The Core EMO-BON Ontology

Metadata

IRI: https://data.emobon.embrc.eu/ns/core
Title: The Core EMO-BON Ontology
Publisher: Flanders Marine Institute
Creator: European Marine Biological Resource Centre
Contributor: Henriette Harmse ( henriette007@ebi.ac.uk ) of European Marine Biological Resource Centre

Katrina Exter ( katrina.exter@vliz.be ) of https://www.vliz.be

Laurian Van Maldeghem ( laurian.van.maldeghem@vliz.be ) of https://www.vliz.be
Date Modified: 2025-10-21
Date Issued: 2023-03-17
Version Iri: https://data.emobon.embrc.eu/ns/core.ttl
Preferred Namespace Prefix: core
Preferred Namespace Uri: core:
Description: The Core EMO-BON ontology provides definitions for the core classes and properties used in EMO-BON data.

Classes

Thing ^c

IRI	`https://schema.org/Thing`
Restriction	identifier ^dp exactly 1 description ^dp max 1
Super Class Of	core:Observatory ^c schema:Organization ^c

Observatory ^c

IRI	`https://data.emobon.embrc.eu/ns/core#Observatory`
Sub Class Of	schema:Thing ^c
In Domain Of	core:hasBiome ^op core:marineRegion ^dp Name associated with the marine region. ^dp core:observatoryId ^dp core:observatorySampleId ^dp Sampling site information ^dp has Mixs Package ^dp Sediment type of a soil sample ^dp has ENA study accession number ^dp
Restriction	core:broadBiome ^op some http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000428 ^c core:localBiome ^op some http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000428 ^c core:geoLocation ^op exactly 1 core:sampleType ^op exactly 1 core:marineRegion ^dp exactly 1 core:observatoryId ^dp exactly 1 core:observatorySampleId ^dp exactly 1

Envo_00000428 ^c

IRI	`http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000428`
In Range Of	core:hasBiome ^op

Sample Type ^c

IRI	`https://data.emobon.embrc.eu/ns/core#SampleType`
Equivalentclass
In Range Of	core:sampleType ^op

Organization ^c

IRI	`https://schema.org/Organization`
Sub Class Of	schema:Thing ^c
In Domain Of	legalName ^dp
Super Class Of	http://www.embrc.eu/emo-bon/EmoBonOntology.rdf#Organization ^c

Organization ^c

IRI	`http://www.embrc.eu/emo-bon/EmoBonOntology.rdf#Organization`
Sub Class Of	schema:Organization ^c

Postal Address ^c

IRI	`https://schema.org/PostalAddress`
Sub Class Of	schema:ContactPoint ^c
In Domain Of	streetAddress ^dp
In Range Of	address ^op
Restriction	addressCountry ^dp exactly 1 postalCode ^dp exactly 1 streetAddress ^dp exactly 1

Contact Point ^c

IRI	`https://schema.org/ContactPoint`
Super Class Of	schema:PostalAddress ^c

Geometry ^c

IRI	`http://www.opengis.net/ont/sf#Geometry`
In Domain Of	geo:asWKT ^dp
Restriction	geo:asWKT ^dp exactly 1
Super Class Of	http://www.opengis.net/ont/sf#Point ^c

Point ^c

IRI	`http://www.opengis.net/ont/sf#Point`
Sub Class Of	http://www.opengis.net/ont/sf#Geometry ^c
In Range Of	core:geoLocation ^op

Object Properties

has biome ^op

IRI	`https://data.emobon.embrc.eu/ns/core#hasBiome`
Super Property Of	core:broadBiome ^op core:localBiome ^op
Domain	core:Observatory ^c
Range	http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000428 ^c

broad biome ^op

IRI	`https://data.emobon.embrc.eu/ns/core#broadBiome`
Sub Property Of	core:hasBiome ^op

local biome ^op

IRI	`https://data.emobon.embrc.eu/ns/core#localBiome`
Sub Property Of	core:hasBiome ^op

geo location ^op

IRI	`https://data.emobon.embrc.eu/ns/core#geoLocation`
Range	http://www.opengis.net/ont/sf#Point ^c

sample type ^op

IRI	`https://data.emobon.embrc.eu/ns/core#sampleType`
Range	core:SampleType ^c

address ^op

IRI	`https://schema.org/address`
Range	schema:PostalAddress ^c

Datatype Properties

marine region ^dp

IRI	`https://data.emobon.embrc.eu/ns/core#marineRegion`
Domain	core:Observatory ^c sosa:Sampling
Range	xsd:anyURI

Name associated with the marine region. ^dp

IRI	`https://data.emobon.embrc.eu/ns/core#marineRegionName`
Is Defined By	The Core EMO-BON Ontology
Description	The name of the marine region
Domain	core:Observatory ^c sosa:Sampling
Range	xsd:string

observatory id ^dp

IRI	`https://data.emobon.embrc.eu/ns/core#observatoryId`
Domain	core:Observatory ^c
Range	xsd:string

observatory sample id ^dp

IRI	`https://data.emobon.embrc.eu/ns/core#observatorySampleId`
Domain	core:Observatory ^c
Range	xsd:string

edmo id ^dp

IRI	`https://data.emobon.embrc.eu/ns/core#edmoId`
Domain	core:Organization
Range	xsd:positiveInteger

Total depth of water column ^dp

IRI	`https://data.emobon.embrc.eu/ns/core#waterColumnDepth`
Is Defined By	The Core EMO-BON Ontology
Description	Measument of the total depth of the water column in meters
Domain	core:Observatory ^c or sosa:Sampling ^c
Range	qudt:QuantityValue

Country of origin of the sample ^dp

IRI	`https://data.emobon.embrc.eu/ns/core#originCountry`
Is Defined By	The Core EMO-BON Ontology
Description	The geographical origin of the observatory/sample as defined by the country name.
Domain	core:Observatory ^c or sosa:Sampling ^c
Range	xsd:string

Sampling site information ^dp

IRI	`https://data.emobon.embrc.eu/ns/core#siteInfo`
Is Defined By	The Core EMO-BON Ontology
Description	Extra information on the sampling site of the observatory, in particular concerning other data collections from the same area, environmental activities or events, etc.
Domain	core:Observatory ^c
Range	xsd:string

has Mixs Package ^dp

IRI	`https://data.emobon.embrc.eu/ns/core#hasMixsPackage`
Is Defined By	The Core EMO-BON Ontology
Description	The MIxS extension for reporting of measurements and observations obtained from one or more of the observatory environments where a sample was obtained
Domain	core:Observatory ^c
Range	xsd:string

Sediment type of a soil sample ^dp

IRI	`https://data.emobon.embrc.eu/ns/core#soilType`
Is Defined By	The Core EMO-BON Ontology
Description	Information about the sediment type of the sample, collected at an Observatory, based on major constituents
Domain	core:Observatory ^c
Range	xsd:string

has ENA project accession number ^dp

IRI	`https://data.emobon.embrc.eu/ns/core#enaProjAccNum`
Is Defined By	The Core EMO-BON Ontology
Description	ENA project accession number associated to this project.
Domain	schema:Project
Range	xsd:string

has ENA study accession number ^dp

IRI	`https://data.emobon.embrc.eu/ns/core#enaStudyAccNum`
Is Defined By	The Core EMO-BON Ontology
Description	ENA study accession number associated to this observatory.
Domain	core:Observatory ^c
Range	xsd:string

legal name ^dp

IRI	`https://schema.org/legalName`
Domain	schema:Organization ^c
Range	xsd:string

as wkt ^dp

IRI	`http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#asWKT`
Domain	http://www.opengis.net/ont/sf#Geometry ^c
Range	geo:wktLiteral

address country ^dp

IRI	`https://schema.org/addressCountry`
Range	xsd:string

description ^dp

IRI	`https://schema.org/description`
Range	xsd:string

identifier ^dp

IRI	`https://schema.org/identifier`
Range	xsd:anyURI

postal code ^dp

IRI	`https://schema.org/postalCode`

street address ^dp

IRI	`https://schema.org/streetAddress`
Domain	schema:PostalAddress ^c
Range	xsd:string

Functional Properties

edmo id ^fp

IRI	`https://data.emobon.embrc.eu/ns/core#edmoId`
Domain	core:Organization
Range	xsd:positiveInteger

legal name ^fp

IRI	`https://schema.org/legalName`
Domain	schema:Organization ^c
Range	xsd:string

identifier ^fp

IRI	`https://schema.org/identifier`
Range	xsd:anyURI

Namespaces

core: https://data.emobon.embrc.eu/ns/core#
dc: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
dct: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
foaf: http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
geo: http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#
owl: http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#
prov: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#
qudt: http://qudt.org/schema/qudt/
rdf: http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
rdfs: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
schema: https://schema.org/
skos: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#
sosa: http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/
vann: http://purl.org/vocab/vann/
xsd: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#

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^c	Classes
^op	Object Properties
^dp	Datatype Properties
^fp	Functional Properties

The Core EMO-BON Ontology

Metadata

Classes

Thing c

Observatory c

Envo_00000428 c

Sample Type c

Organization c

Organization c

Postal Address c

Contact Point c

Geometry c

Point c

Object Properties

has biome op

broad biome op

local biome op

geo location op

sample type op

address op

Datatype Properties

marine region dp

Name associated with the marine region. dp

observatory id dp

observatory sample id dp

edmo id dp

Total depth of water column dp

Country of origin of the sample dp

Sampling site information dp

has Mixs Package dp

Sediment type of a soil sample dp

has ENA project accession number dp

has ENA study accession number dp

legal name dp

as wkt dp

address country dp

description dp

identifier dp

postal code dp

street address dp

Functional Properties

edmo id fp

legal name fp

identifier fp

Namespaces

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Table of Contents

Metadata

Classes

Object Properties

Datatype Properties

Functional Properties

Namespaces

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Thing ^c

Observatory ^c

Envo_00000428 ^c

Sample Type ^c

Organization ^c

Organization ^c

Postal Address ^c

Contact Point ^c

Geometry ^c

Point ^c

has biome ^op

broad biome ^op

local biome ^op

geo location ^op

sample type ^op

address ^op

marine region ^dp

Name associated with the marine region. ^dp

observatory id ^dp

observatory sample id ^dp

edmo id ^dp

Total depth of water column ^dp

Country of origin of the sample ^dp

Sampling site information ^dp

has Mixs Package ^dp

Sediment type of a soil sample ^dp

has ENA project accession number ^dp

has ENA study accession number ^dp

legal name ^dp

as wkt ^dp

address country ^dp

description ^dp

identifier ^dp

postal code ^dp

street address ^dp

edmo id ^fp

legal name ^fp

identifier ^fp