Scimantic Ontology
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Scimantic Ontology

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Scimantic Contributors
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Scimantic Project
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Provenance of this page
Specification Draft

Abstract

Scientific Method as a Provenance Chain.

Introduction back to ToC

This is a place holder text for the introduction. The introduction should briefly describe the ontology, its motivation, state of the art and goals.

Namespace declarations

Table 1: Namespaces used in the document
dcterms<http://purl.org/dc/terms/>
foaf<http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/>
np<http://www.nanopub.org/nschema#>
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#>
scimantic<http://scimantic.io/>
urref<http://www.w3.org/ns/urref#>
xml<http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace>
xsd<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#>

Scimantic: Overview back to ToC

This ontology has the following classes and properties.

Classes

Object Properties

Data Properties

Scimantic: Description back to ToC

This is a placeholder text for the description of your ontology. The description should include an explanation and a diagram explaining how the classes are related, examples of usage, etc.

Cross-reference for Scimantic classes, object properties and data properties back to ToC

This section provides details for each class and property defined by Scimantic.

Classes

Analysisc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://scimantic.io/Analysis

The activity of processing a Dataset to produce a Result.
has super-classes
Activity c

Datasetc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://scimantic.io/Dataset

Raw data, observations, or measurements produced by execution.
has super-classes
Entity c

Design Parameterc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://scimantic.io/Parameter

A configured parameter within a Design.
has super-classes
Entity c
is in range of
parameter op

Design Planningc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://scimantic.io/DesignPlanning

The activity of specifying a Design.
has super-classes
Activity c

Evidencec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://scimantic.io/Evidence

A factual claim extracted from a source.
has super-classes
Entity c, Nanopublication c

Evidence Assessmentc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://scimantic.io/Assessment

The activity of evaluating credibility or relevance of Evidence.
has super-classes
Activity c

Executionc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://scimantic.io/Execution

The activity of running a Design to produce a Dataset.
has super-classes
Activity c

Hypothesisc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://scimantic.io/Hypothesis

A testable claim derived from evidence.
has super-classes
Entity c, Nanopublication c
is in range of
expected outcome op

Hypothesis Formationc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://scimantic.io/HypothesisFormation

The activity of synthesizing Evidence into a Hypothesis.
has super-classes
Activity c

Literature Searchc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://scimantic.io/LiteratureSearch

The activity of searching for and extracting Evidence.
has super-classes
Activity c

Question Formationc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://scimantic.io/QuestionFormation

The activity of creating a Research Question.
has super-classes
Activity c

Research Questionc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://scimantic.io/Question

An interrogative sentence representing the research query.
has super-classes
Entity c

Resultc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://scimantic.io/Result

The outcome of an analysis activity.
has super-classes
Entity c
is in domain of
unit dp, value dp

Study Designc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://scimantic.io/Design

A specification of the experimental or computational method.
has super-classes
Entity c, Plan c
is in domain of
expected outcome op, method dp, parameter op

Object Properties

expected outcomeop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://scimantic.io/expectedOutcome

has domain
Study Design c
has range
Hypothesis c

has uncertaintyop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://scimantic.io/hasUncertainty

Links an entity to its uncertainty model.
has domain
Entity c
has range
Uncertainty Entity c

parameterop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://scimantic.io/parameter

has domain
Study Design c
has range
Design Parameter c

Data Properties

access leveldp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://scimantic.io/accessLevel

Publishing scope (e.g., local, institutional, public).
has domain
Nanopublication c
has range
string

code repositorydp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://scimantic.io/codeRepository

has domain
Software Agent c
has range
any U R I

commit hashdp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://scimantic.io/commitHash

has domain
Software Agent c
has range
string

methoddp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://scimantic.io/method

has domain
Study Design c
has range
string

publishabledp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://scimantic.io/publishable

Flag indicating readiness for public promotion.
has domain
Nanopublication c
has range
boolean

unitdp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://scimantic.io/unit

has domain
Result c
has range
string

valuedp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: http://scimantic.io/value

has domain
Result c

Legend back to ToC

c: Classes
op: Object Properties
dp: Data Properties

References back to ToC

Add your references here. It is recommended to have them as a list.

Acknowledgments back to ToC

The authors would like to thank Silvio Peroni for developing LODE, a Live OWL Documentation Environment, which is used for representing the Cross Referencing Section of this document and Daniel Garijo for developing Widoco, the program used to create the template used in this documentation.