@prefix lack: . @prefix owl: . @prefix rdf: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix dc: . @prefix foaf: . @prefix vann: . @prefix voaf: . @prefix cc: . @prefix vs: . # --------------------------------------------------------------- # Ontology declaration # --------------------------------------------------------------- a owl:Ontology ; rdfs:label "LACK Ontology"@en ; rdfs:comment "Lobbying Against Climate science Knowledge — a lightweight ontology for describing relationships between people and organisations relevant to lobbying against climate change awareness and policies."@en ; a voaf:Vocabulary ; vann:preferredNamespacePrefix "lack" ; vann:preferredNamespaceUri "https://purl.net/climatesense/lack/ns#" ; dc:title "LACK Ontology"@en ; dc:description "Lobbying Against Climate science Knowledge — a lightweight ontology for describing relationships between people and organisations relevant to lobbying against climate change awareness and policies."@en ; dc:issued "2026-04-26"^^xsd:date ; dc:modified "2026-04-28"^^xsd:date ; owl:versionInfo "1.0" ; dc:creator ; dc:publisher ; dc:rights "Copyright © 2026 Climate Sense Project"@en ; cc:license . a foaf:Person ; foaf:name "Enrico Daga" . a foaf:Organization ; foaf:name "Climate Sense Project" . # --------------------------------------------------------------- # Classes # --------------------------------------------------------------- lack:Person a owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Person"@en ; rdfs:comment "An individual human being."@en . lack:Collective a owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Collective"@en ; rdfs:comment "Any group of people organised around a shared purpose. Includes companies, NGOs, think tanks, news agencies, political assemblies, events, committees, and networks."@en . # --------------------------------------------------------------- # Top-level relation # --------------------------------------------------------------- lack:associatedWith a owl:ObjectProperty , owl:SymmetricProperty ; rdfs:label "associated with"@en ; rdfs:comment "General-purpose association or affiliation. Top-level relation from which most other relations in this ontology are derived."@en ; rdfs:domain [ a owl:Class ; owl:unionOf ( lack:Person lack:Collective ) ] ; rdfs:range [ a owl:Class ; owl:unionOf ( lack:Person lack:Collective ) ] . # --------------------------------------------------------------- # Membership # --------------------------------------------------------------- lack:memberOf a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "member of"@en ; rdfs:comment "Indicates that a person is a member of a collective."@en ; rdfs:subPropertyOf lack:associatedWith ; owl:inverseOf lack:hasMember ; rdfs:domain lack:Person ; rdfs:range lack:Collective . lack:hasMember a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "has member"@en ; rdfs:comment "Indicates that a collective has a person as a member."@en ; rdfs:subPropertyOf lack:associatedWith ; owl:inverseOf lack:memberOf ; rdfs:domain lack:Collective ; rdfs:range lack:Person . # --------------------------------------------------------------- # Employment # --------------------------------------------------------------- lack:employedBy a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "employed by"@en ; rdfs:comment "Indicates that a person is employed by a collective."@en ; rdfs:subPropertyOf lack:associatedWith ; owl:inverseOf lack:hasEmployee ; rdfs:domain lack:Person ; rdfs:range lack:Collective . lack:hasEmployee a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "has employee"@en ; rdfs:comment "Indicates that a collective employs a person."@en ; rdfs:subPropertyOf lack:associatedWith ; owl:inverseOf lack:employedBy ; rdfs:domain lack:Collective ; rdfs:range lack:Person . # --------------------------------------------------------------- # Leadership # --------------------------------------------------------------- lack:leadsAt a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "leads at"@en ; rdfs:comment "Indicates that a person holds a named leadership or responsibility role within an organisation or department. Covers CEO, president, chair, director, VP, treasurer, secretary, COO, and department-level director roles."@en ; rdfs:subPropertyOf lack:employedBy ; owl:inverseOf lack:hasLeader ; rdfs:domain lack:Person ; rdfs:range lack:Collective . lack:hasLeader a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "has leader"@en ; rdfs:comment "Indicates that a collective has a person in a leadership or responsibility role."@en ; rdfs:subPropertyOf lack:associatedWith ; owl:inverseOf lack:leadsAt ; rdfs:domain lack:Collective ; rdfs:range lack:Person . # --------------------------------------------------------------- # Funding # --------------------------------------------------------------- lack:fundedBy a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "funded by"@en ; rdfs:comment "Indicates that an entity is funded by another. Covers funding, donation, commissioning, and award receipt."@en ; rdfs:subPropertyOf lack:associatedWith ; owl:inverseOf lack:hasFunder ; rdfs:domain [ a owl:Class ; owl:unionOf ( lack:Person lack:Collective ) ] ; rdfs:range [ a owl:Class ; owl:unionOf ( lack:Person lack:Collective ) ] . lack:hasFunder a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "has funder"@en ; rdfs:comment "Indicates that an entity funds another."@en ; rdfs:subPropertyOf lack:associatedWith ; owl:inverseOf lack:fundedBy ; rdfs:domain [ a owl:Class ; owl:unionOf ( lack:Person lack:Collective ) ] ; rdfs:range [ a owl:Class ; owl:unionOf ( lack:Person lack:Collective ) ] . # --------------------------------------------------------------- # Founding & Creation # --------------------------------------------------------------- lack:founded a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "founded"@en ; rdfs:comment "Indicates that a person or collective founded another collective. Covers founding, co-founding, creation, incorporation, and launch."@en ; rdfs:subPropertyOf lack:associatedWith ; owl:inverseOf lack:wasFoundedBy ; rdfs:domain [ a owl:Class ; owl:unionOf ( lack:Person lack:Collective ) ] ; rdfs:range lack:Collective . lack:wasFoundedBy a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "was founded by"@en ; rdfs:comment "Indicates that a collective was founded by a person or another collective."@en ; rdfs:subPropertyOf lack:associatedWith ; owl:inverseOf lack:founded ; rdfs:domain lack:Collective ; rdfs:range [ a owl:Class ; owl:unionOf ( lack:Person lack:Collective ) ] . # --------------------------------------------------------------- # Contribution # --------------------------------------------------------------- lack:contributedTo a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "contributed to"@en ; rdfs:comment "Indicates that a person or collective contributed to a collective. Covers contribution, authorship, distribution, presentation, and reposting."@en ; owl:inverseOf lack:hasContributor ; rdfs:domain [ a owl:Class ; owl:unionOf ( lack:Person lack:Collective ) ] ; rdfs:range lack:Collective . lack:hasContributor a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "has contributor"@en ; rdfs:comment "Indicates that a collective has a person or collective as a contributor."@en ; owl:inverseOf lack:contributedTo ; rdfs:domain lack:Collective ; rdfs:range [ a owl:Class ; owl:unionOf ( lack:Person lack:Collective ) ] . # --------------------------------------------------------------- # Partnership # --------------------------------------------------------------- lack:hasPartner a owl:ObjectProperty , owl:SymmetricProperty ; rdfs:label "has partner"@en ; rdfs:comment "Indicates an organisational partnership between two collectives."@en ; rdfs:subPropertyOf lack:associatedWith ; rdfs:domain lack:Collective ; rdfs:range lack:Collective . # --------------------------------------------------------------- # Sponsorship # --------------------------------------------------------------- lack:sponsored a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "sponsored"@en ; rdfs:comment "Indicates that an entity sponsored another. Covers sponsorship, promotion, patronage, and support."@en ; rdfs:subPropertyOf lack:associatedWith ; owl:inverseOf lack:wasSponsoredBy ; rdfs:domain [ a owl:Class ; owl:unionOf ( lack:Person lack:Collective ) ] ; rdfs:range [ a owl:Class ; owl:unionOf ( lack:Person lack:Collective ) ] . lack:wasSponsoredBy a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "was sponsored by"@en ; rdfs:comment "Indicates that an entity was sponsored by another."@en ; rdfs:subPropertyOf lack:associatedWith ; owl:inverseOf lack:sponsored ; rdfs:domain [ a owl:Class ; owl:unionOf ( lack:Person lack:Collective ) ] ; rdfs:range [ a owl:Class ; owl:unionOf ( lack:Person lack:Collective ) ] . # --------------------------------------------------------------- # Ownership & Acquisition # --------------------------------------------------------------- lack:acquired a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "acquired"@en ; rdfs:comment "Indicates that a collective acquired another. Covers acquisition, ownership, controlling interest, and shareholding."@en ; rdfs:subPropertyOf lack:associatedWith ; owl:inverseOf lack:wasAcquiredBy ; rdfs:domain lack:Collective ; rdfs:range lack:Collective . lack:wasAcquiredBy a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "was acquired by"@en ; rdfs:comment "Indicates that a collective was acquired by another."@en ; rdfs:subPropertyOf lack:associatedWith ; owl:inverseOf lack:acquired ; rdfs:domain lack:Collective ; rdfs:range lack:Collective . # --------------------------------------------------------------- # Derivation # --------------------------------------------------------------- lack:derivedFrom a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "derived from"@en ; rdfs:comment "Indicates that a collective is derived from another."@en ; rdfs:subPropertyOf lack:associatedWith ; owl:inverseOf lack:hasDerivation ; rdfs:domain lack:Collective ; rdfs:range lack:Collective . lack:hasDerivation a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "has derivation"@en ; rdfs:comment "Indicates that a collective has another collective derived from it."@en ; rdfs:subPropertyOf lack:associatedWith ; owl:inverseOf lack:derivedFrom ; rdfs:domain lack:Collective ; rdfs:range lack:Collective . # --------------------------------------------------------------- # Event Organisation # --------------------------------------------------------------- lack:organised a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "organised"@en ; rdfs:comment "Indicates that a person or collective organised an event or collective."@en ; rdfs:subPropertyOf lack:associatedWith ; owl:inverseOf lack:wasOrganisedBy ; rdfs:domain [ a owl:Class ; owl:unionOf ( lack:Person lack:Collective ) ] ; rdfs:range lack:Collective . lack:wasOrganisedBy a owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "was organised by"@en ; rdfs:comment "Indicates that a collective was organised by a person or another collective."@en ; rdfs:subPropertyOf lack:associatedWith ; owl:inverseOf lack:organised ; rdfs:domain lack:Collective ; rdfs:range [ a owl:Class ; owl:unionOf ( lack:Person lack:Collective ) ] . # --------------------------------------------------------------- # Temporal Activity — entity-level (datatype properties) # --------------------------------------------------------------- lack:activeSince a owl:DatatypeProperty ; rdfs:label "active since"@en ; rdfs:comment "The year from which a person or collective has been active."@en ; rdfs:domain [ a owl:Class ; owl:unionOf ( lack:Person lack:Collective ) ] ; rdfs:range xsd:gYear . lack:activeUntil a owl:DatatypeProperty ; rdfs:label "active until"@en ; rdfs:comment "The year until which a person or collective was active."@en ; rdfs:domain [ a owl:Class ; owl:unionOf ( lack:Person lack:Collective ) ] ; rdfs:range xsd:gYear . # --------------------------------------------------------------- # Temporal annotation — reification-level (datatype properties) # # Used to annotate rdf:Statement instances produced by reifying # any lack: object property triple that carries temporal metadata. # # Convention: # lack:since — start year of the relation # lack:until — end year of the relation # when — point in time: set both lack:since and lack:until # to the same year value # # The base triple is always asserted directly alongside the # reified statement. Example: # # :Alice lack:employedBy :Org . # # :stmt1 a rdf:Statement ; # rdf:subject :Alice ; # rdf:predicate lack:employedBy ; # rdf:object :Org ; # lack:since "2010"^^xsd:gYear ; # lack:until "2020"^^xsd:gYear . # --------------------------------------------------------------- lack:since a owl:DatatypeProperty ; rdfs:label "since"@en ; rdfs:comment "The start year of a reified relation. Applied to an rdf:Statement instance."@en ; rdfs:domain rdf:Statement ; rdfs:range xsd:gYear . lack:until a owl:DatatypeProperty ; rdfs:label "until"@en ; rdfs:comment "The end year of a reified relation. Applied to an rdf:Statement instance. When the source annotation is 'when', set to the same value as lack:since."@en ; rdfs:domain rdf:Statement ; rdfs:range xsd:gYear . ### STATUS lack:Person rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:Collective rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:associatedWith rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:memberOf rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:hasMember rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:employedBy rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:hasEmployee rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:leadsAt rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:hasLeader rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:fundedBy rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:hasFunder rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:founded rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:wasFoundedBy rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:contributedTo rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:hasContributor rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:hasPartner rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:sponsored rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:wasSponsoredBy rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:acquired rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:wasAcquiredBy rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:derivedFrom rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:hasDerivation rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:organised rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:wasOrganisedBy rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:activeSince rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:activeUntil rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:since rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" . lack:until rdfs:isDefinedBy ; vs:term_status "stable" .