Common Core Ontologies

DesignativeName

Class
https://www.ontologyrepository.com/CommonCoreOntologies/DesignativeName

A Designative Name is a designative information content entity that is a name for some entity. It is assigned by convention within a naming practice and is used by a community to refer to its bearer.

Examples

  • a person's given name
  • a vessel name
  • a place name

Where it sits in the suite

Designative Name is defined in the Common Core Ontologies, a mid-level suite that specialises the top-level categories of Basic Formal Ontology. It is released as part of the maintained, logically consistent CCO release and is reused across the connected ontology modules.

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