# Graphical representation
__Diagram__
[](../Image/CommunicationEvent.jpg.md "Image:CommunicationEvent.jpg")
# General description
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| Name: | CommunicationEvent |
| Submitted by: | [EvaBlomqvist](../User/EvaBlomqvist.md "User:EvaBlomqvist") |
| Also Known As: | |
| Intent: | To model communication events, such as phone calls, e-mails and meetings, their involved parties and the roles and relations of the parties in the context of the communication events. |
| Domains: | [Organization](../Community/Organization.md "Community:Organization"), [Business](../Community/Business.md "Community:Business"), [Planning](../Community/Planning.md "Community:Planning"), [Participation](../Participation/Participation.md "Community:Participation"), [Product development](../Community/Product_development.md "Community:Product development") |
| Competency Questions: | What is the status of this event? What is the purpose of this communication? What are the valid contact mechanisms for this communication? What roles did the different parties have in this communication event? What are the roles of the parties involved in this relationship? What was the contact mechanism used for this comunication? When did this communication event take place? In what reltionship context did this communication take place? |
| Solution description: | The pattern introduces a specialization of the participation pattern, where parties hold different roles when participating in communication events. |
| Reusable OWL Building Block: | [http://www.ontology.se/odp/content/owl/CommunicationEvent.owl](http://ontologydesignpatterns.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special:ClickHandler&link=http://www.ontology.se/odp/content/owl/CommunicationEvent.owl&message=OWL building block&from_page_id=2715&update=) (827) |
| Consequences: | Pattern includes a set of standard communication mechanisms, but can be extended., The pattern does not take into account time-indexed participation in relationships, nor time-indexed participation in communication events. All parties are assumed to participate during the whole duration of relationships and events. |
| Scenarios: | A sales call between John at company x and Mary at company y took place on January 7 2009. In the call John had the role of seller and Mary the role of buyer. The call was made in the context of the long-term relation between comanies x and y, where x is the subcontractor of y. The purpose of the call was to agree on a price for a particular order item., In todays boardmeeting John was elected chairman of the meeting, and Michael was appointed to take the minutes. The meeting involved 6 people, where 5 were elected members of the board and one was an invited external party. The purpose of the meeting was to decide on the price of a new product. However, the participants did not agree so the meeting had to be suspended and will continue tomorrow. |
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| Reengineered From: | Data model pattern called "communication events". |
| Has Components: | Submissions:ParticipantRoleSubmissions:TimeInterval |
| Specialization Of: | Submissions:ParticipantRole |
| Related CPs: | |
# Elements
_The __CommunicationEvent__ Content OP locally defines the following ontology elements:_
[](../Image/Class.gif.md "Class") __ContactMechanism__ (owl:Class) The medium for the communication.
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[ContactMechanism](./CommunicationEvent/ContactMechanism.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/ContactMechanism") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __isValidContactMechanismFor__ (owl:ObjectProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[isValidContactMechanismFor](./CommunicationEvent/isValidContactMechanismFor.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/isValidContactMechanismFor") page_
[](../Image/Class.gif.md "Class") __CommunicationEventRole__ (owl:Class) The role that this event plays for a specific party, e.g. a conference has the role of transmitting research results for a presenter while it has the role of generating income and connections for the organizers, and generating knowledge for the participants.
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[CommunicationEventRole](./CommunicationEvent/CommunicationEventRole.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/CommunicationEventRole") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __mediumOf__ (owl:ObjectProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[mediumOf](./CommunicationEvent/mediumOf.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/mediumOf") page_
[](../Image/Class.gif.md "Class") __CommunicationEvent__ (owl:Class) An instance of communication, e.g. a phone call, a meeting or a conference.
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[CommunicationEvent](./CommunicationEvent.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/CommunicationEvent") page_
[](../Image/Class.gif.md "Class") __EventDuration__ (owl:Class) The time duration of a communication event.
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[EventDuration](./CommunicationEvent/EventDuration.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/EventDuration") page_
[](../Image/DatatypeProperty.gif.md "DatatypeProperty") __eventStartTime__ (owl:DatatypeProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[eventStartTime](./CommunicationEvent/eventStartTime.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/eventStartTime") page_
[](../Image/Class.gif.md "Class") __RelationshipDuration__ (owl:Class) The time duration of a relationship.
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[RelationshipDuration](./CommunicationEvent/RelationshipDuration.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/RelationshipDuration") page_
[](../Image/DatatypeProperty.gif.md "DatatypeProperty") __relationshipStartTime__ (owl:DatatypeProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[relationshipStartTime](./CommunicationEvent/relationshipStartTime.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/relationshipStartTime") page_
[](../Image/Class.gif.md "Class") __PartyRole__ (owl:Class) The role of a party in a relationship, e.g. in a sales relationship one party has the customer role and the other party the provider role.
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[PartyRole](./CommunicationEvent/CommunicationEventPartyRole.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/PartyRole") page_
[](../Image/Class.gif.md "Class") __RelationshipPartyRole__ (owl:Class) The role of a specific party in a relationship, e.g. in this particular buyer-seller relationship company x is the seller.
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[RelationshipPartyRole](./CommunicationEvent/RelationshipPartyRole.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/RelationshipPartyRole") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __roleInRelationship__ (owl:ObjectProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[roleInRelationship](./CommunicationEvent/roleInRelationship.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/roleInRelationship") page_
[](../Image/Class.gif.md "Class") __PartyRelationship__ (owl:Class) An event in the sense of a state of things, where two or more parties are involved through different roles, e.g. a buyer-seller relation.
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[PartyRelationship](./CommunicationEvent/PartyRelationship.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/PartyRelationship") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __includesCommunication__ (owl:ObjectProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[includesCommunication](./CommunicationEvent/includesCommunication.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/includesCommunication") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __relationshipIncludes__ (owl:ObjectProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[relationshipIncludes](./CommunicationEvent/relationshipIncludes.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/relationshipIncludes") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __relationshipHasDuration__ (owl:ObjectProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[relationshipHasDuration](./CommunicationEvent/relationshipHasDuration.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/relationshipHasDuration") page_
[](../Image/Class.gif.md "Class") __EmailCommunication__ (owl:Class)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[EmailCommunication](./CommunicationEvent/EmailCommunication.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/EmailCommunication") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __throughMedium__ (owl:ObjectProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[throughMedium](./CommunicationEvent/throughMedium.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/throughMedium") page_
__e-mail__ ([http://www.ontology.se/odp/content/owl/CommunicationEvent#ContactMechanism](http://www.ontology.se/odp/content/owl/CommunicationEvent#ContactMechanism "http://www.ontology.se/odp/content/owl/CommunicationEvent#ContactMechanism"))
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[e-mail](./CommunicationEvent/e-mail.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/e-mail") page_
[](../Image/Class.gif.md "Class") __PhoneCommunication__ (owl:Class)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[PhoneCommunication](./CommunicationEvent/PhoneCommunication.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/PhoneCommunication") page_
__phone__ ([http://www.ontology.se/odp/content/owl/CommunicationEvent#ContactMechanism](http://www.ontology.se/odp/content/owl/CommunicationEvent#ContactMechanism "http://www.ontology.se/odp/content/owl/CommunicationEvent#ContactMechanism"))
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[phone](./CommunicationEvent/phone.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/phone") page_
[](../Image/Class.gif.md "Class") __CommunicationPurpose__ (owl:Class) The purpose or goal of the communciation event.
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[CommunicationPurpose](./CommunicationEvent/CommunicationPurpose.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/CommunicationPurpose") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __purposeOfEvent__ (owl:ObjectProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[purposeOfEvent](./CommunicationEvent/purposeOfEvent.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/purposeOfEvent") page_
[](../Image/Class.gif.md "Class") __WebSiteCommunication__ (owl:Class)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[WebSiteCommunication](./CommunicationEvent/WebSiteCommunication.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/WebSiteCommunication") page_
__web-site__ ([http://www.ontology.se/odp/content/owl/CommunicationEvent#ContactMechanism](http://www.ontology.se/odp/content/owl/CommunicationEvent#ContactMechanism "http://www.ontology.se/odp/content/owl/CommunicationEvent#ContactMechanism"))
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[web-site](./CommunicationEvent/web-site.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/web-site") page_
[](../Image/Class.gif.md "Class") __FaceToFaceCommunication__ (owl:Class)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[FaceToFaceCommunication](./CommunicationEvent/FaceToFaceCommunication.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/FaceToFaceCommunication") page_
__face-to-face__ ([http://www.ontology.se/odp/content/owl/CommunicationEvent#ContactMechanism](http://www.ontology.se/odp/content/owl/CommunicationEvent#ContactMechanism "http://www.ontology.se/odp/content/owl/CommunicationEvent#ContactMechanism"))
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[face-to-face](./CommunicationEvent/face-to-face.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/face-to-face") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __roleOfParty__ (owl:ObjectProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[roleOfParty](./CommunicationEvent/roleOfParty.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/roleOfParty") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __partyParticipating__ (owl:ObjectProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[partyParticipating](./CommunicationEvent/partyParticipating.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/partyParticipating") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __inRelationship__ (owl:ObjectProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[inRelationship](./CommunicationEvent/inRelationship.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/inRelationship") page_
[](../Image/Class.gif.md "Class") __Party__ (owl:Class) A physical or juridical party, e.g. person or organization.
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[Party](./CommunicationEvent/Party.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/Party") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __partyInvolvedIn__ (owl:ObjectProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[partyInvolvedIn](./CommunicationEvent/partyInvolvedIn.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/partyInvolvedIn") page_
[](../Image/Class.gif.md "Class") __CommunicationEventPartyRole__ (owl:Class) The role of a specific party for a specific communciation event, e.g. in this particular meeting John is the chairman.
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[CommunicationEventPartyRole](./CommunicationEvent/CommunicationEventPartyRole.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/CommunicationEventPartyRole") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __partyInRelationship__ (owl:ObjectProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[partyInRelationship](./CommunicationEvent/partyInRelationship.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/partyInRelationship") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __hasValidContactMechanism__ (owl:ObjectProperty) Relates roles of communication events to their valid mediums, e.g. it may only be allowed to send contracts by letter or fax but not e-mail.
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[hasValidContactMechanism](./CommunicationEvent/hasValidContactMechanism.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/hasValidContactMechanism") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __eventRoleIncludedIn__ (owl:ObjectProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[eventRoleIncludedIn](./CommunicationEvent/eventRoleIncludedIn.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/eventRoleIncludedIn") page_
[](../Image/Class.gif.md "Class") __LetterCorrespondence__ (owl:Class)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[LetterCorrespondence](./CommunicationEvent/LetterCorrespondence.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/LetterCorrespondence") page_
__letter__ ([http://www.ontology.se/odp/content/owl/CommunicationEvent#ContactMechanism](http://www.ontology.se/odp/content/owl/CommunicationEvent#ContactMechanism "http://www.ontology.se/odp/content/owl/CommunicationEvent#ContactMechanism"))
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[letter](./CommunicationEvent/letter.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/letter") page_
[](../Image/Class.gif.md "Class") __FaxCommunication__ (owl:Class)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[FaxCommunication](./CommunicationEvent/FaxCommunication.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/FaxCommunication") page_
__fax__ ([http://www.ontology.se/odp/content/owl/CommunicationEvent#ContactMechanism](http://www.ontology.se/odp/content/owl/CommunicationEvent#ContactMechanism "http://www.ontology.se/odp/content/owl/CommunicationEvent#ContactMechanism"))
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[fax](./CommunicationEvent/fax.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/fax") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __roleOfEvent__ (owl:ObjectProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[roleOfEvent](./CommunicationEvent/roleOfEvent.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/roleOfEvent") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __partyInEvent__ (owl:ObjectProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[partyInEvent](./CommunicationEvent/partyInEvent.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/partyInEvent") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __inCommunicationEvent__ (owl:ObjectProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[inCommunicationEvent](./CommunicationEvent/inCommunicationEvent.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/inCommunicationEvent") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __eventIncludes__ (owl:ObjectProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[eventIncludes](./CommunicationEvent/eventIncludes.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/eventIncludes") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __communicationHasSetting__ (owl:ObjectProperty) All communications take place within some relationship between parties, e.g. a sales call takes place within the relationship with a prospective customer.
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[communicationHasSetting](./CommunicationEvent/communicationHasSetting.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/communicationHasSetting") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __eventHasPurpose__ (owl:ObjectProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[eventHasPurpose](./CommunicationEvent/eventHasPurpose.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/eventHasPurpose") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __eventHasDuration__ (owl:ObjectProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[eventHasDuration](./CommunicationEvent/eventHasDuration.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/eventHasDuration") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __hasEventStatus__ (owl:ObjectProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[hasEventStatus](./CommunicationEvent/hasEventStatus.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/hasEventStatus") page_
[](../Image/Class.gif.md "Class") __CommunicationEventStatus__ (owl:Class) The status of an event, e.g. suspended, started, ongoing, planned, proposed.
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[CommunicationEventStatus](./CommunicationEvent/CommunicationEventStatus.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/CommunicationEventStatus") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __statusOfEvent__ (owl:ObjectProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[statusOfEvent](./CommunicationEvent/statusOfEvent.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/statusOfEvent") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __isDurationOfEvent__ (owl:ObjectProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[isDurationOfEvent](./CommunicationEvent/isDurationOfEvent.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/isDurationOfEvent") page_
[](../Image/ObjectProperty.gif.md "ObjectProperty") __isDurationOfRelationship__ (owl:ObjectProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[isDurationOfRelationship](./CommunicationEvent/isDurationOfRelationship.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/isDurationOfRelationship") page_
[](../Image/DatatypeProperty.gif.md "DatatypeProperty") __relationshipEndTime__ (owl:DatatypeProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[relationshipEndTime](./CommunicationEvent/relationshipEndTime.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/relationshipEndTime") page_
[](../Image/DatatypeProperty.gif.md "DatatypeProperty") __eventEndTime__ (owl:DatatypeProperty)
[](../Image/ArrowRight.gif.md "ArrowRight.gif") _[eventEndTime](./CommunicationEvent/eventEndTime.md "Submissions:CommunicationEvent/eventEndTime") page_
# Additional information
# Scenarios
__Scenarios about CommunicationEvent__
No scenario is added to this Content OP.
# Reviews
__Reviews about CommunicationEvent__
| Review article | [Posted on](../Property/CreationDate.md "Property:CreationDate") | [About revision (current is 10036)](../Property/ReviewAboutVersion.md "Property:ReviewAboutVersion") |
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| [EvaBlomqvist about CommunicationEvent](../Reviews/EvaBlomqvist_about_CommunicationEvent.md "Reviews:EvaBlomqvist about CommunicationEvent") | 24554466 September 2010 | 1003610,036 |
This revision (revision ID __10036__) takes in account the reviews: none
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# Modeling issues
__Modeling issues about CommunicationEvent__
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# References