Every member ontology (i.e., an ontology in the DISO collection) had its upstream license fetched (verbatim) from its authoritative source. This is recorded in a LICENSE file local to each ontology’s home directory. Each local LICENSE file contains the upstream licence text, included verbatim.
The Source(s) column links the origin of each verbatim licence text; §n matches the numbered verbatim section in the local LICENSE file. The SPDX column uses SPDX licence expressions; LicenseRef-* denotes terms with no SPDX identifier (e.g. MITRE terms of use, or LicenseRef-author-permission for a private written grant from the authors) and NOASSERTION means no licence could be established.
| # | Ontology | Full name | Cluster (home) | License (SPDX) | Local record | Source(s) of verbatim text | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OWL-S | Semantic Markup for Web Services | agentic | Nokia AND LicenseRef-W3C-Document-License |
LICENSE | §1 html-extract §2 html-extract |
uncertain · audit ✓ |
| 2 | CoDAMoS | Context-Driven Adaptation of Mobile Services | context-awareness | LicenseRef-author-permission |
LICENSE | §1 author-correspondence (2026-06-18) | licensed · audit ✓ |
| 3 | mIO! | mIO! Ontology Network (context for mobile environments) | context-awareness | CC-BY-3.0 |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes | licensed · audit ✓ |
| 4 | ATTACK | MITRE ATT&CK | cyber-security | LicenseRef-MITRE-ATTACK-ToU AND CC-BY-4.0 |
LICENSE | §1 html-extract §2 exact-bytes §3 exact-bytes |
licensed · audit ✓ |
| 5 | CAPEC | Common Attack Pattern Enumerations and Classifications | cyber-security | LicenseRef-MITRE-CAPEC-ToU AND CC-BY-4.0 AND MIT |
LICENSE | §1 html-extract §2 exact-bytes §3 exact-bytes |
licensed · audit ✓ |
| 6 | CPE | Common Platform Enumeration | cyber-security | MIT AND LicenseRef-NIST-CPE-Dictionary-PD |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes §2 html-extract |
licensed · audit ✓ |
| 7 | CVE | Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures | cyber-security | CC-BY-4.0 AND MIT AND LicenseRef-MITRE-CVE-Terms-of-Use |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes §2 exact-bytes §3 html-extract |
licensed · audit ✓ |
| 8 | CVSS | Common Vulnerability Scoring System | cyber-security | (CC-BY-4.0 OR MIT) AND LicenseRef-FIRST-CVSS-ToU |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes §2 exact-bytes §3 html-extract |
licensed · audit ✓ |
| 9 | CWE | Common Weakness Enumeration | cyber-security | (MIT AND CC-BY-4.0) AND LicenseRef-MITRE-CWE-ToU |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes §2 exact-bytes §3 html-extract |
licensed · audit ✓ |
| 10 | D3FEND | Detection, Denial & Disruption Framework Empowering Network Defense | cyber-security | MIT AND LicenseRef-MITRE-D3FEND-ToU |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes §2 html-extract §3 local-file |
licensed · audit ✓ |
| 11 | ICSA | Industrial Control Systems Advisory ontology | cyber-security | CC-BY-4.0 |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes §2 exact-bytes |
licensed · audit ✓ |
| 12 | ICS-SEC-KG-ONTO | ICS Security Knowledge Graph Ontology | cyber-security | MIT AND CC-BY-4.0 |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes §2 exact-bytes |
licensed · audit ✓ |
| 13 | ITIO | Insider Threat Indicator Ontology | cyber-security | LicenseRef-CMU-SEI-Distribution-Statement-A |
LICENSE | §1 local-file | licensed · audit ✓ |
| 14 | Ops | Ops (Operations) Ontology | cyber-security | GPL-3.0-only AND CC-BY-4.0 |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes §2 exact-bytes |
licensed · audit ✓ |
| 15 | SNORT | SNORT Network Intrusion Detection ontologies | cyber-security | CC-BY-4.0 |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes | licensed · audit ✓ |
| 16 | STIX | Structured Threat Information eXpression (2.1) | cyber-security | LicenseRef-OASIS-IPR-Policy-Non-Assertion-Mode |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes §2 html-extract |
licensed · audit ✓ |
| 17 | UCO_1 | Unified Cyber Ontology | cyber-security | Apache-2.0 AND CC-BY-3.0 |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes §2 html-extract |
licensed · audit ✓ |
| 18 | UCO_2 | Unified Cybersecurity Ontology (Syed et al.) | cyber-security | CC-BY-SA-4.0 |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes | licensed · audit ✓ |
| 19 | SAREF | Smart Applications REFerence ontology | digital-twins | BSD-3-Clause |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes §2 exact-bytes §3 exact-bytes §4 html-extract |
licensed · audit ✓ |
| 20 | IES | Information Exchange Standard (v5) | information-exchange | MIT |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes §2 exact-bytes §3 exact-bytes §4 html-extract |
licensed · audit ✓ |
| 21 | JC3IEDM | Joint Consultation, Command & Control Information Exchange Data Model | information-exchange | CC-BY-NC-3.0 |
LICENSE | §1 local-file §2 exact-bytes |
licensed · audit ✓ |
| 22 | CordaSecOnt | Corda Security Ontology | information-security | CC-BY-4.0 AND MIT |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes §2 exact-bytes |
licensed · audit ✓ |
| 23 | MDISOnt | Multi-dimensional Information Security Ontology | information-security | CC-BY-4.0 |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes | licensed · audit ✓ |
| 24 | OntoSecRPA | Security Ontology for Robotic Process Automation | information-security | NOASSERTION |
LICENSE | §1 html-extract §2 exact-bytes |
uncertain · audit ✓ |
| 25 | SecAOnto | Security Assessment Ontology | information-security | NOASSERTION |
LICENSE | — | no licence found · audit ✓ |
| 26 | SO | Security Ontology | information-security | LicenseRef-author-permission |
LICENSE | §1 author-correspondence (2026-06-18) | licensed · audit ✓ |
| 27 | CCO | Common Core Ontologies | mid-level | BSD-3-Clause AND CC-BY-4.0 |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes §2 exact-bytes |
licensed · audit ✓ |
| 28 | IRIS | IRIS Risk Core Ontology | risk-management | CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes | licensed · audit ✓ |
| 29 | CORA | Core Ontology for Robotics and Automation | robotics | CC-BY-4.0 |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes §2 local-file |
licensed · audit ✓ |
| 30 | SAWCore | Situation Awareness Core ontology | situation-awareness | CC-BY-NC-3.0 |
LICENSE | §1 html-extract §2 exact-bytes |
uncertain · audit ✓ |
| 31 | SOUPA | Standard Ontology for Ubiquitous and Pervasive Applications | situation-awareness | CC-BY-1.0 |
LICENSE | §1 html-extract §2 local-file |
licensed · audit ✓ |
| 32 | STO | Situation Theory Ontology | situation-awareness | CC-BY-NC-3.0 |
LICENSE | §1 local-file §2 exact-bytes |
licensed · audit ✓ |
| 33 | BOnSAI | Smart Building Ontology for Ambient Intelligence | smart-buildings | CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes | licensed · audit ✓ |
| 34 | BOT | Building Topology Ontology | smart-buildings | CC-BY-1.0 |
LICENSE | §1 html-extract §2 local-file |
licensed · audit ✓ |
| 35 | BRICK | Brick (buildings ontology) | smart-buildings | BSD-3-Clause AND CC-BY-4.0 |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes §2 exact-bytes §3 exact-bytes §4 local-file |
licensed · audit ✓ |
| 36 | IMF | Information Modelling Framework | smart-buildings | NOASSERTION |
LICENSE | — | no licence found · audit ✓ |
| 37 | CityOWL | OWL rendering of CityGML 3.0 | smart-cities | CC-BY-4.0 AND LicenseRef-OGC-Document-License |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes §2 html-extract |
uncertain · audit ✓ |
| 38 | SMOF | Smart City Ontology Framework | smart-cities | CC-BY-4.0 |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes | licensed · audit ✓ |
| 39 | SmartEnv | Smart Home Environments Ontology (eCare@Home) | smart-homes | LicenseRef-author-permission |
LICENSE | §1 author-correspondence (2026-06-18) | licensed · audit ✓ |
| 40 | ThinkHome | ThinkHome Smart Home Ontology | smart-homes | CC-BY-4.0 |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes | licensed · audit ✓ |
| 41 | BFO | Basic Formal Ontology | upper-level | CC-BY-4.0 |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes | licensed · audit ✓ |
| 42 | DOLCE | Descriptive Ontology for Linguistic and Cognitive Engineering | upper-level | CC-BY-4.0 |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes | licensed · audit ✓ |
| 43 | DUL | DOLCE+DnS Ultralite | upper-level | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes | licensed · audit ✓ |
| 44 | GFO | General Formal Ontology | upper-level | BSD-3-Clause |
LICENSE | §1 local-file §2 local-file §3 exact-bytes |
licensed · audit ✓ |
| 45 | GFO-Bio | General Formal Ontology for Biology | upper-level | BSD-3-Clause |
LICENSE | §1 local-file | licensed · audit ✓ |
| 46 | gUFO | gUFO: lightweight Unified Foundational Ontology | upper-level | CC-BY-4.0 |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes | licensed · audit ✓ |
| 47 | SUMO | Suggested Upper Merged Ontology | upper-level | GPL-3.0-only AND LicenseRef-IEEE-SUMO-License |
LICENSE | §1 exact-bytes §2 html-extract |
licensed · audit ✓ |
For ontologies whose upstream licence was absent or non-permissive, we contacted the rights holders. This table records that outreach and its outcome; it lists only the ontologies we reached out to. Permission grants and any resulting licence reclassifications are reflected in the licensing table above and in each ontology’s LICENSE. Responses received are recorded with an ISO date; private correspondence is not publicly reproduced but is verifiable by contacting the original authors.
| Ontology | Author contacted | Response | Permission granted | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OWL-S | yes | received (2026-06-18) | n/a | Author pointed us to the W3C Member Submission; licensing established via W3C terms. |
| CoDAMoS | yes | received (2026-06-18) | yes | Written permission to use and redistribute. |
| MDISOnt | yes | received (2026-06-18) | yes | Permission granted; CC-BY-4.0 also present in the upstream repository. |
| OntoSecRPA | yes | awaiting | — | Awaiting response; artefact redistribution withheld meanwhile. |
| SecAOnto | yes | awaiting | — | Awaiting response; artefact redistribution withheld meanwhile. |
| SO | yes | received (2026-06-18) | yes | Written permission to use and redistribute. |
| IRIS | yes | received (2026-06-18) | yes | Permission granted (CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0). |
| BOnSAI | yes | received (2026-06-18) | yes | Permission granted (CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0). |
| IMF | yes | awaiting | — | Awaiting response; artefact redistribution withheld meanwhile. |
| SmartEnv | yes | received (2026-06-18) | yes | Written permission to use and redistribute. |
| ThinkHome | yes | recieved (2026-06-25) | yes | Permission granted (CC-BY-4.0). |
| DUL | yes | awaiting | n/a | Awaiting response; appropriate licence (CC-BY-SA-3.0) found upstream (ODP). |