# Saved by TopBraid on Fri Feb 12 12:24:25 PST 2010 # baseURI: http://www.oegov.us/democracy/us/core/owl/us1gov # imports: http://www.oegov.org/core/owl/gc # imports: http://creativecommons.org/schema.rdf # imports: http://www.oegov.org/core/owl/oe1gov # imports: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/ @prefix cc: . @prefix dc: . @prefix gc: . @prefix gov: . @prefix owl: . @prefix rdf: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix us1gov: . @prefix usgov: . @prefix xsd: . gov:Senate rdf:type owl:Class ; dc:description "A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature or parliament."^^xsd:string . rdf:type owl:Ontology ; cc:attributionName "TopQuadrant, Inc."^^xsd:string ; cc:attributionURL "http://www.topquadrant.com"^^xsd:anyURI ; cc:license ; dc:creator "Ralph Hodgson"^^xsd:string ; dc:date "$Date: 2010-02-12 13:15:00 -0800 (Fri, 12 Feb 2010) $"^^xsd:string ; dc:description "A Level 1 ontology of the US Government."^^xsd:string ; dc:rights "Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License"^^xsd:string ; dc:title "U.S. Government Ontology"^^xsd:string ; gc:attributedSource gc:TopQuadrantAttribution ; gc:revision "$Revision: 1757 $"^^xsd:string ; owl:imports , dc: , , ; owl:versionInfo "$Id: us1gov.n3 1757 2010-02-12 21:15:00Z RalphHodgson $"^^xsd:string . usgov:AppropriationBill rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Appropriation bill"^^xsd:string ; rdfs:subClassOf gov:Bill ; dc:description "An appropriation bill or running bill is a legislative motion (bill) which authorizes the government to spend money. It is a bill that sets money aside for specific spending. In most democracies, approval of the legislature is necessary for the government to spend money."^^xsd:string . usgov:Article rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Article"^^xsd:string ; rdfs:subClassOf gov:Statute ; rdfs:subClassOf [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ; owl:allValuesFrom gov:Section ; owl:onProperty gc:section ] . usgov:BillOfRights rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Bill of rights"^^xsd:string ; rdfs:subClassOf gov:Legislation ; rdfs:subClassOf [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ; owl:allValuesFrom gov:Amendment ; owl:onProperty gov:amendment ] . usgov:CABINET rdf:type usgov:Cabinet ; rdfs:label "CABINET"^^xsd:string ; dc:description "The tradition of the Cabinet dates back to the beginnings of the Presidency itself. Established in Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, the Cabinet's role is to advise the President on any subject he may require relating to the duties of each member's respective office. The Cabinet includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments — the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs, as well as the Attorney General."^^xsd:string ; gc:member usgov:DHS-CabinetMember ; gc:url "http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/cabinet/"^^xsd:anyURI . usgov:Cabinet rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Cabinet"^^xsd:string ; rdfs:subClassOf gov:Cabinet ; rdfs:subClassOf [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ; owl:cardinality "17"^^xsd:int ; owl:onProperty gc:member ] ; dc:description "The tradition of the Cabinet dates back to the beginnings of the Presidency itself. Established in Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, the Cabinet's role is to advise the President on any subject he may require relating to the duties of each member's respective office. The Cabinet includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments — the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs, as well as the Attorney General."^^xsd:string . usgov:CommitteeReport rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Committee report"^^xsd:string ; rdfs:subClassOf gov:CommitteReport ; dc:description "Committee Reports include the full text of House and Senate committee reports (including conference reports and joint committee reports) printed by the Government Printing Office (GPO). Most committee reports are printed by GPO. Reports can be searched by word/phrase, report number, bill number and committee. Searches can be limited by type of report (House, Senate, Conference, Joint). Reports can be browsed sequentially by House/Senate committee report number, conference report and joint committee report."^^xsd:string . usgov:Congress rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Congress"^^xsd:string ; rdfs:subClassOf gov:Congress ; rdfs:subClassOf [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ; owl:onClass usgov:HouseOfRepresentatives ; owl:onProperty gov:consistsOf ; owl:qualifiedCardinality "1"^^xsd:nonNegativeInteger ] ; rdfs:subClassOf [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ; owl:onClass usgov:Senate ; owl:onProperty gov:consistsOf ; owl:qualifiedCardinality "1"^^xsd:nonNegativeInteger ] . usgov:CongressionalRecord rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Congressional record"^^xsd:string ; rdfs:subClassOf gov:Document ; dc:description "The Congressional Record is a record that captures, by date or date range, member debates/speeches, his or her remarks that were inserted in the Record in the Extensions of Remarks section or return articles with mention of his/her name in other contexts. For example, Congressional Record notice of additional sponsors added to a bill."^^xsd:string . usgov:Constitution rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Constitution"^^xsd:string ; rdfs:subClassOf gov:Legislation ; rdfs:subClassOf [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ; owl:allValuesFrom gov:Amendment ; owl:onProperty gov:amendment ] ; rdfs:subClassOf [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ; owl:allValuesFrom gov:CivilServant ; owl:onProperty gov:signatory ] ; rdfs:subClassOf [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ; owl:cardinality "1"^^xsd:int ; owl:onProperty gov:preamble ] ; rdfs:subClassOf [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ; owl:allValuesFrom usgov:Article ; owl:onProperty gov:article ] . usgov:DHS-CabinetMember rdf:type usgov:MemberOfCabinetRole ; rdfs:label "DHS-Cabinet member"^^xsd:string . usgov:ExecutiveDepartment rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Executive department"^^xsd:string ; rdfs:subClassOf gov:Department . usgov:FederalGovernment rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "US Federal Government"^^xsd:string ; rdfs:subClassOf gov:ElectedBody , gov:NationalGovernment ; rdfs:subClassOf [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ; owl:onClass usgov:LegislativeBranch ; owl:onProperty gov:branch ; owl:qualifiedCardinality "1"^^xsd:nonNegativeInteger ] ; rdfs:subClassOf [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ; owl:onClass usgov:ExecutiveBranch ; owl:onProperty gov:branch ; owl:qualifiedCardinality "1"^^xsd:nonNegativeInteger ] ; rdfs:subClassOf [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ; owl:onClass usgov:JudicialBranch ; owl:onProperty gov:branch ; owl:qualifiedCardinality "1"^^xsd:nonNegativeInteger ] . usgov:Government rdf:type usgov:FederalGovernment ; rdfs:label "U.S. Government"^^xsd:string . usgov:HouseOfRepresentatives rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ; owl:allValuesFrom usgov:HouseVoteRecord ; owl:onProperty gov:voteRecord ] ; rdfs:subClassOf [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ; owl:cardinality "435"^^xsd:int ; owl:onProperty gov:votingRepresentative ] ; dc:description "The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as \"The House,\" is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Each state receives representation in the House in proportion to its population but is entitled to at least one Representative. The most populous state, California, currently has 53 representatives. The total number of voting representatives is currently fixed at 435. Each representative serves for a two-year term. The presiding officer of the House is the speaker, and is elected by the members of the house. [Wikipedia]"^^xsd:string . usgov:HouseVoteRecord rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "House vote record"^^xsd:string ; rdfs:subClassOf gov:VoteRecord ; dc:description "Roll call votes are recorded votes, in this case, from the House of Representatives. Votes are listed in reverse chronological order by roll call vote number. The vote summary page lists roll call vote number, vote date, the \"issue\" (bill/amendment number being voted on, quorum call or Journal approval), the \"question\" (description of the vote), the result (Passed, Failed, or Agreed to) and the title/description of the legislation. Detailed vote pages show individual member votes and vote totals by party."^^xsd:string . usgov:IndependentAgency rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:comment "Federal Budget is non-appropriated. When the Legislator appropriates money a law is passed that causes money to go to an agency. Many federal agencies are funded with non-appropriatwed funds[RickMurphy]."^^xsd:string ; rdfs:label "Independent agency"^^xsd:string ; rdfs:subClassOf gov:Agency ; dc:description "Independent agencies of the United States federal government are those agencies that exist outside of the federal executive departments (those headed by a Cabinet secretary). However, most independent agencies are part of the executive branch, with only a few being part of the legislative or judicial branches. Established through separate statutes passed by the Congress, each respective statutory grant of authority defines the goals the agency must work towards, as well as what substantive areas, if any, over which it may have the power of rulemaking. These agency rules (or regulations), while in force, have the power of federal law. [Wikipedia]"^^xsd:string . usgov:MemberOfCabinetRole rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Member of cabinet role"^^xsd:string ; rdfs:subClassOf gov:MemberOfGovernmentRole ; rdfs:subClassOf [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ; owl:allValuesFrom usgov:ExecutiveDepartment ; owl:onProperty gov:affiliation ] . usgov:MemberOfHouseRole rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Member of House role"^^xsd:string ; rdfs:subClassOf gov:MemberOfGovernmentRole ; rdfs:subClassOf [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ; owl:allValuesFrom usgov:MemberOfHouseRole ; owl:onProperty gov:votingRepresentative ] . usgov:MemberOfSenateRole rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Member of Senate role"^^xsd:string ; rdfs:subClassOf gov:MemberOfGovernmentRole . usgov:RevenueBill rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Revenue bill"^^xsd:string ; rdfs:subClassOf gov:Bill . usgov:Senate rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Senate"^^xsd:string ; rdfs:subClassOf gov:Senate ; rdfs:subClassOf [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ; owl:allValuesFrom usgov:SenateVoteRecord ; owl:onProperty gov:voteRecord ] ; rdfs:subClassOf [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ; owl:allValuesFrom usgov:MemberOfSenateRole ; owl:onProperty gov:votingRepresentative ] . usgov:SenateVoteRecord rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Senate vote record"^^xsd:string ; rdfs:subClassOf gov:VoteRecord ; dc:description "Roll call votes are recorded votes, in this case, from the Senate. Votes are listed in reverse chronological order by roll call vote number. Votes are divided into three groups: Senate Roll Call Votes Taken Today; Senate Roll Call Votes Taken This Week and Senate Roll Call Vote Tables, Current and Prior Congresses. For Senate Roll Call Votes Taken Today, the results of roll call votes are generally posted approximately one hour after they are announced by the presiding officer of the Senate. The vote summary page lists roll call vote number, vote date, bill number (when applicable), vote result and title/description of vote. Vote detail pages show individual member votes ordered alphabetically by member, ordered by vote category (yeas, nays, not voting and \"presents\") and votes summaries (total for each of these vote categories). In addition to votes on legislative business -- bills/amendments, procedural matters (motions, etc.) -- Senate votes on nominations and treaties are shown (executive business)."^^xsd:string .