Organization

Class
http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Organization
Class Hierarchy
  • Agent (w3c-prov-o)
  • Organization
Definition

An organization is a social or legal institution such as a company, society, etc.

Properties
Category
expanded
Component
agents-responsibility
Relationships
Asserted object-property edges to other entities. Logical class axioms such as owl:disjointWith are shown separately below.
isDefinedBy
Property Structure
1 · Object and Data Properties rdfs:domain on this class or ancestor
PropertyRangeDescription
actedOnBehalfOf inherited Agent An object property to express the accountability of an agent towards another agent. The subordinate agent acted on behalf of the responsible agent in an actual activity.
atLocation inherited Location The Location of any resource.
qualifiedDelegation inherited Delegation If this Agent prov:actedOnBehalfOf Agent :ag, then it can qualify how with prov:qualifiedResponsibility [ a prov:Responsibility; prov:agent :ag; :foo :bar ].
qualifiedInfluence inherited Influence Because prov:qualifiedInfluence is a broad relation, the more specific relations (qualifiedCommunication, qualifiedDelegation, qualifiedEnd, etc.) should be used when applicable.
wasInfluencedBy inherited Activity Agent Entity Because prov:wasInfluencedBy is a broad relation, its more specific subproperties (e.g. prov:wasInformedBy, prov:actedOnBehalfOf, prov:wasEndedBy, etc.) should be used when applicable.
2 · Referenced By rdfs:range on this class or ancestor
FromPropertyDescription
Activity wasAssociatedWith inherited An prov:Agent that had some (unspecified) responsibility for the occurrence of this prov:Activity.
Activity wasInfluencedBy inherited Because prov:wasInfluencedBy is a broad relation, its more specific subproperties (e.g. prov:wasInformedBy, prov:actedOnBehalfOf, prov:wasEndedBy, etc.) should be used when applicable.
Agent actedOnBehalfOf inherited An object property to express the accountability of an agent towards another agent. The subordinate agent acted on behalf of the responsible agent in an actual activity.
Agent wasInfluencedBy inherited Because prov:wasInfluencedBy is a broad relation, its more specific subproperties (e.g. prov:wasInformedBy, prov:actedOnBehalfOf, prov:wasEndedBy, etc.) should be used when applicable.
Agent Influence agent inherited
Entity wasAttributedTo inherited Attribution is the ascribing of an entity to an agent.
Entity wasInfluencedBy inherited Because prov:wasInfluencedBy is a broad relation, its more specific subproperties (e.g. prov:wasInformedBy, prov:actedOnBehalfOf, prov:wasEndedBy, etc.) should be used when applicable.
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . prov:Organization a owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Organization" ; rdfs:isDefinedBy <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov-o#> ; rdfs:subClassOf prov:Agent ; prov:category "expanded" ; prov:component "agents-responsibility" ; prov:definition "An organization is a social or legal institution such as a company, society, etc." ; prov:dm "http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/REC-prov-dm-20130430/#term-agent"^^xsd:anyURI ; prov:n "http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/REC-prov-n-20130430/#expression-types"^^xsd:anyURI .
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Last Updated
2026-07-03 09:16