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The different types of alignment terms in Knowledge Accelerators

Alignment terms in Knowledge Accelerators

A specific use of Term, which represents the various noun and noun phrases that occur within a particular standard or regulation.

An Alignment Term can be further sub-classified as follows :
  • Document Term
  • Group Term
  • Defined Term
  • Report Element Term
Defined Term
This is a specific use of a business term which has its description provided in the source document or regulation.
Table 1. Defined Terms examples
Industry Alignment Term name Description Primary category Is a type of Has a part of Classification
Energy and Utilities Aggregate consumer information information that relates to a group or category of consumers, from which individual consumer identities have been removed, that is not linked or reasonably linkable to any consumer or household, including via a device. ... CCPA - SEC. 3. - 1798.140.‬ CCPA
  • consumers
  • household
  • individual
  • defined term
  • alignment term
Financial Services Unique identifier "Unique identifier" or "Unique personal identifier" a persistent identifier that can be used to recognize a consumer, a family, or a device that is linked to a consumer or family, over time and across different services, including, but not limited to, a device identifier; an Internet Protocol address; cookies, beacons, pixel tags, mobile ad identifiers, or similar technology; customer number, unique pseudonym, or user alias; ... CCPA - SEC. 3. - 1798.140.  
  • customer number
  • internet protocol address
  • mobile ad identifiers
  • unique personal identifier
  • alignment term
  • defined term
  • group term‬
Healthcare Biometric information An individual's physiological, biological or behavioral characteristics, including an individual's deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), that can be used, singly or in combination with each other or with other identifying data,... CCPA - SEC. 3. - 1798.140. CCPA
  • dna
  • characteristics
  • voiceprint
  • defined term
  • alignment term
Insurance Deidentified

information that cannot reasonably identify, relate to, describe, be capable of being associated with, or be linked, directly or indirectly, to a particular consumer, provided that a business that uses deidentified information:...

CCPA - SEC. 3. - 1798.140.  
  • reidentify the information
  • business processes
  • inadvertent release of deidentified information
  • technical safeguards
  • deidentified information
  • reidentification
  • reidentify
  • safeguards
  • reidentification of the information
  • defined term
  • alignment term
  • group term
Document Term
This is a specific use of a business term which has been derived or extracted from a source document or regulation without any associated description (except in the case of Industry Alignment Vocabularies where no definition is provided or is derivable).
Table 2. Document Terms examples
Industry Alignment Term name Description Primary Category Is a type of Alternative Names Classification
Energy and Utilities consumers No definition supplied CCPA Document Terms
  • Aggregate consumer information
  • Personal information
  • Service provider
 
  • document term
  • alignment term
Financial Services rights of data subjects No definition supplied GDPR GDPR
  • data subject right
  • rights and freedoms of data subjects
  • rights and freedoms of natural persons
  • rights and legitimate interests of data subjects
  • document term
  • alignment term
Healthcare dna No definition supplied Personal Data Biometric information  
  • document term
  • alignment term
Insurance approved certification mechanism No definition supplied GDPR‬ credit risk rating grades
  • certification mechanism
  • data protection certification mechanism
  • document term
  • alignment term
Group Term
A specific use of a business term which represents a higher level or root term in an Industry Alignment Vocabulary.
Table 3. Group Terms examples
Industry Alignment Term name Description Primary Category Has a part of Classification
Energy and Utilities BaseWork Common representation for work and work tasks. Work
  • priority rank
  • priority justification
  • statusKind‬
  • kind (Work Kind)‬
  • priority type
  • group term
  • alignment term
Financial Services Adjusted Collateral Amount‬ [pr130] ... Using haircuts, banks are required to adjust both the amount of the exposure to the counterparty and the value of any collateral received in support of that counterparty to take account of possible future fluctuations in the value of either, occasioned by market movements. This will produce volatility-adjusted amounts for both exposure and collateral. Unless either side of the transaction is cash, the volatility-adjusted amount for the exposure will be higher than the exposure and for the collateral it will be lower. Basel Framework
  • Collateral Value
  • Haircut For Collateral
  • Haircut For Foreign Exchange‬‬
  • group term
  • alignment term
Healthcare Drug Identification A HIPAA data segment based on X12 segment LIN X12 Segment: ... HIPAA Data Segments‬
  • National Drug Code
  • Product or Service ID Qualifier
  • group term
  • alignment term
Insurance Indicia Documentation to be retained upon identifying an entity. FATCA
  • Attorney
  • Birth place
  • Citizenship‬
  • Residency address‬
  • Telephone number
  • group term
  • alignment term
Report Element Term
This is a specific use of a business term which represents an element in a regulatory report.
Table 4. Report Element Terms examples
Industry Alignment Term name Description Primary Category Is a type of Classification
Financial Services Average maturity Average maturity: the obligor maturity in years weighted by EAD; this parameter needs to be filled in only when it is used for the RWA calculation. Basel Disclosures  
  • report element term
  • alignment term
Insurance Issuer Name Name of the issuer, defined as the entity that issues assets to investors, representing part of its capital, part of its debt, derivatives, etc. ... Asset Management Information on the assets held
  • report element term
  • alignment term
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