Ontogenesis

Ontogenesis is an auditable, policy-gated ontology engineering framework for RDF/OWL/JSON-LD assets used across the SocioProphet stack.

It supports ontology creation, linking, validation, and lifecycle governance across layered semantic modules.

Quick start

make venv
make deps
make all

This runs:

• RDF parse validation
• SHACL gates
• JSON-LD roundtrip checks
• dist build
• ledger build + verification
• SPDX SBOM generation
• SVF semantic-validation contract checks

Complies with Standards

This repository provides ontology governance for SocioProphet standards and contract surfaces:

• SocioProphet/socioprophet-standards-knowledge — Knowledge Context v1 contracts, Avro Path-A protocols, JSON-LD overlays, fixtures, and lifecycle events.
• SocioProphet/socioprophet-standards-storage/docs/standards/070-graph-rdf-hypergraph.md — graph/RDF/property/hypergraph storage guidance consumed by ontology-governed modules.
• SocioProphet/socioprophet-standards-storage/docs/standards/080-knowledge-context.md — platform pointer that delegates detailed Knowledge Context standards to the standards-knowledge package.
• Platform/knowledge-context.ttl — Ontogenesis semantic governance module for Knowledge Context v1 artifacts.
• shapes/knowledge-context.shacl.ttl — SHACL promotion gate for Knowledge Context semantic artifacts.
• svf/ontogenesis-semantic-validation-basic.json — SVF contract declaration for semantic validation discovery through Sociosphere.

What’s in this repository

• Upper/, Middle/, Lower/ — layered ontology modules
• Domains/ — domain ontologies
• Platform/ — platform-level ontology modules
• prophet/, epi/ — product-specific ontology modules and shapes
• shapes/ — SHACL constraints and promotion gates
• examples/ — example instance graphs and JSON-LD inputs
• catalog/registry.ttl — module index with layer, path, SemVer, and base IRI metadata
• svf/ — Sovereign Validation Fabric semantic-validation contract declarations
• scripts/ — validation, dist, ledger, signing, SBOM utilities, and SVF contract validator
• docs/ — specifications, onboarding, architecture notes, and diagrams

Documentation index

Start here:

• docs/README.md — documentation hub
• docs/how-to-add-a-module.md — module authoring workflow
• docs/module-map.md — current module layout
• docs/specs/namespaces.md — canonical namespace references
• docs/SVF-SEMANTIC-VALIDATION.md — SVF semantic-validation doctrine and claim boundary

Validation and release discipline

make all runs the full local verification pipeline:

1. make validate
2. make shacl
3. make jsonld
4. make build
5. make ledger
6. make verify
7. make sbom
8. make svf

make svf runs the repo-local SVF contract validator without executing a release or issuing a receipt:

make svf

On release tags (v*), CI performs deterministic dist builds, validation, ledger generation/verification, detached signatures, and SPDX SBOM emission.

Repository policies

• dist/ and audit/ are generated-only.
• Changes under Upper/, Middle/, Lower/, Domains/, Platform/, prophet/, and epi/ should include regenerated derived outputs where policy requires.
• Promotion gates are enforced through SHACL bundles in shapes/.
• SVF semantic-validation contracts are advisory until make svf and the full Ontogenesis validation pipeline are observed green.

Metadata

• Base namespace references: docs/specs/namespaces.md
• Module metadata: catalog/registry.ttl
• Project version: VERSION
• Citation metadata: CITATION.cff

Contributing and governance

• Contribution guide: CONTRIBUTING.md
• Security policy: SECURITY.md
• Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
• Support: SUPPORT.md

Keywords

ontology, RDF, OWL, SHACL, JSON-LD, semantic web, knowledge graph, provenance, supply-chain integrity, governance

License

MIT. See LICENSE.