HypothesisVery high confidenceCurrent

A glossary or ontology improves shared terminology but does not govern executable metric behavior without a metric contract and runtime.

Link concept identities to executable metrics.

Valid from2026-08-23

Last reviewed2026-08-23

Review again2026-11-21

Dataheart stanceexploring

Evidence for

SKOS defines labels, semantic relations and mappings rather than analytical evaluation.

ISO 11179 separates concepts, value domains and derivation metadata from physical execution.

MetricFlow separately defines evaluation scope, dimensions, entities and filters.

Evidence against

Formal ontologies can validate or infer parts of an analytical model.

A glossary can substantially improve discovery and stewardship.

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