Stable identifiers
Published concept URIs should not be reassigned to different meanings.
SSA Ontology
SSA Ontology governance
A permanent publication within the SSA Ontology, with a stable web address and machine-readable identity.
Ontology stewardship
Governance
The SSA Ontology is survivor-authored public infrastructure. Openness does not mean definitions can be detached from provenance, silently rewritten, or used to erase the people and evidence from which they emerged.
Visible change
Definition, scope, relationship, and status changes should be included in release notes.
Evidence before structure
Broader, narrower, causal, and equivalence relations should not be asserted merely because they seem plausible.
Attribution
Reuse is encouraged under CC BY 4.0 with clear attribution to the ontology and creator.
Status model
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Draft | Proposed and still under review. |
| Published | Available as part of a numbered release. |
| Deprecated | Retained for compatibility but no longer preferred. |
| Superseded | Replaced by a specifically identified concept. |