Anthropogenic Impact Accounting Ontology

IRI: http://w3id.org/aiao
Description An ontology for accounting for how human activities impact their environments. The premise of the ontology is: An agent engages in an activity that impacts an environment. This ontology relies on the claimont, impactont and legalruleml ontologies.
Prefixes: :: <http://w3id.org/aiao#>
claimont: <http://w3id.org/claimont#>
dcterms: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/>
impactont: <http://w3id.org/impactont#>
lrml: <http://docs.oasis-open.org/legalruleml/ns/v1.0/>
ns1: <http://w3id.org/>
owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#>
prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#>
rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#>
rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
ruleml: <http://www.ruleml.org/spec/>
skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>
time: <http://www.w3.org/2006/time#>

Contents

Classes
Activity, Agent, AgentActivityRelation, Control, Environment, ImpactClaim, Instrument, NaturalProcess, Objective, Project, Role, StateClaim
Properties
comprisesActivity, governs, hasActivity, hasAgent, hasAgentActivityRelation, hasDuration, hasObjective, isPerformedWith

Classes

Activity

IRI: http://w3id.org/aiao#Activity
SKOSDefinition
An event that is orchestrated by an agent.
Comments
A thing that an agent does, which impacts an environment.
An Activity may comprise other Activities.
SKOSExample
generating electricity
extracting minerals
protecting a forest
restoring a wetland
transporting goods
SubClass Of
In Domain Of
In Range Of

Agent

IRI: http://w3id.org/aiao#Agent
SKOSDefinition
A thing that bears some form of accountability for the occurrence of another thing.
Comments
This class includes all kinds of human and human-comprised agents, such as natural persons, legal persons and cyber personas.
AIAO strongly recommends distinguishing between different types of agents (such as those listed above), but will neither require nor prescribe such distinctions.
An Agent may comprise other Agents.
SKOSExample
Jane Doe (as a natural person)
Intermart Inc. (as a legal person)
User1234 on TalkSomeMore social media platform (as a cyber persona)
SubClass Of
In Range Of

AgentActivityRelation

IRI: http://w3id.org/aiao#AgentActivityRelation
SKOSDefinition
The relation between an agent and an activity, typically governed by a formal control (such as an employment contract).
In Domain Of
In Range Of

Control

IRI: http://w3id.org/aiao#Control
SKOSDefinition
A thing that limits or directs another thing.
Comments
A Control may comprise other Controls, e.g., a methodology (a Control) defines many conditions to be met (which are Controls themselves).
The implementation plan and monitoring plan for an activity are controls.
SKOSExample
implementation plan
monitoring plan
methodology
employment contract
Superclass Of

Environment

IRI: http://w3id.org/aiao#Environment
SKOSDefinition
The surroundings and conditions in which a thing occurs.
Comments
This definition is not limited to physical or natural environments - social, political, economic, legal, etc. environments are also included.
An Environment may comprise other Environments.
SKOSExample
The Manhattan Workaholics Support Group (a social environment)
The Republic of Indonesia (a political environment)
The economy of Australia (an economic environment)
A legal environment created by some set of consumer protection laws
Tribeca Mall (a physical environment)
Lake Victoria (a natural environment)
SubClass Of

ImpactClaim

IRI: http://w3id.org/aiao#ImpactClaim
SKOSDefinition
A claim about the causal relation between an event and a state difference.
Comments
An Impact Claim may comprise other Impact Claims.
SubClass Of

Instrument

IRI: http://w3id.org/aiao#Instrument
SKOSDefinition
A thing used to perform an activity, but which is neither an input to the activity, nor an output of the activity.
Comments
An Instrument may comprise other Instruments.
SKOSExample
boiler
truck
turbine
In Range Of

NaturalProcess

IRI: http://w3id.org/aiao#NaturalProcess
SKOSDefinition
A series of interrelated or interacting natural events without a primary human cause.
SubClass Of

Objective

IRI: http://w3id.org/aiao#Objective
SKOSDefinition
A desired state to be effected by an activity.
SKOSExample
"The objective of the activity is to apply Intersleek 700 to the hull of vessel 5514393."
"The objective of the project is to reduce the fuel consumption of our cargo fleet through the application of advanced hull coatings."
SubClass Of

Project

IRI: http://w3id.org/aiao#Project
SKOSDefinition
A coordinated set of activities, subject to specific controls. The controls must include at least (a) an objective and (b) a limited duration.
SubClass Of
In Domain Of

Role

IRI: http://w3id.org/aiao#Role
SKOSDefinition
A control that specifies the scope of and/or requirements for an agent's relation to an activity.
Comments
The extent to which an agent is accountable for the impact of an activity is determined by the role that they fulfil(led) in the activity.
SKOSExample
project developer
project owner
calibrator
operator
representer
In Domain Of

StateClaim

IRI: http://w3id.org/aiao#StateClaim
SKOSDefinition
A claim about the state of a thing.
Comments
A State Claim may comprise other State Claims.
SubClass Of

Properties

comprisesActivity

IRI: http://w3id.org/aiao#comprisesActivity
Domain
Range

governs

IRI: http://w3id.org/aiao#governs
Domain
Range
Inverse Of

hasActivity

IRI: http://w3id.org/aiao#hasActivity
Domain
Range

hasAgent

IRI: http://w3id.org/aiao#hasAgent
Domain
Range

hasAgentActivityRelation

IRI: http://w3id.org/aiao#hasAgentActivityRelation
Comments
This property is used on the Activity and Project classes. The range should always be an AgentActivityRelation. This is enforced by owl:Restriction (see the definitions of the Activity and Project classes.)

hasDuration

IRI: http://w3id.org/aiao#hasDuration
Domain
Range

hasObjective

IRI: http://w3id.org/aiao#hasObjective
Comments
This property is used on the Activity and Project classes. The range should always be an Objective. This is enforced by owl:Restriction (see the definitions of the Activity and Project classes.)

isPerformedWith

IRI: http://w3id.org/aiao#isPerformedWith
Domain
Range