COMMONS12 — Several processes and external projects need definitions for organizations, and related to that, locations

An organization ontology that covers formal organizations, legal entities, and organization membership is essential for the ongoing retail ontology effort, for development of an ontology for the emerging PPMN standard, and others.

Note that representation of domicile requires the concept of a geopolitical entity, which the task force agrees belongs in a more general locations ontology. Thus, a locations ontology is also needed as part of a resolution for this issue.

Add new locations and organizations ontologies to the Commons library

The resolution to this issue affects both the specification document and machine readable files. It adds one property to the designators ontology and incorporates two additional ontologies, one describing locations, which is needed for several processes: the Retail Industry Ontology, the RoSO ontology for robotics, a planned revision to the Multiple Vocabulary Facility (MVF), and a planned update to LCC, as well as external efforts, and an organizations ontology, also needed for the RIO ontology and external work.