Hypermedia MAS Regulation Ontology

A Role defines positions of members (i.e., Agents) in an Organization.

• proposesRole ^op
• isMembershipFor ^op

An Organizational Goal is a pursued state of affairs.

• hasOrganizationalGoal ^op
• includesOrganizationalGoal ^op
• isDependentOnOrganizationalGoal ^op

A Facility defines functions of materials (i.e., Artifacts) in an Organization.

• proposesFacility ^op
• isAccessFor ^op
• hasFacility ^op

An Organizational Value is a belief about socially or personally desirable end state or action that are explicitly or implicitly shared by members of an Organization.

A Membership indicates the Role played by an Agent in a Group of an Organization.

• isMembershipOf ^op
• isMembershipFor ^op
• isMembershipIn ^op
• hasMembershipRelationshipWith ^op

A Group is a subset of Agents in an Organization that belong together.

In a human organization, a HR department is seen as a group.

• structures ^op
• isSubGroupOf ^op

• isMembershipIn ^op
• isStructuredBy ^op
• isSubGroupOf ^op

A set of duties that Agents can commit to for achieving Organizational Goals.

• includesMission ^op
• isCommitmentFor ^op

A plan specified as a set of Missions to be executed by several coordinating Agents.

A Commitment is an engagement of an Agent with the duties of a Mission.

• isCommitmentFor ^op
• isCommitmentOf ^op

A Setting is the context in which an Access is set.

• isAccessIn ^op
• proposesSetting ^op

An opportunity an Agent has to use Facilities of Artifacts in a Setting. Agents have access even if they never use these Facilities. One Access should not be understood as one 'use' of these Facilities.

• isAccessTo ^op
• isAccessOf ^op
• isAccessFor ^op
• isAccessIn ^op

A relation that refers to a Role made available to Agents in the context of an Organization.

A relation that refers to an Organizational Goal of an Organization.

A relation that refers to a Facility made available to Artifacts in the context of an Organization.

A relation that refers to an Organization Value of an Organization.

A relation that refers to the Agent involved in a Membership.

A relation that refers to the Role involved in a Membership.

A relation that refers to the Group involved in a Membership.

A relation that refers to the relationship between Agents member of two Memberships.

A relation that refers to a Group that structures an Organization.

A relation that refers to an Organization that is structured by a Group.

A relation that refers to a subgroup relationship between two Groups.

A relation that refers to a Process that can be executed in the context of an Organization.

A relation that refers to a Mission part of a Process.

A relation that refers to an Organizational Goal involved in a Mission.

A relation that refers to the way in which two Organizational Goals are related to each other, and one is affected by the other.

A relation that refers to a commitment for a Mission.

A relation that refers to a commitment of an Agent.

A relation that refers to an Artifact involved in an Access.

A relation that refers to an Agent involved in an Access.

A relation that refers to a Facility involved in an Access.

A relation that refers to a Setting involved in an Access.

A relation that refers to a Facility of an Artifact.

A relation that refers to a Setting of an Organization.

A relation that refers to a Setting that can be used in the context of an Organization.