company activity

The activity of a company should be recorded using a controlled vocabulary expressed as a SKOS concept scheme. Several such vocabularies exist, many of which map to the UN's ISIC codes. Where a particular controlled vocabulary is in use within a given context, such as SIC codes in the UK, it is acceptable to use these, however, the preferred choice for European interoperability is NACE. rov:orgActivity is a sub class of org:classification which has a range of skos:Concept.

Comment
enThe activity of a company should be recorded using a controlled vocabulary expressed as a SKOS concept scheme. Several such vocabularies exist, many of which map to the UN's ISIC codes. Where a particular controlled vocabulary is in use within a given context, such as SIC codes in the UK, it is acceptable to use these, however, the preferred choice for European interoperability is NACE. rov:orgActivity is a sub class of org:classification which has a range of skos:Concept.
Identifier
rov:orgActivity
IsDefinedBy
http://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-regorg/
Label
encompany activity
SubPropertyOf
classification

company status

Terms like insolvent, bankrupt and in receivership are likely to have different legal implications in different jurisdictions. Best Practice for recording various other status levels is to use the relevant jurisdiction's terms and to do so in a consistent manner using a SKOS Concept Scheme. rov:orgStatus is a sub class of org:classification which has a range of skos:Concept.

Comment
enTerms like insolvent, bankrupt and in receivership are likely to have different legal implications in different jurisdictions. Best Practice for recording various other status levels is to use the relevant jurisdiction's terms and to do so in a consistent manner using a SKOS Concept Scheme. rov:orgStatus is a sub class of org:classification which has a range of skos:Concept.
Identifier
rov:orgStatus
IsDefinedBy
http://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-regorg/
Label
encompany status
SubPropertyOf
classification

company type

This property records the type of organization. Familiar types are SA, PLC, LLC, GmbH etc. Each jurisdiction will have a limited set of recognized company types and these should be used in a consistent manner using a SKOS Concept Scheme. rov:orgType is a sub class of org:classification which has a range of skos:Concept.

Comment
enThis property records the type of organization. Familiar types are SA, PLC, LLC, GmbH etc. Each jurisdiction will have a limited set of recognized company types and these should be used in a consistent manner using a SKOS Concept Scheme. rov:orgType is a sub class of org:classification which has a range of skos:Concept.
Identifier
rov:orgType
IsDefinedBy
http://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-regorg/
Label
encompany type
SubPropertyOf
classification

legal name

The legal name of the business. A business might have more than one legal name, particularly in countries with more than one official language. In such cases the language of the string should be identified.

Comment
enThe legal name of the business. A business might have more than one legal name, particularly in countries with more than one official language. In such cases the language of the string should be identified.
Identifier
rov:legalName
IsDefinedBy
http://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-regorg/
Label
enlegal name
Range
Literal

Registered Organization

rov:RegisteredOrganization is the key class for the Registered Organization vocabulary and represents an organization that is legally registered. In many countries there is a single registry although in others, such as Spain and Germany, multiple registries exist. A Registered Organization is able to trade, is legally liable for its actions, accounts, tax affairs etc. Legal entity status is conferred by the act of registration cf. org:FormalOrganization that applies to any legal entity, including those created by other legal means. This makes registered organizations distinct from the broader concept of organizations, groups or, in some jurisdictions, sole traders. Many organizations exist that are not legal entities yet to the outside world they have staff, hierarchies, locations etc. Other organizations exist that are an umbrella for several legal entities (universities are often good examples of this). This vocabulary is concerned solely with registered organizations. In RDF, Registered Organization is a sub class of the Organization Ontology's org:FormalOrganization which is itself a sub class of the more general 'Agent' class found in FOAF and Dublin Core that does encompass organizations, natural persons, groups etc. - i.e. an Agent is any entity that is able to carry out actions.</p>

Comment
enrov:RegisteredOrganization is the key class for the Registered Organization vocabulary and represents an organization that is legally registered. In many countries there is a single registry although in others, such as Spain and Germany, multiple registries exist. A Registered Organization is able to trade, is legally liable for its actions, accounts, tax affairs etc. Legal entity status is conferred by the act of registration cf. org:FormalOrganization that applies to any legal entity, including those created by other legal means. This makes registered organizations distinct from the broader concept of organizations, groups or, in some jurisdictions, sole traders. Many organizations exist that are not legal entities yet to the outside world they have staff, hierarchies, locations etc. Other organizations exist that are an umbrella for several legal entities (universities are often good examples of this). This vocabulary is concerned solely with registered organizations. In RDF, Registered Organization is a sub class of the Organization Ontology's org:FormalOrganization which is itself a sub class of the more general 'Agent' class found in FOAF and Dublin Core that does encompass organizations, natural persons, groups etc. - i.e. an Agent is any entity that is able to carry out actions.</p>
Identifier
rov:RegisteredOrganization
IsDefinedBy
http://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-regorg/
Label
enRegistered Organization
SubClassOf
FormalOrganization
21 December 2013

Registered Organization Vocabulary

This file specifies the set of RDF classes and properties used in the Registered Organization Vocabulary vocabulary

Abstract
enThe Registered Organization Vocabulary is a profile of the Organization Ontology for describing organizations that have gained legal entity status through a formal registration process, typically in a national or regional register.
Comment
enThis file specifies the set of RDF classes and properties used in the Registered Organization Vocabulary vocabulary
Creator

Andrea Perego

Affiliation

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

Homepage
ies.jrc.ec.europa.eu/DE
Name
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Homepage
andrea-perego.name/
Name
Andrea Perego
SeeAlso
me

Makx Dekkers

Homepage
makxdekkers.com/
Name
Makx Dekkers
SeeAlso
me

Phil Archer

Affiliation
W3C
Homepage
www.w3.org/People/all#phila
Name
Phil Archer
SeeAlso
me
Date Modified
24 May 2013
21 December 2013
Describedby
http://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-regorg/
Description
enThis is the RDF encoding of the Legal Entity vocabulary, originally developed under the European Commission's ISA Programme.
Label
enRegistered Organization Vocabulary
Maker

Government Linked Data WG, based on output from the ADMS Working Group

Homepage
www.w3.org/2011/gld/
Name
Government Linked Data WG, based on output from the ADMS Working Group
PreferredNamespacePrefix
rov
PreferredNamespaceUri
http://www.w3.org/ns/regorg#
Specializes
org
Title
enRegistered Organization Vocabulary
VersionInfo
Second version in w3.org/ns

registered organization

The has registered organization relationship can be used to link any dcterms:Agent (equivalent class foaf:Agent) to a Registered Organization that in some way acts as a registered legal entity for it. This is useful, for example, where an organization includes one or more legal entities, or where a natural person is also registered as a legal entity. rov:hasRegisteredOrganization has a range of rov:RegisteredOrganization.

Comment
enThe has registered organization relationship can be used to link any dcterms:Agent (equivalent class foaf:Agent) to a Registered Organization that in some way acts as a registered legal entity for it. This is useful, for example, where an organization includes one or more legal entities, or where a natural person is also registered as a legal entity. rov:hasRegisteredOrganization has a range of rov:RegisteredOrganization.
Domain
Agent
Identifier
rov:hasRegisteredOrganization
IsDefinedBy
http://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-regorg/
Label
enregistered organization
Range
Registered Organization

registration

The registration is a fundamental relationship between a legal entity and the authority with which it is registered and that confers legal status upon it. rov:registration is a sub property of adms:identifier which has a range of adms:Identifier. rov:registration has a domain of rov:RegisteredOrganization.

Comment
enThe registration is a fundamental relationship between a legal entity and the authority with which it is registered and that confers legal status upon it. rov:registration is a sub property of adms:identifier which has a range of adms:Identifier. rov:registration has a domain of rov:RegisteredOrganization.
Domain
Registered Organization
Identifier
rov:registration
IsDefinedBy
regorg#
Label
enregistration
SubPropertyOf
identifier