Concept
Business Vocabulary
A shared reference language for business, operational, and domain terms.
Position in the Trusted Data Framework
Business Vocabulary
Living Graph View
Business Vocabulary in the concept network
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Relationship Matrix
Business Vocabulary as a network node
Provides domain terms that can be formalised into ontology.
Creates a shared language for interpreting exchanged information.
Needs ownership, stewardship, and change control.
Concept Relationships
How Business Vocabulary works with other concepts
Provides domain terms that can be formalised into ontology.
Creates a shared language for interpreting exchanged information.
Needs ownership, stewardship, and change control.
Definition
Business Vocabulary defines terms, preferred labels, synonyms, and reference meanings used across an organisation or sector.
Role in the Trusted Data Framework
Acts as the human-readable bridge between policy, data, ontology, and delivery teams.
Practical Examples
- Reference Data Library
- IES term catalogue
- Enterprise glossary
Implements / References
- IES
Consulting Questions
- What problem does this concept help diagnose in the client environment?
- Which upstream concepts must be in place before this concept becomes reliable?
- What evidence would prove that this concept is working in practice?