Conceptual Model
Overview
A complete representation of classes present in the Political Journalism Ontology. All property associations in black represent rdf:subClassOf associations. All associations in red represent associations implemented in the Political Journalism Ontology.
Figure 1 shows the relations between the high level classes.
Figure 2 demonstrates how the elections are sematically represented in the ontology.
Figure 3 goes into further detail about the representation of Political Offices.
Figure 4 covers the higher level relations between the various subclasses of cmns-rlcmp:Role
Figure 5 covers the structure of Topics.
Ontologies
Political Journalism Ontology
Link:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tetherless-world/ontology-engineering/refs/heads/journalism/oe2024/political-journalism/PoliticalJournalism.rdf
Primary Classes and Definitions
- Document
- Definition: the unitary expression of some realization of an intellectual or artisitc work
- Immediate Superclass: None
- Example:
- Reused From: cmns-doc
- Article
- Definition: a piece of writing on a particular subject in a newspaper or magazine
- Immediate Superclass: Document
- Example:
- Reused From: None
- Subject
- Definition: a person, thing, or event that is discussed, written about, or referenced
- Immediate Superclass: None
- Example:
- Reused From: None
- Role
- Definition: named specific behavior of something participating in a particular context
- Immediate Superclass: None
- Example:
- Reused From: cmns-rlcmp
- RoleSubject
- Definition: a subject which is a role
- Immediate Superclass: Subject, Role
- Example:
- Reused From: None
- PoliticalRole
- Definition: a role within a political system
- Immediate Superclass: RoleSubject
- Example:
- Reused From: None
- PoliticalOffice
- Definition: a position of authority and responsibility in a government
- Immediate Superclass: PoliticalRole
- Example:
- Reused From: None
- PoliticalCandidate
- Definition: a person who is seeking election to a political office
- Immediate Superclass: PoliticalRole
- Example:
- Reused From: None
- FunctionalRole
- Definition: role representing an underlying functionality of something, such as a person, organization, process, or service, is expected to perform or deliver
- Immediate Superclass: Role
- Example:
- Reused From: cmns-rlcmp
- Contributor
- Definition: a person who contributes to the creation of a news article
- Immediate Superclass: FunctionalRole
- Example:
- Reused From: None
- Author
- Definition: a contributor who is responsibile for the writing on an article
- Immediate Superclass: Contributor
- Example:
- Reused From: None
- Event
- Definition: something that happens
- Immediate Superclass: None
- Example:
- Reused From: None
- EventSubject
- Definition: a subject which is an event
- Immediate Superclass: Subject, Event
- Example:
- Reused From: None
- PoliticalEvent
- Definition: an event which directly affects governance
- Immediate Superclass: EventSubject
- Example:
- Reused From: None
- Election
- Definition: a political event where votes are cast to choose someone to occupy a political role
- Immediate Superclass: PoliticalEvent
- Example:
- Reused From: None
- Party
- Definition: person or organization
- Immediate Superclass: Agent
- Example:
- Reused From: cmns-pts
- Person
- Definition: a human being
- Immediate Superclass: Party
- Example:
- Reused From: None
- LegalEntity
- Definition: a legal person that is a partnership, corporation, or other organization having the capacity to negotiate contracts, assume finanacial obligations, and pay off debts, organized under the laws of some jurisdiction
- Immediate Superclass: Formal Organization, LegalPerson
- Example:
- Reused From: cmns-org
- PoliticalParty
- Definition: a group of persons organized to acquire and exercise political power
- Immediate Superclass: LegalEntity
- Example:
- Reused From: None
- Publisher
- Definition: an organization that publishes books, magazines, newspapers, or other text-based content
- Immediate Superclass: LegalEntity
- Example:
- Reused From: None
- Bias
- Definition: an undue influence from political preference
- Immediate Superclass: None
- Example:
- Reused From: None
- Topic
- Definition: a concept or issue that is discussed, written about or referenced
- Immediate Superclass: None
- Example:
- Reused From: None
Accompanying Suite of Ontologies
Ontology Prefixes
A complete representation of classes present in the Political Journalism Ontology. All property associations in black represent rdf:subClassOf associations. All associations in red represent associations implemented in the Political Journalism Ontology.