Civic_Ontology.md

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Category:Data Standards

Existing Civic Ontologies

• EuroVoc - Multilingual Thesaurus of the European Union - Also used in the EU DCAT profile
• UK Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary
• Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
• Citizen Dan Muni Ontology (based on IPSV)
• Ontologies for E-Government
• Open Civic Data Specification - Standards Group

For Government IT

• http://www.capterra.com/government-and-politics-software

Meta Ontologies

• Data Catalog Ontologies: http://wiki.civiccommons.org/Data_Standards#Data_Catalog_Ontologies

Civic Ontology Brainstorm:

Some of this is used to structure the listing at Civic Software and Data Standards

• Business Licenses
• Budget & Finance
• Education
• Health and Sanitation
• Crime
• Emergencies
• IT Infrastructure
• 311, Citizen Services
• 211, Social Services

• Governance
  • Legislation
  • Elected Officials
  • Voting
  • Public Meetings

• Human Resources
  • Citizen Resource Management (CRM)
  • Public Servants & Elected Officials' Personnel Profiles
  • Agency Directories (this could simply be vCards)

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Boundaries
  • Base Layers
  • Geocoding and Address Management

• Urban Planning & Development
  • Building Lots
  • Land Use & Zoning
  • Building Permits

• Transportation:
  • Public Transit
  • Cycling
  • Traffic
    • Traffic Accidents
  • Parking