https://ontology.unifiedcyberontology.org/uco/observable/Observation
An observation is a temporal perception of an observable.
Instances of observable:Observation can have the following properties:
| PROPERTY | TYPE | DESCRIPTION | RANGE |
|---|---|---|---|
| From class owl:Thing | |||
| core:informalType | owl:DatatypeProperty | Informal Type serves as a parent property for string-valued properties meant to describe a type without implementing a class design. This property hierarchy supports a balancing point between semantic specificity and operational agility. The known benefits of describing types rather than implementing them include swift extensibility of some existing, or possibly non-existing, subclass hierarchy in UCO without requiring training in ontological development, taxonomic specification, or OWL, SHACL, or RDF maintenance logistics. The known detractions of using string-literals for type descriptions include that used vocabularies may require careful maintenance among data-sharing parties; that vocabularies require independent logistics (external to UCO) for providing definitions (i.e., dictionary-style semantics) to string-literals chosen; and that string-literals cannot by themselves encode hierarchical structure or entailments, such as the informal device type string 'ExamplePhone 8 P4321' entailing 'ExamplePhone 8', 'ExamplePhone', or 'ExamplePhone models discontinued in 2020'. Usage of Informal Type to house strings should be weighed against usage of classes when classes are available, and should periodically be reviewed for potential additions to UCO's class hierarchy or downstream extensions thereof. | owl:Thing |
| types:threadNextItem | owl:ObjectProperty | The link to a next item in a thread. | owl:Thing |
| types:threadPreviousItem | owl:ObjectProperty | A direct link to a previous item in a thread. | owl:Thing |
By the associated SHACL property shapes, instances of observable:Observation can have the following properties:
PROPERTY |
PROPERTY TYPE |
DESCRIPTION |
MIN COUNT |
MAX COUNT |
LOCAL RANGE |
GLOBAL RANGE |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| observable:Observation | |||||||
| core:name | owl:DatatypeProperty |
The name of a particular concept characterization.
|
1 | 1 |
xsd:string
|
xsd:string
|
|
| action:Action | |||||||
| action:actionCount | owl:DatatypeProperty |
The number of times that the action was performed.
|
1 |
xsd:nonNegativeInteger
|
xsd:nonNegativeInteger
|
||
| action:actionStatus | owl:DatatypeProperty |
The current state of the action.
|
1 |
xsd:string
|
owl:Thing | ||
| action:endTime | owl:DatatypeProperty |
The time at which performance of the action ended.
|
1 |
xsd:dateTime
|
xsd:dateTime
|
||
| action:environment | owl:ObjectProperty |
The environment wherein an action occurs.
|
1 |
core:UcoObject
|
core:UcoObject
|
||
| action:error | owl:ObjectProperty |
A characterization of the differences between the expected and the actual performance of the action.
|
core:UcoObject
|
core:UcoObject
|
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| action:instrument | owl:ObjectProperty |
The things used to perform an action.
|
core:UcoObject
|
core:UcoObject
|
|||
| action:location | owl:ObjectProperty |
The locations where an action occurs.
|
location:Location
|
location:Location
|
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| action:object | owl:ObjectProperty |
The things that the action is performed on/against.
|
core:UcoObject
|
core:UcoObject
|
|||
| action:participant | owl:ObjectProperty |
The supporting (non-primary) performers of an action.
|
core:UcoObject
|
core:UcoObject
|
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| action:performer | owl:ObjectProperty |
The primary performer of an action.
|
1 |
core:UcoObject
|
core:UcoObject
|
||
| action:result | owl:ObjectProperty |
The things resulting from performing an action.
|
core:UcoObject
|
core:UcoObject
|
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| action:startTime | owl:DatatypeProperty |
The time at which performance of the action began.
|
1 |
xsd:dateTime
|
xsd:dateTime
|
||
| action:subaction | owl:ObjectProperty |
References to other actions that make up part of a larger more complex action.
|
action:Action
|
action:Action
|
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| core:UcoObject | |||||||
| core:createdBy | owl:ObjectProperty |
The identity that created a characterization of a concept.
|
1 |
core:IdentityAbstraction
|
core:IdentityAbstraction
|
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| core:description | owl:DatatypeProperty |
A description of a particular concept characterization.
|
xsd:string
|
xsd:string
|
|||
| core:externalReference | owl:ObjectProperty |
Specifies a reference to a resource outside of the UCO.
|
0 |
core:ExternalReference
|
core:ExternalReference
|
||
| core:hasFacet | owl:InverseFunctionalProperty |
Further sets of properties characterizing a concept based on the particular context of the class and of the particular instance of the concept being characterized.
|
core:Facet
|
core:Facet
|
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| core:modifiedTime | owl:DatatypeProperty |
Specifies the time that this particular version of the object was modified. The object creator can use the time it deems most appropriate as the time this version of the object was modified. The value of the modified property for a given object version MUST be later than or equal to the value of the created property. Object creators MUST update the modified property when creating a new version of an object. The modified timestamp MUST be precise to the nearest millisecond (exactly three digits after the decimal place in seconds).
|
xsd:dateTime
|
xsd:dateTime
|
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| core:name | owl:DatatypeProperty |
The name of a particular concept characterization.
|
1 |
xsd:string
|
xsd:string
|
||
| core:objectCreatedTime | owl:DatatypeProperty |
The time at which a characterization of a concept is created. This time pertains to the time of creating the record object, and is not an intrinsic characteristic of the concept.
|
1 |
xsd:dateTime
|
xsd:dateTime
|
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| core:objectMarking | owl:ObjectProperty |
Marking definitions to be applied to a particular concept characterization in its entirety.
|
core:MarkingDefinitionAbstraction
|
core:MarkingDefinitionAbstraction
|
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| core:objectStatus | owl:AnnotationProperty |
The current state of formality and acceptance for a UCO object.
|
1 |
xsd:string
|
core:ObjectStatusVocab
|
||
| core:specVersion | owl:DatatypeProperty |
The version of UCO ontology or subontology specification used to characterize a concept.
|
1 |
xsd:string
|
xsd:string
|
||
| core:tag | owl:DatatypeProperty |
A generic tag/label.
|
xsd:string
|
xsd:string
|
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@prefix action: <https://ontology.unifiedcyberontology.org/uco/action/> .
@prefix core: <https://ontology.unifiedcyberontology.org/uco/core/> .
@prefix observable: <https://ontology.unifiedcyberontology.org/uco/observable/> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix sh: <http://www.w3.org/ns/shacl#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
observable:Observation a owl:Class,
sh:NodeShape ;
rdfs:label "Observation"@en ;
rdfs:comment "An observation is a temporal perception of an observable."@en ;
rdfs:subClassOf action:Action ;
sh:property [ sh:datatype xsd:string ;
sh:hasValue "observe" ;
sh:maxCount 1 ;
sh:minCount 1 ;
sh:nodeKind sh:Literal ;
sh:path core:name ] ;
sh:targetClass observable:Observation .