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Class: Taxonomy

A hierachical taxonomy of concepts, with their definitions and relationships.

  • NOTE: this is an abstract class and should not be instantiated directly

URI: skos:ConceptScheme

 classDiagram
    class Taxonomy
    click Taxonomy href "../Taxonomy/"
      Entity <|-- Taxonomy
        click Entity href "../Entity/"
      

      Taxonomy <|-- RiskTaxonomy
        click RiskTaxonomy href "../RiskTaxonomy/"
      Taxonomy <|-- RiskControlGroupTaxonomy
        click RiskControlGroupTaxonomy href "../RiskControlGroupTaxonomy/"
      Taxonomy <|-- CapabilityTaxonomy
        click CapabilityTaxonomy href "../CapabilityTaxonomy/"
      Taxonomy <|-- AiTaskTaxonomy
        click AiTaskTaxonomy href "../AiTaskTaxonomy/"
      

      Taxonomy : broad_mappings
        
          
    
        
        
        Taxonomy --> "*" Any : broad_mappings
        click Any href "../Any/"
    

        
      Taxonomy : close_mappings
        
          
    
        
        
        Taxonomy --> "*" Any : close_mappings
        click Any href "../Any/"
    

        
      Taxonomy : dateCreated
        
      Taxonomy : dateModified
        
      Taxonomy : description
        
      Taxonomy : exact_mappings
        
          
    
        
        
        Taxonomy --> "*" Any : exact_mappings
        click Any href "../Any/"
    

        
      Taxonomy : hasDocumentation
        
          
    
        
        
        Taxonomy --> "*" Documentation : hasDocumentation
        click Documentation href "../Documentation/"
    

        
      Taxonomy : hasLicense
        
          
    
        
        
        Taxonomy --> "0..1" License : hasLicense
        click License href "../License/"
    

        
      Taxonomy : hasLifecycleStatus
        
          
    
        
        
        Taxonomy --> "0..1" LifecycleStatus : hasLifecycleStatus
        click LifecycleStatus href "../LifecycleStatus/"
    

        
      Taxonomy : id
        
      Taxonomy : isCategorizedAs
        
          
    
        
        
        Taxonomy --> "*" Any : isCategorizedAs
        click Any href "../Any/"
    

        
      Taxonomy : name
        
      Taxonomy : narrow_mappings
        
          
    
        
        
        Taxonomy --> "*" Any : narrow_mappings
        click Any href "../Any/"
    

        
      Taxonomy : notes
        
      Taxonomy : related_mappings
        
          
    
        
        
        Taxonomy --> "*" Any : related_mappings
        click Any href "../Any/"
    

        
      Taxonomy : type
        
      Taxonomy : url
        
      Taxonomy : version
        
      
Property Value
Class URI skos:ConceptScheme
Mixin Yes
Name Cardinality and Range Description Inheritance
version 0..1
String
The version of the entity embodied by a specified resource direct
hasDocumentation *
Documentation
Indicates documentation associated with an entity direct
hasLicense 0..1
License
Indicates licenses associated with a resource direct
type 0..1
String
The type or class designation of this entity instance direct
id 1
String
A unique identifier to this instance of the model element Entity
name 0..1
String
A text name of this instance Entity
description 0..1
String
The description of an entity Entity
url 0..1
Uri
An optional URL associated with this instance Entity
dateCreated 0..1
Date
The date on which the entity was created Entity
dateModified 0..1
Date
The date on which the entity was most recently modified Entity
exact_mappings *
Any
The property is used to link two concepts, indicating a high degree of confid… Entity
close_mappings *
Any
The property is used to link two concepts that are sufficiently similar that … Entity
related_mappings *
Any
The property skos:relatedMatch is used to state an associative mapping link b… Entity
narrow_mappings *
Any
The property is used to state a hierarchical mapping link between two concept… Entity
broad_mappings *
Any
The property is used to state a hierarchical mapping link between two concept… Entity
isCategorizedAs *
Any
A relationship where an entity has been deemed to be categorized Entity
hasLifecycleStatus 0..1
LifecycleStatus
The editorial / publication lifecycle state of this entity Entity
notes *
String
Free-text editorial notes, source breadcrumbs, or build-time provenance that … Entity
mixed into description
used by used in type used
Container taxonomies range Taxonomy
Concept isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
Control isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
Group isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
Entry isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
Term isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
Principle isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
Policy isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
LLMQuestionPolicy isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
Rule isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
AttributeConditionRule isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
Permission isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
Prohibition isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
Obligation isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
Recommendation isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
Certification isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
LocalityOfUse isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
RiskControlGroup isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
RiskGroup isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
Risk isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
RiskConcept isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
RiskControl isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
Action isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
RiskIncident isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
Impact isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
CapabilityConcept isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
CapabilityDomain isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
CapabilityGroup isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
Capability isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
AiSystem isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
AiAgent isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
AiTask isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
AiTaskDomain isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
AiTaskGroup isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
Purpose isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
Domain isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
AISubject isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
AIOperator isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
AIDeveloper isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
AIDeployer isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
AIUser isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
Stakeholder isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
StakeholderGroup isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
Adapter isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
LLMIntrinsic isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
ControlActivity isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
ControlActivityPermission isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
ControlActivityProhibition isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
ControlActivityObligation isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
ControlActivityRecommendation isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
Requirement isDefinedByTaxonomy range Taxonomy
Mapping Type Mapped Value
self skos:ConceptScheme
native nexus:Taxonomy
name: Taxonomy
description: A hierachical taxonomy of concepts, with their definitions and relationships.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
is_a: Entity
abstract: true
mixin: true
slots:
- version
- hasDocumentation
- hasLicense
attributes:
type:
name: type
description: The type or class designation of this entity instance.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/common
designates_type: true
domain_of:
- Vocabulary
- Taxonomy
- Concept
- Control
- Group
- Entry
- Policy
- Rule
- Permission
- Prohibition
- Obligation
- Recommendation
- Certification
- BenchmarkMetadataCard
- ControlActivity
- ControlActivityPermission
- ControlActivityProhibition
- ControlActivityObligation
- ControlActivityRecommendation
- Requirement
range: string
class_uri: skos:ConceptScheme
name: Taxonomy
description: A hierachical taxonomy of concepts, with their definitions and relationships.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
is_a: Entity
abstract: true
mixin: true
attributes:
type:
name: type
description: The type or class designation of this entity instance.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/common
designates_type: true
owner: Taxonomy
domain_of:
- Vocabulary
- Taxonomy
- Concept
- Control
- Group
- Entry
- Policy
- Rule
- Permission
- Prohibition
- Obligation
- Recommendation
- Certification
- BenchmarkMetadataCard
- ControlActivity
- ControlActivityPermission
- ControlActivityProhibition
- ControlActivityObligation
- ControlActivityRecommendation
- Requirement
range: string
version:
name: version
description: The version of the entity embodied by a specified resource.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
rank: 1000
slot_uri: schema:version
owner: Taxonomy
domain_of:
- License
- Vocabulary
- Taxonomy
- RiskTaxonomy
- RiskControlGroupTaxonomy
- AiTaskTaxonomy
range: string
hasDocumentation:
name: hasDocumentation
description: Indicates documentation associated with an entity.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
rank: 1000
slot_uri: airo:hasDocumentation
owner: Taxonomy
domain_of:
- Dataset
- Vocabulary
- Taxonomy
- Concept
- Group
- Entry
- Term
- Principle
- RiskTaxonomy
- RiskControlGroupTaxonomy
- Action
- BaseAi
- LargeLanguageModelFamily
- AiTaskTaxonomy
- AiEval
- EveryEvalAIResult
- BenchmarkMetadataCard
- Adapter
- LLMIntrinsic
range: Documentation
multivalued: true
inlined: false
hasLicense:
name: hasLicense
description: Indicates licenses associated with a resource
from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
rank: 1000
slot_uri: airo:hasLicense
owner: Taxonomy
domain_of:
- Dataset
- Documentation
- Vocabulary
- Taxonomy
- RiskTaxonomy
- RiskControlGroupTaxonomy
- BaseAi
- AiTaskTaxonomy
- AiEval
- BenchmarkMetadataCard
- Adapter
range: License
id:
name: id
description: A unique identifier to this instance of the model element. Example
identifiers include UUID, URI, URN, etc.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
rank: 1000
slot_uri: schema:identifier
identifier: true
owner: Taxonomy
domain_of:
- Entity
range: string
required: true
name:
name: name
description: A text name of this instance.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
rank: 1000
slot_uri: schema:name
owner: Taxonomy
domain_of:
- Entity
- BenchmarkMetadataCard
range: string
description:
name: description
description: The description of an entity
from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
rank: 1000
slot_uri: schema:description
owner: Taxonomy
domain_of:
- Entity
range: string
url:
name: url
description: An optional URL associated with this instance.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
rank: 1000
slot_uri: schema:url
owner: Taxonomy
domain_of:
- Entity
range: uri
dateCreated:
name: dateCreated
description: The date on which the entity was created.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
rank: 1000
slot_uri: schema:dateCreated
owner: Taxonomy
domain_of:
- Entity
range: date
required: false
dateModified:
name: dateModified
description: The date on which the entity was most recently modified.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
rank: 1000
slot_uri: schema:dateModified
owner: Taxonomy
domain_of:
- Entity
range: date
required: false
exact_mappings:
name: exact_mappings
description: The property is used to link two concepts, indicating a high degree
of confidence that the concepts can be used interchangeably across a wide range
of information retrieval applications
from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
rank: 1000
slot_uri: skos:exactMatch
owner: Taxonomy
domain_of:
- Entity
range: Any
multivalued: true
inlined: false
close_mappings:
name: close_mappings
description: The property is used to link two concepts that are sufficiently similar
that they can be used interchangeably in some information retrieval applications.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
rank: 1000
slot_uri: skos:closeMatch
owner: Taxonomy
domain_of:
- Entity
range: Any
multivalued: true
inlined: false
related_mappings:
name: related_mappings
description: The property skos:relatedMatch is used to state an associative mapping
link between two concepts.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
rank: 1000
slot_uri: skos:relatedMatch
owner: Taxonomy
domain_of:
- Entity
range: Any
multivalued: true
inlined: false
narrow_mappings:
name: narrow_mappings
description: The property is used to state a hierarchical mapping link between
two concepts, indicating that the concept linked to, is a narrower concept than
the originating concept.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
rank: 1000
slot_uri: skos:narrowMatch
owner: Taxonomy
domain_of:
- Entity
range: Any
multivalued: true
inlined: false
broad_mappings:
name: broad_mappings
description: The property is used to state a hierarchical mapping link between
two concepts, indicating that the concept linked to, is a broader concept than
the originating concept.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
rank: 1000
slot_uri: skos:broadMatch
owner: Taxonomy
domain_of:
- Entity
range: Any
multivalued: true
inlined: false
isCategorizedAs:
name: isCategorizedAs
description: A relationship where an entity has been deemed to be categorized
from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
rank: 1000
slot_uri: nexus:isCategorizedAs
owner: Taxonomy
domain_of:
- Entity
range: Any
multivalued: true
inlined: false
hasLifecycleStatus:
name: hasLifecycleStatus
description: The editorial / publication lifecycle state of this entity. Distinct
from AiLifecyclePhase, which describes an AI system's runtime evolution rather
than the editorial workflow of a catalogued entry.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
aliases:
- lifecycle_status
- doc_status
rank: 1000
slot_uri: adms:status
owner: Taxonomy
domain_of:
- Entity
range: LifecycleStatus
notes:
name: notes
description: Free-text editorial notes, source breadcrumbs, or build-time provenance
that do not belong in the user-facing description. Opaque to consumers.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology
rank: 1000
slot_uri: skos:note
owner: Taxonomy
domain_of:
- Entity
range: string
recommended: false
multivalued: true
class_uri: skos:ConceptScheme