The Survey Ontology

IRI:
https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#
Current version:
V 1.1, Release 2021
Authors:
Damiano Scandolari
Gloria Re Calegari
Irene Celino
Mario Scrocca
Contributors:
Work on the Survey Ontology and Coney (https://survey.actionproject.eu/coney/) was partially supported by the ACTION project (grant agreement number 824603), co-funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme.
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Abstract

Ontology for surveys based on the Coney data model.

Table of Content

  1. Classes
  2. Object Properties
  3. Data Properties
  4. Named Individuals
  5. Annotation Properties
  6. Namespace Declarations

Classes

Answerc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#Answer

An available answer for a survey question.
has super-classes
Survey Elementc
has sub-classes
Closed Answerc, Open Answerc
is in range of
has answerop
is disjoint with
Questionc, Talkc

Checkbox Questionc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#CheckboxQuestion

A question having a limited set of potential answers and allowing the participant to select more than one answer.
has super-classes
Closed Questionc

Closed Answerc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#ClosedAnswer

An available closed answer for a survey question.
has super-classes
Answerc
is in domain of
has order numberdp, has pointsdp, has valuedp

Closed Questionc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#ClosedQuestion

A question in a survey with a defined set of available answers.
has super-classes
Questionc
has sub-classes
Checkbox Questionc, Multiple Choice Questionc

Completed Questionc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#CompletedQuestion

Answer provided by a participant in completing a survey for a specific question.
has super-classes
observationc
outputc
entityc
is in domain of
answered inop, completes questionop, has answerop, has answer textdp, has completion timestampdp

Completed Surveyc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#CompletedSurvey

A survey completed by a participant following a survey procedure.
has super-classes
slicec
artifactc

Latent Variablec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#LatentVariable

A latent variable represents a variable that is measured indirectly through different observable variables.
has super-classes
variablec
is in range of
has latent variableop

modelc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://w3id.org/rv-ontology#Model

has super-classes
resourcec

Multiple Choice Questionc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#MultipleChoiceQuestion

A question having a limited set of potential answers and allowing the participant to select only one answer.
has super-classes
Closed Questionc
is in domain of
has visualizationop

Multiple Input Questionc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#MultipleInputQuestion

An open-ended answer allowing multiple inputs from the participant.
has super-classes
Open Questionc

Observable Variablec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#ObservableVariable

A variable that is directly measured collecting data about it.
has super-classes
variablec
is in range of
has observable variableop

Open Answerc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#OpenAnswer

An open answer for a survey open-ended question.
has super-classes
Answerc

Open Questionc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#OpenQuestion

An open-ended question in a survey.
has super-classes
Questionc
has sub-classes
Multiple Input Questionc, Single Input Questionc

Participantc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#Participant

A participant to a survey study.
has super-classes
agentc
is in domain of
participant iddp

Questionc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#Question

A question requiring an input from the participant in a survey.
has super-classes
Survey Elementc
has sub-classes
Closed Questionc, Open Questionc
is in domain of
has latent variableop, has observable variableop
is in range of
completes questionop
is disjoint with
Answerc, Talkc

Question Visualizationc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#QuestionVisualization

A visualisation method for a multiple choice question.
has super-classes
thingc
is in range of
has visualizationop
has members
Dropdownni, Emojini, Optionni, Scaleni, Sliderni

Single Input Questionc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#SingleInputQuestion

An open-ended answer expecting a single input from the participant.
has super-classes
Open Questionc

Surveyc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#Survey

A research object aggregating resources for a survey research study.
has super-classes
research objectc

Survey Completion Taskc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#SurveyCompletionTask

Execution of a survey procedure by a participant.
has super-classes
process runc
is in domain of
completed forop, session iddp
is in range of
answered inop

Survey Datasetc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#SurveyDataSet

Set of data collected for a survey considering the completions performed by participants.
has super-classes
data setc
resourcec

Survey Elementc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#SurveyElement

An element of a survey procedure.
has super-classes
thingc
has sub-classes
Answerc, Questionc, Talkc
is in domain of
has textdp, in survey procedureop, leads toop
is in range of
leads toop, starts withop

Survey Procedurec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#SurveyProcedure

Procedure describing the structure of the survey as an ordered graph of connected survey elements.
has super-classes
resourcec
processc
is in domain of
has statusdp, has titledp, starts withop
is in range of
in survey procedureop

Survey Targetc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#SurveyTarget

Entity representing the target of a survey completion. The same survey can be completed by the same participant considering different survey targets.
has super-classes
thingc
is in range of
completed forop

Talkc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#Talk

A survey element to be provided to the participant within a survey procedure (e.g. text, link, image, etc.).
has super-classes
Survey Elementc
is in domain of
has linkdp
is disjoint with
Answerc, Questionc

Object Properties

aggregatesop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.openarchives.org/ore/terms/aggregates

answered inop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#answeredIn

Property defining for a completed question the survey completion task, performed by a survey participant, collecting this output.
has domain
Completed Questionc
has range
Survey Completion Taskc

completed forop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#completedFor

Property associating a survey completion to the survey target for that completion.
has domain
Survey Completion Taskc
has range
Survey Targetc

completes questionop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#completesQuestion

Property linking a completed question to the question element of the survey that is answered by the participant.
has domain
Completed Questionc
has range
Questionc

data setop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#dataSet

described by parameterop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/wf4ever/wfprov#describedByParameter

described by processop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#describedByProcess

has answerop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#hasAnswer

Property linking a completed question to the answer element of the survey that is selected by the participant.
has domain
Completed Questionc
has range
Answerc

has latent variableop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#hasLatentVariable

Property linking a survey question to the latent variable measured by the question.
has domain
Questionc
has range
Latent Variablec

has observable variableop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#hasObservableVariable

Property linking a survey question to the observable variable measured by the question.
has domain
Questionc
has range
Observable Variablec

has visualizationop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#hasVisualization

Property linking a survey question to the visualisation expected for the question.
has domain
Multiple Choice Questionc
has range
Question Visualizationc

in survey procedureop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#inSurveyProcedure

Property linking a survey element to the survey procedure it belongs to.
has domain
Survey Elementc
has range
Survey Procedurec

leads toop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#leadsTo

Property describing the flow between different survey elements.
has domain
Survey Elementc
has range
Survey Elementc

observationop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#observation

starts withop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#startsWith

Property identifying the first survey element for a survey procedure.
has domain
Survey Procedurec
has range
Survey Elementc

was associated withop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#wasAssociatedWith

was attributed toop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#wasAttributedTo

was output fromop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/wf4ever/wfprov#wasOutputFrom

Data Properties

ended at timedp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#endedAtTime

has answer textdp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#hasAnswerText

Property linking a completed question to the textual answer provided by the user.
has domain
Completed Questionc
has range
string

has completion timestampdp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#hasCompletionTimestamp

Timestamp at which a survey question is completed by the participant.
has domain
Completed Questionc
has range
date time

has linkdp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#hasLink

Link associated to a talk survey element.
has domain
Talkc
has range
any u r i

has order numberdp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#hasOrderNumber

Order for a closed answer among the available answers for a question.
has domain
Closed Answerc
has range
integer

has pointsdp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#hasPoints

Points associated to an answer.
has domain
Closed Answerc
has range
float

has statusdp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#hasStatus

Status of a survey procedure.
has domain
Survey Procedurec
has range
string

has textdp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#hasText

Textual description for a survey element.
has domain
Survey Elementc
has range
string

has titledp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#hasTitle

Title for a survey procedure.
has domain
Survey Procedurec
has range
string

has valuedp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#hasValue

Value for a survey answer.
has domain
Closed Answerc
has range
float

participant iddp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#participantId

Identifier for a participant.
has domain
Participantc
has range
string

session iddp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#sessionId

Identifier for a survey completion task.
has domain
Survey Completion Taskc
has range
string

started at timedp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#startedAtTime

Named Individuals

Dropdownni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#Dropdown

Visualisation of the available textual answers of a question using a dropdown menu.
belongs to
Question Visualizationc

Emojini back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#Emoji

Visualisation of the available answers of a question using a set of emojis representing their values.
belongs to
Question Visualizationc

Optionni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#Option

Visualisation of the available textual answers of a question listing them as different options.
belongs to
Question Visualizationc

Scaleni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#Scale

Visualisation of the available answers as a scale of values (e.g. using stars).
belongs to
Question Visualizationc

Sliderni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#Slider

Visualisation of the available answers of a question using a slider that allows the user to select the answer between the minimum and maximum values available.
belongs to
Question Visualizationc

Annotation Properties

contributorap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

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

creatorap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

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

homepageap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

IRI: http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/homepage

licenseap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

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

preferred namespace prefixap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/vocab/vann/preferredNamespacePrefix

preferred namespace uriap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/vocab/vann/preferredNamespaceUri

rightsap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

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

subjectap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

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

titleap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

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

usage noteap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/vocab/vann/usageNote

Namespace Declarations back to ToC

default namespace
https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#
cube
http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#
dc
http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
foaf
http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
owl
http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#
prov
http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#
rdf
http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
rdfs
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
ro
http://purl.org/wf4ever/ro#
rv-ontology
http://w3id.org/rv-ontology#
terms
http://purl.org/dc/terms/
vann
http://purl.org/vocab/vann/
w3id-org
https://w3id.org/
wfdesc
http://purl.org/wf4ever/wfdesc#
wfprov
http://purl.org/wf4ever/wfprov#
xsd
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#

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