OEO Ontology

Overview / Open Energy Ontology / Class - policy
Label: policy
Definition:
A policy is a plan specification that is a deliberate system of principles, rules and guidelines, adopted by an organisation to guide decision making with respect to particular situations and implemented to achieve stated goals.

Sub classes:
decarbonisation pathway
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Definition:
A decarbonisation pathway is a policy that aims at long-term emissions reductions.

spatial planning policy
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Definition:
Spatial planning policy is a policy of a German federal state that designates portions of a spatial region to purposes like settlement, infrastructur and sustainability.

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plan specification
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Definition:
A directive information entity with action specifications and objective specifications as parts, and that may be concretized as a realizable entity that, if realized, is realized in a process in which the bearer tries to achieve the objectives by taking the actions specified.

Editor note:
2009-03-16: provenance: a term a plan was proposed for OBI (OBI_0000344) , edited by the PlanAndPlannedProcess branch. Original definition was " a plan is a specification of a process that is realized by an actor to achieve the objective specified as part of the plan". It has been subsequently moved to IAO where the objective for which the original term was defined was satisfied with the definitionof this, different, term.

Editor note:
2014-03-31: A plan specification can have other parts, such as conditional specifications.

Editor note:
2022-01-16 Updated definition to that proposed by Clint Dowloand, IAO Issue 231.

Editor note:
Alternative previous definition: a plan is a set of instructions that specify how an objective should be achieved