---
ontology:
  id: regulatory-legal
  version: 0.3.0
  description: Regulatory and legal domain ontology — acts, obligations, authorities, jurisdictions, contracts,
    sanctions
  extends:
  - mif-base
  - shared-traits
namespaces:
  semantic:
    children:
      obligations:
        description: Legal obligations, norms, and deontic duties
        type_hint: semantic
      rights:
        description: Legal rights and conferred legal capacities
        type_hint: semantic
      jurisdictions:
        description: Jurisdictions and their legal systems
        type_hint: semantic
      authorities:
        description: Regulators, supervisors, courts, and standards bodies
        type_hint: semantic
      roles:
        description: Legal roles played within a legal relationship
        type_hint: semantic
      persons:
        description: Natural and juridical legal persons
        type_hint: semantic
      contracts:
        description: Contracts and legally enforceable agreements
        type_hint: semantic
      licenses:
        description: Licenses, permits, and authorizations
        type_hint: semantic
      legal-acts:
        description: Legislative acts, treaties, and legal resources
        type_hint: semantic
      control-mappings:
        description: Obligation-to-control crosswalks and mappings
        type_hint: semantic
  episodic:
    children:
      court-decisions:
        description: Court decisions and case law
        type_hint: episodic
      sanctions:
        description: Regulatory sanctions and enforcement actions
        type_hint: episodic
  procedural:
    children:
      procedures:
        description: Legal and administrative procedures
        type_hint: procedural
      reports:
        description: Compliance assessments and regulatory reports
        type_hint: procedural
entity_types:
- name: legal-act
  description: An abstract legislative work (act, regulation, directive, statute)
  aliases:
    - "regulation"
    - "statute"
    - "directive"
    - "act"
    - "legislative framework"
    - "compliance mandate"
  exemplars:
    - "A comprehensive law becomes fully applicable on a fixed date with penalties tied to turnover"
    - "An article-level obligation requiring logging, documentation, and human oversight for high-risk systems"
    - "A regulator's final rule or guidance adopted, stayed, or enforced through settlements"
    - "A national framework act signed into law and taking effect the following year"
  base: semantic
  traits:
  - cited
  - dated
  - versioned
  schema:
    required:
    - act_name
    - act_type
    properties:
      act_name:
        type: string
      act_type:
        type: string
        enum:
        - regulation
        - directive
        - statute
        - executive-order
        - treaty
        - constitutional-provision
        - other
      issuing_body:
        type: string
      date_publication:
        type: string
        format: date
      first_date_entry_in_force:
        type: string
        format: date
      date_no_longer_in_force:
        type: string
        format: date
      in_force:
        type: boolean
      eli_uri:
        type: string
        format: uri
  source_vocab: ELI / LKIF-Core
  source_class: LegalResource / Act
  prior_art: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/eli
  disposition: mint
- name: treaty
  description: An international agreement between sovereign states or bodies
  base: semantic
  traits:
  - cited
  - dated
  - versioned
  schema:
    required:
    - treaty_name
    - treaty_type
    properties:
      treaty_name:
        type: string
      treaty_type:
        type: string
      parties_states:
        type: array
        items:
          type: string
      date_signed:
        type: string
        format: date
      date_in_force:
        type: string
        format: date
      depository:
        type: string
      subject_matter:
        type: string
      un_registration_number:
        type: string
  source_vocab: LKIF-Core / ELI
  source_class: Treaty
  prior_art: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/eli
  disposition: mint
- name: obligation
  description: A legal obligation, norm, or deontic qualification
  base: semantic
  traits:
  - cited
  schema:
    required:
    - obligation_statement
    - obligation_type
    properties:
      obligation_statement:
        type: string
      obligation_type:
        type: string
        enum:
        - duty
        - prohibition
        - permission
        - power
        - right
      bearer:
        type: string
      condition:
        type: string
      enforcement_mechanism:
        type: string
  source_vocab: LKIF-Core
  source_class: Norm / Obligation
  prior_art: http://www.estrellaproject.org/lkif-core/
  disposition: mint
- name: legal-right
  description: A legal right conferred on a holder (distinct from an obligation)
  base: semantic
  traits:
  - cited
  schema:
    required:
    - right_name
    - right_type
    properties:
      right_name:
        type: string
      right_type:
        type: string
      right_holder:
        type: string
      right_bearer_type:
        type: string
      right_source:
        type: string
      conditions:
        type: string
  source_vocab: LKIF-Core
  source_class: Right
  prior_art: http://www.estrellaproject.org/lkif-core/
  disposition: mint
- name: legal-capacity
  description: A legal capacity or competence conferred on a legal person
  base: semantic
  traits:
  - cited
  schema:
    required:
    - capacity_name
    - capacity_type
    properties:
      capacity_name:
        type: string
      capacity_type:
        type: string
      conferred_on:
        type: string
      conferred_by:
        type: string
      scope_of_capacity:
        type: string
      legal_basis:
        type: string
      limitations:
        type: string
  source_vocab: FIBO FND
  source_class: LegalCapacity
  prior_art: https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/
  disposition: mint
- name: jurisdiction
  description: A jurisdiction within which legal acts apply
  base: semantic
  traits:
  - cited
  schema:
    required:
    - jurisdiction_name
    - jurisdiction_type
    properties:
      jurisdiction_name:
        type: string
      jurisdiction_type:
        type: string
        enum:
        - supranational
        - national
        - subnational
        - sectoral
      geographic_scope:
        type: string
      legal_system:
        type: string
      iso_code:
        type: string
  source_vocab: LKIF-Core / FIBO
  source_class: Jurisdiction
  prior_art: https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/
  disposition: mint
- name: authority
  description: A regulator, supervisor, court, or standards body
  base: semantic
  traits:
  - cited
  - documented
  schema:
    required:
    - authority_name
    properties:
      authority_name:
        type: string
      authority_type:
        type: string
        enum:
        - regulator
        - supervisor
        - court
        - standards-body
      mandate:
        type: string
      parent_body:
        type: string
      jurisdiction_ref:
        type: string
      regulatory_capacity:
        type: string
  source_vocab: FIBO FBC
  source_class: RegulatoryAgency
  prior_art: https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/
  disposition: mint
- name: legal-person
  description: A natural or juridical person with legal standing
  base: semantic
  traits:
  - cited
  - documented
  schema:
    required:
    - person_name
    - person_type
    properties:
      person_name:
        type: string
      person_type:
        type: string
      jurisdiction_of_incorporation:
        type: string
      legal_capacity_status:
        type: string
      identifier:
        type: string
      registered_address:
        type: string
  source_vocab: LKIF-Core
  source_class: Legal_Person
  prior_art: https://github.com/RinkeHoekstra/lkif-core
  disposition: mint
- name: legal-role
  description: A role played within a legal relationship (not the person itself)
  base: semantic
  traits:
  - cited
  schema:
    required:
    - role_name
    - role_bearer_type
    properties:
      role_name:
        type: string
      role_bearer_type:
        type: string
        enum:
        - natural-person
        - legal-entity
        - government-body
        - unincorporated-association
      role_source:
        type: string
      rights_conferred:
        type: array
        items:
          type: string
      duties_imposed:
        type: array
        items:
          type: string
  source_vocab: LKIF-Core role module
  source_class: LegalRole (LKIF — role played by person or organization in legal context)
  prior_art: LKIF-Core:LegalRole
  disposition: mint
- name: contract
  description: A legally enforceable agreement between parties
  base: semantic
  traits:
  - cited
  - dated
  - documented
  schema:
    required:
    - contract_name
    - parties
    properties:
      contract_name:
        type: string
      parties:
        type: array
        items:
          type: string
        minItems: 2
      contract_type:
        type: string
        enum:
        - service-agreement
        - license
        - employment
        - nda
        - data-processing-agreement
        - supply-chain
        - merger-agreement
        - loan
      effective_date:
        type: string
        format: date
      governing_law:
        type: string
      obligations_summary:
        type: string
      term_expiry:
        type: string
        format: date
  source_vocab: LKIF-Core / FIBO FND
  source_class: Contract
  prior_art: https://github.com/estrellaproject/lkif-core
  disposition: mint
- name: license-permit
  description: A license, permit, or authorization granted to a holder
  base: semantic
  traits:
  - cited
  - dated
  schema:
    required:
    - license_name
    - license_type
    properties:
      license_name:
        type: string
      license_type:
        type: string
      issuing_authority:
        type: string
      holder:
        type: string
      effective_date:
        type: string
        format: date
      expiration_date:
        type: string
        format: date
      conditions:
        type: string
      jurisdiction_ref:
        type: string
  source_vocab: LKIF-Core / FIBO
  source_class: Permission / License-Authorization
  prior_art: https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/
  disposition: mint
- name: control-mapping
  description: A crosswalk asserting that a control satisfies an obligation
  base: semantic
  traits:
  - cited
  - dated
  schema:
    required:
    - obligation_ref
    - control_ref
    - mapping_relation
    properties:
      obligation_ref:
        type: string
      control_ref:
        type: string
      mapping_relation:
        type: string
        enum:
        - equivalent-to
        - subset-of
        - superset-of
        - intersects-with
        - no-relationship
      source:
        type: string
      coverage_note:
        type: string
      mapping_date:
        type: string
        format: date
  source_vocab: NIST OSCAL OLIR
  source_class: Control Mapping / Crosswalk
  prior_art: https://pages.nist.gov/OSCAL/
  disposition: mint
- name: court-decision
  description: A court decision or item of case law
  base: episodic
  traits:
  - cited
  - dated
  - documented
  schema:
    required:
    - case_name
    - court
    properties:
      case_name:
        type: string
      court:
        type: string
      decision_date:
        type: string
        format: date
      citation:
        type: string
      jurisdiction_ref:
        type: string
      legal_effect:
        type: string
      akn_uri:
        type: string
        format: uri
  source_vocab: ELI / LKIF-Core
  source_class: LegalExpression (case law) / CaseLaw
  prior_art: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/eli
  disposition: mint
- name: regulatory-sanction
  description: A regulatory sanction or enforcement action imposed on a party
  base: episodic
  traits:
  - cited
  - dated
  schema:
    required:
    - sanction_name
    - sanction_type
    properties:
      sanction_name:
        type: string
      sanction_type:
        type: string
      imposing_authority:
        type: string
      sanctioned_party:
        type: string
      basis_regulation:
        type: string
      penalty_amount:
        type: string
      effective_date:
        type: string
        format: date
      appeal_deadline:
        type: string
        format: date
  source_vocab: FIBO / EU Publications Office
  source_class: EnforcementAction / Sanction
  prior_art: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/
  disposition: mint
- name: legal-procedure
  description: A formal legal or administrative procedure
  base: procedural
  traits:
  - cited
  - timeline
  schema:
    required:
    - procedure_name
    - procedure_type
    properties:
      procedure_name:
        type: string
      procedure_type:
        type: string
        enum:
        - rulemaking
        - enforcement
        - adjudication
        - legislative
        - administrative
        - dispute-resolution
      initiator:
        type: string
      jurisdiction_ref:
        type: string
      procedural_steps:
        type: array
        items:
          type: string
      legal_basis:
        type: string
  source_vocab: LKIF-Core process / legal-action module
  source_class: LegalAction / PublicAct (LKIF — formal process in legal context)
  prior_art: LKIF-Core:LegalAction
  disposition: mint
- name: assessment
  description: A compliance assessment of a system against requirements
  base: procedural
  traits:
  - cited
  - dated
  - documented
  schema:
    required:
    - assessment_title
    - assessment_type
    properties:
      assessment_title:
        type: string
      assessment_type:
        type: string
      system_ref:
        type: string
      scope:
        type: string
      assessment_date:
        type: string
        format: date
      assessor:
        type: string
      findings_count:
        type: integer
      overall_result:
        type: string
      associated_plan_ref:
        type: string
  source_vocab: NIST OSCAL
  source_class: Assessment Results
  prior_art: https://pages.nist.gov/OSCAL/
  disposition: mint
- name: compliance-report
  description: A regulatory compliance report or plan of action and milestones
  base: procedural
  traits:
  - cited
  - dated
  - documented
  schema:
    required:
    - report_title
    - reporting_period
    properties:
      report_title:
        type: string
      reporting_period:
        type: string
      issuing_authority:
        type: string
      system_ref:
        type: string
      findings_count:
        type: integer
      remediation_deadline:
        type: string
        format: date
      submission_date:
        type: string
        format: date
  source_vocab: NIST OSCAL / FIBO
  source_class: POA&M / RegulatoryReport
  prior_art: https://pages.nist.gov/OSCAL/
  disposition: mint
- name: compliance-regulation
  description: A regulation imposing compliance obligations within a jurisdiction (the obligation-bearing
    instrument)
  base: semantic
  schema:
    required:
    - regulation_name
    - jurisdiction
    properties:
      regulation_name:
        type: string
      jurisdiction:
        type: string
      key_obligations:
        type: string
      effective_dates:
        type: string
      legal_source_type:
        type: string
        enum:
        - statute
        - regulation
        - directive
        - customary-law
        - case-law
      citation_ref:
        type: string
  source_vocab: LKIF-Core / FIBO FBC
  source_class: Regulation / RegulatoryObligation
  prior_art: https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/
  disposition: extend
  traits:
  - cited
  - dated
  - versioned
relationships:
  amends:
    description: A legal act amends another legal act (eli:amends)
    from:
    - legal-act
    to:
    - legal-act
    symmetric: false
  applies_in:
    description: A legal act applies in a jurisdiction (fibo-fnd-law-jur:hasJurisdiction)
    from:
    - legal-act
    to:
    - jurisdiction
    symmetric: false
  cites:
    description: A court decision cites a legal act (eli:cites)
    from:
    - court-decision
    to:
    - legal-act
    symmetric: false
  confers:
    description: A legal act confers a legal capacity (fibo-fnd-law-lcap:hasCapacity)
    from:
    - legal-act
    to:
    - legal-capacity
    symmetric: false
  governed_by:
    description: A contract is governed by a jurisdiction (fibo-fnd-agr-ctr:hasGoverningJurisdiction)
    from:
    - contract
    to:
    - jurisdiction
    symmetric: false
  has_jurisdiction_in:
    description: An authority has jurisdiction in a jurisdiction (fibo-fbc-fct-rga:hasJurisdiction)
    from:
    - authority
    to:
    - jurisdiction
    symmetric: false
  imposes:
    description: 'A legal act imposes an obligation (lkif-norm: norm bears/creates obligations)'
    from:
    - legal-act
    to:
    - obligation
    symmetric: false
  regulates:
    description: An authority regulates a legal act (fibo-fbc-fct-rga:regulates)
    from:
    - authority
    to:
    - legal-act
    symmetric: false
  satisfies:
    description: A control-mapping shows a control satisfies an obligation (oscal-mapping:equivalent-to
      / subset-of)
    from:
    - control-mapping
    to:
    - obligation
    symmetric: false
  transposes:
    description: A legal act transposes a treaty into domestic law (eli:transposes)
    from:
    - legal-act
    to:
    - treaty
    symmetric: false
discovery:
  enabled: true
  confidence_threshold: 0.8
  patterns:
  - content_pattern: \b(shall|must|is required to|obligated to|prohibited from)\b
    suggest_entity: obligation
    suggest_namespace: _semantic/obligations
  - content_pattern: \b(European Union|EU|US Federal|federal law|jurisdiction of)\b
    suggest_entity: jurisdiction
    suggest_namespace: _semantic/jurisdictions
  - content_pattern: \b(SEC|FINRA|FDIC|EDPB|supervisory authority|regulator)\b
    suggest_entity: authority
    suggest_namespace: _semantic/authorities
  - content_pattern: \b(maps to|crosswalk|control mapping|satisfies control|OLIR)\b
    suggest_entity: control-mapping
    suggest_namespace: _semantic/control-mappings
  - content_pattern: \b(OJ [A-Z] \d+|eli\.europa\.eu|Akoma Ntoso)\b
    suggest_entity: legal-act
    suggest_namespace: _semantic/legal-acts
  - content_pattern: \b(ECLI:[A-Z]{2}:[A-Z:]+:\d{4}:\d+|C-\d+/\d+|[A-Z][a-z]+ v\.? [A-Z][a-z]+)\b
    suggest_entity: court-decision
    suggest_namespace: _episodic/court-decisions
  - content_pattern: \b(data processing agreement|DPA|MSA|NDA|license agreement)\b
    suggest_entity: contract
    suggest_namespace: _semantic/contracts
  - content_pattern: \b(data controller|data processor|trustee|licensor|licensee|plaintiff|defendant)\b
    suggest_entity: legal-role
    suggest_namespace: _semantic/roles
  - content_pattern: \b(rulemaking|notice and comment|enforcement proceeding|judicial review)\b
    suggest_entity: legal-procedure
    suggest_namespace: _procedural/procedures