Enterprise Integration Lab Ontology Library

Enterprise Integration Lab, University of Toronto
Contact: Mark S. Fox, msf@eil.utoronto.ca
Updated: 27 September 2024

The following is a list of ontologies available for download from this page:

Common Impact Data Standard
Ontology of Social Service Needs
Global City Indicator Ontologies
ISO/IEC 21972:2020 Information technology - Upper level ontology for smart city indicators
ISO/IEC 5087-1 Information technology -City data model â€” Part 1: Foundation level concepts
ISO/IEC 5087-2 Information technology -City data model â€” Part 2: City level concepts
ISO 37120:2014 Indicator URIs
iCity Transportation Planning Ontologies
TOVE Enterprise Modelling Ontologies
Provenance, Validity and Trust Ontologies
311 Ontology
Survey Ontology
Retail Ontology

Common Impact Data Standard - Common Approach Project

Introduction: Introduction to the Common Impact Data Standard
Reference Manual v2.1: The Common Impact Data Standard:An Ontology for Representing Impact v2.1
Ontology v2.1: http://ontology.commonapproach.org/owl/cids_v2.1.owl

Ontology of Social Service Needs

Paper: Ontology of Social Service Needs: Perspective of a Cognitive Agent
Reference Manual: OSSN Documentation
Ontology: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/csse/ossn.owl

Global Cities Indicator Ontologies - PolisGnosis Project

Global City Indicator Foundation Ontology
- Reference: Fox, M.S., (2013), A Foundation Ontology for Global City Indicators", Working Paper, Enterprise Integration Lab, University of Toronto, First published: June 2013; Revised: 13 October 2017.
- Documentation: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/Foundation/GCI-Foundation.html
- Ontology version 1: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/Foundation/GCI-Foundation.owl
- Ontology version 2: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/Foundation/GCI-Foundation-v2.owl
Global City Indicator Education Ontology
- Reference: Fox, M.S., (2014), "An Education Ontology for Global City Indicators (ISO 37120)", Working Paper, Enterprise Integration Lab, University of Toronto. Revised: 16 May 2015.
- Documentation: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/Education/GCI-Education.html
- Ontology: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/Education/GCI-Education.owl
- ISO 37120 Education Theme Indicators Definitions: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/ISO37120/Education.owl
Global City Indicator Energy Ontologies
- Reference: Komisar, K., and Fox, M.S., (2017), "An Energy Ontology for Global City Indicators (ISO 37120)", Working Paper, Enterprise Integration Lab, University of Toronto. 17 May 2017.
- Ontologies:
  - http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/Energy/GCI-Service.owl
  - http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/Energy/GCI-BuildingOccupancy.owl
- ISO 37120 ENergy Theme Indicators Definitions: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/ISO37120/Energy.owl
Global City Indicator Environment Ontology
- Reference: Dahleh, D., and Fox, M.S., (2016), "An Environment Ontology for Global City Indicators (ISO 37120)", Working Paper, Enterprise Integration Lab, University of Toronto. 17 September 2016; Updated: 30 September 2016.
- Ontologies:
- ISO 37120 Environment Theme Indicators Definitions: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/ISO37120/Environment.owl
Global City Indicator Finance Ontology
- Reference: Wang, X., and Fox, M.S., (2016), "A Finance Ontology for Global City Indicators (ISO 37120)", Working Paper, Enterprise Integration Lab, University of Toronto. 6 June 2016.
- Documentation: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/Finance/GCI-Finance.html
- Ontology: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/Finance/GCI-Finance.owl
- ISO 37120 Finance Theme Indicators Definitions: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/ISO37120/Finance.owl
Global City Indicator Fire and Emergency Ontology
- Reference: Rauch, N., and Fox, M.S., (2017), "A Fire and Emergency Ontology for Global City Indicators (ISO 37120)", Working Paper, Enterprise Integration Lab, University of Toronto. 21 October 2017.
- Ontologies:
- ISO 37120 Fire and Emergency Theme Indicators Definitions: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/ISO37120/FireEmergency.owl
Global City Indicator Health Ontology
- Reference: Falodi, J., and Fox, M.S., (2018), "A Health Ontology for Global City Indicators (ISO 37120)", Working Paper, Enterprise Integration Lab, University of Toronto. 14 June 2018.
- Documentation: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/Health/GCI-Health.pdf
- Ontology: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/Health/GCI-Health.owl
Global City Indicator Public Safety Ontology
- Reference: Khazai, K., and Fox, M.S., (2017), "A Public Safety Ontology for Global City Indicators (ISO 37120)", Working Paper, Enterprise Integration Laboratory, University of Toronto.
- Documentation: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/PublicSafety/GCI-PublicSafety.html
- Ontology: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/PublicSafety/GCI-PublicSafety.owl
- ISO 37120 Public Safety Theme Indicators Definitions: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/ISO37120/PublicSafety.owl
Global City Indicator Recreation Ontology
- Reference: Abdulai, T., and Fox, M.S., (2017), "Recreation Ontology for Global City Indicators (ISO 37120)", Working Paper, Enterprise Integration Laboratory, University of Toronto.
- Documentation: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/Recreation/GCI-Recreation.html
- Ontology: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/Recreation/GCI-Recreation.owl
- ISO 37120 Recreation Theme Indicators Definitions: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/ISO37120/Recreation.owl
Global City Indicator Shelter Ontology
- Reference: Wang, Y., and Fox, M.S., (2015), "A Shelter Ontology for Global City Indicators (ISO 37120)", Working Paper, Enterprise Integration Laboratory, University of Toronto, Revised: 13 August 2015.
- Documentation: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/Shelters/GCI-Shelters.html
- Ontology: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/Shelters/GCI-Shelters.owl
- ISO 37120 Shelter Theme Indicators Definitions: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/ISO37120/Shelters.owl
Global City Indicator Solidwaste Ontology
- Reference: Sun, X., and Fox, M.S., (2020), â€œSolidwaste Ontology for Global City Indicators (ISO 37120)", Working Paper, Enterprise Integration Laboratory, University of Toronto.
- Documentation: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/SolidWaste/GCI-SolidWaste..html
- Ontology: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/SolidWaste/GCI-SolidWaste.owl
- ISO 37120 Solidwaste Theme Indicators Definitions: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/ISO37120/SolidWaste.owl
Global City Indicator Telecommunications and Innovation Ontology
- Reference: Forde, A., and Fox, M.S., (2015), "A Telecommunications and Innovation Ontology for Global City Indicators (ISO 37120)", Working Paper, Enterprise Integration Laboratory, University of Toronto, Revised: 13 August 2015.
- Documentation: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/Innovation/GCI-Innovation.html
- Ontology: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/Innovation/GCI-Innovation.owl
- ISO 37120 Innovation Theme Indicators Definitions: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/ISO37120/Innovation.owl
Global City Indicator Transportation Ontology
- Reference: Yousif, W.A., and Fox, M.S., (2018), "A Transportation Ontology for Global City Indicators (ISO 37120)", Working Paper, Enterprise Integration Laboratory, University of Toronto.
- Documentation: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/Transportation/GCI-Transportation.html
- Ontology: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/Transportation/GCI-Transportation.owl
- ISO 37120 Transportation Theme Indicators Definitions: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/ISO37120/Transportation.owl
Global City Indicator Water and Sanitation Ontology
- Reference: Navalta, R., and Fox, M.S., (2019), "A Water and Sanitation Ontology for Global City Indicators (ISO 37120)", Working Paper, Enterprise Integration Laboratory, University of Toronto, First Published: 9 October 2019.
- Documentation: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/WaterandSanitation/GCI-WaterAndSanitation.html
- Ontology: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/WaterandSanitation/GCI-WaterAndSanitation.owl
- ISO 37120 Water and Sanitation Theme Indicators Definitions: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/GCI/ISO37120/WaterAndSanitation.owl
GovStat Ontology
- Reference: Pattuelli, M.C., (2003), "The GovStat Ontology: Technical Report". The GovStat Project, Integration Design Laboratory, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Documentation: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/govstat.html
- Ontology: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/govstat.owl

City of Toronto 2013 ISO 37120 Indicators

Education Theme Indicators: OWL, RDF, Turtle.
Energy Theme Indicators: OWL, Turtle.
Environment Theme Indicators: OWL, Turtle.
Finance Theme Indicators: OWL, RDF, Turtle.
Fire and Emergency Theme Indicators: Turtle.
Public Safety Theme Indicators: OWL, Turtle.
Recreation Theme Indicators: OWL, Turtle.
Shelter Theme Indicators: OWL, RDF, Turtle.
Telecommunications and Innovation Theme Indicators: OWL, RDF, Turtle.
21: Water and Sanitation Theme Indicators: OWL.
Transportation Theme Indicators: OWL.

ISO/IEC 21972:2020 Information technology - Upper level ontology for smart city indicators

Standard Definition: ISO/IEC 21972:2020 Information technology â€” Upper level ontology for smart city indicators
Ontology: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/iso21972/iso21972.owl

ISO 37120:2014 Indicator URIs

ISO37120:2014 Indicator Identifier Ontology
- Reference: ISO37120.
- Documentation: Not Available
- Ontology: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/ISO37120.owl

iCity Transportation Planning Ontologies - iCity Project

The iCity Urban Planning Ontologies were developed to support Transportation Planning.

Documentation for version 1.2 can be found: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icity/iCityOntologyReport_1.2.pdf.

Level	Category	URL
Foundation	Activity	http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icity/Activity/
Change	http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icity/Change/
Time	http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icity/Time/
Parts and Wholes	http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icity/Mereology/
Measurement	http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icity/OM/
Resource	http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icity/Resource/
Location	http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icity/SpatialLoc/
Generic	Building	http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icity/Building/
Household	http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icity/Household/
Land use	http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icity/LandUse/
Person	http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icity/Person/
Contact	http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icity/Contact/
Sensors	http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icity/SSN/
Organization	http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icity/Organization/
Application	Parking	http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icity/Parking/
Public Transit	http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icity/PublicTransit/
Transportation System	http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icity/TransportationSystem/
Travel Cost	http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icity/TravelCost/
Trip	http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icity/Trip/
Trip Cost	http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icity/TripCost/
Urban System	http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icity/UrbanSystem/
Vehicle	http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icity/Vehicle/

TOVE Enterprise Modeling Ontologies

We are in the process of translating the TOVE ontologies into OWL.

Organization Ontology
- Reference: Fox, M.S., Barbuceanu, M., Gruninger, M., and Lin, J., (1998), "An Organisation Ontology for Enterprise Modeling", In Simulating Organizations: Computational Models of Institutions and Groups, M. Prietula, K. Carley & L. Gasser (Eds), Menlo Park CA: AAAI/MIT Press, pp. 131-152.
- Documentation: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/tove/organization.html
- Ontology: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/tove/organization.owl
Activity Ontology
- Reference: Fox, M., Chionglo, J.F., and Fadel, F.G., (1993), "A Common Sense Model of the Enterprise", In Proceedings of the 2nd Industrial Engineering Research Conference, M. pp. 425-429, Norcross GA: Institute for Industrial Engineers.
- Documentation: Not Available
- Ontology: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/tove/activity.owl
Resource Ontology
- Reference: Fadel, F.G., Fox, M.S., Gruninger, M., (1994), "A Generic Enterprise Resource Ontology", In Proceedings of the Third IEEE Workshop on Enabling Technologies - Infrastructures for Collaborative Enterprises , West Virginia University.,
- Documentation: Not Available
- Ontology: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/tove/resource.owl
International Contacts Ontology
- Reference: An address and phone number ontology designed to handle complicated addresses and as found in the UK and India.
- Documentation: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icontact.html
- Ontology: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/icontact.owl
Constrained Time Ontology
- Ontology: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/tove/ctime.owl

Provenance, Validity and Trust Ontologies

Knowledge Provenance Ontology
- Reference: Fox, M.S., and Huang, J., (2005), "Knowledge Provenance in Enterprise Information", International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 43, No. 20.
- Documentation: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/kp.html
- Ontology: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/kp.owl
Trust Ontology
- Reference: Huang, J., and Fox, M.S., (2006). "An Ontology of Trust - Formal Semantics and Transitivity", Proceedings of the International Conference on Electronic Commerce, Association of Computing Machinery, pp. 259-270.
- Documentation: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/trust.html
- Ontology: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/trust.owl

311 Ontology

Reference:Nalchigar, S, and Fox, M.S., (2017), "Achieving interoperability of smart city data: An analysis of 311 data", Journal of Smart Cities, Vol. 3, No. 1.
Documentation: Not Available
Ontology: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/311RO.owl

Survey Ontology

Reference: Fox, M.S., and Katsumi, M., (2016), "An Ontology for Surveys", Proceedings of the Association for Survey Computing , Macer et al. (Eds.), Vol. 7.
Documentation:
Ontology: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/Survey/survey.owl

Retail Ontology

Reference: Fazel-Zarandi, M., (2007), "A Retail Ontology: Formal Semantics and Efficient Implementation", M.Sc. Thesis, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Toronto.
Documentation: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/retail.html
Ontology: http://ontology.eil.utoronto.ca/retail.owl