The names here are as transliterated in the English Standard Version (ESV), copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Reuse note: where feasible, class names coincide with SUMO (Suggested Upper Merged Ontology), as developed within the IEEE Standard Upper Ontology Working Group, described at http://www.ontologyportal.org/, and available as OWL at http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl (but not without some problems). I've copied, rather than re-used, but this provides a future migration path toward coordinating the two ontologies. 1.0 Supernatural Being A CognitiveAgent whose effects are not limited to the physical world. This includes the Lord Almighty, as well as supposed or imaginary deities. Comparable to http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#CognitiveAgent SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 A &%SentientAgent with responsibilities and the ability to reason, deliberate, make plans, etc. This is essentially the legal/ethical notion of a person. Note that, although &%Human is a subclass of &%CognitiveAgent, there may be instances of &%CognitiveAgent which are not also instances of &%Human. For example, chimpanzees, gorillas, dolphins, whales, and some extraterrestrials (if they exist) may be &%CognitiveAgents. Cognitive Agent Region Comparable to http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#Region: "A topographic location. Regions encompass surfaces of Objects, imaginary places, and GeographicAreas. " Religious Organization Comparable to http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#ReligiousOrganization SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 An &%Organization whose members share a set of religious beliefs. Island Based on SUMO, http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#Island SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 A &%LandArea that is completely surrounded by a &%WaterArea. For latitude and longitude: handled more generally in SUO Geographic Coordinate Belonging to the citizenry of a country (e.g. Roman). The attribute of living in a particular City or Province. Unlike Ethnicity, which is permanent, Residency can change. The attribute of belonging to a particular ethnic group, or originating from a GeographicArea. Unlike Residency, which can change, Ethnicity is considered permanent. Object Following http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#Object, this "Corresponds roughly to the class of ordinary objects. Examples include normal physical objects, geographical regions, and locations of &%Processes, the complement of &%Objects in the &%Physical class. " An organization of propositions into an identifiable belief system. A person who holds to a belief system can be considered a member of the corresponding BeliefGroup. The notion of Proposition here is derived from http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#Proposition. Comparable to http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#PoliticalOrganization SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 An &%Organization that is a &%Government, a &%subOrganization of a &%Government, or an &%Organization that is attempting to bring about some sort of political change. Comparable to http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#Agent SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 Something or someone that can act on its own and produce changes in the world. Agent Belief Group Comparable to http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#BeliefGroup SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 A &%Group whose &%members share a belief or set of beliefs. For NTN, this covers groups defined by a particular set of beliefs (orthodox or heretical) which are informal, rather than formal, in membership and activity. Group Comparable to http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#Group SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 A &%Collection of &%Agents, e.g. a flock of sheep, a herd of goats, or the local Boy Scout troop. A system of religious beliefs, or a philosophy. Broadly the same as http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#NaturalLanguage SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 The &%subclass of &%HumanLanguages which are not designed and which evolve from generation to generation. This &%Class includes all of the national languages, e.g. English, Spanish, Japanese, etc. Note that this class includes dialects of natural languages. Natural Language SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 The class of &%Female &%Humans. Woman Land Area Based on SUMO, http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#LandArea SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 An area which is predominantly solid ground, e.g. a &%Nation, a mountain, a desert, etc. Note that a &%LandArea may contain some relatively small &%WaterAreas. For example, Australia is a &%LandArea even though it contains various rivers and lakes. Would be a subclass of http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#TimeInterval, but is specified within MILO. MILO: &%FixedHoliday is the class of &%Holidays whose observance is fixed to recurrences of the calendar day that the holiday commemorates. Self-documenting God Fresh Water Area Based on SUMO, http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#FreshWaterArea SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 A &%WaterArea whose &%Water is not saline, e.g. most rivers and lakes. Attributes of people, overlapping with the class hierarchy under suo:Group: this is unsatisfactory. Comparable to http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#Human SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 Modern man, the only remaining species of the Homo genus. Human State or Province Based on SUMO, http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#StateOrProvince SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 Administrative subdivisions of a &%Nation that are broader than any other political subdivisions that may exist. This &%Class includes the states of the United States, as well as the provinces of Canada and European countries. Here it covers both provinces and districts. Ethnic Group Comparable to http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#EthnicGroup SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 A &%Group whose &%members originate from the same &%GeographicArea or share the same &%Language and/or cultural practices. Nation Based on SUMO, http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#Nation SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 The broadest &%GeopoliticalArea, i.e. &%Nations are &%GeopoliticalAreas that are not part of any other overarching and comprehensive governance structure (excepting commonwealths and other sorts of loose international organizations). Note that modern nations referred to in the New Testament (Spain, Italy, Libya) are typically not instances of Nation, but rather of Region (if the borders are indefinite) or of LandArea. Based on SUMO, http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#GeographicArea SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 A geographic location, generally having definite boundaries. Note that this differs from its immediate superclass &%Region in that a &%GeographicArea is a three-dimensional &%Region of the earth. Accordingly, all astronomical objects other than earth and all one-dimensional and two-dimensional &%Regions are not classed under &%GeographicArea. Geographic Area Populace A group identified by common residence in a City or StateOrProvince. At the level of Nation, this should generally be EthnicGroup. Unlike EthnicGroup, they need not have cultural or ethnic features in common. Broadly the same as http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#Character SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 An element of an alphabet, a set of numerals, etc. Note that a &%Character may or may not be part of a &%Language. &%Character is a subclass of &%SymbolicString, because every instance of &%Character is an alphanumeric sequence consisting of a single element. The attribute of ascribing to a ReligiousBeliefSystem (which includes philosophies). Supernatural beings that work to support God's purposes as his agents. Broadly the same as http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#Series SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 A &%Text consisting of multiple self-contained units. Some examples are an encyclopedia containing a couple dozen volumes, a television series made up of many episodes, a film serial, etc. Broadly the same as http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#ContentBearingObject SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 Any &%SelfConnectedObject that expresses information. Based on SUMO, http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#SaltWaterArea SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 A &%WaterArea whose &%Water is saline, e.g. oceans and seas. Salt Water Area City Based on SUMO, http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#City SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 A &%LandArea of relatively small size, inhabited by a community of people, and having some sort of political structure. Note that this class includes both large cities and small settlements like towns, villages, hamlets, etc. Class of malevolent supernatural beings, whose instances include Satan and demons. Evil Supernatural Being Comparable to http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#Organization SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 An &%Organization is a corporate or similar institution. The &%members of an &%Organization typically have a common purpose or function. Note that this class also covers divisions, departments, etc. of organizations. For example, both the Shell Corporation and the accounting department at Shell would both be instances of &%Organization. Note too that the existence of an &%Organization is dependent on the existence of at least one &%member (since &%Organization is a subclass of &%Collection). Accordingly, in cases of purely legal organizations, a fictitious &%member should be assumed. Water Area Based on SUMO, http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#WaterArea SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 A body which is made up predominantly of water, e.g. rivers, lakes, oceans, etc. 0 Based on SUMO, http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#GeopoliticalArea SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 Any &%GeographicArea which is associated with some sort of political structure. This class includes &%Lands, &%Cities, districts of cities, counties, etc. Note that the identity of a &%GeopoliticalArea may remain constant after a change in borders. Geopolitical Area Both Human and God Son of God Wordnet: "a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill. " Used here for things referred to as "mount", even though some of these might seem like hills to well-traveled observers. Mountain SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 The class of &%Male &%Humans. Man Subclass for the Twelve Tribes of Israel The attribute of ascribing to a PoliticalBeliefSystem, or belonging to a political party or system. Group of People Comparable to http://reliant.teknowledge.com/DAML/SUMO.owl#GroupOfPeople SUO 1.55: July 14, 2003 Any &%Group whose &%members are exclusively &%Humans. The location a person or group of people resides in. Range values may change over time: no attempt is made to capture this. Transient residence of very short duration is assumed to be visited, not resident. People addressed in a letter bound for a specific destination (e.g. the epistle of Paul to the Romans) are assumed to be resident there unless there is indication to the contrary (since the timing of a letter's arrival could not be determined with high precision). resident place Holding to a PoliticalBelief political belief member of Human is a memberOf a Group. Inverse of member. There are subtleties about Collections in SUMO that i'm omiting here. religious belief Having a ReligiousBelief as an attribute "A person who opposes and contends against this person", similar to http://purl.org/vocab/relationship vocabulary, but with different domain and range. Not necessarily reciprocal. inverse of antagonistOf, which is not necessarily reciprocal knows of "A person known by this person (indicating some level of reciprocated interaction between the parties)", similar to http://purl.org/vocab/relationship vocabulary, but with different domain and range. Places that a human visited. For current purposes, only instances which are explicitly mentioned in Scripture are included, not those that might be inferred (e.g. if going from from A to B implies visiting C, C would not be listed). visited place child of Similar to http://purl.org/vocab/relationship vocabulary, but with different domain and range. In-laws are considered relatives. member Group has member Human. Inverse of memberOf. No provision for membership changes over time. inverse of enemyOf, which is not necessarily reciprocal Similar to http://purl.org/vocab/relationship vocabulary, but with different domain and range. parent of "A person towards whom this person feels hatred, intends injury to, or opposes the interests of", similar to http://purl.org/vocab/relationship vocabulary, but with different domain and range. Not necessarily reciprocal. The ethnicity or, more generally, cultural heritage of a person. This can overlap with both religiousBelief (which may, however, change over time) and nativePlace (which, like ethnicity, does not change, though residency might). Whether a given property represents ethnicity or citizenship (nativePlace) can be a difficult decision, but in general, ethnic identities like "Jewish" or "Greek" take precedence. For example, we consider the Apostle Paul to have Jewish ethnicity, though he was a citizen of Tarsus, because he was raised as a Jew. The human language name of an Object in Koine (not Modern) Greek, in the standard dictionary form (nominative case). Since Protege (3.0 build 141) doesn't seem to support loading and saving xml:lang attributes on properties, different subproperties are used for representing names in different languages. "grc" is the three-letter ISO-639-2 standard designator for Koine Greek. Louw-Nida identifier, keying specific Greek terms (and their English translations) to their taxonomy of semantic domains. A string like "33.X'.439" identifies the term sumballo, which can be translated as "to express differences of opinion in a forceful way". In their scheme, this has domain index 33 (Communication), with sub-domain index X' (Dispute, Debate). The final integer index uniquely defines this term (but the same term may have multiple senses). The sub-domain index can be determined from the term index, but it seems helpful to include both. Note the possible values of the sub-domain index are A-Z, then A'-Z', etc. description A brief description of the salient aspects of a Human, based on their being mentioned in Scripture. This is not the way to enter dictionary-style definitions. The human language name of an Object in English. Since Protege (3.0 build 141) doesn't seem to support loading and saving xml:lang attributes on properties, different subproperties are used for representing names in different languages. Inverse of subregionOf A smaller GeographicArea is a subregionOf a larger one (e.g. Jerusalem is a subregionOf Israel). spouse of Similar to http://purl.org/vocab/relationship vocabulary, but with different domain and range. Multiple spouses are all included, whether sequential (Herodias) or simultaneous (the woman at the well). collaborates with "A person who works toward a common goal with this person", similar to http://purl.org/vocab/relationship vocabulary, but with different domain and range. Those to whom an author sends greetings are assumed to be collaborators, though this is perhaps broader than the general sense of the word. relative of A person who is related by kinship to this person. No attempt is made to delineate precisely which kinship relations qualify: this is used when a description indicates two people are "related". parent/child/siblingOf are subproperties of this, properly speaking. Similar to http://purl.org/vocab/relationship vocabulary, but with different domain and range. sibling of native place Birthplace, or place in which a person grows up. Unlike residentOf, only one possible value. residentPlace is to be preferred unless the birthplace relationship is clearly identified.