Software Tool
type: Class
subclass of: Software

Topic
type: Class
comment: A subject, theme, category, or general area of interest

Post-Processing software
type: Class
subclass of: Software Tool

Coding Language
type: Class

Time Frequency
type: Class
subclass of: ModelComponentConfiguration

Activity
type: Class
comment: A generic scientific activity

The Gateway short name
type: Class
comment: The Gateway long name

Horizontal Grid
type: Class

The Computer Type
type: Class

Model Component
type: Class
subclass of: Software

http://lodlaundromat.org/.well-known/genid/781407f1be19edeef2f12d627585bbd4#4
type: Restriction
on property: isConfigured
has value: false

Platform Type
type: Class
comment: The observational platform type

Instrument Type
type: Class
comment: The observational instrument type

Context
type: Class
comment: A high-level data gateway serving data from multiple distributed data archives.

Resolution Type
type: Class

Physical Domain
type: Class
comment: The physical domain of a dataset

Analysis and Visualization software
type: Class
subclass of: Software Tool

IPCC AR4
type: Class
comment: IPCC AR4 Experiment
subclass of: Experiment

IPCC AR5
type: Class
subclass of: Experiment
comment: IPCC AR5 Experiment

A repository of co-located data, possibly from multiple projects.
type: Class

Model Framework
type: Class
subclass of: Software Tool

Parameter
type: Class

A specific combination of computing platform, chip and compiler
type: Class

The Computer Chip
type: Class

Contact
type: Class

Location
type: Class
comment: The geographic location of a dataset

Operating System
type: Class

Model
type: Class
subclass of: Model Component

Input Datasets
type: ObjectProperty
range: Dataset
comment: External data files used by a model simulation. May include initial conditions, boundary conditions, or restart files.
domain: Model Component

Grid Type
type: ObjectProperty
comment: A text description of the grid that uses common terminology.
range: GridType
domain: Mosaic

Grid Specification
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Model Component
comment: The specification of a grid used in a geoscience model.
range: GridSpec

Simulation Status
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Model Component
range: SimulationStatus
comment: Indicates whether a simulation is completed, pending, proposed, or running.

Tracer Conservation Type
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Model Component
range: ConservationType
comment: Physical quantities that are inherently conserved by the numerical tracer transport scheme.

Project
type: ObjectProperty
comment: A campaign, such as a model intercomparison project, that may involve multiple groups and experiments.
range: Project
domain: http://lodlaundromat.org/.well-known/genid/781407f1be19edeef2f12d627585bbd4#5

Conservation Fixer
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Model Component
range: ConservationFixer
comment: Any physical quantities that are formally conserved by the continuous equations of motion and restored to their initial value at periodic intervals.

Author
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: Point of Contact

Point of Contact
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Resource
range: Contact

Grid Mosaic
type: ObjectProperty
range: Mosaic
domain: GridSpec
comment: A collection of grid tiles.

Parallelization Type
type: ObjectProperty
comment: The software package or interface used to distribute data across processors on a parallel computing system.
domain: Software
range: ParallelizationType

Metadata contact
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: Point of Contact

Funding Source
type: ObjectProperty
range: Agency
domain: http://lodlaundromat.org/.well-known/genid/781407f1be19edeef2f12d627585bbd4#11
comment: The entity that funded a model component, simulation, or dataset.

hasTopic
type: ObjectProperty
range: Topic
domain: Resource
comment: A subject, theme, category, or general area of interest.

Vertical Coordinate
type: ObjectProperty
range: VerticalCoordinate
domain: Model Component
comment: The system that describes the vertical discretization of a geophysical model in terms of given point’s radial distance from the surface of the earth.

Equations of Motion
type: ObjectProperty
range: EquationsOfMotion
domain: Model Component
comment: The time dependent ordinary and partial differential equations that describe behavior of a geophysical system. They form the basis for the numerical discretization of a geoscience model.

Previous Simulation
type: ObjectProperty
range: Model Component
inverse of: hasFollowingSimulation
comment: A previous simulation is a prequel in model time to the current simulation. The current simulation may be a direct decedent (e.g. same forcing) or may use the previous simulation as initial conditions with a change in present forcing.

Geometry Type
type: ObjectProperty
range: GeometryType
comment: Indicates the geometric figure used to approximate the shape of the Earth, e.g. "sphere".
domain: Tile

Compiler
type: ObjectProperty
range: LanguageCompiler
comment: The brand of the software that takes source code and turns it into an executable.
domain: A specific combination of computing platform, chip and compiler

Agency
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Resource
range: Agency
comment: An administrative unit of government.

Principal Investigator
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: Point of Contact
comment: The scientist in charge of an experiment or research project.

Ensemble Members
type: ObjectProperty
comment: A list of other simulations that comprise an ensemble.
range: Model Component
domain: Experiment

Initialization Method
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Model Component
comment: The means by which a geoscience simulation is started.
range: InitializationMethod

Hardware Type
type: ObjectProperty
range: HardwareType
comment: The type of computer system. (e.g. vector, parallel, cluster, etc.)
domain: A specific combination of computing platform, chip and compiler

Tracer Conservation Fixer
type: ObjectProperty
comment: Any physical quantities that are formally conserved by the continuous tracer transport equation and restored to their initial values.
range: ConservationFixer
domain: Model Component

Tracer Time Stepping
type: ObjectProperty
range: TimeStepping
domain: Model Component
comment: Part of the solver that moves the tracer transport equation forward in time. A solver is an algorithm that computes a numerical solution to a time-dependent ordinary or partial differential equation required by computer simulations of physical processes.

Diagnostic Variable
type: ObjectProperty
comment: Variables that are derived from other variables.
sub property of: hasParameter

Prognostic Variable
type: ObjectProperty
comment: Variables that are directly calculated by the equations of motion.
sub property of: hasParameter

License
type: ObjectProperty
comment: Description of the license or conditions under which software is distributed.
domain: Software
range: License

Advection Scheme
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Model Component
comment: The algorithm used to solve the equations that represent the transport mechanism of a substance or a conserved property within a moving fluid.
range: AdvectionScheme

Platform
type: ObjectProperty
comment: The brand name of a computer system.
domain: A specific combination of computing platform, chip and compiler
range: The Computer Type

Processor
type: ObjectProperty
range: The Computer Chip
comment: The type of computer chip used in a particular computer platform.
domain: A specific combination of computing platform, chip and compiler

Operating System
type: ObjectProperty
comment: The software that is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of resources of a computer.
range: Operating System
domain: A specific combination of computing platform, chip and compiler

Horizontal Staggering
type: ObjectProperty
comment: Placement of model field data relative to the center point of a grid cell in the horizontal dimension.
domain: Model Component
range: HorizontalStaggering

Conservation Type
type: ObjectProperty
range: ConservationType
domain: Model Component
comment: The physical characteristics of the equations of motion that are conserved by the numerical discretization.

Connection Type
type: ObjectProperty
comment: The software package or mechanism used to transfer and transform data between model components.
domain: Model Component
range: Model Framework

Numerical Method
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Model Component
comment: The means by which continuous operators are represented on a finite set of points. In a scientific model, numerical methods are used to discretize the continuous equations of motion.
range: NumericalMethod

Grid Tile
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Mosaic
range: Tile
comment: A portion of a grid that is separately discretized.

Data Center contact
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: Point of Contact

Export State
type: ObjectProperty
comment: The variables transmitted from a component in a coupled modeling system.
range: Parameter
domain: Model Component

Configuration Files
type: ObjectProperty
range: ConfigFiles
comment: The collection of files used to create a model simulation. May include scripts, name lists etc.
domain: Model Component

Coding Language
type: ObjectProperty
range: Coding Language
comment: The computer language in which a unit of software is written.
domain: Software

Descretization Type
type: ObjectProperty
range: DiscretizationType
domain: Tile
comment: Specifies the method by which a two-dimensional coordinate system is sampled to form a computational grid.

Projection
type: ObjectProperty
range: Projection
domain: http://lodlaundromat.org/.well-known/genid/781407f1be19edeef2f12d627585bbd4#14
comment: Any projection used for the discretization of the equations of motion. For example, cubed-sphere grids can use gnomonic (equiangular) or gnomonic (equal-distance along cube edges). Also, planar projections used in some icosahedral grid models etc.

Vertical Staggering
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Model Component
comment: Placement of model field data relative to the center point of a grid cell in the vertical dimension.
range: VerticalStaggering

Interconnect Type
type: ObjectProperty
range: InterconnectType
comment: The technology used to associate each node in a supercomputer with every other node.
domain: A specific combination of computing platform, chip and compiler

Physical Domain
type: ObjectProperty
domain: http://lodlaundromat.org/.well-known/genid/781407f1be19edeef2f12d627585bbd4#17
comment: A description of the geographic range being simulated in a particular activity.
range: Physical Domain

Experiment
type: ObjectProperty
domain: http://lodlaundromat.org/.well-known/genid/781407f1be19edeef2f12d627585bbd4#23
sub property of: hasActivity
comment: A controlled test or investigation with predefined parameters. This is a citation or pointer where further information may be found.

Forcing
type: ObjectProperty
domain: http://lodlaundromat.org/.well-known/genid/781407f1be19edeef2f12d627585bbd4#26
comment: The category of forcing used to drive a model component (e.g. wind, wave, volcanism).

Forcing Type
type: ObjectProperty
comment: The category of forcing used to drive a model component (e.g. wind, wave, volcanism).
range: ForcingType
domain: http://lodlaundromat.org/.well-known/genid/781407f1be19edeef2f12d627585bbd4#30

Time Stepping
type: ObjectProperty
range: TimeStepping
comment: Part of the solver that moves the solution of the continuous equations of motion forward in time. A solver is an algorithm that computes a numerical solution to a time-dependent ordinary or partial differential equation required by computer simulations of physical processes.
domain: Model Component

Ensemble ID
type: ObjectProperty
comment: The reference name or number of the ensemble to which a simulation belongs.
domain: ModelDataset
range: Ensemble
sub property of: hasActivity

Model Component Framework
type: ObjectProperty
comment: The software package or mechanism used to transfer and transform data between model components.
range: Model Framework
domain: Model Component

Grid
type: ObjectProperty
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: A text description of the grid that uses commonly used terminology, but may not in general be a sufﬁcient description of the ﬁeld.
range: Horizontal Grid
domain: http://lodlaundromat.org/.well-known/genid/781407f1be19edeef2f12d627585bbd4#33

Tracer Transport
type: ObjectProperty
comment: The algorithm used to solve the equations that represent the transport mechanism of tracers within a moving fluid.
domain: Model Component
range: NumericalMethod

Calendar Type
type: ObjectProperty
domain: http://lodlaundromat.org/.well-known/genid/781407f1be19edeef2f12d627585bbd4#40
comment: The type of calendar used in a simulation.
range: CalendarType

Import State
type: ObjectProperty
comment: The variables received from another component in a coupled modeling system.
range: Parameter
domain: Model Component

Tracer Advection Scheme
type: ObjectProperty
range: AdvectionScheme
domain: Model Component
comment: The algorithm used to solve the equations that represent the tracer transport mechanism of a substance or a conserved property within a moving fluid.

Forcing Value
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
comment: The specific value or constant set for a particular forcing type. Forcing types may also be defined by entire fields. That information is captured in a component's list of input datasets.

Previous Version
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: Name of the previous version of a model or model component.
domain: Software
range: string

Data Holder
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Model Component
range: string
comment: The person responsible for a dataset.

Ensemble Identification
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: The reference name or number of the ensemble to which a simulation belongs.

Rights
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
domain: Resource
comment: Description of the distribution and/or access restrictions for a particular piece of software or dataset.

Dimension Order
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Tile
comment: The order in which latitude and longitude appear within the two dimensional grid array.
range: string

Year Released
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
domain: Software
comment: The year a model or model component was released.

East Limit
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: -180 <= east limit <= +180
range: float
domain: GeophysicalDataset

Temporal Filter
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Model Component
range: string
comment: Any filters applied to the time-stepping method to remove spurious waves in the time-stepping method for tracers.

Number of Cores per Processor
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
comment: The number of sub-divided elements or mini-chips on a computer chip.
domain: A specific combination of computing platform, chip and compiler

NY
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: Specifies the length of the Y, or latitude, dimension of the grid tile.
domain: Tile
range: int

Simulation End Date
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Model Component
range: dateTime
comment: The date in simulated time of the end of a model simulation.

Experiment Start Date
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Experiment
comment: The date in simulated time of the start of a model experiment.
range: dateTime

Version
type: DatatypeProperty
type: FunctionalProperty
range: string
comment: A specific form or variation of an artifact (i.e. a unit of software or metadata).
domain: Software

Explicit Spatial Filter
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: A posteriori dampening of waves on an entire gridded field at specified intervals. This is dampening not implemented in either Implicit or Explicit Diffusion.
domain: Model Component
range: string

South Limit
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: -90 <= south limit <= +90
domain: GeophysicalDataset
range: float

Release Year
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: The year a model component was issued.

Temporal Approximation
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: A description of how time is descrrtized within an algorithm that computes a numerical solution to a time-dependent ordinary or partial differential equation required by computer simulations of physical processes.
range: string
domain: Model Component

Machine Name
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: A specific combination of computing platform, chip and compiler
comment: The name given to a computer by its system administrators. This is not the brand name of the system.
range: string

Tracer Spatial Approximation
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
domain: Model Component
comment: The estimate of the spatial portion of the tracer transport equation.

Tracer Temporal Approximation
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
domain: Model Component
comment: A description of how time is descretized within the algorithm that computes the tracer transport solver.

Spatial Approximation
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
comment: The estimate of the spatial portion of the continuous equations of motion. It is used simplify the overall solutions to those equations.
domain: Model Component

Note
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
comment: A brief comment.
domain: Resource

Simulation Start Date
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Model Component
comment: The date in simulated time of the start of a model simulation.
range: dateTime

Implicit Diffusion
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Model Component
range: string
comment: Diffusion that typically dampens grid scale oscillations through the numerical method rather than through terms added to equations of motion (explicit diffusion).

Institution
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: An organization associated with a model component, simulation, or dataset.
domain: Resource
range: string

Is Conformal
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: Indicates if the grid tile is angle-preserving. If so, angles measured on the grid are equal to the equivalent angles on the Earth.
range: boolean
domain: Tile

Full Name
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: http://lodlaundromat.org/.well-known/genid/781407f1be19edeef2f12d627585bbd4#44
range: string
comment: The name of a model, model component, simulation, experiment, or dataset with all acronyms spelled out.

North Pole Location
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Tile
range: string
comment: Defines the lat-long position of the 'north pole' used by the grid tile in the case of rotated/displaced pole grids.

Reference
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: A citation or pointer (e.g. URL) to a location where further information may be found.
range: string
domain: http://lodlaundromat.org/.well-known/genid/781407f1be19edeef2f12d627585bbd4#47

Time Step
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: Time-step size in seconds used moving the solver forward. This will vary by horizontal resolution.
range: string
domain: Model Component

Experiment End Date
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Experiment
range: dateTime
comment: The date in simulated time of the end of a model experiment.

Tracer Temporal Filter
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: Any filters applied to the time-stepping method to remove spurious waves in the time-stepping method for tracers.
range: string
domain: Model Component

West Limit
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: -180<= west limit <=+ 180
range: float
domain: GeophysicalDataset

Number of Ensemble Members
type: DatatypeProperty
range: int
comment: The number of simulations in an ensemble.
domain: Model Component

Vertical Resolution
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Model Component
comment: The number of points within the vertical domain of a model or grid.
range: int

Inherent Spatial Diffusion
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
comment: Diffusion terms that are added to the equations of motion.
domain: Model Component

Compiler Version
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The specific configuration value of the software used to take source code and turn it into executable code.
domain: LanguageCompiler

Horizontal Resolution
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
comment: The number of points within the horizontal domain of a model or grid.
domain: http://lodlaundromat.org/.well-known/genid/781407f1be19edeef2f12d627585bbd4#50

Congruent Tiles
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Mosaic
comment: Indicates whether or not all the tiles contained within a grid mosaic are of the same size and shape.
range: boolean

Maximum Processors
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: The highest number of computer chips on a computer system.
domain: A specific combination of computing platform, chip and compiler
range: string

Is Uniform
type: DatatypeProperty
range: boolean
domain: Tile
comment: Indicates whether or not the horizontal coordinates of a grid have fixed offsets in the X and Y directions. If the offset is the same in both directions then the grid is logically square, otherwise it is logically rectangular.

Location at Vertical Top
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Model Component
comment: The value the vertical coordinate at the top of a geophysical model.
range: string

Contact Name
type: DatatypeProperty
type: FunctionalProperty
range: string
comment: The person designated to provide information about a model component, dataset, or experiment.
domain: http://lodlaundromat.org/.well-known/genid/781407f1be19edeef2f12d627585bbd4#53

Experiment Rationale
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: The reason for performing an experiment.
domain: Experiment
range: string

Contact
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Resource
range: string
comment: A person who is in a position to give you special assistance.

Tracer Time Step
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: Time-step size in seconds used moving the tracer transport solver forward. This will vary by horizontal resolution.
range: string
domain: Model Component

Author
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: The person who created the content of a book, article, or other source.
range: string
domain: Resource

Contact Email
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: http://lodlaundromat.org/.well-known/genid/781407f1be19edeef2f12d627585bbd4#57
range: string
comment: The email address of the person designated to provide information about a model component, dataset, or experiment.
type: FunctionalProperty

Coordinate Poles
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
domain: Tile
comment: Specifies the lat-long position of any coordinate poles (in the mathematical sense) that form part of the definition of a grid tile.

The Universal Unique IDentifier associated with the resource
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
type: FunctionalProperty
domain: Resource

North Limit
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: -90 <= north limit <= +90
range: float
domain: GeophysicalDataset

Tracer Spatial Filter
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: Any explicit or implicit diffusion or spatial filtering applied in the tracer transport solver.
domain: Model Component
range: string

Number of Cells
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Tile
range: string
comment: The number of cells in an unstructured grid.

NX
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Tile
comment: Specifies the length of the X, or longitude, dimension of the grid tile.
range: int

Is Regular
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: Indicates whether or not the horizontal coordinates of the grid can be defined using 1D arrays (vectors). This means that grid node locations are defined by the cartesian product of the X/Lon and Y/Lat coordinate vectors. It also means that grid cells are logically rectangular (they may also be physically rectangular in the case of projected coordinates).
domain: Tile
range: boolean