Private Development Client
Class
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PrivateDevelopmentClient
Definition
A private commercial entity that commissions professional engineering services for a development project, acting as the primary client and decision-maker but lacking professional engineering licensure, and whose financial and business interests may conflict with the engineer's professional obligations to protect public welfare.
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
0.85
Role category
provider_client
Match Confidence
0.8
Match Reasoning
Client Role exists in the ontology as the party that commissions project work. Private Development Client is a specialization of Client Role distinguished by its private commercial nature and the tension between financial constraints and public safety obligations. Matching to Client Role as parent with medium confidence.
Matched Ontology Label
Client Role
Matches Existing
true
Source Evidence
Text references
Client X encounters unexpected financial setbacks and requests that Engineer L suspend work
Client X insists on proceeding without added safeguards
Client X is hesitant to invest in additional protective measures, citing continuing budget limitations
Client X, a private development entity
Source text
Client X, a private development entity
Used in cases 1
Case ontologies that instantiate this class. Computed from each individual's type, so the list stays current as cases are extracted. The originating case is shown under Extraction details.
Case 8TTL
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@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
proeth:PrivateDevelopmentClient a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "Private Development Client" ;
proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
proeth:roleCategory "provider_client" ;
proeth:textReferences "Client X encounters unexpected financial setbacks and requests that Engineer L suspend work",
"Client X insists on proceeding without added safeguards",
"Client X is hesitant to invest in additional protective measures, citing continuing budget limitations",
"Client X, a private development entity" ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 8 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 1 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "facts" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-04T09:57:38.749817+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 8 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.8 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "Client Role exists in the ontology as the party that commissions project work. Private Development Client is a specialization of Client Role distinguished by its private commercial nature and the tension between financial constraints and public safety obligations. Matching to Client Role as parent with medium confidence." ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass proeth:ClientRole ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Client Role" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "Client X, a private development entity" ;
rdfs:comment "A private commercial entity that commissions professional engineering services for a development project, acting as the primary client and decision-maker but lacking professional engineering licensure, and whose financial and business interests may conflict with the engineer's professional obligations to protect public welfare." ;
rdfs:subClassOf proeth:ClientRole,
proeth:ProviderClientRole ;
skos:definition "A private commercial entity that commissions professional engineering services for a development project, acting as the primary client and decision-maker but lacking professional engineering licensure, and whose financial and business interests may conflict with the engineer's professional obligations to protect public welfare." ;
skos:scopeNote "[ClientRole] Party that commissions the project work. This is the occupational archetype. The duty relationship is carried separately by :ProviderClientRole." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-04T09:57:38.749817+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
facts
First discovered
2026-06-04T09:57:38.749817+00:00
First case
8
Generated
2026-06-04T09:57:38.749817+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 8 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']