are considered agents.
Plan c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#Plan
A logical collection of processes, with optional connected agreements, that constitute a body of scheduled work with defined deliverable(s).
Process c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#Process
An activity that changes inputs into outputs, by transforming or transporting economic resource(s).
Process Specification c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#ProcessSpecification
Specifies the kind of process, and also the stage of the process.
Proposal c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#Proposal
Published requests or offers, sometimes with what is expected in return.
Proposal List c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#ProposalList
A grouping of proposals, for publishing as a list.
Recipe c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#Recipe
Optional instance of a recipe which directly specifies the recipe processes included.
Recipe Exchange c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#RecipeExchange
Specifies an exchange type agreement as part of a recipe.
Recipe Flow c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#RecipeFlow
The specification of a resource inflow to, or outflow from, a recipe process; and/or a clause, or reciprocal clause, of a recipe exchange.
Recipe Process c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#RecipeProcess
Specifies a process in a recipe for use in planning from recipe.
Resource Specification c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#ResourceSpecification
Specifies the kind of economic or environmental resource, even if the resource is not instantiated as an EconomicResource. Could define a material or digital thing, service, medium of exchange or currency, skill or type of work.
Spatial Thing c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#SpatialThing
Data that locates something relative to the Earth, usually a somewhat fixed location.
Unit c
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#Unit
A standard unit of measure, defined and adopted by convention or by law.
Object Properties
accounting quantity op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#accountingQuantity
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.
action op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#action
Defines the kind of flow, such as consume, produce, work, transfer, etc.
vf:Claim c or Intent c or Economic Event c or Recipe Flow c or Commitment c
available quantity op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#availableQuantity
The amount and unit of the offered resource currently available.
based on op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#basedOn
The definition or standard specification for a process.
bundled in op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#bundledIn
This agreement is bundled with other agreements, for example in an order.
bundles op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#bundles
All the agreements included in this agreement bundle.
classified as op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#classifiedAs
References one or more uri's for a concept in a common taxonomy or other classification scheme for purposes of categorization or grouping; or it can be one or more string classifications such as tags.
Ecological Agent c or Economic Resource c or Organization c or Process c or Unit c
clause of op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#clauseOf
This commitment is a primary part of the agreement.
conforms to op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#conformsTo
The primary resource specification or definition of an existing or potential economic resource.
contained in op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#containedIn
Used when an economic resource contains units also defined as separate economic resources, for example a tool kit or a package of resources for shipping.
contains op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#contains
An economic resource contains at least one other economic resource, for example a tool kit or package of resources for shipping.
corrects op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#corrects
Used when an event was entered incorrectly and needs to be backed out or corrected. (The initial event cannot be changed.)
current location op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#currentLocation
The current physical location of an economic resource. Could be at any level of granularity, from a town to an address to a warehouse location. Usually mappable.
default unit of effort op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#defaultUnitOfEffort
The default unit used for use or work.
default unit of resource op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#defaultUnitOfResource
The default unit used for the resource itself.
effort quantity op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#effortQuantity
The amount and unit of the work or use or citation effort-based action. This is often expressed with a time unit, but also could be cycle counts or other measures of effort or usefulness.
Intent c or Recipe Flow c or vf:Claim c or Commitment c or Economic Event c
eligible location op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#eligibleLocation
Location or area where the proposal is valid.
fulfills op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#fulfills
The commitment(s) fulfilled completely or partially by an economic event.
currency address op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#hasDetailedGeometry
A spatial geometry of any complexity and tooling supported by geosparql.
has duration op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#hasDuration
The temporal extent of the process.
has independent demand op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#hasIndependentDemand
The commitments and/or intents which this plan was created to deliver.
has input op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#hasInput
All the input flows of a process.
Commitment c or Economic Event c or Intent c
has output op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#hasOutput
All the output flows of a process.
Commitment c or Economic Event c or Intent c
has recipe input op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#hasRecipeInput
All the inputs of a recipe process.
has recipe output op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#hasRecipeOutput
All the outputs of a recipe process.
has unit op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#hasUnit
A standard unit of measure.
independent demand of op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#independentDemandOf
This plan is the way this commitment or intent will be realized.
input of op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#inputOf
Relates an input flow to its process.
Commitment c or Intent c or Economic Event c
in scope of op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#inScopeOf
Scope here means executed in the context of an agent.
listed in op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#listedIn
This proposal is part of these lists of proposals.
lists op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#lists
All the proposals included in this proposal list.
minimum quantity op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#minimumQuantity
The minimum required order amount and unit of the offered resource.
of batch or lot op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#ofBatchLot
The batch lot record of this resource, if it is a batch or lot resource.
onhand quantity op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#onhandQuantity
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.
output of op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#outputOf
Relates an output flow to its process.
Commitment c or Intent c or Economic Event c
plan includes op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#planIncludes
The processes and and non-process commitments/intents that constitute the plan.
Intent c or Process c or Commitment c
planned within op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#plannedWithin
The process with its inputs and outputs, or the non-process commitment or intent, is part of the plan.
Commitment c or Intent c or Process c
primary accountable op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#primaryAccountable
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.
primary location op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#primaryLocation
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.
primary output op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#primaryOutput
The main output the recipe is intended to produce or deliver.
process classified as op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#processClassifiedAs
References one or more uri's for a concept in a common taxonomy or other classification scheme for purposes of categorization or grouping; or can be one or more string classifications such as tags.
process conforms to op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#processConformsTo
The standard specification or definition of a type of process.
proposed to op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#proposedTo
The agent(s) to which the proposal or proposal list is published.
Proposal List c or Proposal c
provider op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#provider
The economic agent by whom the intended, committed, or actual economic event is initiated.
Economic Event c or vf:Claim c or Commitment c or Intent c
publishes op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#publishes
The primary intent(s) of this published proposal. Would be used in intent matching.
purpose op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#purpose
The type of proposal, whether offer or request (others may be added as need arises).
realization of op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#realizationOf
This non-reciprocal economic event occurs as part of this agreement.
realizes op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#realizes
All the non-reciprocal economic events (with or without commitments) that realize the agreement.
realizes reciprocal op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#realizesReciprocal
All the reciprocal economic events (with or without commitments) that realize the agreement.
receiver op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#receiver
The economic agent whom the intended, committed, or actual economic event is for.
Economic Event c or Commitment c or Intent c or vf:Claim c
recipe clause of op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#recipeClauseOf
Relates a flow to its exchange agreement in a recipe.
recipe includes op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#recipeIncludes
The collection of processes needed for this recipe.
recipe input of op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#recipeInputOf
Relates an input flow to its process in a recipe.
recipe output of op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#recipeOutputOf
Relates an output flow to its process in a recipe.
recipe reciprocal clause of op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#recipeReciprocalClauseOf
Relates a reciprocal flow to its exchange agreement in a recipe.
recipe stipulates op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#recipeStipulates
All the primary clauses of a recipe exchange.
recipe stipulates reciprocal op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#recipeStipulatesReciprocal
All the reciprocal clauses of a recipe exchange.
reciprocal op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#reciprocal
The reciprocal intent(s) of this published proposal. Not meant to be used for intent matching.
reciprocal clause of op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#reciprocalClauseOf
This commitment is a reciprocal part of the agreement.
reciprocal realization of op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#reciprocalRealizationOf
This reciprocal economic event occurs as part of this agreement.
resource classified as op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#resourceClassifiedAs
References one or more uri's for a concept in a common taxonomy or other classification scheme for purposes of categorization or grouping; or can be one or more string classifications such as tags.
Economic Event c or vf:Claim c or Intent c or Commitment c or Recipe Flow c or Resource Specification c
resource conforms to op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#resourceConformsTo
The lowest level resource specification or definition of an existing or potential economic resource, whether one will ever be instantiated or not.
vf:Claim c or Recipe Flow c or Intent c or Economic Event c or Commitment c
resource inventoried as op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#resourceInventoriedAs
Economic resource involved in the flow.
Economic Event c or Commitment c or Intent c
resource quantity op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#resourceQuantity
The amount and unit of the economic resource counted or inventoried.
Economic Event c or Recipe Flow c or Commitment c or Intent c or vf:Claim c
satisfies op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#satisfies
The intent(s) satisfied fully or partially by an economic event or commitment.
Economic Event c or Commitment c
settles op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#settles
The claim(s) settled fully or partially by the economic event.
stage op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#stage
The required stage of the desired input economic resource. References the ProcessSpecification of the last process the economic resource went through.
Commitment c or Recipe Flow c or Economic Resource c or Intent c
state op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#state
The required state of the desired input economic resource, after coming out of a test or review process.
Intent c or Recipe Flow c or Economic Resource c or Commitment c or Economic Event c
stipulates op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#stipulates
All the primary commitments that constitute the agreement.
stipulates reciprocal op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#stipulatesReciprocal
All the reciprocal commitments that constitute the agreement.
to location op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#toLocation
The new location of the receiver resource.
to resource inventoried as op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#toResourceInventoriedAs
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 by the receiver, which is identified differently by the sender.
triggered by op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#triggeredBy
References an economic event that implied the claim, often based on a prior agreement.
unit of effort op
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#unitOfEffort
The unit used for use or work or sometimes cite actions.
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Datatype Properties
alt dp
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#alt
The WGS84 altitude of a spatial thing (decimal meters above the local reference ellipsoid)
batch or lot code dp
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#batchLotCode
The code or identifier for this batch or lot, used to physically label individuals in the batch or lot.
created dp
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#created
The date, and time if desired, the information was agreed to or recorded.
Commitment c or Proposal c or Economic Event c or Plan c or vf:Claim c or Agreement c
current currency location dp
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#currentCurrencyLocation
The current virtual place a currency economic resource is located, for example the address for a bank account, crypto wallet, etc., in a domain standard format.
current virtual location dp
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#currentVirtualLocation
The current virtual place a digital economic resource is located. Usually used for documents, code, or other electronic resource.
due dp
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#due
The date, and time if desired, something is expected to be complete.
vf:Claim c or Intent c or Commitment c or Plan c
expiration date dp
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#expirationDate
The date after which a resource of this batch or lot should no longer be used or consumed.
finished dp
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#finished
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. Default false.
Commitment c or Intent c or Process c or vf:Claim c
has beginning dp
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#hasBeginning
The planned or actual beginning date, and time if desired, of a flow or process.
Proposal c or Process c or Economic Event c or Intent c or Commitment c
has end dp
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#hasEnd
The planned or actual ending date, and time if desired, of a flow or process.
Proposal c or Commitment c or Intent c or Economic Event c or Process c
has numerical value dp
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#hasNumericalValue
A numeric amount.
has point in time dp
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#hasPointInTime
The planned or actual date, and time if desired, of a flow; can be used instead of hasBeginning and hasEnd, if so, hasBeginning and hasEnd should be able to return this value.
Intent c or Economic Event c or Commitment c
image dp
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#image
The uri to an image relevant to the entity, such as a logo, avatar, photo, diagram, etc.
Resource Specification c or Process Specification c or Recipe Process c or Intent c or Economic Event c or Agent c or Economic Resource c
image list dp
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#imageList
A comma separated list of uri addresses to images relevant to the resource.
Intent c or Economic Resource c or Resource Specification c
lat dp
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#lat
The WGS84 latitude of a spatial thing (decimal degrees).
long dp
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#long
The WGS84 longitude of a spatial thing (decimal degrees).
mappable address dp
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#mappableAddress
A textual address that can be mapped using mapping software.
medium of exchange dp
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#mediumOfExchange
True if the resource is a currency, money, token, credit, etc. used as a medium of exchange.
name dp
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#name
An informal or formal textual identifier for an object. Does not imply uniqueness.
Resource Specification c or Process c or Spatial Thing c or Agent c or Economic Resource c or Process Specification c or Proposal c or Recipe Process c or Plan c or Recipe c or Agreement c
substitutable dp
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#substitutable
Defines if any resource of that type can be freely substituted for any other resource of that type when used, consumed, traded, etc.
tracking identifier dp
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#trackingIdentifier
Any identifier used to track a singular resource, such as a serial number or VIN.
unit based dp
IRI
https://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#unitBased
This group of commitments contains unit based quantities, which can be multipied to create commitments; commonly seen in a price list or e-commerce. Default false.
Proposal c or vf:Agreenent c
Namespaces
cchttp://creativecommons.org/ns#dctermshttp://purl.org/dc/terms/dtypehttp://www.linkedmodel.org/schema/dtype#foafhttp://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/geohttp://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#geosparqlhttp://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#omhttp://www.ontology-of-units-of-measure.org/resource/om-2/orghttp://www.w3.org/ns/org#owlhttp://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#rdfhttp://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#rdfshttp://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#skoshttp://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#spdxlhttps://spdx.org/licenses/spdxthttp://spdx.org/rdf/terms#timehttp://www.w3.org/2006/time#vannhttp://purl.org/vocab/vann/vfhttps://w3id.org/valueflows/ont/vf#vshttp://www.w3.org/2003/06/sw-vocab-status/ns#xsdhttp://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#
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