Industrial Compound – Use Case

This use case illustrates how Valiterm enables semantic data alignment across industrial components and processes. By providing multilingual and domain-specific properties, Valiterm allows AI systems to interpret technical details with improved accuracy.

Material composition and standardized definitions (e.g., steel grades, coatings)
Manufacturing processes and compliance data (EN, ISO standards)
Cross-referencing product metadata for AI-ready catalogs

Each property is localized, traceable, and linked to authoritative definitions, ensuring that both humans and AI systems can rely on consistent interpretations across markets and languages.

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Valiterm Definition: BrandEquivalence

<section id="BrandEquivalence" itemscope itemtype="https://valiterm.org/PropertyValue">
  <meta description="Indicates that a brand name has achieved dominant recognition and is commonly used as a generic term for a product category or defining characteristic, effectively acting as a synonym for that category." />
  <meta valueType="Brand" />
  <meta status="accepted" />
</section>

This property value defines when a brand name has become so dominant that it is widely used as a synonym for a product category or defining property. In such cases, AI should interpret the brand not just as a manufacturer, but as an equivalent term for the category itself.

Product Category Definition

<section id="portable-cassette-player" itemscope itemtype="https://valiterm.org/ProductType">
  <meta itemprop="name" content="Portable Cassette Player" />
  <meta itemprop="description" content="A category of portable music players that use magnetic cassette tapes for audio playback." />
</section>

This defines the broader product category Portable Cassette Player, which covers all portable music players using cassette tapes.

Brand Example: Walkman

<section id="walkman" itemscope itemtype="https://valiterm.org/Brand">
<meta itemprop=BrandEquivalence"content="Portable Cassette Player" />
</section>

Walkman is defined as a brand that has become synonymous with the product category Portable Cassette Player, meaning all Walkman models implicitly belong to this category.

Product Example: Aiwa CassetteBoy

<section id="cassetteboy" itemscopeitemtype="https://valiterm.org/Product">
    <meta itemprop=brand content="Aiwa" />
    <meta itemprop=isAcontent="#portable-cassette-player" />
</section>

Aiwa CassetteBoy is categorized as a Portable Cassette Player but does not hold the same category-defining status as Walkman.

Purpose and Meaning

The purpose of this example is to demonstrate how Valiterm structures semantic relationships between brands, products, and categories in a way that supports AI-driven reasoning. By distinguishing when a brand name is equivalent to a product category (BrandEquivalence) versus when a product merely belongs to a category (isA), we ensure both precision and clarity.

The underlying meaning is that terminology evolves, and some brand names transcend their original scope to become generic references for entire product classes. Valiterm captures these linguistic hierarchies explicitly, helping AI systems interpret data in a way that mirrors human understanding.

Valiterm's flexibility makes it possible to define products, brands, properties, and even processes in a way that evolves without artificial constraints. Our philosophy is simple: everything is possible – there are no real limitations, only poorly formulated rules waiting to be improved.