wsmlVariant _"http://www.wsmo.org/wsml/wsml-syntax/wsml-flight" namespace { _"http://www.ontologies.org/BusinessMap#", wsmostudio _"http://www.wsmostudio.org#", wsml _"http://www.wsmo.org/wsml-syntax#", dc _"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1#", bfo _"http://www.ip-super.org/ontologies/BFO/20070831#", bro _"http://www.ip-super.org/ontologies/BRO/20070831#", bso _"http://ip-super.org/BusinessStrategy#", pro _"http://www.heppnetz.de/ontologies/resont#", upo _"http://www.ip-super.org/ontologies/UPO/20070620#" } ontology BusinesMapOntology nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "Concepts making up the conceptual base of the SAP Business Maps" wsmostudio#version hasValue "0.5.4" dc#title hasValue "SAP Business Map Ontology" dc#language hasValue "en-GB" endNonFunctionalProperties importsOntology { _"http://www.ip-super.org/ontologies/BFO/20070831#BFO_20070831", _"http://www.ip-super.org/ontologies/BRO/20070831#", _"http://www.heppnetz.de/ontologies/resont", _"http://ip-super.org/BusinessStrategy#BusinessStrategy"} concept BusinessMap nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "Business Maps help to focus on the core processes and functions that can increase a company's ability to compete, strengthen the relationships with partners, and help the company become closely oriented to the markets and customers it serves. The term Business Map refers to the entire contents of either a Solution Map or a Business Scenario Map and all graphical elements." endNonFunctionalProperties concept CrossIndustryBusinessMap subConceptOf BusinessMap nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "A cross-industry business map is not specific for a certain industry but illustrates business processes by means of solution or business scenario maps relevant for a generic business segment." endNonFunctionalProperties belongsTo impliesType (1 1) BusinessSegment concept IndustrySpecificBusinessMap subConceptOf BusinessMap nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "An industry-specific business map is relevant for a certain industry and illustrates business processes by means of solution or business scenario maps." endNonFunctionalProperties belongsTo impliesType (1 1) Industry concept InfrastructureAndServiceBusinessMap subConceptOf BusinessMap nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "An infrastructure and service business map is not specific for a certain industry but illustrates infrastructure and technology oriented processes relevant for a generic business segment by means of solution or business scenario maps." endNonFunctionalProperties belongsTo impliesType (1 1) BusinessSegment concept BusinessScenarioMap subConceptOf BusinessMap nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "A Business Scenario Map contains a detailed view of cross-company end-to-end business processes. It involves multiple parties in different companies and spans multiple IT environments and systems. Supporting the pictured collaboration scenario comes along with several business benefits." endNonFunctionalProperties hasBusinessParticipant impliesType (1 *) BusinessParticipant addressesBusinessBenefit impliesType BusinessBenefit concept SolutionMap subConceptOf BusinessMap nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "Solution Maps provide a multileveled framework of business process clustering supporting the structured scoping of IT requirements. These groupings are either special to specific industries (industry solution map) or independent from a specific context referring to generic cross-industry functions (application map). The maps indicate which solutions SAP and its partners provide to support these functions." endNonFunctionalProperties concept IndustrySolutionMap subConceptOf SolutionMap nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "An industry solution map illustrates which solutions SAP and its partners provide for the processes of an industry-specific value chain. The processes are clustered by business scenario groups and subordinated business scenarios. The value chain processes may be backed by value-chain independent management and support processes structured by an application map." endNonFunctionalProperties hasValueChain inverseOf(belongsToIndustrySolutionMap) impliesType (1 1) ValueChain hasBusinessScenarioGroup inverseOf(belongsToIndustrySolutionMap) impliesType BusinessScenarioGroup hasManagementAndSupport impliesType (0 1) ManagementAndSupport concept ApplicationMap subConceptOf SolutionMap nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "Application Maps provide a multileveled framework of business process clustering supporting the structured scoping of IT requirements. These groupings are not special to specific industries but refer to generic cross-industry functions. The maps indicate which solutions SAP and its partners provide to support these functions. The top level structuring is given by a set of process categories. The processes of an Application Map may depend on functionality grouped by a different Application Map." endNonFunctionalProperties supportedBySolutionMap impliesType ApplicationMap hasProcessCategory inverseOf(belongsToApplicationMap) impliesType (1 *) ProcessCategory concept CrossIndustryApplicationMap subConceptOf {ApplicationMap, CrossIndustryBusinessMap} nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "A cross-industry application map is not specific for a certain industry but groups a set of processes relevant for a generic business segment." endNonFunctionalProperties concept IndustrySpecificIndustrySolutionMap subConceptOf { IndustrySolutionMap, IndustrySpecificBusinessMap} nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "An industry-specific industry solution map illustrates which solutions SAP and its partners provide for the processes of an industry-specific value chain." endNonFunctionalProperties concept InfrastructureAndServiceApplicationMap subConceptOf { ApplicationMap, InfrastructureAndServiceBusinessMap} nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "An infrastructure and service application map is not specific for a certain industry but groups a set of infrastructure and technology oriented processes relevant for a generic business segment." endNonFunctionalProperties concept InfrastructureAndServiceIndustrySolutionMap subConceptOf { IndustrySolutionMap, InfrastructureAndServiceBusinessMap} nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "An industry-specific infrastructure and service industry solution map illustrates which solutions SAP and its partners provide for the infrastructure and technology oriented processes of an industry-specific value chain." endNonFunctionalProperties concept CrossIndustryBusinessScenarioMap subConceptOf { BusinessScenarioMap, CrossIndustryBusinessMap} nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "A cross-industry business scenario map is not specific for a certain industry but represents an end-to-end business process relevant for a generic business segment." endNonFunctionalProperties concept IndustrySpecificBusinessScenarioMap subConceptOf { BusinessScenarioMap, IndustrySpecificBusinessMap} nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "An industry-specific business scenario map represents an end-to-end business process relevant for a certain industry." endNonFunctionalProperties concept BusinessSegment subConceptOf bso#MarketSegment nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "Business segments structures cross-industry and infrastructure and service business maps according to their business relation. They may provide a nested hierarchy so that every business segment may have subordinated segments and be itself sub segment of another one." endNonFunctionalProperties isPartOf transitive inverseOf(hasSubSegment) impliesType (0 1) BusinessSegment hasSubSegment transitive inverseOf(isPartOf) impliesType BusinessSegment hasBusinessScenarioMap impliesType BusinessScenarioMap hasSolutionMap impliesType SolutionMap concept Industry nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "An industry groups a set of industry-specific business maps. Every industry is part of an industry sector." endNonFunctionalProperties isPartOf inverseOf(hasIndustry) impliesType (1 1) IndustrySector hasBusinessScenarioMap impliesType BusinessScenarioMap hasSolutionMap impliesType SolutionMap concept IndustrySector nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "An industry sector clusters a set of industries." endNonFunctionalProperties hasIndustry inverseOf(isPartOf) impliesType Industry concept BusinessBenefit subConceptOf bso#StakeholderExpectation nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "The implementation of a processes specified in a Business Scenario Map comes along with some business benefits. These are either specific for an individual business participant or hold for the entire map. A value potential quantifies a business benefit and a value potential sources indicates where the given numbers come from." endNonFunctionalProperties hasValuePotential impliesType (0 1) _string hasValuePotentialSource impliesType (0 1) _string addressedByBusinessScenarioMap impliesType BusinessScenarioMap servesBusinessParticipant impliesType BusinessParticipant concept BusinessParticipant subConceptOf upo#BusinessActor nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "A business participant takes part in a collaboration scenario defined by a business scenario map. Within this scenario he accomplishes a subset of the specified activities and may profit from several business benefits." endNonFunctionalProperties participatesInBusinessScenario inverseOf(hasBusinessParticipant) impliesType (1 1) BusinessScenarioMap profitsFromBusinessBenefit impliesType BusinessBenefit conductsActivity impliesType (1 *) Activity hasBusinessRole ofType (1 *) bro#BusinessRole concept Activity subConceptOf bfo#Function nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "An activity is part of a Business Scenario Map. It defines a process step which has to be conducted by a business participant taking part in the collaboration. An activity may be carried out by one or several employee roles which are featured with appropriate rights and obligations. Furthermore, it may be related to a process specified in the Solution Maps." endNonFunctionalProperties accomplishedByRole inverseOf(accomplishesActivity) impliesType Role conductedByBusinessParticipant inverseOf(conductsActivity) impliesType (1 1) BusinessParticipant hasAssociatedProcess impliesType Process concept Role subConceptOf bro#InternalRole nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "A role specifies the rights and obligations a employee has to be featured with to be appropriate for carrying out an activity or process." endNonFunctionalProperties accomplishesActivity inverseOf(accomplishedByRole) impliesType Activity concept BusinessDocument subConceptOf pro#Document nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "A business document serves as input or output of a business process. It may be transferred between two activities specified in a Business Scenario Map." endNonFunctionalProperties transferedByActivityLink inverseOf(transfersBusinessDocument) impliesType ActivityLink concept ActivityLink nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "An activity link represents a directed connection between two activities indicating the process flow within a Business Scenario Map. The activity at the end of an activity link is accomplished after the activity the link starts from. Between two activities a business document may be transferred." endNonFunctionalProperties startsAtActivity impliesType (1 1) Activity endsAtActivity impliesType (1 1) Activity transfersBusinessDocument inverseOf(transferedByActivityLink) impliesType BusinessDocument concept Process subConceptOf upo#BusinessProcess nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "Processes are in the core of each solution map. They are grouped by main processes or business scenarios depending on the type of the solution map. Processes may further some business objectives on the customer side and my provide opportunities for SAP partners to offer additional solutions or services. KPIs may be given as efficiency benchmarks. A process is related to a business area and is in the scope of a responsible organisation unit. It may be detailed by process features and SAP or partner products may implement a process according to different configuration variants. In addition to the structure given by the solution maps processes may originate from the pool elements and do then belong to a process group." endNonFunctionalProperties belongsToGroup inverseOf(hasProcess) impliesType (0 1) ProcessGroup hasVariant symmetric inverseOf(isVariantofProcess) impliesType ConfigurationVariant hasBusinessArea impliesType (0 1) _string hasResponsibleOrgUnit impliesType (0 1) _string allowsForPartnerOpportunity impliesType PartnerOpportunity furthersBusinessObjective impliesType BusinessObjective belongsToMainProcess inverseOf(hasProcess) impliesType MainProcess hasProcessFeature inverseOf(belongsToProcess) impliesType ProcessFeature SAPProductAvailability impliesType (0 1) _string PartnerProductAvailability impliesType (0 1) _string enabledByProduct impliesType Product belongsToBusinessScenario inverseOf(hasProcess) impliesType BusinessScenario meassuredByKPI impliesType KPI concept Product subConceptOf pro#Object nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "A product is a technical business solution either provided by SAP or by a partner. It is classified by a product group and may be annotated with further information like an internal product key or a web link." endNonFunctionalProperties hasType impliesType (1 1) _string hasProductKey impliesType (0 1) _string hasLink impliesType (0 1) _string enabledByProduct impliesType Product belongsToGroup inverseOf(hasProduct) impliesType (1 1) ProductGroup concept ProductGroup nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "A product group represents a class of products." endNonFunctionalProperties hasProduct inverseOf(belongsToGroup) impliesType Product concept BusinessObjective subConceptOf bso#Objective nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "Business objectives highlight how customers may profit by implementing specific business processes and supporting them by the implementation of SAP and partner products. As business objectives are pool elements they are divided into different objective groups." endNonFunctionalProperties belongsToGroup inverseOf(hasBusinessObjective) impliesType (1 1) BusinessObjectiveGroup concept PartnerOpportunity nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "Partner opportunities pinpoint opportunities on how to provide services or technical solutions which may offer additional benefits to existing products of SAP. A subset of the defined partner opportunities takes in a more technical perspective. These are therefore called ’technical focus’. As partner opportunities are pool elements they are divided into several groups." endNonFunctionalProperties belongsToGroup inverseOf(hasPartnerOpportunity) impliesType (1 1) PartnerOpportunityGroup isTechnicalFocus impliesType (1 1) _boolean concept PartnerOpportunityGroup nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "A partner opportunity group represents a class of partner opportunities." endNonFunctionalProperties hasPartnerOpportunity inverseOf(belongsToGroup) impliesType PartnerOpportunity concept KPI nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "Key Performance Indicators are measurements used to evaluate a company’s business strategy, performance or technology. These enable you to express abstract company objectives in financial or physical units, and then to compare them against known industry benchmarks. As KPIs are pool elements they are divided into different groups." endNonFunctionalProperties belongsToGroup inverseOf(hasKPI) impliesType (1 1) KPIGroup hasCalculation impliesType (0 1) _string hasDefinition impliesType (0 1) _string concept KPIGroup nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "A KPI group represents a class of KPIs." endNonFunctionalProperties hasKPI inverseOf(belongsToGroup) impliesType KPI concept ProcessGroup nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "A process group represents a class of processes." endNonFunctionalProperties hasProcess inverseOf(belongsToGroup) impliesType Process concept ConfigurationVariant nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "A configuration variant represents a technical implementation variant of a process as it is offered by a SAP or partner product. It is related to a business area and is in the scope of a responsible organisation unit. The variant is detailed by a sequence of process steps." endNonFunctionalProperties isVariantofProcess inverseOf(hasVariant) impliesType Process hasBusinessArea impliesType (0 1) _string hasResponsibleOrgUnit impliesType (0 1) _string enabledByProduct impliesType Product hasProcessStep inverseOf(belongsToConfigurationVariant) impliesType ProcessStep concept ProcessStep nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "A process steps details a configuration variant by defining an activity being part of a sequence of process steps constituting the configuration variant." endNonFunctionalProperties belongsToConfigurationVariant inverseOf(hasProcessStep) impliesType (1 1) ConfigurationVariant hasSequencePosition impliesType (1 1) _integer hasPreviousStep impliesType (0 1) ProcessStep hasFollowingStep impliesType (0 1) ProcessStep concept ProcessCategory nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "A business process category represents the top level classification concept for processes in application maps. A process category contains groups of main processes." endNonFunctionalProperties belongsToApplicationMap impliesType (1 *) ApplicationMap hasMainProcess inverseOf(belongsToProcessCategory) impliesType MainProcess concept MainProcess subConceptOf upo#BusinessProcess nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "Main processes are groups of individual processes in application maps. They provide subdivisions of process categories and may be further detailed by process features. The category of processes represented by a main process may further some business objectives on the customer side and my provide opportunities for SAP partners to offer additional solutions or services. Furthermore, a link to a related business scenario map may be provided." endNonFunctionalProperties belongsToProcessCategory inverseOf(hasMainProcess) impliesType (1 *) ProcessCategory furthersBusinessObjective impliesType BusinessObjective allowsForPartnerOpportunity impliesType PartnerOpportunity isRelatedToBusinessScenarioMap impliesType BusinessScenarioMap hasProcessFeature inverseOf(belongsToMainProcess) impliesType ProcessFeature hasProcess inverseOf(belongsToMainProcess) impliesType Process concept ProcessFeature nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "Process features detail processes or main processes and may be supported by specific SAP or partner products." endNonFunctionalProperties belongsToMainProcess inverseOf(hasProcessFeature) impliesType MainProcess belongsToProcess inverseOf(hasProcessFeature) impliesType Process enabledByProduct impliesType Product SAPProductAvailability impliesType (0 1) _string PartnerProductAvailability impliesType (0 1) _string concept ValueChain nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue " A value chain structures the processes of an industry solution map along an industry-specific sequence of functional areas – so called value chain elements. It starts from a supplier and ends in a consumer." endNonFunctionalProperties belongsToIndustrySolutionMap inverseOf(hasValueChain) impliesType (0 1) IndustrySolutionMap hasSupplier inverseOf(belongsToValueChain) impliesType (1 1) Supplier hasConsumer inverseOf(belongsToValueChain) impliesType (1 1) Consumer hasValueChainElement inverseOf(belongsToValueChain) impliesType (1 *) ValueChainElement concept BusinessScenarioGroup nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "A Business Scenario Group represents the top level classification concept for processes in Industry Solution Maps. It belongs to exactly one industry solution map and contains several business scenarios which cluster processes on a second level. Furthermore, there may be a nested hierarchy of business scenario groups actualizing a grouping transcending a two level structure. The category of processes represented by a business scenario group may further some business objectives on the customer side and my provide opportunities for SAP partners to offer additional solutions or services. KPIs may be given as efficiency benchmarks. As the process structuring of industry solution maps is geared to an industry value chain, each business scenario group spans one or several value chain elements and may be integrated with the consumers and suppliers delimitating a value chain." endNonFunctionalProperties belongsToIndustrySolutionMap inverseOf(hasBusinessScenarioGroup) impliesType IndustrySolutionMap isIntegratedWithSupplier impliesType (1 1) _boolean isIntegratedWithConsumer impliesType (1 1) _boolean spansValueChainElement inverseOf(supportedByBusinessScenarioGroup) impliesType (1 *) ValueChainElement belongsToBusinessScenarioGroup inverseOf(hasBusinessScenarioGroup) impliesType BusinessScenarioGroup hasBusinessScenarioGroup inverseOf(belongsToBusinessScenarioGroup) impliesType BusinessScenarioGroup hasBusinessScenario impliesType BusinessScenario allowsForPartnerOpportunity impliesType PartnerOpportunity meassuredByKPI impliesType KPI furthersBusinessObjective impliesType BusinessObjective concept ManagementAndSupport subConceptOf ApplicationMap nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "Management and support business maps constitute a special kind of application map giving a structure to processes backing the value-chain oriented processes of an industry solution map." endNonFunctionalProperties belongsTo impliesType (1 1) IndustrySolutionMap concept ValueChainElement nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "Value chain elements define the functional areas sequentially stringed by a value chain. The processes grouped by business scenario groups span one or several of these areas." endNonFunctionalProperties belongsToValueChain inverseOf(hasValueChainElement) impliesType ValueChain hasSequencePosition impliesType (1 1) _integer hasPreviousElement impliesType (0 1) ValueChainElement hasFollowingElement impliesType (0 1) ValueChainElement supportedByBusinessScenarioGroup inverseOf(spansValueChainElement) impliesType BusinessScenarioGroup concept BusinessScenario nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "A Business Scenario is the bottom level classification concept for processes in Industry Solution Maps. It belongs to exactly one business scenario group. The category of processes represented by a business scenario may be supported by specific SAP or partner products, it may further some business objectives on the customer side, and my provide opportunities for SAP partners to offer additional solutions or services. The processes may imply specific employee roles for their conduction and KPIs may be given as efficiency benchmarks. Furthermore, a link to a related business scenario map may be provided." endNonFunctionalProperties belongsToBusinessScenarioGroup inverseOf(hasBusinessScenario) impliesType (1 *) BusinessScenarioGroup hasProcess inverseOf(belongsToBusinessScenario) impliesType Process furthersBusinessObjective impliesType BusinessObjective meassuredByKPI impliesType KPI enabledByProduct impliesType Product allowsForPartnerOpportunity impliesType PartnerOpportunity isDetailedByBusinessScenarioMap impliesType BusinessScenarioMap hasRole impliesType Role concept CollaborationPartner nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "Collaboration partners take in the roles of suppliers and consumers in industry value chains." endNonFunctionalProperties belongsToValueChain impliesType (1 *) ValueChain hasExternalRole ofType (1 *) bro#ExternalRole concept Consumer subConceptOf CollaborationPartner nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "A consumer is a collaboration partner delimiting an industry value chain at its end." endNonFunctionalProperties concept Supplier subConceptOf CollaborationPartner nonFunctionalProperties dc#description hasValue "A supplier is a collaboration partner delimiting an industry value chain at its beginning." endNonFunctionalProperties