Catena-X Taxonomy
type: ConceptScheme
creator: [@arnoweiss](https://github.com/arnoweiss)
creator: [@obalandi](https://github.com/obalandi)
date: 2023-05-05
description: This taxonomy represents and contains all of the concepts that are used in the Catena-X ontologies.
version info: 0.1.0
has top concept: Thing

Clutch
type: Concept
broader: Load Spectrum
definition: Load spectrum of a vehicle clutch.

Receive ID Based Comment for DCM
type: Concept
broader: Asset
definition: API to receive an ID Based Comment in DCM context

Receive ID Based Request for Update DCM
type: Concept
broader: Asset
definition: API to receive an ID Based Request for Update in DCM context

Receive Material Demand DCM
type: Concept
broader: Asset
definition: API to receive a Material Demand in DCM context

Receive Week Based Capacity Group DCM
type: Concept
broader: Asset
definition: API to receive a Week Based Capacity Group in DCM context

Receive Week Based Material Demand DCM
type: Concept
broader: Asset
definition: API to receive a Week Based Material Demand in DCM context

Digital Twin Registry
type: Concept
broader: Asset
definition: The Digital Twin Registry (DTR) is the union of the Catena-X-selected subsets of the Asset Administration Shell Registry and Discovery APIs.
example: https://github.com/eclipse-tractusx/sldt-digital-twin-registry

Error Cause
type: Concept
broader: Conceptional Object
definition: An analysis result can indicate possible and current error causes.

GearOil
type: Concept
broader: Load Spectrum
definition: Load spectrum of a vehicle gear with respect to heat.

GearSet
type: Concept
broader: Load Spectrum
definition: Load spectrum of a vehicle gear with respect to performance.

Graph Asset
type: Concept
broader: Asset
definition: This subconcept of Asset allows arbitrary data queries to be executed on assets.

Load Spectrum Analysis
type: Concept
broader: Analysis
definition: Load spectrum analysis is an analysis that calculates load spectrum values for a vehicle part.

PCF Exchange API
type: Concept
broader: Asset
definition: API to exchange data on Product Carbon Footprints

Quality Asset
type: Concept
broader: Asset
definition: This subconcept of Asset signifies that a data offer is associated with the Quality use-case. Assets and data offers are further specified by the dcat:conformsTo property.

Receive Quality Alert Notification
type: Concept
broader: Asset
definition: API to receive quality alert notifications

Receive Quality Investigation Notification
type: Concept
broader: Asset
definition: API to receive quality investigation notifications

Receive Unique ID Push Notification
type: Concept
broader: Asset
definition: API to receive Unique Id Push notifications

Resolve Quality Alert Notification
type: Concept
broader: Asset
definition: API to resolve quality Alert notifications

Resolve Quality Investigation Notification
type: Concept
broader: Asset
definition: API to update quality investigation notifications

Skill Asset
type: Concept
broader: Asset
definition: This subconcept of Asset allows only the execution of predefined data queries on assets.

Submodel
type: Concept
broader: Asset
definition: The Submodel API serves aspects of a Digital Twin according to the Asset Administration Shell standard.

Unique ID Push Connect-to-Child Notification
type: Concept
broader: Asset
definition: API to receive a Unique ID Push notification to connect a digital twin with its child digital twin (top-down notification)

Unique ID Push Connect-to-Parent Notification
type: Concept
broader: Asset
definition: API to receive a Unique ID Push notification to connect a digital twin with its parent digital twin (bottom-up notification)

Update Quality Alert Notification
type: Concept
broader: Asset
definition: API to update quality Alert notifications

Update Quality Investigation Notification
type: Concept
broader: Asset
definition: API to update quality investigation notifications

Address
type: Concept
broader: Conceptional Object
definition: The address describes the legal address of places.

Analysis Device
type: Concept
broader: Actor
definition: An analysis device, e.g. a diagnostic device, reads or calculates certain analysis results.

Bill Of Material
type: Concept
broader: Conceptional Object
definition: The Bill Of Material relates qualitatively and quantitatively Assembly Parts to their Components.

Business Partner
type: Concept
broader: Actor
definition: A Business Partner is a legal entity that is part of the Catena-X network or that stands in a relevant relation to a Catena-X Business Partner.

Dataspace Connector
type: Concept
broader: Application
definition: Dataspace Connector is an interface based on the Eclipse Dataspace Connector technology. A Dataspace Connector makes various assets available through contracts. A contract describes with which policy which asset can be provided.

Diagnosis
type: Concept
broader: Analysis
definition: Vehicle diagnosis is the identification of a problem or the cause and location of a problem.

Diagnostic Trouble Code
type: Concept
broader: Analysis Result
definition: Diagnostic Trouble Code, is a code used to diagnose malfunctions in a vehicle.

Health Indication
type: Concept
broader: Prognosis Function
definition: Health Indication is an evaluation function operating on batches of load collectives and adaptive values.

Part
type: Concept
broader: Physical Object
definition: A part in the automotive context is a component of a vehicle. Parts may have sub-parts that perform specific sub-functions.

Place
type: Concept
broader: Thing
definition: The Place is determined by reference to the position of objects such as buildings, cities, or special geographic markers.

Remaining Useful Life
type: Concept
broader: Prognosis Function
definition: Remaining Useful Life is a Prediction of the Estimated Mileage/Runtime until a Breakdown.

Supply Chain
type: Concept
broader: Conceptional Object
definition: The Supply Chain relates consumers and a supplier.

Vehicle
type: Concept
broader: Physical Object
definition: A vehicle is a motor-powered road vehicle that transports people or cargo .

Activity
type: Concept
broader: Thing
definition: This class comprises actions intentionally carried out by instances of Actor that result in changes of state in physical and conceptual objects.
narrower: Analysis

Analysis Result
type: Concept
broader: Result
definition: Results of the analysis activity.
narrower: Diagnostic Trouble Code
narrower: Load Spectrum

Function
type: Concept
broader: Application
definition: A function defines a calculation that is called through an API.
narrower: Prognosis Function

Result
type: Concept
broader: Conceptional Object
definition: Specific conceptual outcomes of an activity or application.

Actor
type: Concept
broader: Thing
definition: The actor comprises organization or people, either individually or in groups, who have the potential to perform intentional actions of kinds for which someone may be held responsible.
narrower: Analysis Device
narrower: Business Partner

Analysis
type: Concept
broader: Activity
definition: An analysis is an activity that includes all types of reliability and quality analyses.
narrower: Diagnosis

Application
type: Concept
broader: Conceptional Object
definition: An application defines a coded software that fulfills a specific purpose.
narrower: Asset
narrower: Dataspace Connector
narrower: Function

Physical Object
type: Concept
broader: Thing
definition: This concept includes objects of a material nature, which are documentation units and have physical boundaries.
narrower: Part
narrower: Vehicle

Prognosis Function
type: Concept
broader: Function
definition: In the automotive industry, a prognosis is a prediction of the probable failure of an operational function.
narrower: Health Indication
narrower: Remaining Useful Life

Load Spectrum
type: Concept
broader: Analysis Result
definition: Load spectrum is a multi dimensional histogram that contains the state history of a set of vehicle parts, i.e. how a vehicle was driven, for a given time period.

Thing
type: Concept
definition: The top concept of all the Catena X concepts.
narrower: Activity
narrower: Actor
narrower: Conceptional Object
narrower: Physical Object
narrower: Place

Conceptional Object
type: Concept
broader: Thing
definition: This concept includes non-material products, human-produced data related to physical objects. The production of such information may have been supported by the use of technical tools.
narrower: Address
narrower: Application
narrower: Bill Of Material
narrower: Result
narrower: Supply Chain

Asset
type: Concept
broader: Application
definition: The Asset concept describes the provision via a repository of a specific set of data for a specific purpose. It is defined by its public API.