Every dictionary lists the designation type for each definition
The UCF has developed additional definition types specific to auditing and compliance.
By tagging the definition as a record example instead of simply as a noun, we are extending the definition so the term can be recognized as a named entity.
Named entities allow the Mapper to work with our Natural Language Processing engine that performs entity identification, entity chunking and entity extraction routines. By classifying terms as named entities, the named portion restricts the model to those entities for which the designator can stand for the term.
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Term Designators
| Designator | Description | Example |
| Noun | A word or phrase (other than a pronoun) used to identify a class of people, places, or things (common noun) or to name a particular one of these (proper noun). | information |
| Verb | A word or phrase used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen. | enable |
| Adjective | A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it. | active |
| Adverb | A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite, then, there ). | slowly |
| Abbreviation | A shortened form of a word or phrase. | NAACP |
| Adjective suffix | A set of letters added to the end of a word to create an adjective. | -ible |
| Article | A kind of adjective that is always used with and gives information about a noun. The only articles in the English language are: a, an, and the. |
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| Combining form | A form of a word normally used in compounds in combination with another element to form a word. | hydro- |
| Conjunction | A part of speech that connects words, sentences, phrases or clauses. |
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| Contraction | A shortened version of a word, syllable, or word group, created by omission of internal letters (sounds). | can't |
| Interjection | A word used to express an emotion or sentiment on the part of the speaker. | tut-tut |
| Noun Suffix | A set of letters added to the end of a word to create a noun. | -ness |
| Phrase | A group of grammatically connected words within a sentence. | by the skin of your teeth |
| Prefix | A set of letters added to the beginning of a word to create a new word. | under- |
| Preposition | A word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause. |
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| Pronoun – | A word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you ) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g., she, it, this). |
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| Verb Suffix | A set of letters added to the end of a word to create a verb. | -ise |
UCF Element Types
| Designator | Description | Examples |
| Asset | A service or thing owned by an organization or person that falls under the purview of an Authority Document's controls either because of its value or its configuration properties. | Information Technology |
| telecommunication facility | ||
| Asset Component | A part of or object within an asset. Asset Components can be groupings of objects, such as Configurable Items, within an Asset. | e-mail security setting |
| Authority Document | Statutes, regulations, directives, principles, standards, guidelines, best practices, policies, and procedures. | 45 CFR Part 160 - General Administrative Requirements |
| Configurable Item | A part of an asset specifically called out during the audit process. | minimum password length |
| Configuration Setting | A modifiable element within a Configurable Item that can affect performance and system function. | Enabled |
| disable | ||
| Data Contents | A field within a record. | visitor's address |
| account number | ||
| Group | A division within an organization or a formation of individuals outside an organization. | temporary employee |
| A generic unnamed organization. | information sharing organization | |
| Limiting Term | A word or phrase, typically a conjunction or preposition, that connects an event or action to a point in time. The UCF leverages Limiting Terms in combination with Triggering Events to indicate an event occurrence organizations should be monitoring, aka a Monitored Event. |
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| Organization | A named organized body of people with a particular purpose, especially a business, society, association, etc. For generic, unnamed, organizations see Group designator. | Microsoft |
| Defense Information Systems Agency | ||
| Organizational Function | The high level administrative departments of an organization. | Audit function |
| Human Resources | ||
| Organizational Task | An individual process or task an organization performs. | update software |
| background check | ||
| Record Category | A class, grouping, or set of records. | Internal Operational Audit - Information Technology |
| Facility Security Records | ||
| Record Example | An individual record within a Record Category. | visitor log |
| identification badge | ||
| Role | A word or phrase that represents the function an individual, process, organization, etc. is supposed to achieve. | data janitor |
| internal audit manager | ||
| Title | A name that describes someone's position or job. | Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| Contracting Officer | ||
| Triggering Event | A unique activity within a given process or state that causes an event or situation to happen. | list is updated |
| service is installed |