Valueflows Ontology

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.

• substitutable ^dp
• default unit of effort ^op
• default unit of resource ^op

• primary output ^op
• resource conforms to ^op
• conforms to ^op

Specifies the kind of process.

• based on ^op
• process conforms to ^op
• stage ^op

An action verb defining the kind of flow and its behavior.

Optional instance of a recipe which directly specifies the recipe processes included.

• primary output ^op
• recipe includes ^op

Specifies a process in a recipe for use in planning from recipe.

• has recipe input ^op
• has recipe output ^op
• process classified as ^op
• process conforms to ^op

• recipe input of ^op
• recipe output of ^op
• recipe includes ^op

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 input of ^op
• recipe output of ^op
• recipe clause of ^op
• recipe reciprocal clause of ^op

• has recipe input ^op
• has recipe output ^op
• recipe stipulates ^op
• recipe stipulates reciprocal ^op

Specifies an exchange type agreement as part of a recipe.

• recipe stipulates ^op
• recipe stipulates reciprocal ^op

• recipe clause of ^op
• recipe reciprocal clause of ^op

A logical collection of processes, with optional connected agreements, that constitute a body of scheduled work with defined deliverable(s).

• plan includes ^op
• has independent demand ^op

• planned within ^op
• independent demand of ^op

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.

• available quantity ^op
• minimum quantity ^op

• satisfies ^op
• publishes ^op
• reciprocal ^op

Published requests or offers, sometimes with what is expected in return.

• purpose ^op
• eligible location ^op
• publishes ^op
• reciprocal ^op
• listed in ^op

A grouping of proposals, for publishing as a list.

A planned economic flow that has been scheduled or promised by one agent to another agent.

• independent demand of ^op
• clause of ^op
• reciprocal clause of ^op

• has independent demand ^op
• fulfills ^op
• stipulates ^op
• stipulates reciprocal ^op

A set of reciprocal commitments among economic agents, or a set of reciprocal economic events.

• stipulates ^op
• stipulates reciprocal ^op
• realizes ^op
• realizes reciprocal ^op
• bundled in ^op

• clause of ^op
• reciprocal clause of ^op
• realization of ^op
• reciprocal realization of ^op
• bundles ^op

A grouping of agreements to bundle detailed line item reciprocity.

An identifiable entity that can commit to and/or perform economic and/or ecological activity under its own power or authority.

• provider ^op
• receiver ^op
• in scope of ^op
• primary accountable ^op
• proposed to ^op

• Person ^c
• Organization ^c
• Ecological Agent ^c

A human being. All persons are considered agents.

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.

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 or environmental things (material or digital), media of exchange, which agents agree should be accounted for and which can be inventoried.

• contained in ^op
• contains ^op
• primary accountable ^op
• accounting quantity ^op
• onhand quantity ^op
• current location ^op
• current virtual location ^dp
• current currency location ^dp
• tracking identifier ^dp
• of batch or lot ^op
• unit of effort ^op
• conforms to ^op

• resource inventoried as ^op
• to resource inventoried as ^op
• contained in ^op
• contains ^op

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.

• batch or lot code ^dp
• expiration date ^dp

An activity that changes inputs into outputs, by transforming or transporting economic resource(s).

• has input ^op
• has output ^op
• in scope of ^op
• based on ^op

• input of ^op
• output of ^op

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.

• to resource inventoried as ^op
• corrects ^op
• settles ^op
• to location ^op
• fulfills ^op
• realization of ^op
• reciprocal realization of ^op

• triggered by ^op
• corrects ^op
• realizes ^op
• realizes reciprocal ^op

A claim for a future economic event(s) in reciprocity for an economic event that already occurred.

Data that locates something relative to the Earth, usually a somewhat fixed location.

• vf:long ^dp
• vf:lat ^dp
• vf:alt ^dp
• mappable address ^dp
• currency address ^op

• current location ^op
• primary location ^op
• eligible location ^op
• to location ^op

A quantity expressed as a numeric value with a unit of measure.

• has numerical value ^dp
• has unit ^op

• has duration ^op
• accounting quantity ^op
• onhand quantity ^op
• resource quantity ^op
• effort quantity ^op
• available quantity ^op
• minimum quantity ^op

A standard unit of measure, defined and adopted by convention or by law.

• om unit identifier
• symbol

• has unit ^op
• unit of effort ^op
• default unit of effort ^op
• default unit of resource ^op

Defines the kind of flow, such as consume, produce, work, transfer, etc.

Relates an input flow to its process.

All the input flows of a process.

Relates an output flow to its process.

All the output flows of a process.

Relates an input flow to its process in a recipe.

All the inputs of a recipe process.

Relates an output flow to its process in a recipe.

All the outputs of a recipe process.

Relates a flow to its exchange agreement in a recipe.

All the primary clauses of a recipe exchange.

Relates a reciprocal flow to its exchange agreement in a recipe.

All the reciprocal clauses of a recipe exchange.

The main output the recipe is intended to produce or deliver.

The collection of processes needed for this recipe.

The process with its inputs and outputs, or the non-process commitment or intent, is part of the plan.

The processes and and non-process commitments/intents that constitute the plan.

This plan is the way this commitment or intent will be realized.

The commitments and/or intents which this plan was created to deliver.

Economic resource involved in the flow.

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.

The economic agent by whom the intended, committed, or actual economic event is initiated.

The economic agent whom the intended, committed, or actual economic event is for.

Scope here means executed in the context of an agent.

References an economic event that implied the claim, often based on a prior agreement.

Used when an event was entered incorrectly and needs to be backed out or corrected. (The initial event cannot be changed.)

The claim(s) settled fully or partially by the economic event.

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.

An economic resource contains at least one other economic resource, for example a tool kit or package of resources for shipping.

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.

The temporal extent of the process.

A standard unit of measure.

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.

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.

The amount and unit of the economic resource counted or inventoried.

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.

The amount and unit of the offered resource currently available.

The minimum required order amount and unit of the offered resource.

The type of proposal, whether offer or request (others may be added as need arises).

A spatial geometry of any complexity and tooling supported by geosparql.

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.

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.

Location or area where the proposal is valid.

The new location of the receiver resource.

The batch lot record of this resource, if it is a batch or lot resource.

The commitment(s) fulfilled completely or partially by an economic event.

The intent(s) satisfied fully or partially by an economic event or commitment.

The primary intent(s) of this published proposal. Would be used in intent matching.

The reciprocal intent(s) of this published proposal. Not meant to be used for intent matching.

The agent(s) to which the proposal or proposal list is published.

This proposal is part of these lists of proposals.

All the proposals included in this proposal list.

The unit used for use or work or sometimes cite actions.

The default unit used for use or work.

The default unit used for the resource itself.

The definition or standard specification for a process.

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.

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.

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.

The standard specification or definition of a type of process.

The lowest level resource specification or definition of an existing or potential economic resource, whether one will ever be instantiated or not.

The primary resource specification or definition of an existing or potential economic resource.

The required stage of the desired input economic resource. References the ProcessSpecification of the last process the economic resource went through.

The required state of the desired input economic resource, after coming out of a test or review process.

This commitment is a primary part of the agreement.

This commitment is a reciprocal part of the agreement.

All the primary commitments that constitute the agreement.

All the reciprocal commitments that constitute the agreement.

This non-reciprocal economic event occurs as part of this agreement.

All the non-reciprocal economic events (with or without commitments) that realize the agreement.

This reciprocal economic event occurs as part of this agreement.

All the reciprocal economic events (with or without commitments) that realize the agreement.

This agreement is bundled with other agreements, for example in an order.

All the agreements included in this agreement bundle.

The planned or actual beginning date, and time if desired, of a flow or process.

The planned or actual ending date, and time if desired, of a flow or process.

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.

The date, and time if desired, something is expected to be complete.

A numeric amount.

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.

The date, and time if desired, the information was agreed to or recorded.

The WGS84 longitude of a spatial thing (decimal degrees).

The WGS84 latitude of a spatial thing (decimal degrees).

The WGS84 altitude of a spatial thing (decimal meters above the local reference ellipsoid)

A textual address that can be mapped using mapping software.

The current virtual place a digital economic resource is located. Usually used for documents, code, or other electronic resource.

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.

The uri to an image relevant to the entity, such as a logo, avatar, photo, diagram, etc.

A comma separated list of uri addresses to images relevant to the resource.

An informal or formal textual identifier for an object. Does not imply uniqueness.

Any identifier used to track a singular resource, such as a serial number or VIN.

The code or identifier for this batch or lot, used to physically label individuals in the batch or lot.

The date after which a resource of this batch or lot should no longer be used or consumed.

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.

Defines if any resource of that type can be freely substituted for any other resource of that type when used, consumed, traded, etc.