Control Ontology
type: Ontology
abstract: This ontology defines high-level, control-related concepts, including basic concepts for control, along with a distinction between de jure and de facto control, the former being derived with reference to terms in the LegalCapacity ontology.
license: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
imports: LegalCapacity
imports: Parties
imports: Roles
imports: Relations
imports: AnnotationVocabulary
imports: DatesAndTimes
version IRI: Control
change note: The http://www.omg.org/spec/FIBO/Foundations/20130601/OwnershipAndControl/Control.owl version of the ontology was revised in advance of the September 2013 New Brunswick, NJ meeting, as follows: (1) to use slash style URI/IRIss (also called 303 URIs, vs. hash style) as required to support server side processing (2) to use version-independent IRIs for all definitions internally as opposed to version-specific IRIs (3) to change the file suffix from .owl to .rdf to increase usability in RDF tools (4) to use 4-level abbreviations and corresponding namespace prefixes for all FIBO ontologies, reflecting a family/specification/module/ontology structure (5) to incorporate changes to the specification metadata to support documentation at the family, specification, module, and ontology level, similar to the abbreviations.
change note: The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20130801/OwnershipAndControl/Control.rdf version of the ontology was was modified per the issue resolutions identified in the FIBO FND 1.0 FTF report and in https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/1.0/AboutFND-1.0/.
change note: The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20180801/OwnershipAndControl/Control.rdf version of the ontology was modified to integrate the concept of a situation, situational roles, and corresponding relations with the definition of control and eliminate minimum cardinality of 1 restrictions.
change note: The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20200601/OwnershipAndControl/Control.rdf version of the ontology was modified to simplify control concepts and relations, complete the control patterns, and eliminate ambiguity in definitions.
change note: The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20201201/OwnershipAndControl/Control.rdf version of the ontology was modified to eliminate references to external dictionary sites that no longer resolve.
change note: The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20210101/OwnershipAndControl/Control.rdf version of the ontology was modified to incorporate the latest insights into how control relations should integrate with the control situation and to unwind confusion around the various properties used to represent aspects of control with respect to their domains and ranges.
change note: The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20210401/OwnershipAndControl/Control.rdf version of the ontology was modified to address hygiene issues with respect to text formatting.
change note: The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20220701/OwnershipAndControl/Control.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
change note: The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/20230101/OwnershipAndControl/Control.rdf version of this ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) rather than the OMG's Languages, Countries and Codes (LCC), eliminating redundancies in FIBO as appropriate.
has maturity level: Release
copyright: Copyright (c) 2013-2023 EDM Council, Inc.
copyright: Copyright (c) 2013-2023 Object Management Group, Inc.

control
type: Class
subclass of: Situation
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has party in control
  some values from: controlling party
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: involves controlled thing
  some values from: controlled thing
definition: situation in which some party has the power to direct or strongly influence the direction of the management and policies related to something
explanatory note: Control may be direct (explicit) or indirect (implicit), derived through ownership of voting shares, beneficial ownership, other ownership relations, through provisions of a contract, or otherwise.

controlled thing
type: Class
subclass of: Undergoer
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: is initially controlled on
  on data range: CombinedDateTime
  qualified cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has controlling party
  some values from: controlling party
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: is controlled thing in
  some values from: control
definition: something over which some party exercises some form of control with respect to some situation

controlling party
type: Class
subclass of: Actor
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: is controlling party in
  some values from: control
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: is party controlling
  some values from: controlled thing
definition: actor that exercises some form of control in the context of some situation
editorial note: At this level of abstraction it is not defined whether the control is some degree of controlling interest, or some level of actual control (asserted or calculated) in some entity.

de facto control
type: Class
subclass of: control
disjoint with: de jure control
definition: control that exists informally and is accepted, although not formally recognized
explanatory note: For example, de facto acquisition or change of control means the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any person or group of persons acting jointly or in concert, of beneficial ownership of, or control or direction over, sufficient voting shares of some legal entity to permit such person or persons to exercise, or to control or direct the voting of, 50 percent or more of the total number of votes in that entity.

de jure control
type: Class
subclass of: LegalConstruct
subclass of: control
definition: control that exists as a matter of law, i.e., legitimate, legal control of something

has controlling party
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: isAffectedBy
domain: controlled thing
range: controlling party
definition: indicates the party that exercises authority or influence over something

has party in control
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: hasActor
domain: control
range: controlling party
definition: indicates the actor in the context of a control situation

involves controlled thing
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: hasUndergoer
domain: control
range: controlled thing
definition: indicates something controlled in the context of a control situation

is controlled party of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: isDirectlyAffectedBy
range: controlling party
definition: indicates a controlling party that has some amount of authority or influence over it

is controlled thing in
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: undergoes
domain: controlled thing
range: control
inverse of: involves controlled thing
definition: indicates the context of control in which something is being controlled

is controlling party in
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: actsIn
domain: controlling party
range: control
inverse of: has party in control
definition: indicates the context of control in which the party plays the role of controlling something

is controlling party of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: directlyAffects
domain: controlling party
definition: indicates something that a controlling party has some amount of authority or influence over

is initially controlled on
type: DatatypeProperty
type: FunctionalProperty
sub property of: hasObservedDateTime
range: CombinedDateTime
definition: indicates the date or date and time that some level of authority or influence was first put in place

is party controlling
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: actsOn
domain: controlling party
range: controlled thing
inverse of: has controlling party
definition: indicates something controlled that a controlling party has some amount of authority or influence over