OEO Ontology

Overview / Open Energy Ontology / Class - scenario
Label: scenario

Definition:
A scenario is an information content entity that contains statements about a possible future development based on a coherent and internally consistent set of assumptions and their motivation.

Sub classes:
Definition:
A climate scenario is a scenario that describes a possible future state of a climate system.

Definition:
An economic scenario is a scenario that describes a possible future state of economic systems.

Definition:
An emission scenario is a scenario that describes a possible emission trajectory.

Definition:
An energy scenario is a scenario that describes a possible future state of an energy system.

Definition:
An explorative scenario is a scenario that contains certain constraints / statements regarding measures that are taken in the near future / today to explore where these measures will lead to in a later future. The later future is not predefined in the scenario.

Definition:
A reference scenario is a scenario that is used as a reference, e.g. in a scenario comparison. It has the reference role.

Definition:
A sufficiency scenario is a scenario that comprises sufficiency strategies.

Definition:
A target driven scenario is a scenario that contains certain target constraints/ statements that in a possible future shall be realized. The path how the targets will be met is not predefined in the scenario.

Back to the super classes:
Definition:
A generically dependent continuant that is about some thing.

Editor note:
2014-03-10: The use of "thing" is intended to be general enough to include universals and configurations (see https://groups.google.com/d/msg/information-ontology/GBxvYZCk1oc/-L6B5fSBBTQJ).

Editor note:
information_content_entity 'is_encoded_in' some digital_entity in obi before split (040907). information_content_entity 'is_encoded_in' some physical_document in obi before split (040907). Previous. An information content entity is a non-realizable information entity that 'is encoded in' some digital or physical entity.