MotivationVocab-1.0STIX Vocabularies Schema

The MotivationVocab is the default STIX vocabulary for expressing the motivation of a threat actor.

NOTE: As of STIX Version 1.0.1, this version of the MotivationVocab is deprecated. Please use MotivationVocab-1.0.1 instead.


Vocabulary Items

Item Description
Ideological
Ideological - Anti-Corruption
Ideological - Anti-Establisment
Ideological - Environmental
Ideological - Ethnic / Nationalist
Ideological - Information Freedom
Ideological - Religious
Ideological - Security Awareness
Ideological - Human Rights
Ego
Financial or Economic
Military
Opportunistic
Policital

Fields

Field Name Type Description
@vocab_nameoptional string

The vocab_name field specifies the name of the controlled vocabulary.

@vocab_referenceoptional anyURI

The vocab_reference field specifies the URI to the location of where the controlled vocabulary is defined, e.g., in an externally located XML schema file.