Developer Client
Class
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#DeveloperClient
Definition
A private developer or development entity that commissions professional engineering or environmental analysis services for a proposed development project, acting as the primary client and decision-maker but lacking professional engineering licensure, and whose development interests may conflict with the engineer's obligations to disclose environmental risks to public authorities.
Inherited from ClientRole
Party that commissions the project work. This is the occupational archetype. The duty relationship is carried separately by :ProviderClientRole.
Properties
Subclass of
Confidence
0.82
Role category
provider_client
Match Confidence
0.8
Match Reasoning
Developer Client is a specialization of Client Role representing a private development entity commissioning engineering services. It is closely related to the previously extracted Private Development Client but is generalized here to cover developer clients in environmental and land-use contexts more broadly.
Matched Ontology Label
Client Role
Matches Existing
true
Source Evidence
Text references
Engineer A was a principal in an environmental engineering firm and was requested by a developer client to prepare an analysis of a piece of property adjacent to a wetlands area for potential development as a residential condominium
XYZ Corporation was advised by a State Pollution Control Authority
Source text
Engineer A was a principal in an environmental engineering firm and was requested by a developer client to prepare an analysis of a piece of property adjacent to a wetlands area for potential development as a residential condominium
Used in cases 9
TTL
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> .
@prefix proeth-prov: <http://proethica.org/provenance#> .
@prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
proeth:DeveloperClient a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "Developer Client" ;
proeth:confidence "0.82" ;
proeth:roleCategory "provider_client" ;
proeth:textReferences "Engineer A was a principal in an environmental engineering firm and was requested by a developer client to prepare an analysis of a piece of property adjacent to a wetlands area for potential development as a residential condominium",
"XYZ Corporation was advised by a State Pollution Control Authority" ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 8 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 1 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "discussion" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-04T09:59:07.116406+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 8 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.8 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "Developer Client is a specialization of Client Role representing a private development entity commissioning engineering services. It is closely related to the previously extracted Private Development Client but is generalized here to cover developer clients in environmental and land-use contexts more broadly." ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass proeth:ClientRole ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Client Role" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "Engineer A was a principal in an environmental engineering firm and was requested by a developer client to prepare an analysis of a piece of property adjacent to a wetlands area for potential development as a residential condominium" ;
rdfs:comment "A private developer or development entity that commissions professional engineering or environmental analysis services for a proposed development project, acting as the primary client and decision-maker but lacking professional engineering licensure, and whose development interests may conflict with the engineer's obligations to disclose environmental risks to public authorities." ;
rdfs:subClassOf proeth:ClientRole,
proeth:ProviderClientRole ;
skos:definition "A private developer or development entity that commissions professional engineering or environmental analysis services for a proposed development project, acting as the primary client and decision-maker but lacking professional engineering licensure, and whose development interests may conflict with the engineer's obligations to disclose environmental risks to public authorities." ;
skos:scopeNote "[ClientRole] Party that commissions the project work. This is the occupational archetype. The duty relationship is carried separately by :ProviderClientRole." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-04T09:59:07.116406+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 8 Extraction",
"claude-sonnet-4-6" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
8
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-06-04T09:59:07.116406+00:00
First case
8
Generated
2026-06-04T09:59:07.116406+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 8 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']