organization

social entity established to meet needs or pursue goals
class class_of_being Q43229
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Summary

organization is a class of being[1]. organization has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: concept[3], type of system[4]
  • Subclass of: person or organization[5], corporate body[6], social system[7], complex system[8], group of humans[9], being[10], collective agent[11]
  • Part of: group of humans[12]
  • Commons category: Organizations[13]
  • Has part(s): treasury[14], human[15], employees[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Organizations[17]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox organization[18], Q26117813[19], Template:Aspects of organizations[20], Template:Infobox organization/Wikidata[21], Template:Org-stub[22]
  • Used by: by organization[23]
  • Has characteristic: organizational structure[24], organizational culture[25], organisation goal[26], organizational behavior studies[27], organizational life cycle[28], type of organization[29], organizational memory[30], organizational learning[31], organizational identity[32], organizational communication[33], organizational conflict[34], resolution to dissolve[35]
  • Main Wikidata property: P1268[36]
  • Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Organisation[37], https://schema.org/Organization[38], http://www.w3.org/ns/org#Organization[39], http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Organization[40], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0000245[41], http://sw-portal.deri.org/ontologies/swportal#Organization[42], http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Organization[43], http://www.popoloproject.com/specs/organization.html[44], http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/HL7/C1561598[45], http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/STY/T092[46], https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/Q4[47], https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Organization[48], https://github.com/senzing-garage/sz-semantics/wiki/ns#Organization[49], https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/Organization[50]
  • Different from: arranging[51], organization[52], corporate body[53], facility[54], organization unit[55], tissue[56]
  • Properties for this type: P571[57], P159[58], P856[59]

Why It Matters

organization is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Q138362428. mappings.dbpedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Schema.org. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Core organization ontology. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . BIBFRAME. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Ontology for Biomedical Investigations. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . FOAF. wikidata.org.
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  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . Activity Streams 2.0. wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . Q141632735. wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . GMEOW — Global Metadata and Entity Ontology for the Web (concept). wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  57. [59] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → group of humans
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Part of: group of humans"
  2. 9d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Organisation, https://schema.org/Organization, http://www.w3.org/ns/org#Organization +15
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: http://www.kyoto-project.eu/ontologies/Kyoto#organization_organisation-eng-3.0-08008335-n"
  3. 12d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 2459, 5170
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 5170, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7330200|organisation (#7330200)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  4. 12d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetreference-set:2| */ Equivalent class: http://purl.org/biotop/biotop.owl#Organization, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect BioTop → BioTop: A Biomedical Top-Domain Ontology ([[:tool"
  5. 20d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Organisation, https://schema.org/Organization, http://www.w3.org/ns/org#Organization +15
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: http://purl.org/biotop/biotop.owl#Organization"
  6. 21d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Equivalent class: https://github.com/senzing-garage/sz-semantics/wiki/ns#Organization"
  7. 22d ago · ZI Jony · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 128
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arc', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'bcl', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bew', 'bg', '
    P14924 → human
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14924: human"
  8. 29d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Organisation, https://schema.org/Organization, http://www.w3.org/ns/org#Organization +15
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Equivalent class: https://schema.org/Organization"
  9. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Organisation, https://schema.org/Organization, http://www.w3.org/ns/org#Organization +15
    Exact match → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: https://sigma.ontologyportal.org/sigma/OWL.jsp?kb=SUMO&flang=OWL&term=Organisation"
  10. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Organisation, https://schema.org/Organization, http://www.w3.org/ns/org#Organization +15
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/Organization"
  11. 7w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uses → agent, Homo sapiens, robot +2
    Has part(s) of the class → member, position, resource
    Has part(s) → treasury, human, employees
    Equivalent class → http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Organisation, https://schema.org/Organization, http://www.w3.org/ns/org#Organization +15
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: https://github.com/senzing-garage/sz-semantics/wiki/ns#Organization"
  12. 12w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) of the class → member, position, resource
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has part(s) of the class: position"
  13. 12w ago · NMaia · 2026-07-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Consumer rights wiki article id → 4787
    Used by → by organization
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Consumer rights wiki article id: 4787, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/297029447|Portal:Organizations (#297029447)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8142|‎"
  14. 15w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1uzYzt
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  15. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uses → agent, Homo sapiens, robot +2
    Has part(s) of the class → member, position, resource
    Has part(s) → treasury, human, employees
    Instance of → class of being, concept, type of system
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: organization, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289950907|organization (#289950907)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  16. 15w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → class of being, concept, type of system
    Subclass of → person or organization, corporate body, social system +4
    Uses → agent, Homo sapiens, robot +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Subclass of: agent"
  17. 15w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uses → agent, Homo sapiens, robot +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Uses: agent"
  18. 16w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → class of being, concept, type of system
    Has part(s) → treasury, human, employees
    "/* wbsetreference-set:2| */ Has part(s): human, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P356]]"
  19. 16w ago · Jeanne Noiraud · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → treasury, human, employees
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has part(s): human"
  20. 16w ago · Jeanne Noiraud · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → person or organization, corporate body, social system +4
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: agent"
  21. 17w ago · Peter F. Patel-Schneider · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → person or organization, corporate body, social system +4
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Subclass of: group of humans"
  22. 19w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 160451
    Aliases → —
    Banglapedia id (bengali) → —
    Bncf thesaurus id → —
    + 131 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0010408-instituce-a-organizace, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
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