System Glossary

Fluree Sense Glossary in relation to Ontology Terms

You will find a number of terms used in Fluree Sense that are well known to the Data community.
We’ve described the key ones here for Classify and here for Resolve.

However, it is also useful to understand this glossary in relation to equivalent Ontology terms.
The table below provides a ready-reckoner.

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You will find a number of terms used in Fluree Sense that are well known to the Data community. We've described the key ones here for Classify and here for Resolve.
However it is also useful to understand this glossary in relation to equivalent Ontology terms. The table below provides a ready-reckoner.

#	Context	Term	Definition	Related Term(s)	Related Context	Relationship
1	Semantic Modeling (RDF)	Ontology	An ontology is a formal description of knowledge as a set of concepts within a domain and the relationships that hold between them. It ensures a common understanding of information and makes explicit domain assumptions thus allowing organizations to make better sense of their data. An ontology provides a framework for representing shareable and reusable knowledge across a domain.	Class	Semantic Modeling (RDF)	Child or Member of an Ontology
				Data Catalog	Fluree - Classify / Resolve	Equivalent to an Ontology
2	Semantic Modeling (RDF)	Class	A semantic class (rdfs: Class) represents an abstraction of a collection of business objects and thus forms part of an Ontology. For example, a 'Person' is a class which could have people with multiple names (the objects or instances).	Ontology	Semantic Modeling (RDF)	Parent or Container of a Class
				Property	Semantic Modeling (RDF)	Child or Member of a Class
				Semantic Object	Fluree - Classify	Equivalent to a Class
				Entity	Fluree - Resolve	Equivalent to a Class
3	Semantic Modeling (RDF)	Property	A (rdfs: Property) is used to add attributes to classes. Example: the 'Person' class may have properties like 'First Name', 'Last Name' and 'Age'.	Class	Semantic Modeling (RDF)	Parent or Container of a Property
				Concept	Fluree - Classify	Equivalent to a Property
				Attribute	Fluree - Resolve	Equivalent to a Property
4	Fluree - Classify / Resolve	Data Catalog	A Catalog is the business data glossary, data dictionary or target data model that will be used as a reference for classifying data. A Catalog is composed of Semantic Objects (or data entities) and their underlying business concepts (or entity attributes). An organization may have multiple Catalogs.	Semantic Object	Fluree - Classify	Child or Member of a Data Catalog
				Ontology	Semantic Modeling (RDF)	Equivalent to a Data Catalog
5	Fluree - Classify	Semantic Object	A Catalog will be made up of different Semantic Objects. These Objects can be considered as entities or subject areas within the data model. Note that a Semantic Object is also referred to as an ‘Entity’ in the Resolve module.	Data Catalog	Fluree - Classify / Resolve	Parent or Container of a Semantic Object
				Concept	Fluree - Classify	Child or Member of a Semantic Object
				Class	Semantic Modeling (RDF)	Equivalent to Semantic Object
				Entity	Fluree - Resolve	Equivalent to Semantic Object
				Data Set	Fluree - Classify / Resolve	Mapped to one or more Semantic Objects
6	Fluree - Classify	Concept	Each Semantic Object within the Data Catalog is made up of different Concepts. These Concepts are the various properties of the Semantic Object. For example, for the 'Bank Account' Semantic Object, 'Account Number', 'Account Type' etc. are Concepts.	Semantic Object	Fluree - Classify	Parent or Container of a Concept
				Property	Semantic Modeling (RDF)	Equivalent to Concept
				Attribute	Fluree - Resolve	Equivalent to Concept
				Data Set Column	Fluree - Classify / Resolve	Mapped to one or more Concepts
7	Fluree - Classify	Synonym	A mapping between Semantic Objects in the same Catalog, or between concepts spanning multiple Catalogs. For example, an enterprise may have two different lines of Business data dictionaries that have similar concepts that are expressed using different terms. A Synonym is a link between those concepts.	Concept	Fluree - Classify	Linking of one Concept to another via a Synonym
8	Fluree - Resolve	Entity	This represents the uniquely identifiable ‘thing’ in the data that the user is trying to cleanse and transform in Resolve. This is the equivalent of a 'Class' in RDFS and of a 'Semantic Object' in Fluree - Classify.	Data Catalog	Fluree - Classify / Resolve	Parent or Container of an Entity
				Attribute	Fluree - Resolve	Child or Member of an Entity
				Class	Semantic Modeling (RDF)	Equivalent to Entity
				Semantic Object	Fluree - Classify	Equivalent to Entity
				Data Set	Fluree - Classify / Resolve	Mapped to one or more Entities
9	Fluree - Resolve	Attribute	The property or aspects that describes an 'Entity' is an attribute. This is the equivalent of a 'Property' in RDFS and of 'Concept' in Fluree - Classify.	Entity	Fluree - Resolve	Parent or Container of an Attribute
				Property	Semantic Modeling (RDF)	Equivalent to Attribute
				Concept	Fluree - Classify	Equivalent to Attribute
				Data Set Column	Fluree - Classify / Resolve	Mapped to one or more Attributes
10	Fluree - Classify / Resolve	Data Set	The collection of input data that will be transformed and worked on, in Classify or Resolve. In the case of Resolve for example, we match and merge 'Data Set(s)' in order to create Golden Records in Resolve. Similarly we map & tag Data Set(s) to Concepts & Semantic Objects in Classify.	Semantic Object	Fluree - Classify	Can be mapped to a Data Set
				Entity	Fluree - Resolve	Can be mapped to a Data Set
11	Fluree - Classify / Resolve	Data Set Column	Each Data Set is composed of a set of columns which refer to a specific aspect of that Data Set. In the context of relational databases, a column is a set of data values, all of a single type, possibly bound by specific constraints (such as not null, unique etc.)	Concept	Fluree - Classify	Can be mapped to a Data Set Column
				Attribute	Fluree - Resolve	Can be mapped to a Data Set Column