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Industry ontology

Organization types, the standards under them, and how organizations are placed.

In short

Every organization sits on one node of one tree. Universal is the root; under it, the organization types; under each type, the standard that classifies it (NAICS for companies, COFOG for governments, ICNPO for nonprofits …); under some nodes, our own segments. The industries dataset is the whole tree, and /industries browses it.

Levels

  • base: Universal, the root, with the schema every organization starts from.
  • type: an organization type (Companies, Government, Nonprofits …).
  • sector and industry: nodes of the type's standard, with their code.
  • segment: ours, a finer kind of organization under the node it refines.

A node with its own published schema is a baseline; a node without one reads the nearest ancestor's. parent_key is the edge; system and code name the node in its standard; crosswalk gives its codes in others.

Organization types

TypeKeyClassified by
Companies. Businesses owned for profit, by industry.org_companiesNAICS 2022 · ISIC Rev. 4
Government and public sector. Governments by level, then by function.org_governmentSNA 2008 · COFOG
International organizations. Set up by treaty between states.org_internationalUN System Chart
Nonprofits and civil society. Charities, foundations, advocacy, associations.org_nonprofitICNPO · NTEE
Education. Public and not-for-profit schools and universities.org_educationISCED 2011
Health. Public and not-for-profit hospitals and care.org_healthSHA 2011 (ICHA-HP)
Religious organizations. Congregations, denominations, orders.org_religiousICNPO 10 · NTEE X
Cooperatives and mutuals. Owned by their members.org_cooperativeICA World Cooperative Monitor
Political organizations. Parties, campaigns, political committees.org_politicalICNPO 7 300
Households and informal economy. Unregistered and household enterprises.org_householdICLS · ISIC 97-98

Standards

systemStandard
typeOrganization type (System Atlas)
naicsNorth American Industry Classification System 2022
segmentSystem Atlas segment
snaSystem of National Accounts 2008 / GFSM 2014 sector
cofogUN Classification of the Functions of Government
icnpoInternational Classification of Nonprofit Organizations
nteeNational Taxonomy of Exempt Entities
iscedInternational Standard Classification of Education 2011
shaSystem of Health Accounts 2011, providers (ICHA-HP)
icaInternational Cooperative Alliance, World Cooperative Monitor sector
unUN System Chart
iloILO International Conference of Labour Statisticians
isicInternational Standard Industrial Classification Rev. 4

Placement

An organization has one primary node (organizations.industry_key) and may sit on a second branch too (a public hospital is Health first, Government second). An industry slice takes the node and every node under it, on either placement, each organization once: the same rule the registry, rankings and API count by.

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