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Data model for capturing information on research (progress)

This schema is using the FLAT approach (Flexbile Low-complexity Annotation Technique) and is geared toward metadata entry and submission for pooling information across consortium sites and partners.

It is to be taken as a demonstrator rather than a schema building block.

Key features of this schema:

  • adds a PROV interface to a select set of concepts where provenance information shall be recorded. Not all classes receive a PROV interface, because some are just used as classifiers or tags. This limits the expressiveness of the schema, but also its complexity. For example, it is an active decision to not be interested in the provenance of a Convention or a Rule, but to only represent them as facts about the world.

More information may be available on the schema's about page.

The schema definition is available as

URI: https://concepts.datalad.org/s/demo-research-information/unreleased

Name: demo-research-information-schema

Classes

Class Description
ActivityMixin An activity is something that occurs over a period of time and acts upon or w...
AgentMixin Something that bears some form of responsibility for an activity taking place...
Annotation A tag/value pair with the semantics of OWL Annotation
AttributeSpecification An attribute is conceptually a thing, but it requires no dedicated identifier...
EntityMixin A physical, digital, conceptual, or other kind of thing with some fixed aspec...
Identifier An identifier is a label that uniquely identifies an item in a particular con...
        Checksum A Checksum is a value that allows to check the integrity of the contents of a...
        DOI Digital Object Identifier (DOI; ISO 26324), an identifier system governed by ...
        ISSN International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
        ORCID Unique persistent identifier for a person, provided by the Open Researcher an...
Influence Influence is the capacity of an entity, activity, or agent to have an effect ...
        ActivityInfluence ActivitiyInfluence is the capacity of an activity to have an effect on the ch...
                Communication Communication is the exchange of an entity by two activities, one activity us...
                        XYZCommunication The exchange of an entity by two activities, one activity using the entity ge...
                Generation Generation is the completion of production of a new entity by an activity
                Invalidation Invalidation is the start of the destruction, cessation, or expiry of an exis...
        AgentInfluence AgentInfluence is the capacity of an agent to have an effect on the character...
                Association An activity association is an assignment of responsibility to an agent for an...
                Attribution Attribution is the ascribing of an entity to an agent
                Delegation Delegation is the assignment of authority and responsibility to an agent (by ...
        EntityInfluence EntityInfluence is the capacity of an entity to have an effect on the charact...
                Derivation A derivation is a transformation of an entity into another, an update of an e...
                        Quotation A quotation is the repeat of (some or all of) an entity, such as text or imag...
                        Revision A revision is a derivation for which the resulting entity is a revised versio...
                End End is when an activity is deemed to have been ended by an entity, known as t...
                Start Start is when an activity is deemed to have been started by an entity, known ...
                Usage Usage is the beginning of utilizing an entity by an activity
        XYZInfluence Influence is the capacity of an entity, activity, or agent to have an effect ...
                XYZAgentInfluence Influence is the capacity of an agent to have an effect on the character, dev...
                XYZObjectiveInfluence Influence of an objective on the subject
InstantaneousEventMixin The PROV data model is implicitly based on a notion of instantaneous events (...
NamedFilePart An association class for attaching a locator as additional information to a...
Statement An RDF statement that links a predicate (a Property) with an object (a ...
Thing The most basic, identifiable item
        AnnotationTag A tag identifying an annotation
        Convention A set of agreed, stipulated, or generally accepted standards, norms, social n...
        Dataset A collection of data (data items), published or curated by a single agent
                XYZDataset A collection of data, published or curated by a single agent
        Distribution A specific (physical) manifestation conceptual entity
                File A specific representation of a data item in the form of an electronic file
                        XYZFile A specific representation of a data item, which may come in the form of an el...
        Document A conceptual entity representing things which a, broadly conceived, "document...
                XYZDocument A conceptual entity representing things which a, broadly conceived, "document...
        Grant A grant, typically financial or otherwise quantifiable, resources
                XYZGrant A grant, typically financial or otherwise quantifiable, resources
        Instrument A thing that enables an agent to perform an action
                XYZInstrument A thing that enables an agent to perform an action
        Organization A social or legal institution such as a company, a society, or a university
                XYZOrganization A social or legal institution such as a company, a society, or a university
        Person Person agents are people, alive, dead, or fictional
                XYZPerson Person agents are people, alive, dead, or fictional
        Project A collective endeavour of some kind
                XYZProject A collective endeavour of some kind
        Property An RDF property, a Thing used to define a predicate, for example in a `St...
        Publication A resource that is the output of a publishing process
                XYZPublication A resource that is the output of a publishing process
        Rule Permissions, prohibitions, obligations or other rights/policies
        Study A planned process that consists of parts: planning, study design execution, d...
                XYZStudy A planned process that consists of parts: planning, study design execution, d...
        Subject A subject is an entity being investigated in a study
                XYZSubject A subject is an entity being investigated in a study
        ValueSpecification A Thing that is a value of some kind
                DataItem An information content entity that is intended to be a truthful statement abo...
                        XYZDataItem An information content entity that is intended to be a truthful statement abo...
        XYZAccolade An award, prize, or other honor received in recognition of an achievement
        XYZActivity An activity is something that occurs over a period of time and acts upon or w...
        XYZAgentRole A role is the function of an agent with respect to a subject, in the context ...
        XYZBibliographicType Type of a publication or document, e
        XYZCompetition A process where multiple agents compete for a resource, such as funding, reco...
        XYZCompetitionType Type of a competitions, e
        XYZConcept An idea or notion; a unit of thought
        XYZDataType Type of an data item
        XYZInstrumentType Type of an instrument
        XYZObjective A proposition that indicates a planned or anticipated outcome
        XYZPublicationVenue "Place" of a publication, e
        XYZQuality A quality is an attribute that is intrinsically associated with its bearer (o...
        XYZSubjectType Type of a subject (e
        XYZTopic Topic a subject is about, e
ThingMixin Mix-in with the common interface of Thing and AttributeSpecification
ValueSpecificationMixin Mix-in for a (structured) value specification

Slots

Slot Description
about A relation of an information artifact to the subject, such as a URL identifyi...
additional_names Additional name(s) associated with the subject, such as one or more middle na...
alternate_of Two alternate entities present aspects of the same thing
annotation_tag A tag identifying an annotation
annotation_value The actual annotation
annotations A record of properties of the metadata record on a subject, a collection of t...
application_deadline The date by which an application, for example a job application, a fellowship...
associated_with An activity association is an assignment of responsibility to an agent for an...
at_location Associate the subject with a location
at_time Time at which an instanteneous event takes place or took place
attributed_to Attribution is the ascribing of an entity to an agent
attributes Declares a relation that associates a Thing (or another attribute) with an ...
broad_mappings A list of terms from different schemas or terminology systems that have broad...
byte_size The size of the subject in bytes
characterized_by Qualifies relationships between a subject Thing and an object Thing with ...
checksums The checksum property provides a mechanism that can be used to verify that th...
close_mappings A list of terms from different schemas or terminology systems that have close...
conforms_to An established standard to which the subject conforms
creator An agent responsible for making an entity
date_modified Timepoint at which the subject was (last) changed, updated or modified
date_published Timepoint at which the subject was (last) published
defined_by Indicate a resource defining the subject
delegated_by Delegation is the assignment of authority and responsibility to an agent (by ...
depends_on The subject depends on object in some way
depiction An image, or photograph information, or other visualization that annotates so...
derived_from A entity from which the subject was created through some kind of process
description A free-text account of the subject
dimensions Associated outcome variables
display_label Label that can be shown when the metadata record is displayed as an item
display_note Note that can be shown when the record is displayed as an item
distribution_of The resource that the subject is a distribution of
distributions Available distributions of an entity
editorial_notes A comment about a metadata record either providing additional information for...
ended End is when an activity is deemed to have been ended by an entity, known as t...
ended_at End is when an activity is deemed to have been ended by some trigger
entity An entity is a physical, digital, conceptual, or other kind of thing with som...
exact_mappings A list of terms from different schemas or terminology systems that have ident...
factors Factors that influence the subject matter
family_name The (inherited) family name of the subject
format The file format of a distribution
formatted_name A formatted text corresponding to the name of the subject
generated_by Identification of the process that led to the production of the subject entit...
given_name The given (non-inherited) name of the subject
honorific_name_prefix The honorific prefix(es) of the subject's name
honorific_name_suffix The honorific suffix(es) of the subject's name
identifiers An unambiguous reference to the subject within a given context
influenced_by Influence is the capacity of an entity, activity, or agent to have an effect ...
informed_by Communication is the exchange of an entity by two activities, one activity us...
invalidated_by Invalidation is the start of the destruction, cessation, or expiry of an exis...
keywords One or more keywords or tags describing the subject
kind The nature of the subject
locator A descriptive identifier that locates a resource within a containing resource
mappings A list of terms from different schemas or terminology systems that have compa...
media_type The media type of a distribution as defined by IANA
name Name of the subject
narrow_mappings A list of terms from different schemas or terminology systems that have narro...
nickname A short informal, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of t...
notation String of characters such as "T58:5" or "30:4833" used to uniquely identify a...
object Reference to a Thing within a Statement
part_of The entity that the subject is a part of
parts A related resource that is included either physically or logically in the des...
pid Persistent and globally unique identifier of a Thing
predicate Reference to a Property within a Statement
published_at The venue a publication was made
quoted_from A quotation is the repeat of (some or all of) an entity, such as text or imag...
range Declares that the value of a Thing or AttributeSpecification are instance...
related_mappings A list of terms from different schemas or terminology systems that have relat...
relations Declares an unqualified relation of the subject Thing to another Thing
revision_of A revision is a derivation for which the resulting entity is a revised versio...
roles Describes the function of an entity or agent (object) within the scope of a r...
rules Permissions, prohibitions, obligations or other rights/policies associated wi...
same_as Declares that the subject and an object are equal
schema_type State that the subject is an instance of a particular schema class
short_name A shortened name for the subject
specialization_of An entity that is a specialization of another shares all aspects of the latte...
started Start is when an activity is deemed to have been started by an entity, known ...
started_at Start is when an activity is deemed to have been started by some trigger
study The study in which, for example, a subject was investigated
title A summarily description of the subject
unit A unit of measurement is a standardized quantity of a physical quality
used Usage is the beginning of utilizing an entity by an activity
value Value that is a direct representation of a thing
version_of A related resource of which the described resource is a version, edition, or ...

Enumerations

Enumeration Description

Types

Type Description
Boolean A binary (true or false) value
Curie a compact URI
Date a date (year, month and day) in an idealized calendar
DateOrDatetime Either a date or a datetime
Datetime The combination of a date and time
Decimal A real number with arbitrary precision that conforms to the xsd:decimal speci...
Double A real number that conforms to the xsd:double specification
EmailAddress RFC 5322 compliant email address
Float A real number that conforms to the xsd:float specification
HexBinary hex-encoded binary data
Integer An integer
Jsonpath A string encoding a JSON Path
Jsonpointer A string encoding a JSON Pointer
Ncname Prefix part of CURIE
Nodeidentifier A URI, CURIE or BNODE that represents a node in a model
NodeUriOrCurie A type referencing an graph node
NonNegativeInteger An integer
Objectidentifier A URI or CURIE that represents an object in the model
Sparqlpath A string encoding a SPARQL Property Path
String A character string
Time A time object represents a (local) time of day, independent of any particular...
Uri a complete URI
Uriorcurie a URI or a CURIE
W3CISO8601 W3C variant/subset of IS08601 for specifying date(times)

Subsets

Subset Description