SEON: Networked Ontology Specification

Enterprise Ontology (external) (EO)

1. Ontology Description

The Enterprise Ontology (EO) aims at establishing a common conceptualization on the Entreprise domain, including organizations, organizational units, people, roles, teams and projects.
Currently, it as considered external to SEON.

2. Related Ontologies

Networked ontologies used by EO:

Ontology	Relation	Integration Level
UFO - Unified Foundational Ontology	The EO concepts are derived from UFO (mostly social entities from UFO-C).	High

3. Ontology Models

Figure 1 presents the conceptual model of the Teams.

Figure 1. Teams conceptual model.

Project Team
Organizational Team
Team Membership

Figure 2 presents the conceptual model of the Job Plan and Roles.

Figure 2. Job Plan and Roles conceptual model.

3.1. Organizational Structure

Figure 3 presents the conceptual model of the Organizational Structure subontology.

Figure 3. Organizational Structure conceptual model.

3.2. Human Resource Management

Figure 4 presents the conceptual model of the HR Management subontology.

Figure 4. HR Management conceptual model.

4. Concepts Definition

The following table shows the definitions for EO concepts.

Concept	Definition
*Allocation Unit*
*Business Role*
*Complex Organizational Unit*
*Complex Standalone Formal Organization*
*Employment*
*Employment Type*
*Formal Organization*
*Formal Organization Employer*
*Formal Organization Member Type*
*Formal Organization Type*
*Human Resource*
*Human Resource Role*
*Job Plan*
*Multi Formal Organization*
*OU Assignment*
*OU Assignment Type*
*OU Member*
*Organization*	Same as UFO::Organization. A Social Agent involving people and other agents and facilities with an arrangement of responsibilities, authorities and relationships. Ex.: A company, an enterprise, a software house.
*Organizational Role*	A Social Role, recognized by the Organization, assigned to Agents when they are hired, included in a team, allocated or participating in activities. Ex.: System Analyst, Designer, Programmer, Client Organization.
*Organizational Team*
*Organizational Unit*
*Organizational Unit Type*
*Project*	A Social Object as a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result. Ex.: A project to produce a software on demand.
*Project Team*
*Simple Organizational Unit*
*Simple Standalone Formal Organization*
*Standalone Formal Organization*
*Team*	Social Agent representing a group of people with a defined purpose. Ex.: a Testing team, a Quality Assurance team, a Deployment team.
*Team Member*
*Team Membership*
*Team Purpose*

Detailed Concepts

<<role>>
Allocation Unit

EO::Allocation Unit
Specializes EO::Organizational Unit

Relations:

Allocation Unit <>-- OU Member  <<memberOf>>

OU Assignment (1..*) assigns to (1..1) Allocation Unit  <<mediation>>

<<2ndOT>>
Business Role

EO::Business Role
Specializes EO::Human Resource Role

Relations:

Business Role (0..*) covers (0..*) Business Role

Business Role (1..*)  (0..*) OU Member  <<instantiation>>

Formal Organization Member Type (1..*) covers (0..*) Business Role

OU Assignment Type (0..*) mediates business role (1..*) Business Role

Complex Organizational Unit

EO::Complex Organizational Unit
Specializes EO::Organizational Unit

Relations:

Complex Organizational Unit (0..1) <>-- (2..*) Simple Organizational Unit  <<material>>

Complex Standalone Formal Organization

EO::Complex Standalone Formal Organization
Specializes EO::Standalone Formal Organization

Relations:

Complex Standalone Formal Organization (1..1) <>-- (2..*) Organizational Unit  <<material>>

<<relator>>
Employment

EO::Employment
Specializes UFO::Social Relator

Relations:

Employment (0..*) made by (1..1) Formal Organization Employer  <<mediation>>

Employment (1..*) employs (1..1) Human Resource  <<mediation>>

Employment (0..*) to act as (1..1) Organizational Role  <<mediation>>

Employment Type (1..1)  (0..*) Employment  <<instantiation>>

OU Assignment (0..*) refers to (1..1) Employment

<<2ndOT>>
Employment Type

EO::Employment Type
Specializes

Relations:

Employment Type (0..*) mediates org type (1..*) Formal Organization Type

Employment Type (0..*) mediates org member type (1..*) Formal Organization Member Type

Employment Type (1..1)  (0..*) Employment  <<instantiation>>

<<kind>>
Formal Organization

EO::Formal Organization
Specializes EO::Organization

Relations:

Formal Organization Type (1..*)  (0..*) Formal Organization  <<instantiation>>

<<role>>
Formal Organization Employer

EO::Formal Organization Employer
Specializes EO::Formal Organization

Relations:

Formal Organization Employer <>-- Human Resource  <<memberOf>>

Employment (0..*) made by (1..1) Formal Organization Employer  <<mediation>>

<<2ndOT>>
Formal Organization Member Type

EO::Formal Organization Member Type
Specializes EO::Human Resource Role

Relations:

Formal Organization Member Type (1..*) covers (0..*) Business Role

Formal Organization Member Type (1..*)  (0..*) Human Resource  <<instantiation>>

Employment Type (0..*) mediates org member type (1..*) Formal Organization Member Type

<<2ndOT>>
Formal Organization Type

EO::Formal Organization Type
Specializes

Relations:

Formal Organization Type (0..*) is compatible with org type (0..*) Formal Organization Type

Formal Organization Type (0..*) is compatible with unit type (0..*) Organizational Unit Type

Formal Organization Type (1..*)  (0..*) Formal Organization  <<instantiation>>

Employment Type (0..*) mediates org type (1..*) Formal Organization Type

<<role>>
Human Resource

EO::Human Resource
Specializes UFO::Role, UFO::Person

Relations:

Formal Organization Employer <>-- Human Resource  <<memberOf>>

Formal Organization Member Type (1..*)  (0..*) Human Resource  <<instantiation>>

Employment (1..*) employs (1..1) Human Resource  <<mediation>>

<<2ndOT>>
Human Resource Role

EO::Human Resource Role
Specializes

<<kind>>
Job Plan

EO::Job Plan
Specializes UFO::Normative Description

Relations:

Job Plan (1..1) defines (1..*) Organizational Role

Job Plan (0..*) recognized by (1..1) Organization

Multi Formal Organization

EO::Multi Formal Organization
Specializes EO::Formal Organization

Relations:

Multi Formal Organization (0..1) <>-- (2..*) Standalone Formal Organization  <<material>>

<<relator>>
OU Assignment

EO::OU Assignment
Specializes

Relations:

OU Assignment (1..*) assigns (1..1) OU Member  <<mediation>>

OU Assignment (1..*) assigns to (1..1) Allocation Unit  <<mediation>>

OU Assignment (0..*) refers to (1..1) Employment

OU Assignment Type (1..1)  (0..*) OU Assignment  <<instantiation>>

<<2ndOT>>
OU Assignment Type

EO::OU Assignment Type
Specializes

Relations:

OU Assignment Type (0..*) mediates ou type (1..*) Organizational Unit Type

OU Assignment Type (0..*) mediates business role (1..*) Business Role

OU Assignment Type (1..1)  (0..*) OU Assignment  <<instantiation>>

<<role>>
OU Member

EO::OU Member
Specializes EO::Human Resource

Relations:

Business Role (1..*)  (0..*) OU Member  <<instantiation>>

Allocation Unit <>-- OU Member  <<memberOf>>

OU Assignment (1..*) assigns (1..1) OU Member  <<mediation>>

<<category>>
Organization

EO::Organization
Specializes UFO::Social Agent

Same as UFO::Organization.
A Social Agent involving people and other agents and facilities with an arrangement of responsibilities, authorities and relationships.
Ex.: A company, an enterprise, a software house.

Relations:

Organization (1..1) has (0..*) Organizational Team

Standard Process Definition Document (0..*) recognized by (1..*) Organization

Job Plan (0..*) recognized by (1..1) Organization

Performed Organizational Process (0..*) performed in (1..1) Organization

Organizational Intended Process (0..*) defined for (1..1) Organization

<<2ndOT>>
Organizational Role

EO::Organizational Role
Specializes UFO::Social Role

A Social Role, recognized by the Organization, assigned to Agents when they are hired, included in a team, allocated or participating in activities.
Ex.: System Analyst, Designer, Programmer, Client Organization.

Relations:

Standard Activity (0..*) is to be performed by (0..*) Organizational Role

Job Plan (1..1) defines (1..*) Organizational Role

Intended Activity (0..*) is to be performed by (0..*) Organizational Role

Team Membership (0..*) is to play (1..1) Organizational Role  <<mediation>>

Stakeholder Allocation (0..*) to act as (1..1) Organizational Role  <<material>>

Stakeholder Participation (0..*) acts as (1..1) Organizational Role

Operational Definition of Measure (0..*) indicates (0..1) Organizational Role

Employment (0..*) to act as (1..1) Organizational Role  <<mediation>>

<<subkind>>
Organizational Team

EO::Organizational Team
Specializes EO::Team

Relations:

Organization (1..1) has (0..*) Organizational Team

<<kind>>
Organizational Unit

EO::Organizational Unit
Specializes EO::Organization

Relations:

Organizational Unit Type (1..*)  (0..*) Organizational Unit  <<instantiation>>

Complex Standalone Formal Organization (1..1) <>-- (2..*) Organizational Unit  <<material>>

<<2ndOT>>
Organizational Unit Type

EO::Organizational Unit Type
Specializes

Relations:

Organizational Unit Type (0..*) is compatible with subunit type (0..*) Organizational Unit Type

Organizational Unit Type (1..*)  (0..*) Organizational Unit  <<instantiation>>

Formal Organization Type (0..*) is compatible with unit type (0..*) Organizational Unit Type

OU Assignment Type (0..*) mediates ou type (1..*) Organizational Unit Type

<<kind>>
Project

EO::Project
Specializes UFO::Social Object

A Social Object as a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.
Ex.: A project to produce a software on demand.

Relations:

Project (1..1) has (0..*) Project Team

<<subkind>>
Project Team

EO::Project Team
Specializes EO::Team, SPO::Team Stakeholder

Relations:

Project Team participates in Adherence Evaluation

Project (1..1) has (0..*) Project Team

Simple Organizational Unit

EO::Simple Organizational Unit
Specializes EO::Organizational Unit

Relations:

Complex Organizational Unit (0..1) <>-- (2..*) Simple Organizational Unit  <<material>>

Simple Standalone Formal Organization

EO::Simple Standalone Formal Organization
Specializes EO::Standalone Formal Organization

Standalone Formal Organization

EO::Standalone Formal Organization
Specializes EO::Formal Organization

Relations:

Multi Formal Organization (0..1) <>-- (2..*) Standalone Formal Organization  <<material>>

<<kind>>
Team

EO::Team
Specializes UFO::Social Agent

Social Agent representing a group of people with a defined purpose.
Ex.: a Testing team, a Quality Assurance team, a Deployment team.

Relations:

Team (1..1) has (1..*) Team Purpose

Team (1..1) done for (1..*) Team Membership  <<mediation>>

<<role>>
Team Member

EO::Team Member
Specializes UFO::Person

Relations:

Team Member (1..1) allocates (1..*) Team Membership  <<mediation>>

<<relator>>
Team Membership

EO::Team Membership
Specializes UFO::Social Relator

Relations:

Team Membership (0..*) is to play (1..1) Organizational Role  <<mediation>>

Team Member (1..1) allocates (1..*) Team Membership  <<mediation>>

Team (1..1) done for (1..*) Team Membership  <<mediation>>

<<mode>>
Team Purpose

EO::Team Purpose
Specializes UFO::Intention

Relations:

Team (1..1) has (1..*) Team Purpose

Enterprise Ontology (external) (EO)
Mon Sep 25 21:34:13 BRT 2017