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APHIA - (Species) attributes and traits ontology

Metadata

URI
https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait
Creator(s)
Digital Flanders
0496vr396
stlab
Modified
2025-05-28
Issued
2023-08-30
Version Information
Third version 0.3 - introduced hierarchy properties for SpecificationContext and TaxonCharacteristic
Version URI
https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait/0.3
Imports
https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
License
http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/licence/CC_BY_4_0
Ontology RDF
RDF (turtle)

Description

This is the attribute and trait of species ontology of the APHIA ontology network. It imports the top-level ontology of the APHIA network and proposes the use of a specific ontology design pattern 'Description' in order to model attributes, traits and their context information that may not even be known a priori and extended in the future.

Table of Contents

  1. Classes
  2. Object Properties
  3. Datatype Properties
  4. Annotation Properties
  5. Named Individuals
  6. Namespaces
  7. Legend

Overview

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Figure 1: Ontology overview

Classes ↑

Characteristicc # Classes

URI http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/d0.owl#Characteristic
Sub-classes Taxon Characteristicc

Conceptc # Classes

URI http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/DUL.owl#Concept
Sub-classes Environmentc

Descriptionc # Classes

URI http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/DUL.owl#Description
Sub-classes Taxon Descriptionc
Specification Contextc

Parameterc # Classes

URI http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/DUL.owl#Parameter
In range of defines parameterop

Conceptc # Classes

URI http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept
Sub-classes Environmentc
Attributec
Traitc

Organizationc # Classes

URI http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Organization
Members https://aphia.org/resource/organisation/dv

Attributec # Classes

URI https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait/Attribute
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait
Description

This class represents attributes associated with a taxon; that is, qualities or characteristics whereby a taxon can be distinguished. The attributes are typically associated with categorial values. Examples are: IUCN Red List Category, Supporting structure & enclosure, AMBI ecological group, Seasonality, etc.
Super-classes Taxon Characteristicc
skos:Conceptc

Environmentc # Classes

URI https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait/Environment
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait
Description

The class of the environmnets the taxon is known to exist in. The individuals of this class can be concepts of a controlled vocabulary of the habitats.
Super-classes skos:Conceptc
dul:Conceptc
Restrictions is habitat ofop only https://aphia.org/ns/taxon-name/Taxonc
In domain of is habitat ofop
In range of has habitatop

Specification Contextc # Classes

URI https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait/SpecificationContext
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait
Description

The class for representing a further specification of the taxon description. The class combines additional parameters, and their values, that connote the attributes and traits of the taxon description. Examples include: sex, life stage etc. with their permitted values.
Super-classes dul:Descriptionc
Restrictions defines parameterop some dul:Parameterc
https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/hasValueop some https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/Valuec
https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/hasValueop only https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/Valuec
In domain of defines parameterop
Property that allows users to create hierarchies of specification contexts for the taxon description. It is similar to the skos:narrower property in the SKOS ontology.op
In range of has extra specificationop
Property that allows users to create hierarchies of specification contexts for the taxon description. It is similar to the skos:narrower property in the SKOS ontology.op

Taxon Characteristicc # Classes

URI https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait/TaxonCharacteristic
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait
Description

This is the class of the qualities or characteristics measurable or observable and categorial for a taxon.
Super-classes http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/d0.owl#Characteristicc
Restrictions https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/hasTypeop max 1 https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/Typec
Sub-classes Attributec
Traitc
In domain of https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/isSubTaxonCharacteristicOfop
In range of has taxon characteristicop
https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/isSubTaxonCharacteristicOfop

Taxon Descriptionc # Classes

URI https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait/TaxonDescription
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait
Description

This class represents a description of the taxon in terms of additional attributes, with respect to the habitat already defined in the related class, and traits with their values.
Super-classes dul:Descriptionc
Restrictions has taxon characteristicop some http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/d0.owl#Characteristicc
https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/hasValueop some https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/Valuec
https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/hasValueop only https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/Valuec
has extra specificationop only Specification Contextc
skos:notedp only rdf:PlainLiteralc
is additional description ofop some https://aphia.org/ns/taxon-name/Taxonc
has taxon characteristicop only http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/d0.owl#Characteristicc
dct:sourceop only https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/Sourcec
In domain of has taxon characteristicop
is additional description ofop
has extra specificationop
In range of has additional descriptionop

Traitc # Classes

URI https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait/Trait
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait
Description

The class of traits for a taxon; that is, any measurable or observable characteristic of an organism. In the WoRMS database, at the time being, there is only one trait; that is, the 'body size'. Individuals of this class can be concepts defined in controlled domain vocabularies (e.g., trait tesauri).
Super-classes Taxon Characteristicc
skos:Conceptc

Taxonc # Classes

URI https://aphia.org/ns/taxon-name/Taxon
In domain of has habitatop
has additional descriptionop
In range of is additional description ofop
is habitat ofop

Sourcec # Classes

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/Source

Typec # Classes

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/Type

Valuec # Classes

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/Value

c_4c # Classes

URI https://kos.lifewatch.eu/thesauri/fishtraits/c_4

Object Properties ↑

sourceop # OPs

URI http://purl.org/dc/terms/source

associatedWithop # OPs

URI http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/DUL.owl#associatedWith

definesop # OPs

URI http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/DUL.owl#defines

describesop # OPs

URI http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/DUL.owl#describes

isDescribedByop # OPs

URI http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/DUL.owl#isDescribedBy

isRelatedToDescriptionop # OPs

URI http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/DUL.owl#isRelatedToDescription

defines parameterop # OPs

URI https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait/definesParameter
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait
Description

Property used to specify a parameter in the extra specification when describing attributes and traits. In essence, it is the property that allows one to indicate parameter such gender, geographical unit, life stage etc. for each attribute and trait.
Super-properties dul:definesop
Domain(s) Specification Contextc
Range(s) dul:Parameterc

has additional descriptionop # OPs

URI https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait/hasAdditionalDescription
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait
Description

Property used to represent the description of the taxon in terms of attributes and traits, and related extra specifications with parameters such as gender, geographical units, lifestage, etc.).
Super-properties dul:isDescribedByop
Inverse properties is additional description ofop
Domain(s) https://aphia.org/ns/taxon-name/Taxonc
Range(s) https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait/TaxonDescriptionc

has extra specificationop # OPs

URI https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait/hasExtraSpecification
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait
Description

Property used to represent the occurrence of the species in its documented attribute-trait.
Super-properties dul:isRelatedToDescriptionop
Domain(s) Taxon Descriptionc
Range(s) https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait/SpecificationContextc

has habitatop # OPs

URI https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait/hasHabitat
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait
Description

Property used to represent the habitat of the species.
Super-properties dul:associatedWithop
Inverse properties is habitat ofop
Domain(s) https://aphia.org/ns/taxon-name/Taxonc
Range(s) https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait/Environmentc

has taxon characteristicop # OPs

URI https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait/hasTaxonCharateristic
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait
Description

Property used to specify the characteristic that is attributes and traits.
Super-properties dul:definesop
Domain(s) Taxon Descriptionc
Range(s) https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait/TaxonCharacteristicc

is additional description ofop # OPs

URI https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait/isAdditionalDescriptionOf
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait
Description

Inverse property of 'has additional description' used to get information about the taxon from its description in terms of attributes and traits.
Super-properties dul:describesop
Domain(s) Taxon Descriptionc
Range(s) https://aphia.org/ns/taxon-name/Taxonc

is habitat ofop # OPs

URI https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait/isHabitatOf
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait
Description

Inverse property of 'has habitat' to get information about the taxon from the environment.
Super-properties dul:associatedWithop
Domain(s) Environmentc
Range(s) https://aphia.org/ns/taxon-name/Taxonc

Property that allows users to create hierarchies of specification contexts for the taxon description. It is similar to the skos:narrower property in the SKOS ontology.op # OPs

URI https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait/isSubSpecificationContextOf
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait
Super-properties dul:associatedWithop
Domain(s) Specification Contextc
Range(s) https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait/SpecificationContextc

hasTypeop # OPs

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/hasType

hasValueop # OPs

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/hasValue

is sub taxon characteristic ofop # OPs

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/isSubTaxonCharacteristicOf
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait
Description

Property that allows users to create hierarchies of taxon characteristics and then hierarchies of attributes and traits. It is similar to the skos:narrower property in the SKOS ontology.
Super-properties dul:associatedWithop
Domain(s) Taxon Characteristicc
Range(s) https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait/TaxonCharacteristicc

Datatype Properties ↑

notedp # DPs

URI http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#note

Annotation Properties ↑

creatorap # APs

URI http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator

descriptionap # APs

URI http://purl.org/dc/terms/description

issuedap # APs

URI http://purl.org/dc/terms/issued

languageap # APs

URI http://purl.org/dc/terms/language

licenseap # APs

URI http://purl.org/dc/terms/license

modifiedap # APs

URI http://purl.org/dc/terms/modified

titleap # APs

URI http://purl.org/dc/terms/title

maxQualifiedCardinalityap # APs

URI http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#maxQualifiedCardinality

wasDerivedFromap # APs

URI http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#wasDerivedFrom

wasInfluencedByap # APs

URI http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#wasInfluencedBy

nameap # APs

URI http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/name

Named Individuals ↑

Digital Flandersni

Class(es)
foaf:Organization
URI https://aphia.org/resource/organisation/dv

Namespaces ↑

default (:)
https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait
brick
https://brickschema.org/schema/Brick#
csvw
http://www.w3.org/ns/csvw#
dc
http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
dcam
http://purl.org/dc/dcam/
dcat
http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#
dcmitype
http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/
dct
http://purl.org/dc/terms/
doap
http://usefulinc.com/ns/doap#
dul
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/DUL.owl#
foaf
http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
geo
http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#
odrl
http://www.w3.org/ns/odrl/2/
org
http://www.w3.org/ns/org#
owl
http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#
prof
http://www.w3.org/ns/dx/prof/
prov
http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#
qb
http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#
rdf
http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
rdfs
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
sdo
https://schema.org/
sh
http://www.w3.org/ns/shacl#
skos
http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#
sosa
http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/
ssn
http://www.w3.org/ns/ssn/
time
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#
vann
http://purl.org/vocab/vann/
void
http://rdfs.org/ns/void#
wgs
https://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#
xsd
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#

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opObject Properties
fpFunctional Properties
dpData Properties
apAnnotation Properties
pProperties
niNamed Individuals