| KE wrote:
|
|     "I am working on developing an enterprise wide conceptual data model. I
|    wanted to know how developing a taxonomy is useful for the data model.?
| 
| My background is microbiology and library science. I have only a vague idea
| about what an "enterprise wide conceptional model" is. Since the membership
| of Ontolog forum seems to be very technical, I would like to know how you
| would answer this question? Here is some more background for the question:
| 
|    Here is what I have to do. I have several budgets such as Finance, Human
|    Asset etc. Now I am categorizing my Finance subject area into following
|    :
| 
|    Fund Management
|    Payment Management
|    Cost Accounting
|    Receipt Management
|    Asset Management
|    Now I can sub categorize any of these category , i.e. Fund Management is
|    categorized into following:
|    Account Structure
|    Budget
|    GL Account
|    Audit Finding
|    Available Funding    etc
|    Now you can see, I am developing this category, so where is Taxonomy
|    here?  Here is description of my Fund Management :
| 
|    "Funds Management activities capture the highest level of financial data
|    and summarizes and maintains account balances by fund structure. Funds
|    Management is also the primary tool for carrying out the Agency
|    responsibility of establishing a system and maintaining official records
|    for ensuring that it does not obligate or disburse funds in excess of
|    those appropriated and/or authorized. Information captures processes
|    involved with Funds Management include budget preparation, budget
|    formulation, funds allocation, budget execution and funds control."

|    IBL wrote:
|    Here is a way to combine the conceptual model with a working application
|
|    You can edit this example, run it, and get explanations of the results
|    by pointing a browser to www.reengineeringllc.com.
|    Click on ''Internet Business Logic'', then on the GO button,
|    and select the example  FundManagement1 .


this-area  has a sub activity this-sub-area
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Finance                   Fund Management
Finance                   Payment Management
Finance                   Cost Accounting
Finance                   Receipt Management
Finance                   Asset Management
Fund Management           Account Structure  
Fund Management           Budget
Fund Management           GL Account
Fund Management           Audit Finding
Fund Management           Available Funding
Fund Management           Funds Control


some-area is of interest for obligations and disbursements
sum an-amount : in that-area the sub area some-sub-area has Available Funding $ some-amount = a-total
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in that-area of interest for disbursements the overall Available Funding is $ that-total 

some-area has a sub activity some-sub-area
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that-area is of interest for obligations and disbursements

some-area has a sub activity some-sub-area
sum an-amount : in that-area the sub area that-sub-area has ledger entry some-number for $ some-amount = some-total
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in that-area the sub area that-sub-area has Available Funding $ that-total 


in this-area the sub area this-sub-area has ledger entry this-number for $ this-amount
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Fund Management           Budget                         1                100000  
Fund Management           Budget                         2                 550000  
Fund Management           GL Account                     1                -40000
Fund Management           GL Account                     2                 50000