NFDICORE Ontology

Metadata

IRI
https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology
Title

NFDICORE Ontology

Creator
Version Info

v1.1.0-alpha

Description

The NFDICORE ontology (prefix nfdicore) s the core ontology that describes all resouces (datasets, data providers, persons, projects and other entities) in the data domain of NFDI. It serves as the basis for further domain specific ontologies, e.g. nfdi4culture ontology, nfdi4matwerk ontology, and contains mappings to numerous external vocabularies and ontologies.

Classes

Creative Work c

IRI http://schema.org/CreativeWork
Super Class Of

Intangible c

IRI http://schema.org/Intangible
Super Class Of schema:Service c

Product c

IRI http://schema.org/Product
Super Class Of

Service c

IRI http://schema.org/Service
Sub Class Of schema:Intangible c
Super Class Of

academic discipline c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/AcademicDiscipline
Description

An academic discipline, a research field or domain of a resource, e.g. a data portal or a field of study of a person.

In Range Of subjectArea op

city c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/City
Description

A city or a town where the thing is located.

Sub Class Of Place c
In Domain Of federalState op

collection c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/Collection
Description

A tangible collection of valuables published or curated by an organization or a person.

Sub Class Of schema:Product c
In Domain Of objectType op
In Range Of representedCollection op

consortium c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/Consortium
Description

NFDI consortia grouped by a discipline based in a science-led process managed by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Sub Class Of Organization c

country c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/Country
Description

A country where the thing is located.

Sub Class Of Place c
In Range Of country op

data portal c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/DataPortal
Description

An online platform that provides access to data collections and datasets.

Sub Class Of schema:Service c

dataset c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/Dataset
Description

A dataset is associated with a structured information about a resource.

Sub Class Of schema:CreativeWork c
In Domain Of representedCollection op

development work c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/DevelopmentWork
Description

A resource that identifies an ongoing development of standards, services, data models, vocabularies, ontologies, etc.

federal state c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/FederalState
Description

A federal state where the thing is located.

Sub Class Of Place c
In Range Of federalState op

license c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/License
Description

A document that provides legal guidelines for the use of a resource, e.g. a software.

In Range Of license op

mapping c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/Mapping
Description

A resource that documents a mapping from a format\/vocabulary to other format\/vocabulary.

In Range Of mapping op

media type c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/MediaType
Description

A format or a physical medium of digital data.

In Range Of

object type c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/ObjectType
Description

A resource that identifies the type of object in a data collection.

In Range Of objectType op

organization c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/Organization
Description

An organization of some kind, e.g. research organization or business organization

In Domain Of
In Range Of
Super Class Of Consortium c

person c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/Person
Description

A resource that represents a single person.

place c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/Place
Description

A spatial region, e.g. country, city or district.

In Range Of location op
Super Class Of

programming language c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/ProgrammingLanguage
Description

A formal language used for implementing a software.

Sub Class Of TechnologicalMeans c
In Range Of programmingLanguage op

project c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/Project
Description

A scientific or business endeavor that aims to conclude an investigation or to answer a research question.

In Domain Of relatedProject op
In Range Of

provided resource c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/ProvidedResource
Description

A resource that identifies a resource provided to the NFDI.

Sub Class Of Resource c
In Domain Of provisionType op

publication c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/Publication
Description

A published scholarly work that reports on ongoing activity about or within a resource, e.g. a dataset.

Sub Class Of schema:CreativeWork c

resource c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/Resource
Description

The most generic kind of a resource and may be associated with any kind of creative work, e.g. datasets, books, movies, photographs; offered products and services, e.g. data portals, data curation, data digitization; and intangible things, e.g. subjects of creative works, topics of events, offers, a list of enumerations.

Sub Class Of schema:CreativeWork c or schema:Product c or schema:Intangible c
In Domain Of
In Range Of
Super Class Of ProvidedResource c

semantic expressivity c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/SemanticExpressivity
Description

An entity that identifies the level of the semantic expressivity of a resource. Five instances are now included in nfdicore.

In Range Of semanticExpressivity op

service c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/Service
Description

A service, expertise or skill provided by an organization or a person.

Sub Class Of schema:Service c
In Domain Of
In Range Of instance op

service type c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/ServiceType
Description

A resource that identifies the type of a service.

In Range Of serviceType op

software c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/Software
Description

A computer software provided by an organization or a person.

Sub Class Of schema:Product c
In Domain Of programmingLanguage op
In Range Of software op

specification c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/Specification
Description

A set of requirements, guidelines, standards contributed by an organization or a person.

Sub Class Of schema:Product c
In Range Of
Super Class Of Standard c

standard c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/Standard
Description

An international standard and norm that can be used to evaluate or create a resource.

Sub Class Of Specification c
In Range Of standard op

technological means c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/TechnologicalMeans
Description

A technology, e.g. a web application or a programming framework used in a resource.

In Range Of technology op
Super Class Of ProgrammingLanguage c

website c

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/Website
Description

A collection of webpages contributed by an organization or a person.

Sub Class Of schema:Product c
schema:CreativeWork c schema:Intangible c schema:Product c

Object Properties

best practice op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/bestPractice
Description

The property is a relationship between a resource and the best practice.

Domain Resource c
Range Specification c

best practice of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/bestPracticeOf

contact point op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/contactPoint
Description

The property is a relationship between a resource and a contact point.

Domain Resource c
Range Person c or Organization c

contact point of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/contactPointOf

contributor op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/contributor
Description

The property related a resource to a person or an organization responsible for making contributions to a resource.

Range Organization c or Person c

contributor of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/contributorOf

country op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/country
Description

The property relates a city or a state to a country where it is located.

Domain City c or FederalState c
Range Country c

country of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/countryOf

export format op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/exportFormat
Description

The property relates a resource to the format available for the export of a resource.

Domain Resource c
Range MediaType c

export format of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/exportFormatOf

federal state op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/federalState
Description

The property relates a city to a federal state where it is located.

Domain City c
Range FederalState c

federal state of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/federalStateOf

funder op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/funder
Description

The property relates thing to an organization or a project that provided funding for it. The subproperties are used to specify more specific funding relationships.

Super Property Of
Domain owl:Thing
Range Project c or Organization c

funder of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/funderOf
Super Property Of

funding organization op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/fundingOrganization
Description

The property relates a resource or a project to the organization that provided funding for it.

Sub Property Of funder op
Domain Resource c or Project c
Range Organization c

funding organization of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/fundingOrganizationOf
Sub Property Of funderOf op
Domain Resource c or Project c

funding project op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/fundingProject
Description

The property relateds a resource to the project that provided funding for it.

Sub Property Of funder op
Domain Resource c
Range Project c

funding project of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/fundingProjectOf
Sub Property Of funderOf op

instance op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/instance
Description

The property is a relationship between an RDM Tool to its running instance.

Domain Service c
Range Service c

instance of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/instanceOf

license op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/license
Description

The property is a relationship between a resource and a license file.

Domain Resource c
Range License c

license of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/licenseOf

location op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/location
Description

The property is a relationship between a thing and a place its located at.

Domain owl:Thing
Range Place c

location of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/locationOf

mapping op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/mapping
Description

The property is a relationship between a a data resource and its various representations, e.g. same resource that exists in different data formats.

Domain Resource c
Range Mapping c

mapping of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/mappingOf

media type op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/mediaType
Description

The property relates a contribution to its data format.

Domain Resource c
Range MediaType c

media type of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/mediaTypeOf

object type op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/objectType
Description

The property relates a data collection to the type of object it contains.

Domain Collection c
Range ObjectType c

object type of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/objectTypeOf

parent organization op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/parentOrganization
Description

The property is a parental relationship between organizations.

Domain Organization c
Range Organization c

partner organization op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/partnerOrganization
Domain Organization c
Range Organization c

programming language op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/programmingLanguage
Description

The property links software to a programming language its written in.

Domain Software c
Range ProgrammingLanguage c

programming language of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/programmingLanguageOf

provision type op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/provisionType
Description

The property links a resource provided by a community to its type.

Domain ProvidedResource c
Range Resource c

publisher op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/publisher
Description

The property is a relationship between a resource and an organization or a person responsible for publishing it.

Domain Resource c
Range Person c or Organization c

publisher of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/publisherOf

related project op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/relatedProject
Description

The property is a relationship between related projects. The property is symmetric.

Domain Project c
Range Project c

represented collection op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/representedCollection
Description

The property is a relationship between a dataset and a collection it represents.

Domain Dataset c
Range Collection c

represented collection of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/representedCollectionOf

semantic expressivity op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/semanticExpressivity
Description

The property relates a resource to its semantic expressivity spectrum.

Domain Resource c
Range SemanticExpressivity c

semantic expressivity of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/semanticExpressivityOf

service type op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/serviceType
Description

The property relates a service to its type.

Domain Service c
Range ServiceType c

service type of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/serviceTypeOf

software op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/software
Description

The property is a relationship between a resource and a software it uses.

Domain Resource c
Range Software c

software of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/softwareOf

sparql endpoint op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/sparqlEndpoint
Description

The property relates a data resource to its SPARQL Endpoint.

Domain Resource c
Range Resource c

sparql endpoint of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/sparqlEndpointOf

specification op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/specification
Description

The property is a relationship between a resource and the international standard or norm.

Domain Resource c
Range Specification c

specification of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/specificationOf

standard op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/standard
Description

The property relates a resource to the standard it relies on.

Domain Resource c
Range Standard c

standard of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/standardOf

subject area op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/subjectArea
Description

The property is a relationship between a resource and its academic discipline, subject area or domain.

Domain Resource c
Range AcademicDiscipline c

subject area of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/subjectAreaOf

subsidiary organization op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/subsidiaryOrganization

technology op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/technology
Description

The property is a relationship between a resource and a technology it uses.

Domain Resource c
Range TechnologicalMeans c

technology of op

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/technologyOf
Organization c Person c Organization c Person c City c FederalState c Organization c Project c Project c Resource c Project c Resource c Organization c Person c

Datatype Properties

area code dp

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/areaCode
Domain Organization c
Range rdfs:Literal

email address dp

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/emailAddress
Domain Organization c
Range rdfs:Literal

url dp

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/url
Description

URL of a thing

Domain owl:Thing
Range xsd:anyURI

Annotation Properties

creator ap

IRI http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/creator

format ap

IRI http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/format

title ap

IRI http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/title

abstract ap

IRI http://purl.org/dc/terms/abstract

has version ap

IRI http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion

feature ap

IRI http://rdfs.org/ns/void#feature

definition ap

IRI http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#definition

nfdicore:acronym ap

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/acronym

nfdicore:example ap

IRI https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/example

Namespaces

:
https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/
dc
http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
dcterms
http://purl.org/dc/terms/
n4c
https://nfdi4culture.de/id/
ns1
https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/
ns2
https://orcid.org/
owl
http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#
rdf
http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
rdfs
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
schema
http://schema.org/
void
http://rdfs.org/ns/void#
wikidata
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/
xsd
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#

Legend

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op Object Properties
dp Datatype Properties
ap Annotation Properties

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