Principle

Class
http://proethica.org/ontology/core#Principle
Definition

A directive information entity representing ethical values and guidelines for conduct. Principles prescribe professional behavior and gain operational meaning through accumulated case precedents (McLaren 2003). This is the P component of the formal specification D=(R,P,O,S,Rs,A,E,Ca,Cs).

Properties
Subclass of
IAO_0000033
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000033
Change Note
v2.3.0: Refined from IAO:information content entity to IAO:directive information entity. Professional principles occupy the aspirational level of code hierarchies (Frankel 1989) and function analogously to constitutional provisions requiring interpretation in context (Taddeo et al. 2024). Their prescriptive character (world-to-word fit) distinguishes them from descriptive information content.
Relationships
disjointWith Agent, Resource
TTL
@prefix iao: <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> . proeth-core:Principle a owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Principle"@en ; rdfs:comment "A directive information entity representing ethical values and guidelines for conduct. Principles prescribe professional behavior and gain operational meaning through accumulated case precedents (McLaren 2003). This is the P component of the formal specification D=(R,P,O,S,Rs,A,E,Ca,Cs)."@en ; rdfs:subClassOf iao:0000033 ; owl:disjointWith proeth-core:Agent, proeth-core:Resource ; skos:changeNote "v2.3.0: Refined from IAO:information content entity to IAO:directive information entity. Professional principles occupy the aspirational level of code hierarchies (Frankel 1989) and function analogously to constitutional provisions requiring interpretation in context (Taddeo et al. 2024). Their prescriptive character (world-to-word fit) distinguishes them from descriptive information content."@en ; skos:definition "A directive information entity representing ethical values and guidelines for conduct. This is the P component of the formal specification D=(R,P,O,S,Rs,A,E,Ca,Cs)."@en .
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Last Updated
2026-06-06 21:52