namespace { _"http://proton.semanticweb.org/2006/05/protonsystem#"
, 
     rdf _"http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#", 
     rdfs _"http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#", 
     owl _"http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#", 
     psys _"http://proton.semanticweb.org/2006/05/protonsystem#", 
     dc _"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/", 
     wsml _"http://www.wsmo.org/wsml/wsml-syntax#", 
     xsd _"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#" }

ontology ProtonSystemModule

concept Alias subConceptOf LexicalResource
     nonFunctionalProperties
          _"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1#description" hasValue "\"An alias of a named entity, usually not a general term but rather a name of something. Specific names, such as John and Smith, are not aliased on themselves. However, \"John Smith\" and \"Mr. Smith\" could be.\""
     endNonFunctionalProperties

concept Entity
     nonFunctionalProperties
          _"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1#description" hasValue "\"Any sort of an entity of interest, usually something existing, happening, or purely abstract. Entities may have several - more than one - names or aliases.\""
     endNonFunctionalProperties
     description ofType _string
     nonFunctionalProperties
          _"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1#description" hasValue "\"A textual description of an entity. Usually a free text in some natural language. As defined in DC2003ISO for InformationResources. In a sense, it is a specializatoin of rdf:comment\""
     endNonFunctionalProperties
     laconicDescription ofType _string
     nonFunctionalProperties
          _"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1#description" hasValue "\"An extremely short (typically, single sentence) description of an entity  \""
     endNonFunctionalProperties
     generatedBy ofType EntitySource
     nonFunctionalProperties
          _"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1#description" hasValue "\"Identifies the party that introduced the entity into the KB.\""
     endNonFunctionalProperties
     hasAlias ofType Alias
     hasMainAlias ofType Alias

concept Recognized subConceptOf EntitySource
     nonFunctionalProperties
          _"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1#description" hasValue "\"To identify a source (like a program or a module), which is capable of recognizing and generating new entities. Typically, those are not checked, and thus not trustable. An example for this is the NE-recognition process in KIM/GATE.\""
     endNonFunctionalProperties

concept EntitySource
     nonFunctionalProperties
          _"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1#description" hasValue "\"A particular source where the entity (description) is derived/imported/extracted from. Can be used for maintenance of knowledge bases where information from multiple sources is being imported.\""
     endNonFunctionalProperties

concept Trusted subConceptOf EntitySource
     nonFunctionalProperties
          _"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1#description" hasValue "\"Used to indicate entities, imported from reliable (trusted) sources, like GNS, World Fact Book, GATE/MUSE/KIM gazetteers, but also any other trusted source.\""
     endNonFunctionalProperties

concept LexicalResource
     nonFunctionalProperties
          _"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1#description" hasValue "\"A lexical resource of any sort, usually part of a natural language or a specialized vocabulary. The rdf:label property defines the character string constituting the resource.\""
     endNonFunctionalProperties