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PersonasOnto ontology incorporates concepts and properties used to model personas.
The PersonasOnto is depicts the personas domain along with relating concept and properties. A persona is regarded as a user archetype which can be used to "help guide decisions about product features, navigation, interactions, and even visual design" (Goodwin, 2005).
This ontology wants to address some of the issues regarding this methodology like how personas are reconciled with other information and who is responsible for interpreting and validating them.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#AffectiveState
The affective state of a person at a certain moment and in a certain Context.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#BusinessGoals
Business goals represent the goals of the organization the persons works for.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#Context
The Context in which a scenario takes place.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#Corporation
A business corporation.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#CustomerType
Are not the end user but the customer of the product, but might be the person making, buying decisions.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#DevelopmentDisability
Any disability that related to growth and development problems.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#Disability
A person’s disabilities mental and/or physical.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#Document
A paper or digital document (web-page, text document etc.).
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#EducationalOrganization
An educational organization.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#Emotion
Emotion encompasses physiological, affective, behavioral, andcognitive components.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#EndGoals
End goals represent the user’s motivation for performing the tasks associated with using a specific product.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#ExperienceGoals
Experience goals are simple, universal, and personal.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#Feeling
Feelings relate more to a property associated to and object or being, than to a person’s state of mind.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#Goals
The goals of a Persona. The goals are divided accordingly, depending on each persona type.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#GovermentOrganization
A governmental organization or agency.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#Group
Any kind of (small or large) group a person might be part of (book club).
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#GustatoryImpairment
Impairment of the sense of smell and taste.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#HearingImpairment
Conditions in which persons are fully or partially unable to detect or perceive at least some frequencies of sound.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#Image
An image, which might be used to describe a product or person.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#Intangible
A context might be described by an Intangible enviroment (Operating System, Application etc. -- virtual world).
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#IntellectualImpairment
This type of impairment ranges from mental retardation to cognitive deficits too mild or too specific.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#InteractiveTask
InteractiveTask could be certain action performed by a person (not too often by a machine).
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#LifeGoals
Life goals represent personal aspirations of the user that typically go beyond the context of the product being designed.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#MediumBusiness
A particular medium sized business or branch of an organization. ( restaurant, medical practice etc.)
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#MentalEmotionalDisorder
Any mental disorder/illness described as a psychological or behavioral pattern associated with distress or disability that occurs in an person.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#Mood
Are not directed at any object in particular and are experienced as more diffuse, global, and general state.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#NegativeType
Are used to remind and communicate, who is NOT the target of the design.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#NGO
A Non-Governamental Organization.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#NonInteractiveTask
NonInteractiveTask could be a machine response to that action.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#Organization
The type of Organization a Person belongs to.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#Participant
A person that participates in the usability test. Usualy a participant has a diresct correspondent to a Persona type.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#Person
A person represents an individual, most likely a human.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#Persona
As a subclass of Person, the Persona class could be regarded of being a separate identity of a person, although it has the same usage.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#Personality
The MyersBriggs personality of a person.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#PersonaType
Each Persona is classified by a PersonaType and a Person might fit into several PersonaTypes.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#Place
The appropriate Place which describes the Context.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#PrimaryType
"The goal is to find a single persona from the set whose needs and goals can be completely and happily satisfied by a single interface without disenfranchising any of the other personas", About Face 2.0, Cooper, pg. 71. This is the Primary Persona Type
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#Product
A physical product or a digital product (Software Application).
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#Resource
Type of resources available, physical or digital.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#Scenario
A series of tasks the user performs in a certain context.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#SecondaryType
The secondary persona's goals and needs can mostly be met by focusing on the primary persona. Still, there are a few goals specific to them that are not a priority for the primary persona.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#ServedType
Do not directly use the product you are designing but they are somehow affected by the system.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#SmallBusiness
A particular small business like a local shop or market (usually under 5 employees).
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#SomatosensoryImpairment
Insensitivity to stimuli such as touch, heat, cold, and pain.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#SportsTeam
A sports team (football, basketball, bowling etc.).
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#SupplementalType
Needs are completely satisfied by one of the primary interfaces yet they are part of the set or personas to ensure comprehensive representation.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#Tangible
A context might be described by an Tangible enviroment - real world.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#Task
Tasks performed by a Person in a Scenario.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#TechnicalGoals
Technical goals reflect technical aspects regarding an application/product for example: run in a variety of browser, data privacy
etc.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#Time
A Context might only be described at a certain Time.
The appropriate Time which describes the Context.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#UsabilityTest
A usability test evaluates the usability of a certain Product in a Scenario.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#VisualImpairment
Visual impairment refers to vision loss to such a degree as a person needs an additional support to get through its surroundings.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#dependsOn
The completion of a Task might depend on another Task, as several Tasks are part of a Scenario.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#depiction
A certain resource might depict a/any thing.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#depictsDocument
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#depictsImage
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#depictsProduct
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#hasAffectiveState
A person might have a certain affective state on a given moment or in a given context.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#hasAffiliation
A person might have a certain type of affiliation to an organization and might not be member of it.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#hasAward
A person might have been awarded with some sort of distinction (depicted usually by a trophy or document).
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#hasBusinessGoal
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#hasContext
A scenario is characterized by a certain context.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#hasDisability
A person might have a disability.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#hasEndGoal
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#hasExperienceGoal
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#hasGoal
A person might have one or more (short/long term) goals depending on the context.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#hasInfluence
The disability of a person migh have an effect on the affective state or personality on the person.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#hasInterest
A person might be interested in a certain resource (product, application, document).
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#hasLifeGoal
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#hasPersonality
A person has a certain personality corresponding to Myers Briggs personality classification.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#hasPersonaType
The type of Persona: Primary, Secondary, Negative, Supplemental, Served or Customer.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#hasPublications
A person (of academic, journalistic profession) has published several documents.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#hasReview
A resource, scenario or usability test is described, reviewed via a document.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#hasTask
A scenario has a set of tasks (or just one). (inverseproperty isTaskfor)
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#hasTechnicalGoal
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#hasTopicOfInterest
A person might have a certain topic of interest which is correspondent to a cetain resource.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#includes
In order to describe context we consider the medium of interaction Tangible or Intangible which is included in a Place and/or Time.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#influencedBy
The affective state of a person is influenced by the personality of that person. (inverse property influences)
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#influences
The personality influences the affective state o a person.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#involvedIn
A participant (a certain user or observer) is involvedIn a scenario or Usability Test.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#isContextOf
Inverse property of hasContext, isContextof represents the context belonging to a scenario.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#isGoalOf
Inverse property of hasGoal, isGoalof represents the goal belonging to a person.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#isMemberOf
A person might be memeber of an organization.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#isPartOfTest
Usability tests have participants (observers and users), tasks and a scenario.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#isTaskFor
A certain task (or a series of tasks) is (are) part of a scenario.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#knows
A person knows another person (similar to FOAF ontology).
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#performs
A person performs a task in the usability test or when using a product/application.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#uses
A person makes use of a resource (document, image, product).
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#age
has characteristics: functional
Age of a person.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#birthday
Date of birth of a person.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#details
has characteristics: functional
Any kind of details.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#experienceLevel
It is different from technical level, because a person might be experienced in some product or application but does not have technical skills.
has characteristics: functional
Reflects the experience level of a persona with the application
or product; proposed levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#familyName
has characteristics: functional
Family or Last name of a person.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#firstName
has characteristics: functional
First or Given name of a person.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#frustrationPoint
Elements of a UI/UX or certain characteristics that frustrate the user or (s)he sees as pain points.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#gender
has characteristics: functional
Gender of a person.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#interactionCount
A count of specific user actions (comments, facebook likes, tweets, etc.).
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#location
Geographic location (City/Country).
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#mainPoint
Main points are specific elements to each persona category.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#maxBustSize
has characteristics: functional
Maximum Bust Size.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#maxFeetSize
has characteristics: functional
Maximum Feet Size.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#maxHeight
has characteristics: functional
Maximum Height.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#maxWaistSize
has characteristics: functional
Maximum Waist Size.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#maxWeight
has characteristics: functional
Maximum Weight.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#minBustSize
has characteristics: functional
Minimum Bust Size.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#minFeetSize
has characteristics: functional
Minimum Feet Size.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#minHeight
has characteristics: functional
Minimum Height.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#minWaistSize
has characteristics: functional
Minimum Waist Size.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#minWeight
has characteristics: functional
Minimum Weight.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#myerBriggs
has characteristics: functional
Inspired by FOAF Myers Briggs personality classification which includes 16 4-letter textual codes.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#scenarioName
has characteristics: functional
The name of each scenario.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#sensorData
Data recieved from a sensor (could be a number, temperature, etc.).
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#status
has characteristics: functional
Marital status or a person.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#tagline
has characteristics: functional
A tagline specific to a persona.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#taskName
A generic (short) name for a task.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#technicalLevel
If a person has technical or programming skills it's relevant.
has characteristics: functional
Reflects the technical level of a person.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#title
Academic, professional or military prefix/suffix for a person.
IRI: http://blankdots.com/open/personasonto.owl#userRole
The role of the user in the application/product.
:CustomerTypec, :NegativeTypec, :PrimaryTypec, :SecondaryTypec, :ServedTypec, :SupplementalTypec
:Corporationc, :EducationalOrganizationc, :GovermentOrganizationc, :Groupc, :MediumBusinessc, :NGOc, :SmallBusinessc, :SportsTeamc
:DevelopmentDisabilityc, :GustatoryImpairmentc, :HearingImpairmentc, :IntellectualImpairmentc, :MentalEmotionalDisorderc, :SomatosensoryImpairmentc, :VisualImpairmentc
:AffectiveStatec, :Contextc, :Disabilityc, :Goalsc, :Organizationc, :Personc, :Personalityc, :Resourcec, :Scenarioc, :Taskc, :UsabilityTestc
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A Context might only be described by a certain Place.