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.
This ontology has been demonstrated to be valid RDF of the OWL-Lite subset by the following online tool: Wonder Web OWL Ontology Validator
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
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.
A Statement which describes, sets forth or portrays; a graphic or detailed account of a thing.[1] 1. Oxford English Dictionary
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.
An establishment, organization, or association, instituted for the promotion of some object, esp. one of public or general utility.[1] 1. Oxford English Dictionary
An individual human being.[1] 1. Oxford English Dictionary
A particular part of space of defined or undefined extent but of definite situation. [1] 1. Oxford English Dictionary
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
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
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
The identification of a specimen to a specific concept.
The action of declaring or positively stating a relationship between 2 CoreConcepts
a group of people (CorePerson) linked in a common purpose[1] 1. en.wikipedia.org
Core Concept Relationship Assertion Type Term
Class for controlled vocabularies describing the types of assertions that may be amde between two concepts.
The record of a the process of stating that a name is typified by a specific instance.
A record of the observation of some concept at a particular location and time.
A record of the event of gathering specimens at a particular location over a specific time period.
Class for defining controlled vocabularies defining the structures that may be used within a description.
Class for defining controlled vocabularies defining properties on structures that may be described in either a qualitative or quantitative sense.
Class for defining controlled vocabularies defining the states that properties may assume in a qualitative description.
Class for representing the results of quantitative measurements.
Class for constructing controlled vocabularies defining units of measure.
Class for representing a statement describing a particular property on a specific structure.
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.
Class for representing a statement describing a particular property on a specific structure where the property can only be described quantitatively through a measurement.
The association between a collection and the individual(s) that manage the data for the collection.
The association between a collection and the individual(s) that curate the collection.
The specimens that are contained within the collection.
One of the descriptive elements that comprise a complete description.
A resource that has been utilized during the identification process.
The concept that the specimen was identified as.
The specimen that was identified during the identication event.
The association between a publication citation and individuals that authored the publication identified by the citation.
The association between a person and items on which they have contributed as an author.
The association between a publication and the date it was published. The rdf:datatype attribute should be used to specify the XSD date type.
The assocation between a publication and the organisation that published it.
The relationship between the specimen and the typification of a name.
The association between a specimen and its gathering event.
The identification of a specimen to the concept that classifies the specimen.
Association between a concept and the name that the concept describes.
An association between a concept and the specimen(s) which have been used to describe it.
The association between a concept and a description that will define the characteristics that may be used to identify instances of the concept.
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.
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.
The type of relationship that has been asserted.
Association between a team and the people that comprise that team.
The record of the geolocalisation event that defines the spatial boundaries of the place.
The association between a name and the typification of it.
The association between a name and its typification.
The concept that the observation was identified to.
The specific geospatial boundary describing the area on the surface of the planet within which the observation occured.
The place, which may be ambiguous, such as a named place where the observation occured.
The exact geospatial boundary of a place as determined by some methodology.
A specimen that was gathered during a gathering event.
The specific geospatial boundary describing the area on the surface of the planet within which the gathering occured.
The place, which may be ambiguous, such as a named place where the gathering occured.
The association between two structures where one has another.
The structure about which a descriptive statement comments.
The property on which the descriptive element is based.
The state (instance within a controlled vocabulary) of the property described.
The units that the measurement was taken in.
The association between a specimen that belongs to a collection and the collection to its owner.
The date that a geolocalisation or identification event occured. The specific XSD type should be defined using the rdf:datatype attribute on the element.
The actor that geolocalised some locality or identified a taxon occurrence.
The association between an organisation, team or person defining their contact information.
The person or team that authored the relationship assertion.
A link between anything within the TDWG domain and a publication.
The date on which the observation or gathering started. The rdf:datatype attribute should be used to specify the specific XSD date type.
The date on which the observation or gathering ended. The rdf:datatype attribute should be used to specify the specific XSD date type.