DCO Schema
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The Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO) Ontology represents concepts and relationships used within the DCO Knowledge Store, enhancing and extending the concepts and relationships defined in the many ontologies of the VIVO Application.
Object
Top level object for classes in the DCO Ontology. Any dco:Object will have a DCO Id.
DCO ID
Resolvable handle from handle.net for all DCO objects.
DCO ID for
Every dco:Object has a DCOID. From the DCOID this property points back to the dco:Object.
Every dco:Object has a DCOID. From the object this property points to that DCO Id.
Original representation of a DCO Id was a simple URI.
Ph.D. Student
A student who is pursuing their doctorate degree in a specific field of study for a specific topic.
Engineer
A role that a person has in any of the many engineering disciplines who's goal is to design and build.
Technician
A role that a person has in maintaining technical equipment or doing practical work in a lab
Scientist
A role that a person has who is researching or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences.
Professor
A role that a person has as a teacher at the highest rank in a college or university.
Staff
A role that a person has who is assisting members of a group in carrying out assigned tasks.
skype
A person's identifier used for the Skype application.
short name
The name that people commonly refer to another person has. For example, a short name of Bill for their full name William.
Language(s) Spoken Fluently
A language that a person speaks fluently.
received grant
recipient
Relates a grant with the person who received the grant to conduct funded work.
Relating a person with a grant that they have received for funded work.
Nationality
The country that a person currently resides in.
network ID
The property that relates a person to their DCO login.
Artwork
Illustrations, photographs, or other nontextual material prepared for inclusion in a publication.
Poster
A large printed depiction representing research or work that is being conducted.
Government Report
An official document that is prepared to provide an account of a particular matter for a government entity.
Web Article
A piece of writing included with others on a website.
Broadcast
A transmission of content over a medium such as radio, television or streamed over the Internet.
Chart
Magazine Article
A piece of writing included with others in a magazine.
Proceedings
A collection of academic papers published in the context of an academic conference
Journal Article
A publication written by someone with academic qualifications or expert knowledge which is evidence-based and published in a journal.
Newspaper Article
A piece of writing included with others in a newspaper.
Book Series
A sequence of books having certain characteristics in common that are formally identified together as a group.
is DCO publication
A property which classifies a publication as being a contribution to the Deep Carbon Observatory Community.
year of publication
The year in which a publication has been published.
books
One of many books that are included in a book series.
chapters
series title
A book or chapter of a book that is published in a series of books.
date published
The date that a publication was published. Can be represented as a full date or one or more components of a date.
book title
A chapter, chart, figure, table of data, etc... that is included in a book.
Project Update
Information provided to show what progress has been made in a project during a reporting year.
For Project
Property relating a information showing progress on a project during a reporting year to the project being updated.
Property relating a project to information showing progress on the project during a reporting year. There can be multiple project updates during a reporting year.
Date Submitted
The date on which a project update is submitted during the reporting year. Project updates are sorted on this property in reporting year reports.
Update Text
The text of a project update describing the progress made on a project during a reporting year.
For Reporting Year
Associating a reporting year to the project update.
Reporting Year
A fixed span of time defined by a funding agency after which reports are due showing progress made on projects during the reporting year.
Starts On
The reporting year starts on this specific date.
Ends On
The reporting year ends on this specific date.
For Organization
The organization, usually a funding agency, that a reporting year is related to.
A reporting year that is defined by an organization, usually a funding agency.
Project Update Modification Note
Information showing who has provided information and when the information was provided for a project update.
Modified On
The date on which an update was made to a project update.
Modified By
The person who has made an update to a project update.
List of Modifications
For Project Update
The project update to which a modification information is added.
A description of what modifications were made to a project update, such as the attachment of a publication or clarifying information in the update.
Referenced By Update
refers to
An entity, such as an instrument, that is used by a project and referenced in a project update.
Something that is referenced from within project update information during a specific reporting year.
Associated Publications
A publication referenced by a project update during a specific reporting year.
Field Study
A type of project where researchers visit a particular site in order to collect measurements, samples and other data.
Field sites
is field site of
Relating a representation of a physical location where measurements are taken to a field study.
Relating a field study with a specific location where measurements, samples and other data are collected.
Physical Location
longitude (decimal)
Relates a thing to the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, where the thing is or was, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
latitude (decimal)
Relates a thing to the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, where the thing is or was, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
The location where measurements, samples and other data are collected. Must include a description, longitude and latitude.
pressure
Measurement of force per unit area that a fluid exerts on its surroundings.
depth (meters)
The distance from the top or surface of something to the bottom at which measurements are taken as part of a field study.
temperature
The degree or intensity of heat present at a location where measurements are taken as part of a field study.
altitude (meters)
The height or point in relation to sea level or ground level where measurements are taken for a given field study.
leader for fieldwork
leader
Relating a person who is responsible for work being conducted to a field study.
Relating a field study to a person who is responsible for working being conducted at the site.
open to journalists
Specifies whether a location where field study is being conducted is accessible to members of the media.
Research Vessel
Vessel Name
A name given to a research vessel. May not be unique.
Vessel Call Sign
A research vessel transmission statuon unique designation
Vessel IMO
A research vessel ship number consisting of the three letters IMO followed by a unique seven-digit number
Vessel Information Link
A resource URL that describes the deployment of a ResearchVessel
Vessel MMSI
A research vessels Maritime Mobile Service Identity.
A ship or boat designed and/or equipped to carry out scientific studies at sea.
Is Vessel For
Linking a field study to a specific research vessel.
Linking a ResearchVessel to a specific field study.
Repository
related project
An entity that is related to a DCO funded project
hosted by organization
something that is located at an organization or that the organization is responsible for
a central location in which data is stored and managed
repository website
A web site that includes information about a repository. Does not represent the online catalog where data can be searched for
repository online catalog
a link to the online data store for a repository where data can be searched for
A data type is often treated as a purely syntactic label associated with a variable when it is declared, such as integer, float, boolean, character, and string, etc. Such definitions of 'data type' do not give any semantic meaning to the data types. In the context of this ontology, a data type can include more meaning beyond the syntax, such as who created the data type, the source standard that the data type derives from, the operations that can be done on datasets of that data type, and typical scientific domains, software programs and/or instruments that use the data type, etc. The intent is that any humans or machines that when they encounter that data type can quickly 'understand' or be in a situation to at least 'process' details within the dataset without even downloading that dataset.
Data Type
A data type is the representation of particular qualities or features that a group of datasets share.
The data type includes a set of variables that define its usage. A user can find a datatype and know to expect these parameters to be a part of the dataset that the data type is associated with. Another use is that someone can find a datatype that a variable is a part of and then find additional datasets that this datatype is associated with.
DataType Parameter
Link a DataType with variables that make up the DataType
Annotate the unit, e.g. meter, degree, dollar, etc. of a parameter.
describes any additional constraints, comments or notes about a data type.
Associates a data type with the different defined domains of knowledge and skill within the Deep Carbon Observatory community.
Part of the provenance of a data type, at what time was the data type created.
A data type may be derived from one or more universally or widely accepted, agreed upon, or established means of determining what something should be.
Part of the provenance of a data type, a data type may be derived from one or more existing data types. For example, a data type can add one or more variables to an existing data type making it a new data type.
Part of the provenance of a data type this property represents the most recent time that a data type was modified
Collaboration
Working with someone or a group of people to produce or create something
Research Community
A group of people who are working together in a specific science domain.
DCO Team
A group of people who are working together on a specific project or task.
Activity
Something that a person or group does or has done. For example, FieldStudy or Project.
Research Administration
An group of people who administer the resources of a research community.
Research Advisory Committee
a collection of individuals who bring unique knowledge and skills which augment the knowledge and skills of the research community
associated DCO Community
Relates a research community to an entity such as a publication or dataset.
associated DCO Team
Relates a group of people working together on a common task
related organization
Relates one organization to another organization.
File
A self contained collection of data or information available in a particular format and available to computer programs.
distribution (attachments or links)
Links a collection of data or information to a particular available form of that information. Each dataset might be available in different forms, these forms might represent different formats of the dataset or different endpoints. Examples of distributions include a downloadable CSV file, an API or an RSS feed.
files or links to files
Links a distribution of a datasets to a specific file that is a part of that distribution.
Is Dataset Of
Related datasets
Relates a dataset to a project that created or used it.
Links a dataset back to the project from which the data was collected.
Distribution (attachment or links) for
Links a distribution back to the information resource, such as publication or dataset.
file or link for
Links a container of data or information back to the distribution that it is a part of.
Add Dataset
Links a person to a dataset that they participated in the creation of.
has data type
data type for dataset
Links a particular kind of data item that is a part of a collection of data.
Links a collection of data to a particular kind of data item that is contained within it.
Instrument Initiative
Activities related to the design and construction of instruments for the Deep Carbon Observatory
Instrument Design
The activity of designing a physical piece of equipment
DCO Instrument
a tool or device designed to do careful and exact work
Instrument used in (e.g. project)
Has instrument
Relates an instrument to a project that uses the instrument to collect data or information.
Links an instrument to a project that uses the instrument to collect information related to the goal of the project.
Created Instrument
Instrument Created By
Links a project to an instrument that was designed or created as part of the project.
Associates an instrument with the project that funded the design and or creation of the instrument.
built during initiative
The physical device (Instrument) was constructed during a particular activity
built Instrument
The physical device (Instrument) was built during a particular activity
Related News Article
links to news articles that report on the activities of designing and/or building an instrument
designed during Initiative
The physical device (Instrument) was designed during a specific activity
designed Instrument
of Instrument Design
The physical device (Instrument) was designed by the design activity
instrument Built
The manifestation of a physical device (Instrument) given a design
Point of Contact
The agent that is to be contacted for information related to a particular entity
point of contact
Any information related to a particular entity can be gathered by contacting a particular agent
point of contact for
The agent is a contact for a particular entity
contact
contact information
The inforamtion to be used to contact the Agent, such as email address
elevation
Relates the height of a given element to a given level, especially sea level.
in language
A language, spoken or written, that an entity is represented by, such as a publication.
date modified
Specifies when an information resource, such as a publication or dataset, was last updated, either added or edited.
running title
The label that is associated with a project that has not yet been made the official label.
download URL
The URL used to access an entity, such as a publication or dataset.
submitted by
Relates an entity to a person who submitted that entity for usage in an activity.
access URL
The URL used to download an entity, such as a publication or dataset.
Information Links
A link pointing to a page or site that describes and contains information about a project.
importance
A helper property to help determine the importance of something to display on a page
is cited by
cites
The entity has a specific reference, such as a quotation or dataset, from another entity
A specific reference, such as a quotation or piece of data, is made by another entity