APPN schema
Class: Actuator
Actuator: An electromechanical device that can control the value for a ControlledVariable and that may be mounted on a Platform. Note that SOSA maps electromechanical components to prov:Agent, but CDIF recommendation is that Agent should be an intentional role. An Actuator is also an ObservationUnit so that it may be the target for Control Assays (setting device parameters as ControlledVariables) and potentially for Observation Assays (reading device state as ObservedVariables).
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Identifies a Sensor or Actuator deployed on a Platform.
Class: Assay
Assay: A research action that observes or modifies a set of ObservationUnits.
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Class: BiocontainmentLevel
BiocontainmentLevel: Specifies the biosecurity containment level for a growth facility.
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The biocontainment level capabilities of a GrowthFacility
Class: BiologicalMaterial
BiologicalMaterial: A taxonomic and/or genetic profile for one or more BiologicalUnits. Where possible, this should include the material source for the BiologicalMaterial.
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Variable forBiologicalMaterial BiologicalMaterial
Links a Variable to the BiologicalMaterial (i.e. crop) to which it relates.
Identifies a more inclusive BiologicalMaterial as a higher taxon.
True if biological material is genetically modified
True if biological material requires quarantine
BiologicalMaterial
hasCountryOfOrigin CountryClass: BiologicalUnit
BiologicalUnit: A plant or set of plants sharing the same BiologicalMaterial (e.g. a plot or crop in a field) or any Sample of a plant (e.g. an individual organ or leaf clipping) or set of plants (e.g. a cut from a plot) that is treated as an ObservationUnit for collecting or reporting data. BiologicalUnits may be part of larger BiologicalUnits. For example a plant (BiologicalUnit) may be part of a cohort (BiologicalUnit) sharing the same BiologicalMaterial and Treatments. Where relevant, the position of a BiologicalUnit within a larger BiologicalUnit or within a GrowthFacility can be specified using a Location.
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Links a BiologicalUnit to its type.
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Class: BiologicalUnitType
BiologicalUnitType: A term from an enumeration of types of BiologicalUnit.
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Links a BiologicalUnit to its type.
Variable forBiologicalUnitType BiologicalUnitType
Links a Variable to the BiologicalUnitType to which it relates.
Class: Control
Control: An Assay that modifies a property of an ObservationUnit.
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Identifies the entity (Controller, i.e. one of a Person, Actuator, SoftwareApplication or ExternalEvent) responsible for carrying out a Control or Treatment.
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http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/madeByActuatorIdentifies a ControlledVariable controlled by a Control assay. The Control adjusts the state of the ControlledVariable to the value specified in any hasResult or hasSimpleResult property.
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http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/actsOnPropertyClass: ControlledVariable
ControlledVariable: A Variable (representation of a Trait using a defined Scale) controlled or modified for an ObservationUnit.
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Control controls ControlledVariable
Identifies a ControlledVariable controlled by a Control assay. The Control adjusts the state of the ControlledVariable to the value specified in any hasResult or hasSimpleResult property.
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http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/actsOnPropertyControlledVariable
hasTrait TraitClass: Controller
Controller: The entity responsible for performing an Control action and delivering a value for a ControlledVariable. The Controller may be a Person, an Actuator, a SoftwareApplication or an ExternalEvent. Note that SOSA maps sosa:Actuator to prov:Agent, but CDIF recommendation is that Agent should be an intentional role.
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Control madeByController Controller
Identifies the entity (Controller, i.e. one of a Person, Actuator, SoftwareApplication or ExternalEvent) responsible for carrying out a Control or Treatment.
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http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/madeByActuatorIdentifies the entity (Controller, i.e. one of a Person, Actuator, SoftwareApplication or ExternalEvent) responsible for carrying out a Control or Treatment.
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http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/madeByActuatorSubclasses
Class: Country
Country: A country
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Class: Dataset
Dataset: A set of Files and metadata forming a dataset, normally managed as a file system folder
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Class: Deployment
Deployment: A transient or long-term association between a Sensor or Actuator and a Platform on which it is mounted.
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Deployment
deployedSystem SensorIdentifies a Sensor or Actuator deployed on a Platform.
Identifies a Sensor or Actuator deployed on a Platform.
Identifies a Platform on which Sensors or Actuators are deployed.
Class: ExternalEvent
ExternalEvent: A default entity to represent any trigger outside the control of the experimenters that may affect the state of the experiment and alter a Variable of interest, e.g. severe weather events or equipment failures. Where possible, the resulting state of the experiment should be quantified and the ExternalEvent modeled as the Controller for a Control event. Where quantification is impossible, the ExternalEvent should be modeled as the Controller for a Treatment event.
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Class: File
File: A data file, image or other file system object
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Identifies a data input to an Observation assay. This is intended for use in relation to Observations delivered using a SoftwareApplication.
Identifies schema file for a TableFile
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Class: GrowthFacility
GrowthFacility: A building, enclosed space, field unit, container or other entity in which plants are grown. GrowthFacilities may be nested inside other GrowthFacilities, e.g. rhizoboxes inside a growth chamber, to any depth. GrowthFacilities include all non-biological ObservationUnits and may be defined for each spatial context at which environmental observations are collected or management actions (Treatments) are performed for one or more BiologicalUnits. Where relevant, the position of a GrowthFacility within a larger GrowthFacility can be specified using a Location. GrowthFacilities may be Platforms for Sensors and Actuators.
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Links a GrowthFacility to its type.
Indicates if a GrowthFacility is for quarantine.
Study hasGrowthFacility GrowthFacility
The airConditioning capabilities of a GrowthFacility
The temperature range capabilities of a GrowthFacility
The lighting capabilities of a GrowthFacility
The shade capabilities of a GrowthFacility
The physical containment (PC) level capabilities of a GrowthFacility
The biocontainment level capabilities of a GrowthFacility
The gas supply capabilities of a GrowthFacility
The humidity control capabilities of a GrowthFacility
Class: GrowthFacilityType
GrowthFacilityType: A term from an enumeration of types of GrowthFacility.
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Links a GrowthFacility to its type.
Class: Investigation
Investigation: A research programme including one or more Studies.
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Class: Location
Location: A position associated with the placement of a GrowthFacility within another GrowthFacility or of a BiologicalUnit within another BiologicalUnit or GrowthFacility. Position may be expressed as absolute geospatial coordinates (SpatialLocation) or using a locally appropriate organisation into rows and columns and optionally levels (XYZLocation).
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Specifies the ObservationUnit to which a Location relates.
Specifies that a Location is a position within an ObservationUnit.
Specifies the schema defining the levels in describing a Location.
Specifies the most signicant level of organisation when specifying a location.
Specifies the most signicant level of organisation when specifying a location.
Specifies the most signicant level of organisation when specifying a location.
Specifies the second most signicant level of organisation when specifying a location.
Specifies the second most signicant level of organisation when specifying a location.
Specifies the second most signicant level of organisation when specifying a location.
Specifies the third most signicant level of organisation when specifying a location.
Specifies the third most signicant level of organisation when specifying a location.
Specifies the third most signicant level of organisation when specifying a location.
Specifies the fourth most signicant level of organisation when specifying a location.
Specifies the fourth most signicant level of organisation when specifying a location.
Specifies the fourth most signicant level of organisation when specifying a location.
Specifies the fifth most signicant level of organisation when specifying a location.
Specifies the fifth most signicant level of organisation when specifying a location.
Specifies the fifth most signicant level of organisation when specifying a location.
Specifies the sixth most signicant level of organisation when specifying a location.
Specifies the sixth most signicant level of organisation when specifying a location.
Specifies the sixth most signicant level of organisation when specifying a location.
Specifies the seventh most signicant level of organisation when specifying a location.
Specifies the seventh most signicant level of organisation when specifying a location.
Specifies the seventh most signicant level of organisation when specifying a location.
Specifies the eighth most signicant level of organisation when specifying a location.
Specifies the eighth most signicant level of organisation when specifying a location.
Specifies the eighth most signicant level of organisation when specifying a location.
The time at which a ResearchActivity occurred - equivalent to both startTime and endTime
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startTime endTimeSubclasses
Class: LocationSchema
LocationSchema: A definition for the groupings used to specify locations in a given context.
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Location hasLocationSchema LocationSchema
Specifies the schema defining the levels in describing a Location.
Names the most signicant level of organisation for locations sharing a LocationSchema.
Names the second most signicant level of organisation for locations sharing a LocationSchema.
Names the third most signicant level of organisation for locations sharing a LocationSchema.
Names the fourth most signicant level of organisation for locations sharing a LocationSchema.
Names the fifth most signicant level of organisation for locations sharing a LocationSchema.
Names the sixth most signicant level of organisation for locations sharing a LocationSchema.
Names the seventh most signicant level of organisation for locations sharing a LocationSchema.
Names the eighth most signicant level of organisation for locations sharing a LocationSchema.
Class: MaterialSource
MaterialSource: The source for the BiologicalMaterial.
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Class: Method
Method: A method or process for performing an Assay.
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Class: Observation
Observation: An Assay that observes or measures properties of an ObservationUnit returning results as property values or images.
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Observation
hasResult FileObservation
usesData FileIdentifies a data input to an Observation assay. This is intended for use in relation to Observations delivered using a SoftwareApplication.
Class: ObservationUnit
ObservationUnit: An entity for which a Study collects data or controls the environment and other parameters. ObservationUnits may be BiologicalUnits, Substances, Platforms (including GrowthFacilities) or devices (Sensors and Actuators).
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Assay isForObservationUnit ObservationUnit
ObservationUnit
inheritsContext ObservationUnitIndicates an ObservationUnit should be considered to inherit values for Variables from another ObservationUnit. Examples include a plant inheriting environmental variables from a pot, growth cabinet or field or a leaf inheriting environmental and developmental properties from a plant.
Specifies the ObservationUnit to which a Location relates.
Location isLocationWithin ObservationUnit
Specifies that a Location is a position within an ObservationUnit.
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Class: ObservedVariable
ObservedVariable: A Variable (representation of a Trait using a defined Scale) observed or measured for an ObservationUnit.
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ObservedVariable
hasTrait TraitClass: Observer
Observer: The entity responsible for performing an Observation and delivering a value for an ObservedVariable. The Observer may be a Person, a Sensor or a SoftwareApplication. Note that SOSA maps sosa:Sensor to prov:Agent, but CDIF recommendation is that Agent should be an intentional role.
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Class: Person
Person: A Person, preferably identified using an ORCID, that may perform an Assay.
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Class: PhysicalContainmentLevel
PhysicalContainmentLevel: Specifies the physical containment level (PC1-4) for a growth facility.
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The physical containment (PC) level capabilities of a GrowthFacility
Platform: A vehicle, building, person or other entity that may carry or include Sensors or Actuators. A Platform is also an ObservationUnit so that it may be the target for Observation Assays (reading device state as ObservedVariables) and potentially for Control Assays (setting parameters as ControlledVariables).
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Links a Platform to its type.
Identifies a Platform on which Sensors or Actuators are deployed.
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PlatformType: A term from an enumeration of types of Platform.
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Links a Platform to its type.
Class: ResearchActivity
ResearchActivity: A time-delimited activity contributing to a research goal.
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Relates an Assay to the Study that includes it or a Study to an Investigation.
Role isRoleOfPersonIn ResearchActivity
The time at which a ResearchActivity occurred - equivalent to both startTime and endTime
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startTime endTimeSubclasses
Class: Role
Role: A role performed by a person in the context of a research activity
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Class: Sample
Sample: A BiologicalUnit that has been created from an existing BiologicalUnit through a Sampling assay.
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Class: Sampler
Sampler: The entity responsible for performing a Sampling and delivering a Sample. The Observer will normally be a Person, although in some contexts some kind of device could be involved. Note that SOSA maps sosa:Sampler to prov:Agent, but CDIF recommendation is that Agent should be an intentional role.
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Class: Sampling
Sampling: An Assay that derives a new representative ObservationUnit from an existing ObservationUnit.
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Sampling
producesSample SampleClass: Scale
Scale: A system of units or representation format for values associated with a Variable.
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Class: Sensor
Sensor: An electromechanical device that can return the value for an ObservedVariable and that may be mounted on a Platform. Note that SOSA maps electromechanical components to prov:Agent, but CDIF recommendation is that Agent should be an intentional role. A Sensor is also an ObservationUnit so that it may be the target for Control Assays (setting device parameters as ControlledVariables) and potentially for Observation Assays (reading device state as ObservedVariables).
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Links a Sensor to its type.
Identifies a Sensor or Actuator deployed on a Platform.
Class: SensorType
SensorType: A term from an enumeration of types of Sensor.
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Sensor hasSensorType SensorType
Links a Sensor to its type.
Class: SoftwareApplication
SoftwareApplication: A piece of software that may be perform an Assay. Note that SOSA maps software components to prov:Agent, but CDIF recommendation is that Agent should be an intentional role.
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Class: SpatialLocation
SpatialLocation: A location defined with geospatial coordinates.
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Class: Study
Study: A research activity including one or more Assays that record data on a set of ObservationUnits.
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Class: Substance
Substance: A biological or chemical entity used in a Treatment assay or referenced in a SubstanceAmount.
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Identifies a Substance or a SubstanceAmount associated with a Treatment assay. The Treatment makes an input of a quantity of some Substance associated with the SubstanceAmount. If the result is a known final state for a variable associated with an ObservationUnit, the assay should be modeled as a Control with a ControlledVariable. Treatments are for cases where no definite resulting value is recorded.
Identifies a Substance or SubstanceAmount included in the current Substance.
Identifies a Substance or SubstanceAmount included in the current Substance.
Identifies the Substance associated with a SubstanceAmount. This represents the biological or chemical substance applied to the ObservationUnit by a Treatment.
Class: SubstanceAmount
SubstanceAmount: A Variable (representation of a quantity using a defined Scale) for a Substance applied to an ObservationUnit.
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Identifies a Substance or a SubstanceAmount associated with a Treatment assay. The Treatment makes an input of a quantity of some Substance associated with the SubstanceAmount. If the result is a known final state for a variable associated with an ObservationUnit, the assay should be modeled as a Control with a ControlledVariable. Treatments are for cases where no definite resulting value is recorded.
Identifies a Substance or SubstanceAmount included in the current Substance.
Identifies the Substance associated with a SubstanceAmount. This represents the biological or chemical substance applied to the ObservationUnit by a Treatment.
Identifies the amount of a Substance associated with a SubstanceAmount according to the associated Scale.
SubstanceAmount
hasScale ScaleClass: TableFile
TableFile: A data file containing tabular data in CSV or similar format
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Identifies schema class for which a TableFile serialises instances - the class is identified by its IRI
Identifies schema file for a TableFile
Identifies schema file for a TableFile
Class: Trait
Trait: A concept represented by a Variable associated with an ObservationUnit. In the DDI-CDI Variable Cascade, a Trait is a Concept or ConceptualVariable.
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Class: Treatment
Treatment: An Assay that adds a Substance or a SubstanceAmount to an ObservationUnit (includes potting, fertigation, pesticide application, addition of beneficials, etc.).
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Identifies the entity (Controller, i.e. one of a Person, Actuator, SoftwareApplication or ExternalEvent) responsible for carrying out a Control or Treatment.
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http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/madeByActuatorIdentifies a Substance or a SubstanceAmount associated with a Treatment assay. The Treatment makes an input of a quantity of some Substance associated with the SubstanceAmount. If the result is a known final state for a variable associated with an ObservationUnit, the assay should be modeled as a Control with a ControlledVariable. Treatments are for cases where no definite resulting value is recorded.
Identifies a Substance or a SubstanceAmount associated with a Treatment assay. The Treatment makes an input of a quantity of some Substance associated with the SubstanceAmount. If the result is a known final state for a variable associated with an ObservationUnit, the assay should be modeled as a Control with a ControlledVariable. Treatments are for cases where no definite resulting value is recorded.
Class: Variable
Variable: Representation of a Trait using a defined Scale. In the DDI-CDI Variable Cascade, a Variable is a RepresentedVariable or an InstanceVariable.
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Specifies the default value for a variable.
Specifies the default value for a variable.
Specifies the default value for a variable.
Specifies the default value for a variable.
Links a Variable to the BiologicalUnitType to which it relates.
Links a Variable to the BiologicalMaterial (i.e. crop) to which it relates.
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Class: XYZLocation
XYZLocation: A location defined using an appropriate local spatial geometry in three dimensions.
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Specifies the row for an XYZLocation.
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schemaLevel1Specifies the row for an XYZLocation.
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schemaLevel1Specifies the row for an XYZLocation.
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schemaLevel1Specifies the column for an XYZLocation.
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schemaLevel2Specifies the column for an XYZLocation.
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schemaLevel2Specifies the column for an XYZLocation.
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schemaLevel2Specifies the level for an XYZLocation in a three-dimensional configuration.
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schemaLevel3Specifies the level for an XYZLocation in a three-dimensional configuration.
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schemaLevel3Specifies the level for an XYZLocation in a three-dimensional configuration.
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schemaLevel3