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Top Level/Foundational Ontology of APHIA

Metadata

URI
https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
Creator(s)
Digital Flanders
0496vr396
stlab
Modified
2025-05-28
Issued
2023-08-30
Version Information
Third version of the ontology 0.3 - introduction of context and temporal entity classes. Fix issue #24
Version URI
https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/0.3
Imports
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/d0.owl
Ontology RDF
RDF (turtle)

Description

This is the top level ontology of the APHIA network of ontologies used to align all the elements of the network to foundational concepts. It imports DUL - Dolce Ultra light and D0 well-known foundational ontologies.

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 ↑

Agentc # Classes

URI http://purl.org/dc/terms/Agent
Sub-classes Natural Personc

Personc # Classes

URI http://www.w3.org/ns/person#Person
Sub-classes Natural Personc

Organizationc # Classes

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

Contextc # Classes

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/Context
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
Description

A generic concept to represent a context
Super-classes dul:Descriptionc
In domain of with providerop

Identifierc # Classes

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/Identifier
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
Super-classes http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/d0.owl#Characteristicc
Restrictions has typeop only Identifier Typec
dct:identifierdp only rdfs:Literalc
dct:identifierdp some rdfs:Literalc
is assigned byop only Systemc
In domain of is assigned byop
In range of has identifierop

Identifier Typec # Classes

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/IdentifierType
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
Super-classes Typec
dul:Conceptc

Namec # Classes

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/Name
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
Super-classes http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/d0.owl#Characteristicc
Restrictions dct:relationop only Namec
namedp only rdfs:Literalc
namedp some rdfs:Literalc
In domain of namedp

Natural Personc # Classes

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/Person
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
Super-classes person:Personc
dct:Agentc
dul:NaturalPersonc

Sourcec # Classes

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/Source
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
Super-classes dul:InformationObjectc

Systemc # Classes

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/System
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
Restrictions dct:titledp some rdfs:Literalc
dct:titledp only rdfs:Literalc
In range of is assigned byop

Temporal Entityc # Classes

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/TemporalEntity
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
Description

A generic concept representing a temporal dimension
Super-classes dul:Entityc

Typec # Classes

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/Type
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
Super-classes dul:Conceptc
Sub-classes Identifier Typec
In range of has typeop

Unit Of Measurec # Classes

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/UnitOfMeasure
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
Description

We recommend to use the following SKOS controlled vocabulary - BODC-approved data storage units: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/ for the individuals of this class.
In range of has unit of measureop

Valuec # Classes

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/Value
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
Super-classes dul:Regionc
Restrictions valuedp exactly 1
has unit of measureop max 1 Unit Of Measurec
In domain of valuedp
has unit of measureop
In range of has valueop

Object Properties ↑

relationop # OPs

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

sourceop # OPs

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

has identifierop # OPs

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/hasIdentifier
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
Super-properties dul:associatedWith
Domain(s) owl:Thingc
Range(s) https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/Identifierc

has typeop # OPs

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/hasType
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
Super-properties dul:isClassifiedBy
Domain(s) owl:Thingc
Range(s) https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/Typec

has unit of measureop # OPs

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/hasUnitOfMeasure
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
Super-properties dul:isParametrizedBy
Domain(s) Valuec
Range(s) https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/UnitOfMeasurec

has valueop # OPs

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/hasValue
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
Super-properties dul:hasRegion
Domain(s) owl:Thingc
Range(s) https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/Valuec

is assigned byop # OPs

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/isAssignedBy
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
Super-properties dul:associatedWith
Domain(s) Identifierc
Range(s) https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/Systemc

with providerop # OPs

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/withProvider
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
Description

Property used to delineate a context, i.e., specifying the system of reference that provides the data
Super-properties dul:associatedWith
Domain(s) Contextc
Range(s) http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/d0.owl#Systemc

Datatype Properties ↑

identifierdp # DPs

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

titledp # DPs

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

mesedp # DPs

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/month
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
Description

The month part of a date
Super-properties dul:hasDataValue
Domain(s) owl:Thingc
Range(s) xsd:gMonthc

namedp # DPs

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/name
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
Super-properties dul:hasDataValue
Domain(s) Namec
Range(s) rdfs:Literalc

timedp # DPs

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/time
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
Description

Generic property to express the time in a string format.
Super-properties dul:hasDataValue
Domain(s) owl:Thingc
Range(s) rdfs:Literalc

valuedp # DPs

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/value
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
Super-properties dul:hasDataValue
Domain(s) Valuec
Range(s) rdfs:Literalc

yeardp # DPs

URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/year
Is Defined By https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
Super-properties dul:hasDataValue
Domain(s) owl:Thingc
Range(s) xsd:gYearc

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

modifiedap # APs

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

nameap # APs

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

Named Individuals ↑

Top Level/Foundational Ontology of APHIAni

Class(es)
owl:Ontology
URI https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
Description This is the top level ontology of the APHIA network of ontologies used to align all the elements of the network to foundational concepts. It imports DUL - Dolce Ultra light and D0 well-known foundational ontologies.

Digital Flandersni

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

Namespaces ↑

default (:)
https://aphia.org/ns/top-level
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#
person
http://www.w3.org/ns/person#
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#

Legend

cClasses
opObject Properties
fpFunctional Properties
dpData Properties
apAnnotation Properties
pProperties
niNamed Individuals