What is Visual Intelligence?
The capacity of an engineered system to interpret visual information in context and create outputs in service of defined objectives.
Shared Core
Cross-cutting concepts required by all three families: Actor, Artifact, Activity, Objective, Evidence, and Role.
Operational
What VI systems are, how they work, and what they do. Systems, processes, products, projects, and technologies.
Organizational
Who uses VI, why it matters, and how it is sold, scoped, delivered, and operated as a consulting practice.
Epistemic
What we know about VI, how we know it, and what authoritative structures validate the knowledge.
Relation
Typed links between concepts: hasFunction, producesContent, requires, deliveredVia, governedBy, and more.
Why This Ontology Exists
Engineering
Give engineers precise vocabulary and classification machinery to define, build, and operate VI systems.
Consulting Delivery
Give practitioners vocabulary to scope, architect, price, and deliver VI engagements.
Practice-Building
Give consulting directors the business language and market framing to establish a VI consulting practice.
Authority
Ground the discipline in recognizable academic traditions, standards, and evidence structures.
Longevity
Support controlled growth without invalidating previous work for at least five years.