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People Ontology

The Carbon Arc People Ontology organizes individuals and related creative roles into a structured, easy-to-navigate framework. It classifies people and their associations across entertainment and media in a consistent graph-based model.

At its core, the ontology breaks down into these distinct people type classifications like the below:

  • Artist (e.g., Radiohead)
  • Actor (e.g., Harrison Ford)
  • Genre (e.g., Thriller for OTT or Pop Music)
  • Title (e.g., Shrek 2)
  • Director (e.g., Denis Villeneuve)
  • Franchise (e.g., Fast and Furious)

These classifications are updated over time in the Carbon Arc Ontology Explorer. This structure makes it easier to link and analyze data on creatives, artists, and media, their work — for example, analyzing fan engagement with actors, tracking performance by director, or measuring audience overlap by franchise.

By standardizing these relationships, our People Ontology supports richer, more reusable insights across entertainment and cultural data.