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Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. Entries are generated with automated support by comparing each ontology release against its immediate predecessor and summarizing the resulting changes.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog.

[1.6.2] - 2026-02-15

TL;DR

  • Metadata-only release: bumps ontology release metadata to 1.6.2 and updates versioned artifact links.
  • Updates the explicit version chain via owl:priorVersion (no term-level semantic change).
  • No classes, properties, or logical axioms were added, changed, or removed beyond the metadata updates below.

Added

  • No new classes, properties, or axioms were introduced in this release.

Changed

  • ontology (https://w3id.org/health-ri/ontology)
  • owl:versionInfo "1.6.1" → "1.6.2"; owl:versionIRI …/v1.6.1 → …/v1.6.2.
  • dcterms:modified 2026-02-13 → 2026-02-15.
  • dcterms:conformsTo links updated to …/v1.6.2/json and …/v1.6.2/vpp.
  • dcat:hasVersion …/v1.6.0 → …/v1.6.1.
  • ontology/v1.6.2 (https://w3id.org/health-ri/ontology/v1.6.2)
  • Added owl:priorVersion …/v1.6.1.
  • ontology/v1.6.1 (https://w3id.org/health-ri/ontology/v1.6.1)
  • Removed owl:priorVersion …/v1.6.0 (version chain now continues via …/v1.6.2).

Removed

  • No classes, properties, or logical axioms were removed in this release.

Not serialized

  • None identified beyond the OWL-level changes summarized above; all observed changes are present in the serialized ontology.

[1.6.1] - 2026-02-13

TL;DR - Metadata-only patch release: corrected distribution/package metadata without changing term semantics

  • Updated release metadata to 1.6.1 and refreshed artifact links.
  • Corrected package-level ns1:term_status values in the SexAndGender module (no OWL logical changes).

Added - Added explicit version-linkage metadata for release navigation

  • ontology (https://w3id.org/health-ri/ontology)
  • dcat:hasVersion: added links to historical version IRIs (v0.4.0, v0.5.2, v0.6.0, v0.9.2, v0.10.1, v0.11.9, v1.1.1, v1.2.1, v1.3.0, v1.4.0, v1.5.0, v1.6.0).
  • v1.6.1 (…/v1.6.1)
  • owl:priorVersion: …/v1.6.0.

Changed - Updated release metadata and corrected term-status annotations (no semantic change)

  • ontology (https://w3id.org/health-ri/ontology)
  • owl:versionInfo "1.6.0" → "1.6.1"
  • owl:versionIRI …/v1.6.0 → …/v1.6.1
  • dcterms:modified 2026-02-11 → 2026-02-13
  • dcterms:conformsTo updated artifact links (…/v1.6.0/(json|vpp) → …/v1.6.1/(json|vpp))
  • SexAndGender packages: corrected ns1:term_status values.
  • Gender (…#package/SexAndGender/Gender): ns1:term_status "irv" → "erv"
  • Sex (…#package/SexAndGender/Sex): ns1:term_status "irv" → "erv"
  • SexGenderOutcome (…#package/SexAndGender/SexGenderOutcome): ns1:term_status "int" → "erv"

Removed - No named terms removed; only superseded metadata values were replaced

  • No classes, properties, or individuals were removed in this release.
  • Prior release metadata values (owl:versionInfo, owl:versionIRI, dcterms:modified, dcterms:conformsTo) and previous ns1:term_status literals were superseded by the updates listed under Changed.

Not serialized - None identified beyond the OWL-level changes summarized above; all observed changes are present in the serialized ontology

[1.6.0] - 2026-02-10

TL;DR

  • Introduced a consolidated SexGender outcome layer and aligned Sex/Gender (and their specializations) under it.
  • Refactored sex/gender bearer roles and constraints (sex-at-birth, phenotypic, karyotypic, and administrative/legal recognition) with updated equivalences and disjointness.
  • Cleaned up SKOS labeling annotations and bumped release metadata to 1.6.0 (dcterms:modified 2026-02-04 → 2026-02-10).

Added

  • Introduced a consolidated sex/gender outcome taxonomy (gUFO metamodelling: rdf:type owl:Class + owl:NamedIndividual + stereotype).
  • SexGender: new supertype for consolidated outcomes.
    • owl:equivalentClass: Gender ⊔ Sex
    • owl:AllDisjointClasses: Gender, Sex
  • Female, Male, NonBinarySexGender: consolidated sex-gender outcomes.
    • owl:equivalentClass: Female = FemaleGender ⊔ FemaleSex; Male = MaleGender ⊔ MaleSex; NonBinarySexGender = IndeterminateSex ⊔ NonBinaryGender
  • Woman, Man, NonBinaryPerson: consolidated person-level outcomes.
    • owl:equivalentClass: Woman = FemaleGenderPerson ⊔ FemaleSexPerson; Man = MaleGenderPerson ⊔ MaleSexPerson; NonBinaryPerson = IndeterminateSexPerson ⊔ NonBinaryGenderPerson
  • Added explicit sex and gender modality structures.
  • FemaleSex, MaleSex, IndeterminateSex: sex specializations aligned under Sex.
    • owl:equivalentClass: Sex = FemaleSex ⊔ IndeterminateSex ⊔ MaleSex
    • owl:AllDisjointClasses: FemaleSex, IndeterminateSex, MaleSex
  • GenderModality, Cisgender, Transgender: gender modality layer.
    • owl:equivalentClass: GenderModality = Cisgender ⊔ Transgender
    • owl:AllDisjointClasses: Cisgender, Transgender
  • Added refined bases for sex classification (with bearer roles and updated outcome alignments).
  • SexAtBirth: refactored sex-at-birth basis.
    • owl:equivalentClass: SexAtBirth = SexAtBirthFemaleSex ⊔ SexAtBirthIndeterminateSex ⊔ SexAtBirthMaleSex
    • rdfs:subClassOf: gufo:inheresIn min 1 SexAtBirthAssignedPerson
  • PhenotypicSex: introduced phenotypic basis aligned to assessed bearers.
    • owl:equivalentClass: PhenotypicSex = PhenotypicAmbiguousSex ⊔ PhenotypicFemaleSex ⊔ PhenotypicMaleSex
    • rdfs:subClassOf: gufo:inheresIn min 1 PhenotypicSexAssessedPerson
  • KaryotypicSex: introduced karyotypic basis with person-level refinement.
    • owl:equivalentClass: KaryotypicSex = KaryotypicFemaleSex ⊔ KaryotypicMaleSex
    • owl:AllDisjointClasses: KaryotypicSex, PhenotypicSex
  • Person-bearing roles and refinements:
    • SexAtBirthAssignedPerson, SexAtBirthUnassignedPerson, SexAtBirthDeterminateSexPerson, SexAtBirthFemaleSexPerson, SexAtBirthMaleSexPerson, SexAtBirthIndeterminateSexPerson
    • PhenotypicSexAssessedPerson, PhenotypicSexAssessment, PhenotypicSexAssessor, PhenotypicFemaleSexPerson, PhenotypicMaleSexPerson, PhenotypicAmbiguousSexPerson
    • FemaleSexPerson, MaleSexPerson, IndeterminateSexPerson, KaryotypicFemaleSexPerson, KaryotypicMaleSexPerson, RegularKaryotypicalFemalePerson, RegularKaryotypicalMalePerson, VariantKaryotypicalFemalePerson, VariantKaryotypicalMalePerson
  • Added recognition-role refactor targets for institutional gender recognition.
  • AdministrativelyRecognizedGenderPerson, LegallyRecognizedGenderPerson, LegallyUnassignedGenderPerson
  • Added causal link properties for gender modality alignment.
  • hasCause: rdfs:domain GenderModality, rdfs:range Sex
  • hasCause_1: rdfs:domain GenderModality, rdfs:range Gender
  • Added PreferredPronoun and updated recording mechanism.
  • PreferredPronoun: rdfs:subClassOf gufo:Quality
  • value: rdfs:domain PreferredPronoun

Changed

  • Updated release metadata.
  • owl:versionInfo 1.5.0 → 1.6.0
  • owl:versionIRI …/v1.5.0 → …/v1.6.0
  • dcterms:modified 2026-02-04 → 2026-02-10
  • dcterms:conformsTo updated artifact links (…/v1.5.0/(json|vpp) → …/v1.6.0/(json|vpp))
  • Added dcterms:contributor ORCID entries (5 new contributors)
  • Refactored core hierarchy to route consolidated outcomes through SexGender.
  • Sex and Gender: rdfs:subClassOf now point to SexGender (instead of direct superclass links), and are explicitly disjoint (owl:AllDisjointClasses).
  • Person: updated bearer constraints and equivalences.
    • rdfs:subClassOf: gufo:inheresIn min 1 KaryotypicalSex → gufo:inheresIn min 1 KaryotypicSex
    • Added bearer constraint via inverse inherence: owl:inverseOf gufo:inheresIn some SexGender
    • owl:equivalentClass updated to reflect refactored roles and consolidated outcomes:
    • PersonWithAssignedSexAtBirth ⊔ PersonWithUnassignedSexAtBirth → SexAtBirthAssignedPerson ⊔ SexAtBirthUnassignedPerson
    • FemaleBiologicalPerson ⊔ IndeterminateBiologicalPerson ⊔ MaleBiologicalPerson → FemaleSexPerson ⊔ IndeterminateSexPerson ⊔ MaleSexPerson
    • KaryotypicalFemale ⊔ KaryotypicalMale → KaryotypicFemaleSexPerson ⊔ KaryotypicMaleSexPerson
    • LegalGenderRecognizedPerson ⊔ LegalGenderUnassignedPerson → LegallyRecognizedGenderPerson ⊔ LegallyUnassignedGenderPerson
    • Added consolidated outcome partition: Woman ⊔ Man ⊔ NonBinaryPerson
  • Updated role and constraint targets for sex-at-birth, phenotypic, karyotypic, and institutional recognition patterns.
  • SexAtBirth / SexAtBirthAssignment: gufo:inheresIn / gufo:mediates constraints retargeted to SexAtBirthAssignedPerson.
  • PhenotypicSex / PhenotypicSexAssessment: gufo:inheresIn / gufo:mediates constraints retargeted to PhenotypicSexAssessedPerson.
  • AdministrativeGender / AdministrativeGenderRecognition: constraints retargeted to AdministrativelyRecognizedGenderPerson.
  • LegalGender / LegalGenderRecognition: inverse-inherence / mediation constraints retargeted to LegallyRecognizedGenderPerson.
  • Updated cis/trans bearer alignment and supporting constraints.
  • CisgenderPerson: rdfs:subClassOf PersonWithAssignedSexAtBirth → SexAtBirthAssignedPerson; added inverse-inherence restriction (owl:inverseOf gufo:inheresIn some Cisgender).
  • TransgenderPerson: rdfs:subClassOf updated to SexAtBirthAssignedPerson and SexAtBirthDeterminateSexPerson; retained inverse-inherence restriction (owl:inverseOf gufo:inheresIn some Transgender); wording-only edit in rdfs:comment.
  • FemaleCisgenderPerson, MaleCisgenderPerson, SelfIdentifiedCisgenderFemalePerson, SelfIdentifiedCisgenderMalePerson, ExternallyAttributedCisgenderFemalePerson, ExternallyAttributedCisgenderMalePerson: rdfs:subClassOf updated to SexAtBirth(Female|Male)SexPerson (replacing PersonWith(Female|Male)SexAtBirth).
  • Updated parental role alignment.
  • BiologicalMother: rdfs:subClassOf FemaleBiologicalPerson → FemaleSexPerson
  • BiologicalFather: rdfs:subClassOf MaleBiologicalPerson → MaleSexPerson
  • Refined helper subproperty hierarchies to match the refactor (property-level wiring).
  • Updated rdfs:subPropertyOf for inherence helper properties (e.g., …InheresIn…, …IsComponentOf…) to replace removed bearer-role IRIs with new …Person targets.
  • Added/updated person-level helper groupings (rdfs:subPropertyOf) including person → person_1 and woman/man/nonBinaryPerson → person_2, and aligned gender-inherence helpers to consolidated outcomes (e.g., femaleGenderInheresInFemaleGenderPerson now also under woman).
  • Editorial-only SKOS/annotation cleanup (no semantic change).
  • Removed skos:prefLabel from 242 terms (favoring rdfs:label-based display).
  • Removed 9 skos:altLabel assertions (including Diagnosis, HealthCondition, PhenotypicSex, SelfIdentifiedGender; plus deprecated recognized-gender bearer roles).
  • Normalized whitespace in rdfs:comment on 40 terms and updated wording on 12 terms (including Person, TransgenderPerson, AdministrativeGender, ExternallyAttributedGender).

Removed

  • Removed deprecated bearer roles and corresponding modeling branches (superseded by new …Person roles).
  • PersonWithAssignedSexAtBirth, PersonWithUnassignedSexAtBirth, PersonWithDeterminateSexAtBirth
  • PersonWithFemaleSexAtBirth, PersonWithMaleSexAtBirth, PersonWithIndeterminateSexAtBirth
  • PersonWithAssessedPhenotypicSex, AmbiguousPhenotypicPerson, FemalePhenotypicPerson, MalePhenotypicPerson
  • AdministrativeGenderRecognizedPerson, LegalGenderRecognizedPerson, LegalGenderUnassignedPerson
  • FemaleBiologicalPerson, MaleBiologicalPerson, IndeterminateBiologicalPerson
  • Removed deprecated sex-at-birth and karyotypical basis terms (replaced by SexAtBirth… and Karyotypic… terms).
  • FemaleSexAtBirth, MaleSexAtBirth, IndeterminateSexAtBirth
  • KaryotypicalSex, KaryotypicalFemale, KaryotypicalMale
  • RegularKaryotypicalFemale, RegularKaryotypicalMale, VariantKaryotypicalFemale, VariantKaryotypicalMale
  • Removed PreferredGenderedPronoun (replaced by PreferredPronoun); updated value domain accordingly.

[1.5.0] - 2026-02-04

TL;DR

  • Introduces PersonWithDeterminateSexAtBirth and adds cisgender specializations (FemaleCisgenderPerson, MaleCisgenderPerson).
  • Refines sex-at-birth / cis-trans alignment via updated owl:equivalentClass axioms and added rdfs:subClassOf links.
  • Updates ontology release metadata to 1.5.0 and normalizes rdfs:comment line endings (CRLF → LF) for 46 terms (no semantic change).

Added

  • Introduced cisgender specializations (metamodelling via gUFO stereotypes: terms are both owl:Class and owl:NamedIndividual):
  • FemaleCisgenderPerson: rdf:type gufo:Role; rdfs:subClassOf CisgenderPerson, FemaleGenderPerson, PersonWithFemaleSexAtBirth.
  • MaleCisgenderPerson: rdf:type gufo:Role; rdfs:subClassOf CisgenderPerson, MaleGenderPerson, PersonWithMaleSexAtBirth.
  • Introduced PersonWithDeterminateSexAtBirth (metamodelling as gufo:Role):
  • rdfs:subClassOf PersonWithAssignedSexAtBirth; owl:equivalentClass PersonWithFemaleSexAtBirth ⊔ PersonWithMaleSexAtBirth.

Changed

  • ontology (https://w3id.org/health-ri/ontology)
  • owl:versionInfo "1.4.0" → "1.5.0"; owl:versionIRI …/v1.4.0 → …/v1.5.0.
  • dcterms:modified 2026-02-03 → 2026-02-04.
  • dcterms:conformsTo links updated to …/v1.5.0/json and …/v1.5.0/vpp.
  • Refined sex-at-birth / cis-trans role definitions:
  • PersonWithAssignedSexAtBirth:
    • owl:equivalentClass PersonWithFemaleSexAtBirth ⊔ PersonWithIndeterminateSexAtBirth ⊔ PersonWithMaleSexAtBirth → PersonWithFemaleSexAtBirth ⊔ PersonWithMaleSexAtBirth.
    • Added owl:equivalentClass CisgenderPerson ⊔ PersonWithIndeterminateSexAtBirth ⊔ TransgenderPerson.
  • PersonWithFemaleSexAtBirth, PersonWithMaleSexAtBirth: added rdfs:subClassOf PersonWithDeterminateSexAtBirth.
  • CisgenderPerson: added rdfs:subClassOf PersonWithAssignedSexAtBirth; added owl:equivalentClass FemaleCisgenderPerson ⊔ MaleCisgenderPerson.
  • TransgenderPerson: added rdfs:subClassOf PersonWithAssignedSexAtBirth and PersonWithDeterminateSexAtBirth.
  • Person: removed owl:equivalentClass CisgenderPerson ⊔ TransgenderPerson.
  • Documentation:
  • Added rdfs:comment definition text for FemaleSexAtBirth, MaleSexAtBirth, IndeterminateSexAtBirth, FemininePresentingPerson, MasculinePresentingPerson, NonBinaryPresentingPerson.
  • Editorial-only (no semantic change):
  • Normalized rdfs:comment line endings (CRLF → LF) for 46 terms, including:
    • Person, Diagnosis, HealthcareDiagnosis, Chromosome, Date, OffsetDateTime, AdministrativeGender, ExternallyAttributedGender, and others.

Removed

  • Removed supporting blank-node owl:unionOf class expressions superseded by the updated owl:equivalentClass axioms (see Changed).
  • No public named classes or properties (non-blank-node IRIs) were removed in this release.

[1.4.0] - 2026-02-03

TL;DR

  • Extends the gender model with an explicit GenderExpression layer and corresponding presenting-person phases.
  • Refactors recognized legal/administrative gender bearer patterns to new role IRIs and updates dependent constraints and helper subproperty hierarchies.
  • Updates ontology release metadata: owl:versionInfo 1.3.0 → 1.4.0, owl:versionIRI, dcterms:modified, and dcterms:conformsTo.

Added - Introduced a self-designated gender layer and expression taxonomy (metamodelling via gUFO stereotypes: terms are both owl:Class and owl:NamedIndividual)

  • SelfDesignatedGender: rdf:type gufo:Category; rdfs:subClassOf gufo:IntrinsicMode; owl:equivalentClass GenderExpression ⊔ SelfIdentifiedGender.
  • GenderExpression: rdf:type gufo:Kind; rdfs:subClassOf Gender and SelfDesignatedGender; rdfs:subClassOf constraint gufo:inheresIn ≥ 1 SelfAwarePerson; owl:equivalentClass FeminineGenderExpression ⊔ MasculineGenderExpression ⊔ NonBinaryGenderExpression.
  • FeminineGenderExpression, MasculineGenderExpression, NonBinaryGenderExpression: rdf:type gufo:Phase; rdfs:subClassOf GenderExpression and the corresponding FemaleGender / MaleGender / NonBinaryGender; rdfs:subClassOf constraint gufo:inheresIn ≥ 1 FemininePresentingPerson / MasculinePresentingPerson / NonBinaryPresentingPerson.
  • FemininePresentingPerson, MasculinePresentingPerson, NonBinaryPresentingPerson: rdf:type gufo:Phase; rdfs:subClassOf the corresponding FemaleGenderPerson / MaleGenderPerson / NonBinaryGenderPerson; rdfs:subClassOf restriction owl:onProperty [ owl:inverseOf gufo:inheresIn ] owl:qualifiedCardinality 1 FeminineGenderExpression / MasculineGenderExpression / NonBinaryGenderExpression.
  • Introduced PreferredGenderedPronoun: rdf:type gufo:Kind; rdfs:subClassOf gufo:Quality; with datatype property value (rdf:type owl:DatatypeProperty; rdfs:subPropertyOf gufo:hasQualityValue; rdfs:domain PreferredGenderedPronoun; rdfs:range xsd:string).
  • Introduced new recognized-gender bearer role IRIs (metamodelling as gufo:Role):
  • AdministrativeGenderRecognizedPerson: rdfs:subClassOf Person and ExternallyGenderAttributedPerson; rdfs:subClassOf restrictions owl:onProperty [ owl:inverseOf gufo:inheresIn ] some AdministrativeGender and owl:onProperty [ owl:inverseOf gufo:mediates ] some AdministrativeGenderRecognition.
  • LegalGenderRecognizedPerson: rdfs:subClassOf AdministrativeGenderRecognizedPerson; rdfs:subClassOf restriction gufo:inheresIn ≥ 1 LegalGender and owl:onProperty [ owl:inverseOf gufo:mediates ] some LegalGenderRecognition.
  • LegalGenderUnassignedPerson: rdfs:subClassOf Person.

Changed - Release metadata updated on the ontology IRI

  • ontology (https://w3id.org/health-ri/ontology)
  • owl:versionInfo "1.3.0" → "1.4.0"; owl:versionIRI …/v1.3.0 → …/v1.4.0.
  • dcterms:modified 2026-02-02 → 2026-02-03.

  • dcterms:conformsTo links updated to …/v1.4.0/json and …/v1.4.0/vpp.

  • Reworked Gender and related disjointness to include GenderExpression:

  • Gender: added owl:equivalentClass ExternallyAttributedGender ⊔ GenderExpression ⊔ SelfIdentifiedGender; updated rdfs:comment (definition text).

  • Updated disjointness axioms (owl:AllDisjointClasses): replaced ExternallyAttributedGender / SelfIdentifiedGender with disjointness over ExternallyAttributedGender / GenderExpression / SelfIdentifiedGender (and added explicit GenderExpression / SelfIdentifiedGender disjointness).

  • Updated gender partitions to incorporate the new expression layer (and removed administrative/legal unions at the gender level):

  • MaleGender: owl:equivalentClass AdministrativeMaleGender ⊔ LegalMaleGender removed; ExternallyAttributedMaleGender ⊔ SelfIdentifiedMaleGender → ExternallyAttributedMaleGender ⊔ MasculineGenderExpression ⊔ SelfIdentifiedMaleGender.
  • FemaleGender: owl:equivalentClass AdministrativeFemaleGender ⊔ LegalFemaleGender removed; ExternallyAttributedFemaleGender ⊔ SelfIdentifiedFemaleGender → ExternallyAttributedFemaleGender ⊔ FeminineGenderExpression ⊔ SelfIdentifiedFemaleGender.

  • NonBinaryGender: owl:equivalentClass AdministrativeNonBinaryGender ⊔ LegalNonBinaryGender removed; ExternallyAttributedNonBinaryGender ⊔ SelfIdentifiedNonBinaryGender → ExternallyAttributedNonBinaryGender ⊔ NonBinaryGenderExpression ⊔ SelfIdentifiedNonBinaryGender.

  • Updated bearer-phase unions to include presenting-person phases:

  • MaleGenderPerson: owl:equivalentClass ExternallyAttributedMaleGenderPerson ⊔ SelfIdentifiedMaleGenderPerson → ExternallyAttributedMaleGenderPerson ⊔ MasculinePresentingPerson ⊔ SelfIdentifiedMaleGenderPerson.
  • FemaleGenderPerson: owl:equivalentClass ExternallyAttributedFemaleGenderPerson ⊔ SelfIdentifiedFemaleGenderPerson → ExternallyAttributedFemaleGenderPerson ⊔ FemininePresentingPerson ⊔ SelfIdentifiedFemaleGenderPerson.

  • NonBinaryGenderPerson: owl:equivalentClass ExternallyAttributedNonBinaryGenderPerson ⊔ SelfIdentifiedNonBinaryGenderPerson → ExternallyAttributedNonBinaryGenderPerson ⊔ NonBinaryPresentingPerson ⊔ SelfIdentifiedNonBinaryGenderPerson.

  • Refactored self-designation hierarchy and constraints:

  • SelfIdentifiedGender: rdfs:subClassOf gufo:IntrinsicMode → SelfDesignatedGender; updated rdfs:comment.

  • SelfAwarePerson: added rdfs:subClassOf restriction owl:onProperty [ owl:inverseOf gufo:inheresIn ] owl:qualifiedCardinality 1 GenderExpression.

  • Refactored recognized-gender constraints to target the new recognized-person role IRIs:

  • AdministrativeGender: rdfs:subClassOf constraint gufo:inheresIn ≥ 1 PersonWithRecognizedAdministrativeGender → AdministrativeGenderRecognizedPerson; updated rdfs:comment.
  • AdministrativeGenderRecognition: rdfs:subClassOf constraint gufo:mediates ≥ 1 PersonWithRecognizedAdministrativeGender → AdministrativeGenderRecognizedPerson; updated rdfs:comment.
  • LegalGender: rdfs:subClassOf constraint owl:onProperty [ owl:inverseOf gufo:inheresIn ] some PersonWithRecognizedLegalGender → LegalGenderRecognizedPerson; updated rdfs:comment.
  • LegalGenderRecognition: rdfs:subClassOf constraint gufo:mediates ≥ 1 PersonWithRecognizedLegalGender → LegalGenderRecognizedPerson; updated rdfs:comment.

  • Person: owl:equivalentClass PersonWithRecognizedLegalGender ⊔ PersonWithUnassignedLegalGender → LegalGenderRecognizedPerson ⊔ LegalGenderUnassignedPerson; updated rdfs:comment.

  • Added helper property specializations (structural alignments via rdfs:subPropertyOf):

  • femininePresentingPerson: rdfs:subPropertyOf femaleGenderInheresInFemaleGenderPerson.
  • masculinePresentingPerson: rdfs:subPropertyOf maleGenderInheresInMaleGenderPerson.
  • nonBinaryPresentingPerson: rdfs:subPropertyOf nonBinaryGenderInheresInNonBinaryGenderPerson.
  • selfAwarePerson: rdfs:subPropertyOf person.
  • administrativeGenderInheresInAdministrativeGenderRecognizedPerson: rdfs:subPropertyOf externallyGenderAttributedPersonInheresInExternallyAttributedGender.

  • legalGenderRecognizedPersonInheresInLegalGender: rdfs:subPropertyOf administrativeGenderInheresInAdministrativeGenderRecognizedPerson.

  • Editorial-only (no semantic change):

  • Polished textual definitions (rdfs:comment) for 45 terms (no semantic change), including:
    • Diagnosis, HealthcareDiagnosis, Chromosome, Date, OffsetDateTime, PhysicalDocument, DigitalDocument, BirthNotification, SocialAgent, ArtificialAgent, ExternallyGenderAttributedPerson, and others.

Removed - Removed legacy recognized-gender bearer patterns superseded by the refactor

  • Removed legacy recognized-gender bearer role IRIs:
  • PersonWithRecognizedAdministrativeGender, PersonWithRecognizedLegalGender, PersonWithUnassignedLegalGender.
  • Removed legacy recognized-gender inherence helper subproperties:
  • administrativeGenderInheresInPersonWithRecognizedAdministrativeGender, personWithRecognizedLegalGenderInheresInLegalGender.

[1.3.0] - 2026-02-02

TL;DR

  • Refactors the gender model to distinguish externally-attributed vs self-identified gender, and adds explicit legal/administrative specializations with updated constraints.
  • Refactors the agent taxonomy via SocialAgent, updates related disjointness axioms, and de-parents ArtificialAgent from Agent.
  • Updates ontology release metadata: owl:versionInfo 1.2.1 → 1.3.0, owl:versionIRI, dcterms:modified, and dcterms:conformsTo.

Added

  • Introduced a gender attribution pattern (metamodelling via gUFO stereotypes: many terms are both owl:Class and owl:NamedIndividual):
  • GenderAttribution: rdfs:subClassOf gufo:Relator; gufo:mediates some GenderAttributor; gufo:mediates ≥ 1 ExternallyAttributedGender and ≥ 1 ExternallyGenderAttributedPerson.
  • GenderAttributor: rdf:type gufo:RoleMixin; rdfs:subClassOf Agent; gufo:mediates ≥ 1 GenderAttribution.
  • Added new gender layers and specializations:
  • ExternallyAttributedGender and SelfIdentifiedGender (+ Female/Male/NonBinary specializations and corresponding bearer phases).
  • Administrative* and Legal* gender specializations (gender + bearer phases).
  • CisgenderPerson / TransgenderPerson (and externally-attributed / self-identified cis/trans specializations).
  • Added sex-at-birth subkinds:
  • FemaleSexAtBirth, MaleSexAtBirth, IndeterminateSexAtBirth.
  • Introduced SocialAgent:
  • rdf:type gufo:Category; owl:equivalentClass IndividualAgent ⊔ Organization.
  • Added helper property specializations (structural alignments via rdfs:subPropertyOf), including:
  • recognizedBy (rdfs:subPropertyOf hasAttributor), recognizesGender (rdfs:subPropertyOf attributesGender), plus recognizesGender_1 and recognizes_1.
  • Gender / sex-at-birth inherence helper subproperties (e.g., selfIdentifiedGenderInheresInSelfAwarePerson, sexAtBirthInheresInPersonWithAssignedSexAtBirth, and related "personWith*" subproperties).

Changed

  • Release metadata updated on the ontology IRI https://w3id.org/health-ri/ontology:
  • owl:versionInfo "1.2.1" → "1.3.0"; owl:versionIRI …/v1.2.1 → …/v1.3.0.
  • dcterms:modified 2025-12-15 → 2026-02-02.
  • dcterms:conformsTo links updated to …/v1.3.0/json and …/v1.3.0/vpp.
  • Reworked Gender:
  • Added owl:equivalentClass FemaleGender ⊔ MaleGender ⊔ NonBinaryGender.
  • Added rdfs:subClassOf constraint: gufo:inheresIn ≥ 1 Person.
  • Updated rdfs:comment (definition text).
  • Reworked AdministrativeGender:
  • rdf:type gufo:Kind → gufo:SubKind.
  • rdfs:subClassOf gufo:ExtrinsicMode and Gender → ExternallyAttributedGender.
  • Added rdfs:subClassOf restriction: owl:onProperty [ owl:inverseOf gufo:mediates ] owl:qualifiedCardinality 1 AdministrativeGenderRecognition.
  • Updated owl:equivalentClass FemaleAdministrativeGender ⊔ MaleAdministrativeGender ⊔ NonBinaryAdministrativeGender → AdministrativeFemaleGender ⊔ AdministrativeMaleGender ⊔ AdministrativeNonBinaryGender.
  • Reworked AdministrativeGenderRecognition:
  • rdf:type gufo:Kind → gufo:SubKind.
  • rdfs:subClassOf gufo:Relator → GenderAttribution.
  • Constraints refactored:
    • Added gufo:mediates ≥ 1 AdministrativeGender.
    • Changed document constraint: gufo:mediates ≥ 1 AdministrativeGenderRecognitionDocument → some AdministrativeGenderRecognitionDocument.
    • Strengthened person constraint: gufo:mediates some → ≥ 1 PersonWithRecognizedAdministrativeGender.
  • Reworked LegalGender:
  • Added owl:equivalentClass LegalFemaleGender ⊔ LegalMaleGender ⊔ LegalNonBinaryGender.
  • Added rdfs:subClassOf restriction: owl:onProperty [ owl:inverseOf gufo:mediates ] owl:qualifiedCardinality 1 LegalGenderRecognition.
  • Updated LegalGenderRecognition:
  • Added rdfs:subClassOf restriction: gufo:mediates ≥ 1 LegalGender.
  • Refactored bearer-role patterns:
  • PersonWithRecognizedAdministrativeGender:
    • Removed owl:equivalentClass union over PersonWithFemaleAdministrativeGender / PersonWithMaleAdministrativeGender / PersonWithNonBinaryAdministrativeGender.
    • Added rdfs:subClassOf ExternallyGenderAttributedPerson.
    • Updated rdfs:comment (definition text).
  • PersonWithRecognizedLegalGender:
    • Removed owl:equivalentClass union over LegalFemalePerson / LegalMalePerson / LegalNonBinaryPerson.
    • Updated rdfs:comment (definition text).
  • Reworked SelfAwarePerson:
  • Added rdfs:subClassOf Person.
  • Replaced gender constraint: owl:onProperty [ owl:inverseOf gufo:inheresIn ] owl:qualifiedCardinality 1
    • GenderIdentity → SelfIdentifiedGender.
  • Added owl:equivalentClass CisgenderPerson ⊔ TransgenderPerson.
  • Tightened and aligned Person and sex-at-birth modeling:
  • Person: added owl:equivalentClass FemaleGenderPerson ⊔ MaleGenderPerson ⊔ NonBinaryGenderPerson and CisgenderPerson ⊔ TransgenderPerson; added rdfs:subClassOf owl:onProperty [ owl:inverseOf gufo:inheresIn ] some Gender.
  • SexAtBirth: added owl:equivalentClass FemaleSexAtBirth ⊔ IndeterminateSexAtBirth ⊔ MaleSexAtBirth.
  • PersonWithAssignedSexAtBirth: added rdfs:subClassOf PersonWithAssessedPhenotypicSex.
  • PersonWithFemaleSexAtBirth / PersonWithMaleSexAtBirth / PersonWithIndeterminateSexAtBirth: added owl:qualifiedCardinality 1 constraints (via owl:onProperty [ owl:inverseOf gufo:inheresIn ]) on the corresponding *SexAtBirth.
  • Agent taxonomy refactor:
  • Agent: added owl:equivalentClass Animal ⊔ SocialAgent.
  • Organization and IndividualAgent: rdfs:subClassOf gufo:FunctionalComplex and Agent → SocialAgent (via new intermediate taxonomy term).
  • ArtificialAgent: removed rdfs:subClassOf Agent (comment formatting also updated).
  • Updated disjointness axioms (owl:AllDisjointClasses):
    • Removed: Animal / ArtificialAgent / Organization.
    • Added: IndividualAgent / Organization.
  • Disjointness and serialization adjustments relevant to gender and cells:
  • Replaced disjointness: AdministrativeGender / GenderIdentity → ExternallyAttributedGender / SelfIdentifiedGender (owl:AllDisjointClasses).
  • Added owl:AllDisjointClasses over FemaleSexAtBirth / IndeterminateSexAtBirth / MaleSexAtBirth.

  • HumanCell: owl:equivalentClass union reserialized (operands unchanged: DiploidCell ⊔ HaploidCell ⊔ Polyploid); removed the owl:AllDisjointClasses axiom over DiploidCell / HaploidCell / Polyploid present in the old serialization (verify if disjointness is asserted elsewhere).

  • Editorial-only (no semantic change):

  • Normalized newline formatting in rdfs:comment for 20 entities (e.g., Diagnosis, HealthcareDiagnosis, Chromosome, Date, OffsetDateTime, NonHumanAnimal, and document terms).

Removed

  • Removed legacy gender identity taxonomy:
  • GenderIdentity, FemaleGenderIdentity, MaleGenderIdentity, NonBinaryGenderIdentity.
  • Removed legacy administrative/legal bearer patterns superseded by the refactor:
  • FemaleAdministrativeGender, MaleAdministrativeGender, NonBinaryAdministrativeGender.
  • PersonWithFemaleAdministrativeGender, PersonWithMaleAdministrativeGender, PersonWithNonBinaryAdministrativeGender.
  • LegalFemalePerson, LegalMalePerson, LegalNonBinaryPerson.
  • Removed legacy administrative gender inherence subproperties:
  • femaleAdministrativeGenderInheresInPersonWithFemaleAdministrativeGender, maleAdministrativeGenderInheresInPersonWithMaleAdministrativeGender, nonBinaryAdministrativeGenderInheresInPersonWithNonBinaryAdministrativeGender.

[1.2.1] - 2025-12-15

Changed

Class Healthcare Professional moved from package Sex and Gender to package Person.

[1.2.0] - 2025-11-19

Added

  • femaleTypicalDimorphicCharacteristicIsComponentOfFemaleBiologicalPerson,
    maleTypicalDimorphicCharacteristicIsComponentOfMaleBiologicalPerson,
    indeterminateDimorphicCharacteristicIsComponentOfIndeterminateBiologicalPerson

  • Added rdfs:subPropertyOf assertions to sexualDimorphicCharacteristicIsComponentOfPerson, introducing more specific dimorphic characteristic–person component relations.

  • femaleTypicalVisualSexCharacteristicIsComponentOfFemalePhenotypicPerson,
    maleTypicalVisualSexCharacteristicIsComponentOfMalePhenotypicPerson,
    indeterminateVisualSexCharacteristicIsComponentOfAmbiguousPhenotypicPerson

  • Added rdfs:subPropertyOf assertions to personIsComponentOfVisualSexCharacteristic, specializing visual sex characteristic–person component relations.

Changed

  • ontology (https://w3id.org/health-ri/ontology)
  • Updated owl:versionInfo 1.1.1 → 1.2.0.
  • Updated owl:versionIRI …/v1.1.1 → …/v1.2.0.
  • Updated dcterms:modified 2025-11-14 → 2025-11-19.

  • Updated dcterms:conformsTo JSON and VPP links …/ontology/v1.1.1/{json,vpp} → …/ontology/v1.2.0/{json,vpp}.

  • SexAtBirthAssignment – strengthened participation constraint

  • rdfs:subClassOf previously pointed to an owl:Restriction with owl:someValuesFrom SexAtBirthAssigner on owl:onProperty gufo:mediates.
  • Now rdfs:subClassOf points to an owl:Restriction using:
    • owl:onClass SexAtBirthAssigner,
    • owl:minQualifiedCardinality "1"^^xsd:nonNegativeInteger,
    • owl:onProperty gufo:mediates.

  • Effect: changes the constraint from an existential restriction (∃ mediated SexAtBirthAssigner) to a qualified minimum cardinality restriction (≥ 1 mediated SexAtBirthAssigner).

  • PersonWithAssignedSexAtBirth – strengthened assignment cardinality

  • rdfs:subClassOf previously pointed to an owl:Restriction with:
    • owl:someValuesFrom SexAtBirthAssignment,
    • owl:onProperty an anonymous property with owl:inverseOf gufo:mediates.
  • Now rdfs:subClassOf points to an owl:Restriction using:
    • owl:onClass SexAtBirthAssignment,
    • owl:qualifiedCardinality "1"^^xsd:nonNegativeInteger,
    • owl:onProperty an anonymous property defined by owl:inverseOf gufo:mediates.
  • Effect: changes the constraint from an existential restriction (∃ inverse-of-gufo:mediates SexAtBirthAssignment) to a qualified exact cardinality restriction (= 1 such assignment per person).
  • The anonymous property node with owl:inverseOf gufo:mediates is effectively renamed at blank-node level; intended semantics remain the same (inverse of gufo:mediates).

Removed

  • Removed two owl:Restriction axioms based on owl:someValuesFrom:
  • The restriction on SexAtBirthAssignment using owl:someValuesFrom SexAtBirthAssigner on owl:onProperty gufo:mediates.
  • The restriction on PersonWithAssignedSexAtBirth using owl:someValuesFrom SexAtBirthAssignment on an anonymous property (owl:inverseOf gufo:mediates).
  • Removed the supporting anonymous property node that previously encoded owl:inverseOf gufo:mediates for the old restriction; this is replaced by a new blank node with the same owl:inverseOf assertion in the updated pattern (see Changed).
  • No public named classes or properties (non-blank-node IRIs) were removed in this release.

Not serialized

  • None identified beyond the OWL-level changes summarized above; all observed changes are present in the serialized ontology.

[1.1.1] - 2025-11-14

Changed

  • Updated UML note colors in the Visual Paradigm diagrams to align with the revised Rules Policy definitions:
  • Adjusted existing note color assignments to comply with the updated rule categories and definitions.
  • This is a visual/editorial update only and does not change the ontology's logical content.

[1.1.0] - 2025-11-12

Changed

  • Bumped ontology metadata:
  • owl:versionInfo 0.11.9 → 1.1.0
  • owl:versionIRI …/v0.11.9 → …/v1.1.0
  • dcterms:modified 2025-10-29 → 2025-11-12
  • dcterms:conformsTo artifacts updated to …/v1.1.0/json and …/v1.1.0/vpp.
  • Reclassified BirthRelatedLegislationRule:
  • rdf:type gufo:Kind → gufo:Category
  • rdfs:subClassOf gufo:IntrinsicMode → gufo:FunctionalComplex
  • Broadened the equivalence of HumanCell:
  • owl:equivalentClass now expresses DiploidCell ⊔ HaploidCell ⊔ Polyploid (previously DiploidCell ⊔ HaploidCell).
  • Aligned administrative gender subproperty hierarchy (property specializations now inherit from the recognized-gender property):
  • nonBinaryAdministrativeGenderInheresInPersonWithNonBinaryAdministrativeGender: subPropertyOf hasAdministrativeGender → administrativeGenderInheresInPersonWithRecognizedAdministrativeGender
  • femaleAdministrativeGenderInheresInPersonWithFemaleAdministrativeGender: subPropertyOf hasAdministrativeGender → administrativeGenderInheresInPersonWithRecognizedAdministrativeGender
  • maleAdministrativeGenderInheresInPersonWithMaleAdministrativeGender: subPropertyOf hasAdministrativeGender → administrativeGenderInheresInPersonWithRecognizedAdministrativeGender
  • personWithRecognizedLegalGenderInheresInLegalGender: subPropertyOf hasAdministrativeGender → administrativeGenderInheresInPersonWithRecognizedAdministrativeGender
  • Polished textual definitions (rdfs:comment) for 18 terms (no semantic change), including:
  • Person, PhysicalDocument, DigitalDocument, Date, OffsetDateTime, Diagnosis, DiagnosedEntity, DiagnosingAgent, DiagnosticRelation, BirthNotification, KaryotypicalMale, KaryotypicalFemale, Chromosome, HealthcareDiagnosis, PsychologicalHealthCondition, NonHumanAnimal, and others.

Added

  • Introduced class Polyploid:
  • rdfs:label "Polyploid"
  • rdfs:subClassOf HumanCell
  • Stereotyped as gufo:SubKind (declared as both owl:Class and owl:NamedIndividual).
  • Introduced object property hasAllosome:
  • rdfs:label "has allosome"
  • rdfs:domain Person
  • rdfs:range Allosome
  • Stereotyped as gufo:MaterialRelationshipType.

[0.11.9] - 2025-10-29

Changed

  • Completed the UML Note Classification (color coding) rollout:
  • Fixed remaining notes in Visual Paradigm diagrams that were not updated in the previous release.
  • Ensured all notes consistently follow the standardized categories (SEMI, CNST, RATL, SCOP, TRAC, EXMP, TODO) with the prescribed colors and formatting.

Added

  • Introduced tagged values for versioning and validation control:
  • Each package now includes tagged values for:
    • introducedInVersion
    • lastChangedInVersion
    • lastPublishedInVersion
    • reviewedBy
  • Enables precise lifecycle tracking and validation according to the Ontology Lifecycle and Validation Policy.

Not serialized

  • Tagged values and note color data are part of the .vpp (Visual Paradigm) model and are not exported to .json or .ttl artifacts. These remain editor metadata supporting governance and visual consistency.

[0.11.8] - 2025-10-28

Changed

  • Applied the UML Note Classification (color coding) policy across the ontology diagrams in the Visual Paradigm model:
  • All notes now follow the standardized categories (SEMI, CNST, RATL, SCOP, TRAC, EXMP, TODO) with the prescribed colors and formatting.
  • This is a visual/editorial update only and does not change the ontology's logical content.

Not serialized

  • Note colors and formatting are editor metadata and are not exported to the .json or .ttl artifacts. They are visible only in the .vpp (OntoUML/Visual Paradigm) model.

[0.11.7] - 2025-10-27

Added

  • Ontology metadata for release 0.11.7:

  • owl:versionIRI, owl:versionInfo, dcterms:modified, and dcterms:conformsTo links to v0.11.7/json and v0.11.7/vpp.

  • Documentation:

  • Additional rdfs:comment clarifications on Date, Month, and OffsetDateTime retained and cross-checked (field ranges, leap-year rules, offset semantics).

Removed

  • No classes were removed in this release.

[0.11.6] - 2025-10-27

Added

  • Ontology metadata for release 0.11.6:

  • owl:versionIRI, owl:versionInfo, dcterms:modified, and dcterms:conformsTo links to v0.11.6/json and v0.11.6/vpp.

  • Temporal value model (refactor and extensions):

  • Introduced OffsetDateTime (as a gufo:QualityValue) with documented constraints for calendar fields, including explicit allowance of second = 60 only to represent a leap second.
  • Introduced Month as an enumerated value type with individuals January … December.

  • New properties tied to the refactor:

    • date (object property; domain OffsetDateTime, range Date).
    • utcOffsetMinutes and nanosecond (data properties on OffsetDateTime).

  • Documentation:

  • Rich rdfs:comment added for OffsetDateTime describing field ranges (year/month/day, leap-year rules, hour/minute/second, fractional second precision) and timezone offset format.

Changed

  • Temporal properties and ranges/domains aligned to the new model:
  • start / end: range changed from Timestamp to OffsetDateTime.
  • hour, minute, second: domain changed from Timestamp to OffsetDateTime.
  • year: domain changed from Timestamp to Date.

  • month: now an object property to Month (previously xsd:int).

  • Diagnostic/sex-related formalizations:

  • Minor refinements to partitions/disjointness/equivalences across diagnostic outcomes (Diagnosis vs NoDiagnosisOutcome), karyotypical classes, and dimorphic characteristics; definitions tightened without changing intended semantics.

  • Textual improvements:

  • Clarified wording in several rdfs:comment notes across diagnosing agents/persons, gender/sex facets, and health condition groupings for precision and consistency.

Removed

  • Legacy temporal artifacts deprecated by the refactor:
  • day_1 and month_1 (duplicate integer-valued properties on Timestamp).
  • The prior integer-valued month (xsd:int) property on Timestamp (fully replaced by the object property to Month).

[0.11.5] - 2025-10-15

Added

  • Ontology metadata for release 0.11.5:
  • owl:versionIRI, owl:versionInfo, dcterms:modified, and dcterms:conformsTo links to v0.11.5/json and v0.11.5/vpp.
  • Diagnostic belief & assessment layer:
  • Belief, DiagnosisSuspicion, DiagnosticAssessmentOutcome (partition including NoDiagnosisOutcome and Diagnosis), PositiveDiagnosisAssessment, and ConcludedDiagnosticRelation.
  • ProfessionalDiagnosingAgent and SelfDiagnosis to capture professional vs. self-assessment contexts.
  • Health condition origin refinements:
  • AcquiredHealthCondition and CongenitalHealthCondition, plus supporting Condition/ConditionIndicator scaffolding.
  • Expanded commentary:
  • Rich rdfs:comment documentation added across agents, chromosomes/allosomes, diagnosis types, and person/role facets to clarify intended use and contrasts.

Changed

  • Clarified and consolidated definitions using owl:equivalentClass partitions (e.g., for Allosome, DiagnosedEntity, DiagnosingAgent, HealthcareDiagnosis, HealthCondition) without altering intended semantics.
  • Textual improvements to multiple rdfs:comment notes for precision and consistency (e.g., administrative/legal gender recognition patterns, agent/document scopes).

Removed

  • No removals in this release; previous constructs are retained while documentation and partitions were refined.

[0.11.3] - 2025-09-25

Added

  • Ontology metadata for release 0.11.3:
  • owl:versionIRI, owl:versionInfo, dcterms:modified, and dcterms:conformsTo links to v0.11.3/json and v0.11.3/vpp.
  • Administrative/Legal gender recognition model:
  • AdministrativeGenderRecognizingOrganization (role) with mediation to AdministrativeGenderRecognition.
  • LegalGenderRecognizer aligned as a subclass of AdministrativeGenderRecognizingOrganization.
  • LegalGenderRecognitionDocument (role mixin) mediating LegalGenderRecognition and specializing AdministrativeGenderRecognitionDocument.
  • New object properties: createsOnBehalfOf (agent → recognizing organization) and parentOf (person → person).
  • Agent/document taxonomy:
  • IndividualAgent (category) introduced; ArtificialAgent and Person now refine under it.
  • Document now equivalent to DigitalDocument ⊔ PhysicalDocument; both classes added with Functional Complex grounding and updated comment.
  • New/explicit owl:equivalentClass unions or partitions for:
  • Allosome (AllosomeX ⊔ AllosomeY), DiagnosedEntity, DiagnosingAgent, DiagnosticAssessmentOutcome, HealthCondition, HealthcareDiagnosis (three orthogonal partitions), KnownOriginHealthCondition (Inherent ⊔ ExternallyCaused), PersonWithAssessedPhenotypicSex, PersonWithAssignedSexAtBirth, PersonWithRecognizedAdministrativeGender, PersonWithRecognizedLegalGender, Substantial, LivingPerson (awareness and life-phase partitions), and Person (karyotype, sex-chromosome, life/death, and legal-gender facets).
  • Additional owl:AllDisjointClasses axioms consistent with the above unions.

Changed

  • Broadened ranges:
  • isBiologicalFatherOf and isBiologicalMotherOf now range over Person (previously Child).
  • Property alignment:
  • legalGenderRecognitionMediatesLegalGenderRecognizer ⊑ recognizedBy and legalGenderRecognitionMediatesPersonWithRecognizedLegalGender ⊑ recognizes (replacing prior subproperties under administrative-gender mediation).
  • Person/agent hierarchy:
  • Person is now a subclass of IndividualAgent; ArtificialAgent refactored under IndividualAgent (instead of directly under Functional Complex).
  • SelfAwarePerson and NonSelfAwarePerson now specialize LivingPerson (previously under Person).
  • Health condition partitions:
  • EstablishedHealthCondition explicitly partitioned by Structural ⊔ NonStructural and by Traumatic ⊔ NonTraumatic (clarified, preserving intent).
  • Textual refinements:
  • Shortened/clarified rdfs:comment for AdministrativeGender.
  • Consistency edits:
  • Normalized ordering of several owl:unionOf and owl:AllDisjointClasses lists (no semantic change intended).

Removed

  • AdministrativeGenderRecognizer (role) and related mediation restriction on AdministrativeGenderRecognition (superseded by recognizing organization pattern).
  • GenderRecognitionDocument (kind) and its mediation restriction (replaced by LegalGenderRecognitionDocument role-mixin approach).
  • Assertion ArtificialAgent ⊑ gufo:FunctionalComplex (replaced by alignment under IndividualAgent).

[0.11.0] - 2025-09-11

Added

  • Ontology metadata for release 0.11.0:
  • owl:versionIRI, owl:versionInfo, and dcterms:modified.
  • dcterms:conformsTo links to v0.11.0/json and v0.11.0/vpp.
  • Prefix for gUFO: ns1: <http://purl.org/nemo/gufo#>.
  • Time and date value model:
  • Classes: Timestamp, Date.
  • Datatype properties on Timestamp: year, month_1, day_1, hour, minute, second, subsecond, timezone.
  • Datatype properties on Date: year_1, month, day.
  • Birth / death / kinship model:
  • Classes and roles: PersonsBirth, PersonsDeath, PersonsDeathCause, PersonsDeathCauseType, ParentChildRelation, Offspring, BiologicalFather, BiologicalMother, DeadPerson, LivingPerson, Child, Adolescent, Adult.
  • Object properties: start, end, dateOfBirth, isBiologicalFatherOf, isBiologicalMotherOf.
  • Qualified cardinality restrictions connecting persons, roles, relators, and events (e.g., wasCreatedIn, wasTerminatedIn, mediates, manifestedIn).
  • New/explicit owl:equivalentClass unions for:
  • Person, LivingPerson, AdministrativeGender, HealthcareDiagnosis, HumanCell, CellularEntity, CellularEntityDiagnosis, DiagnosedEntity, DiagnosingAgent, ExternallyCausedHealthCondition, NonInjuryHealthCondition, NonStructuralHealthCondition, PersonWithAssessedPhenotypicSex, PersonWithRecognizedAdministrativeGender, PersonWithRecognizedLegalGender, PersonWithRegularSexChromosome, PersonWithVariantSexChromosome, SexualDimorphicCharacteristic, VisualSexCharacteristic, Substantial, Animal.
  • Additional owl:AllDisjointClasses axioms aligning with the above unions.

Changed

  • Diagnostic modeling refactor (gUFO-aligned):
  • DiagnosticMethod reclassified from gufo:Category/gufo:FunctionalComplex to ns1:Kind and ns1:ExtrinsicMode, with a qualified restriction to DiagnosticRelation via ns1:inheresIn.
  • DiagnosticRelation now uses the inverse qualified restriction of ns1:inheresIn (replacing earlier gufo:mediates pattern).
  • Normalized ordering of several owl:unionOf and owl:AllDisjointClasses lists for consistency (no semantic change intended).

Removed

  • Previous DiagnosticMethod axioms based on gufo:Category, gufo:FunctionalComplex, and gufo:mediates.
  • Prior DiagnosticRelation restriction using gufo:mediates.

[0.10.1] - 2025-09-10

Added

  • Multiple new ontology constructs introduced, including:
  • Additional health condition types and refinements of diagnostic categories
  • New generalization sets expanding classification coverage
  • Supplemental relations between diagnostic entities and health conditions

Removed

  • Deprecated constructs and outdated classification elements that overlapped with the new health condition and diagnostic modules.

Changed

  • Adjusted internal identifiers (id fields) to maintain serialization consistency after the additions and removals.
  • Updated generalization structures to align with the refined health condition taxonomy.

[0.9.2] - 2025-09-02

Added

  • Expanded the allowed restrictedTo values for several constructs:
  • Beyond functional-complex, now explicitly includes collective, quantity, relator, intrinsic-mode, extrinsic-mode, and quality.
  • Introduced restrictedTo constraints to clarify permissible ontological kinds.

Changed

  • Updated isExtensional values from null to explicit false for improved clarity in multiple classes.
  • Adjusted internal identifiers (id fields) for consistency across classes, relations, and generalizations.

Fixed

  • Corrected the stereotypes of three classes, changing them from role to subkind to better reflect their ontological nature.

[0.9.1] - 2025-07-30

Changed

  • Updated internal identifiers (id fields) for multiple classes, relations, and generalizations to improve consistency in serialization and downstream processing. These changes do not affect the logical structure or semantics of the ontology.

Fixed

  • Corrected typographic artifacts in textual descriptions for sex and gender constructs that previously used escaped HTML-like formatting (**<<mode>>**, **<<phase>>**, etc.). These are now consistently rendered.
  • Minor cleanup in markdown-style syntax within descriptions, ensuring accurate rendering in downstream documentation tools.

[0.9.0] - 2025-07-30

Added

  • New textual descriptions were added to key sections of the ontology and diagrams, improving documentation and understandability:
  • Ontology-level description of sex and gender, distinguishing intrinsic and extrinsic modes and their role in formal assessment or self-identification.
  • Detailed diagram descriptions for:
    • Sex at Birth, Karyotypical Sex, Phenotypic Sex
    • Legal Gender, Administrative Gender, Gender Identity
    • Integrated overview diagram of all sex and gender modes
    • Biological Sex as a conceptual umbrella

Changed

  • Swapped internal identifiers of several classes and generalizations to align with structural or tooling needs. These include:
  • Various class IDs for Person, Gender, Health Condition, and diagnostic modules
  • Generalization and generalization set IDs (e.g., in "healthcare diagnosis types by use", "by focus", etc.)
  • These identifier changes do not affect the semantic content of the model but improve consistency and traceability in tooling pipelines.

Fixed

  • Improved alignment and phrasing in existing class descriptions for Gender and Sex, especially in the documentation layer.

[0.8.0] - 2025-07-30

Added

  • Introduced a new diagnostic module with comprehensive modeling of diagnostic types and roles, including:
  • Healthcare Diagnosis, Clinical Diagnosis, Laboratory Diagnosis, Radiological Diagnosis, Administrative Coding Diagnosis, Epidemiological Diagnosis, Surveillance Diagnosis, Research Diagnosis
  • Diagnosis roles such as Diagnosed Biological Part, Diagnosed Specimen, Diagnosed Group, and Diagnosed Cellular Entity
  • Conclusive Diagnostic Assessment, Concluded Diagnostic Relation, and other related constructs
  • New taxonomy and generalization sets for diagnosis classification, including:
  • healthcare diagnosis types by source, healthcare diagnosis types by focus, healthcare diagnosis types by use, types of diagnosed entities, and cellular entity diagnosis types
  • Introduced Self-diagnosis, External Diagnosis, and Diagnosis Suspicion as distinct classes
  • New diagnostic relation: characterization between diagnosis suspicion and assessed condition
  • Expanded health condition classification with:
  • Traumatic Health Condition, Non-traumatic Health Condition, Risk-based Health Condition, Exposure-based Health Condition, Inherent Health Condition, and Injury
  • Introduced Cellular Entity and its states: Living Cellular Entity, Dead Cellular Entity
  • New generalization sets for animal types, trauma-based health condition types, and cellular entity states

Changed

  • Replaced Animal, Non-Human Animal, Living Animal, and Dead Animal with an updated and more expressive Cellular Entity taxonomy
  • Revised several stereotypes:
  • Changed various subkind and unnamed classes to proper category, roleMixin, or phaseMixin stereotypes
  • Updated Health Condition classes to clarify their nature (e.g., intrinsic vs extrinsic modes)
  • Improved modeling coherence for diagnostic processes, replacing older concepts like Antemortem Diagnosis and Postmortem Diagnosis with more granular and categorized alternatives

Removed

  • Removed the entire Animal classification block including:
  • Animal, Non-Human Animal, Living Animal, Dead Animal
  • Their generalizations and generalization sets (e.g., animal types, animal living state)

[0.7.0] - 2025-07-30

Changed

  • Reassigned internal OntoUML element identifiers to improve structural consistency and tooling traceability:
  • Multiple id values for classes, generalizations, and relations were systematically rotated or swapped.
  • These changes have no impact on the logical content or semantics of the ontology but support improved internal alignment.

Removed

  • Class: Organization (previously defined as a kind) was removed from the ontology.
  • It included a description as a structured group with roles, responsibilities, and formal authority.
  • If still needed, its usage should be reintroduced in future updates or considered as part of an external reference ontology.

[0.6.0] - 2025-07-30

Added

  • Introduced new classes to represent administrative gender assignments:
  • Person with Male Administrative Gender
  • Person with Female Administrative Gender
  • Person with Non-binary Administrative Gender
  • Male Administrative Gender, Female Administrative Gender, and Non-binary Administrative Gender
  • Added new generalizations and generalization sets:
  • Generalizations linking Person with Administrative Gender roles to Person
  • Generalizations linking administrative gender phases to the Administrative Gender category
  • Generalization sets:
    • person's administrative genders (complete, not disjoint)
    • administrative gender types (complete, disjoint)
    • administrative gender characterization types (complete, disjoint)
  • Introduced three new characterization relations:
  • Each links one of the Person with X Administrative Gender roles with the corresponding X Administrative Gender phase
  • Added names to several previously unnamed relations, such as "has administrative gender"

Changed

  • Swapped internal OntoUML element IDs to improve structural clarity and align with internal conventions. These changes affect class and generalization identifiers but not their semantic content.
  • Improved the clarity of modeling administrative gender recognition as separate from legal or self-identified gender representations.
  • Reorganized the ontology structure to accommodate the new administrative gender module while preserving backward compatibility.

Fixed

  • Corrected some inconsistencies in generalization references and alignment of identifiers for relations and generalizations across the administrative gender module.

[0.5.2] - 2025-06-30

Added

  • Added detailed descriptions for multiple classes in the ontology, replacing previously null values to improve clarity and documentation quality.

Changed

  • Updated descriptions for:
  • Roles, relators, and categories related to sex and gender assignments and recognitions (e.g., Person with Assigned Sex at Birth, Legal Gender Recognizer, Administrative Gender Recognizer).
  • Core biological concepts such as Chromosome, Allosome, Human Cell, Karyotypical Sex, Phenotypic Sex, and Sex at Birth.
  • Traits and characteristic categories for sexual and visual dimorphic features.
  • High-level categories like Sex and Gender, including Legal, Administrative, and Identity forms.
  • General concepts including Person, Organization, Government, and Document.
  • Improved consistency and clarity across all descriptions to support better understanding in administrative, legal, medical, and ontological contexts.

[0.5.1] - 2025-06-30

Added

  • Class: Sex was introduced to the model.

Removed

  • Package: Complementary
  • Classes: Biological Sex Assigner, Biological Sex Assignee, and Biological Sex Assignment
  • Classes: Social Gender and Administrative Gender

Changed

  • Renamed Phenotypic Sex Assignment to Phenotypic Sex Assessment.
  • Renamed Phenotypic Sex Assigner to Phenotypic Sex Assessor.
  • Renamed Phenotypic Sex Assignee to Person with Assessed Phenotypic Sex.

[0.4.0] - 2025-06-25

Added

  • New class: Person with Assigned Legal Gender or Sex at Birth
  • Serves as a common superclass for Person with Legal Gender and Person with Assigned Sex at Birth
  • New generalization set: assigned legal gender or sex at birth (complete, disjoint), including:
  • Person with Assigned Legal Gender or Sex at Birth
  • Person with Legal Gender
  • Person with Assigned Sex at Birth
  • New mediation relations:
  • Between Birth Notification and Person with Assigned Legal Gender or Sex at Birth
  • Between Birth Certificate and Person with Assigned Legal Gender or Sex at Birth

Changed

  • Generalization structure revised to include new superclass for persons with assigned statuses
  • Layout adjustments in diagrams to reflect new hierarchical relationships

[0.3.0] - 2025-06-24

Added

  • New class: Person with Unassigned Legal Gender or Sex at Birth
  • Introduced as a superclass for both unassigned sex and unassigned legal gender persons.
  • New generalization set: legal gender or sex at birth (complete, disjoint), covering:
  • Person with Unassigned Legal Gender or Sex at Birth
  • Person with Unassigned Legal Gender
  • Person with Unassigned Sex at Birth
  • Mediation relations:
  • Between Birth Notification and Person with Unassigned Legal Gender or Sex at Birth
  • Between Birth Certificate and Person with Unassigned Legal Gender or Sex at Birth

Changed

  • Updated generalization structures to reflect the new shared superclass for unassigned status.
  • Adjusted diagram layout to accommodate new shared superclass and its associated relations.

[0.2.0] - 2025-06-23

Added

  • New package: Legal Gender Model including:
  • Person with Unassigned Legal Gender
  • Person with Legal Gender, with subtypes:
    • Person with Male Legal Gender
    • Person with Female Legal Gender
    • Person with Other Legal Gender
  • Legal Gender Assignment, Government, and Birth Certificate
  • Generalization set: legal gender (complete, disjoint) under Person with Legal Gender
  • Mediation relations:
  • Between Legal Gender Assignment and its participants (Government and Person)
  • Material relation: formalizes between Birth Certificate and Legal Gender Assignment
  • ComponentOf relations:
  • Birth Certificate composed of Legal Gender Assignment
  • Dependency from the new Legal Gender Model package to the Gender package

Changed

  • Ontology version IRI updated to reflect new release
  • Improvements in naming conventions and organization of existing generalization sets for clarity and consistency

Fixed

  • Minor alignment issues in model layout (diagrams were not affected)

[0.1.0] - 2025-06-20

Added

  • Initial version of the Health-RI Ontology model.
  • Two main packages: Gender and Biology, each with detailed OntoUML constructs.
  • Core classes under Gender:
  • Person with Unassigned Sex at Birth
  • Person with Assigned Sex at Birth, including its specializations:
    • Person with Male Sex at Birth
    • Person with Female Sex at Birth
    • Person with Indeterminate Sex at Birth
  • Sex at Birth Assignment, Healthcare Professional, Birth Notification, and Birth-related Legislation Rule
  • Core classes under Biology:
  • Person, Human Cell, Chromosome, Allosome, Gamete, Diploid Cell, Haploid Cell
  • Allosomal variants (Allosome X, Allosome Y) and karyotypical profiles:
    • Regular Karyotypical Male, Regular Karyotypical Female
    • Variant Karyotypical Male, Variant Karyotypical Female
    • Karyotypically Indeterminate Person
  • Use of OntoUML stereotypes including kind, subkind, role, relator, mode, and relations such as mediation and componentOf.
  • Several generalizations and complete disjoint generalization sets:
  • sex at birth, karyotypical sex, variant karyotypic sex, regular karyotypical sex, allosome type, and others.
  • Two diagrams: Sex at Birth and Chromosomes, illustrating core structural aspects of the model.