TDWG Ontology - Core
type: Ontology
creator: Robert Gales
issued: 2006-05-26
modified: $Date: 2006-07-21 02:19:22 +0100 (Fri, 21 Jul 2006) $
publisher: Taxonomic Databases Working Group
description: The Core Ontology represents extension to the Base Ontology describing high level general concepts that may be extended to represent Biology & Biodiversity Informatics domain specific classes and properties.
relation: base.owl
comment: This ontology has been demonstrated to be valid RDF of the OWL-Lite subset by the following online tool: Wonder Web OWL Ontology Validator
version info: 0.3
imports: base.owl

Core Collection
type: Class
comment: A number of objects collected or gathered together, viewed as a whole, [...] of scientific specimens, objects of interest, works of art, etc.[1] 1. Oxford English Dictionary
subclass of: BaseThing
subclass of: http://lodlaundromat.org/.well-known/genid/9f4ccafd49fe6b5362b4e86fa2326be4#1

Core Contact Information
type: Class
comment: A class representing the base for which any contact information should be extended. Contact information should describe some manner in which a person or software agent may contact a person or organisation.
subclass of: BaseThing

Core Description
type: Class
comment: A Statement which describes, sets forth or portrays; a graphic or detailed account of a thing.[1] 1. Oxford English Dictionary
subclass of: BaseThing

Core Geolocalisation
type: Class
comment: An object that represents the artifact of a geolocalisation event, where a geolocalisation event is the identification of a specific place from only textual representations of the locality.
subclass of: BaseThing

Core Organisation
type: Class
comment: An establishment, organization, or association, instituted for the promotion of some object, esp. one of public or general utility.[1] 1. Oxford English Dictionary
subclass of: BaseActor

Core Person
type: Class
comment: An individual human being.[1] 1. Oxford English Dictionary
subclass of: BaseActor

Core Place
type: Class
comment: A particular part of space of defined or undefined extent but of definite situation. [1] 1. Oxford English Dictionary
subclass of: BaseThing

Core Publication Citation
type: Class
comment: A citation or bibliographic citation is a reference to a book, article, web page or other published item, with sufficient details to uniquely identify the item. [1] 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation
subclass of: BaseThing

Core Specimen
type: Class
comment: An animal, plant, or mineral, a part or portion of some substance or organism, etc., serving as an example of the thing in question for purposes of investigation or scientific study.[1] 1. Oxford English Dictionary
subclass of: BaseThing
subclass of: http://lodlaundromat.org/.well-known/genid/9f4ccafd49fe6b5362b4e86fa2326be4#2

Core Concept
type: Class
comment: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
subclass of: BaseThing

Core Identification
type: Class
comment: The identification of a specimen to a specific concept.
subclass of: BaseThing

Core Concept Relationship Assertion
type: Class
comment: The action of declaring or positively stating a relationship between 2 CoreConcepts
subclass of: BaseThing

Core Team
type: Class
comment: a group of people (CorePerson) linked in a common purpose[1] 1. en.wikipedia.org
subclass of: BaseActor

Core Concept Relationship Assertion Type Term
type: Class
comment: Class for controlled vocabularies describing the types of assertions that may be amde between two concepts.
subclass of: BaseDefinedTerm

Core Typification
type: Class
comment: The record of a the process of stating that a name is typified by a specific instance.
subclass of: BaseThing

Core Observation
type: Class
comment: A record of the observation of some concept at a particular location and time.
subclass of: BaseThing

Core Gathering
type: Class
comment: A record of the event of gathering specimens at a particular location over a specific time period.
subclass of: BaseThing

Core Structure
type: Class
comment: Class for defining controlled vocabularies defining the structures that may be used within a description.
subclass of: BaseDefinedTerm

Core Property
type: Class
comment: Class for defining controlled vocabularies defining properties on structures that may be described in either a qualitative or quantitative sense.
subclass of: BaseDefinedTerm

Core Property State
type: Class
comment: Class for defining controlled vocabularies defining the states that properties may assume in a qualitative description.
subclass of: BaseDefinedTerm

Core Value
type: Class
comment: Class for representing the results of quantitative measurements.
subclass of: BaseThing

Core Unit
type: Class
comment: Class for constructing controlled vocabularies defining units of measure.
subclass of: BaseDefinedTerm

Core Descriptive Element
type: Class
comment: Class for representing a statement describing a particular property on a specific structure.
subclass of: BaseThing

Core Qualitative Descriptive Element
type: Class
comment: Class for representing a statement describing a particular property on a specific structure where the property can only be described qualitatively through a controlled vocabulary.
subclass of: Core Descriptive Element

Core Quantitative Descriptive Element
type: Class
comment: Class for representing a statement describing a particular property on a specific structure where the property can only be described quantitatively through a measurement.
subclass of: Core Descriptive Element

Managed By
type: ObjectProperty
comment: The association between a collection and the individual(s) that manage the data for the collection.
domain: Core Collection
range: BaseActor

Curated By
type: ObjectProperty
comment: The association between a collection and the individual(s) that curate the collection.
domain: Core Collection
range: BaseActor

Contains
type: ObjectProperty
comment: The specimens that are contained within the collection.
domain: Core Collection
range: Core Specimen

Has Elements
type: ObjectProperty
comment: One of the descriptive elements that comprise a complete description.
domain: Core Description
range: Core Descriptive Element

Source Used
type: ObjectProperty
comment: A resource that has been utilized during the identification process.
domain: Core Identification
range: Core Publication Citation

Identified As
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The concept that the specimen was identified as.
domain: Core Identification
range: Core Concept
type: ObjectProperty

Identification Of
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The specimen that was identified during the identication event.
domain: Core Identification
range: Core Specimen
type: ObjectProperty
inverse of: Identification

Authored By
type: ObjectProperty
comment: The association between a publication citation and individuals that authored the publication identified by the citation.
domain: Core Publication Citation
range: Core Person
inverse of: Authored

Authored
type: ObjectProperty
comment: The association between a person and items on which they have contributed as an author.
domain: Core Person
range: Core Publication Citation
inverse of: Authored By

Date Published
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The association between a publication and the date it was published. The rdf:datatype attribute should be used to specify the XSD date type.
domain: Core Publication Citation
type: DatatypeProperty

Published By
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The assocation between a publication and the organisation that published it.
domain: Core Publication Citation
range: Core Organisation
type: ObjectProperty

Has Description
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: A description of the specimen.
domain: Core Specimen
range: Core Description
type: ObjectProperty

Typifies
type: ObjectProperty
comment: The relationship between the specimen and the typification of a name.
domain: Core Specimen
range: Core Typification
inverse of: Type Specimen

Was Gathered
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The association between a specimen and its gathering event.
domain: Core Specimen
range: Core Gathering
type: ObjectProperty
inverse of: Gathered

Identification
type: ObjectProperty
comment: The identification of a specimen to the concept that classifies the specimen.
domain: Core Specimen
range: Core Identification
inverse of: Identification Of

Has Name
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: Association between a concept and the name that the concept describes.
domain: Core Concept
range: BaseName
type: ObjectProperty

Circumscribed By
type: ObjectProperty
comment: An association between a concept and the specimen(s) which have been used to describe it.
domain: Core Concept
range: Core Specimen

Described By
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The association between a concept and a description that will define the characteristics that may be used to identify instances of the concept.
domain: Core Concept
range: Core Description
type: ObjectProperty

To
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: Concept relationship assertions are directed relationships defined by an individual that was not the original author of the concept. The "to" property is the association to the concept at the "head" of the relationship.
domain: Core Concept Relationship Assertion
range: Core Concept
type: ObjectProperty

From
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: Concept relationship assertions are directed relationships defined by an individual that was not the original author of the concept. The "from" property is the association to the concept at the "tail" of the relationship.
domain: Core Concept Relationship Assertion
range: Core Concept
type: ObjectProperty

Type
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The type of relationship that has been asserted.
domain: Core Concept Relationship Assertion
range: Core Concept Relationship Assertion Type Term
type: ObjectProperty

Has Member
type: ObjectProperty
comment: Association between a team and the people that comprise that team.
domain: Core Team
range: Core Person

Defined By
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The record of the geolocalisation event that defines the spatial boundaries of the place.
domain: Core Place
range: Core Geolocalisation
type: ObjectProperty

Typification Of
type: ObjectProperty
comment: The association between a name and the typification of it.
domain: Core Typification
range: BaseName
inverse of: Typified By

Typified By
type: ObjectProperty
comment: The association between a name and its typification.
domain: BaseName
range: Core Typification
inverse of: Typification Of

Type Specimen
type: ObjectProperty
comment: The type specimen of a typification.
domain: Core Typification
range: Core Specimen
inverse of: Typifies

Identified To
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The concept that the observation was identified to.
domain: Core Observation
range: Core Concept
type: ObjectProperty

Observed At Space
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The specific geospatial boundary describing the area on the surface of the planet within which the observation occured.
domain: Core Observation
range: BaseSpace
type: ObjectProperty

Observed At Place
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The place, which may be ambiguous, such as a named place where the observation occured.
domain: Core Observation
range: Core Place
type: ObjectProperty

Determined Space
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The exact geospatial boundary of a place as determined by some methodology.
domain: Core Geolocalisation
range: BaseSpace
type: ObjectProperty

Gathered
type: ObjectProperty
comment: A specimen that was gathered during a gathering event.
domain: Core Gathering
range: Core Specimen
inverse of: Was Gathered

Gathered At Space
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The specific geospatial boundary describing the area on the surface of the planet within which the gathering occured.
domain: Core Gathering
range: BaseSpace
type: ObjectProperty

Gathered At Place
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The place, which may be ambiguous, such as a named place where the gathering occured.
domain: Core Gathering
range: Core Place
type: ObjectProperty

Has Part
type: ObjectProperty
comment: The association between two structures where one has another.
domain: Core Structure
range: Core Structure

About Structure
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The structure about which a descriptive statement comments.
domain: Core Descriptive Element
range: Core Structure
type: ObjectProperty

On Property
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The property on which the descriptive element is based.
domain: Core Descriptive Element
range: Core Property
type: ObjectProperty

Has State
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The state (instance within a controlled vocabulary) of the property described.
domain: Core Qualitative Descriptive Element
range: Core Property State
type: ObjectProperty

Has Value
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The measured value of the property.
domain: Core Quantitative Descriptive Element
range: Core Value
type: ObjectProperty

In Units
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The units that the measurement was taken in.
domain: Core Quantitative Descriptive Element
range: Core Unit
type: ObjectProperty

Belongs To
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The association between a specimen that belongs to a collection and the collection to its owner.
type: ObjectProperty

Date
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The date that a geolocalisation or identification event occured. The specific XSD type should be defined using the rdf:datatype attribute on the element.
type: DatatypeProperty

By
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The actor that geolocalised some locality or identified a taxon occurrence.
range: BaseActor
type: ObjectProperty

Has Contact Information
type: ObjectProperty
comment: The association between an organisation, team or person defining their contact information.
range: Core Contact Information

According To
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The person or team that authored the relationship assertion.
range: BaseActor
type: ObjectProperty

Published In
type: ObjectProperty
comment: A link between anything within the TDWG domain and a publication.
range: Core Publication Citation

Start
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The date on which the observation or gathering started. The rdf:datatype attribute should be used to specify the specific XSD date type.
type: DatatypeProperty

End
type: FunctionalProperty
comment: The date on which the observation or gathering ended. The rdf:datatype attribute should be used to specify the specific XSD date type.
type: DatatypeProperty