Prepared by Maral Dadvar - resource person for the IPBES task force on knowledge and data
Reviewed by Aidin Niamir - Head of the Technical Support Unit of Knowledge and Data
For any inquires please contact aidin.niamir@senckenberg.de
Version: 1.0 Last Updated: December 19th, 2023
The ontology developed for representing intergovernmental reports and the broad topics and information that they cover.
Introduction
Namespace Declarations
The IPBES Ontology Visualisation
The IPBES Ontology Description
Classes and Attributes
References
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is the intergovernmental body which assesses the state of biodiversity and of the ecosystem services it provides to society, in response to requests from decision makers. To this end, it produces regular regional, national and global assessment reports in collaborations with many experts, scientists and politicians from a wide range of expertise, nationalities and backgrounds. To our knowledge, there is no existing ontology for representation of intergovernmental reports and the broad topics and information that they cover. To this end, we have created the IPBES ontology as the stepping stone for representing these types of data as LOD and make them accessible for further exploration.
Figure visualising the IPBES ontology
The classes and properties used in IPBES ontology are created on the fly based on the information that we encounter and the concepts that we aimed to represent. However, the usage of the properties consistent and the coined URI’s are stable and unique. Currently our ontology consists of 6 classes, each representing a specific part of the data along with their corresponding properties.
Report
Chapter
Subchapter
Key message
Reference
Person
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Report
Chapter
Subchapter
KeyMessage
Reference
Person
ipbes.Report
skos:prefLabel
The label that is preferred to be used for a chapter, sub-chapter , report or person
Skos:altLabel
Alternative writing format or language of the preferred label
ipbes:year
The publication year
ipbes:hasDoi
The DOI number
ipbes.Chapter
skos:prefLabel
The label that is preferred to be used for a chapter, sub-chapter , report or person
ipbes:Report
Link to the class Report of the chapter
ipbes:hasDoi
The DOI number
ipbes:identifier
The identifier of the chapter or sub-chapter or key message in the report
foaf.Person
The list of persons who have a role in this chapter
ipbes.SubChapter
ipbes:identifier
The identifier of the chapter or sub-chapter or key message in the report
ipbes:Chapter
Link to the class Chapter of the sub-chapter
ipbes:Report
Link to the class Report of the sub-chapter
ipbes:KeyMessage
Link to the class KeyMessage for which the sub-chapter has been referred to
ipbes:reference
Link to the class reference for the citations used in each subchapter
skos:prefLabel
The label that is preferred to be used for a chapter, sub-chapter , report or person
ipbes:hasDescription
The text that further describes the content
ipbes.KeyMessage
ipbes:SubChapter
Link to the class SubChapter in which the key message has been referred to
ipbes:identifier
The identifier of the chapter or sub-chapter or key message in the report
ipbes:Report
Link to the class Report of the key message
skos:prefLabel
The label that is preferred to be used for a chapter, sub-chapter, report or person
ipbes:hasDescription
The text that further describes the content
ipbes:hasEstablishedIncomplete
Level of confidence
ipbes:hasWellestablished
Level of confidence
ipbes:hasUnresolved
Level of confidence
ipbes:hasInconclusive
Level of confidence
ipbes.Reference
ipbes:Chapter
Link to the class Chapter in which the reference has been used
ipbes:Report
Link to the class Report
ipbes:SubChapter
Link to the class SubChapter in which the reference has been used
ipbes:zotero
Link to the zotero repository of the reference
ipbes:hasDescription
The text that further describes the content
ipbes:hasDoi
The DOI number
foaf.Person
foaf:firstName
First name of the person
foaf:lastName
Family name of the person
skos:prefLabel
The label that is preferred to be used for a chapter, sub-chapter, report or person
ipbes:orcID
ORCID identifier of the person
ipbes:country
Country of residence of the person
ipbes:ca
Contributing authors in the stated chapter and report
ipbes:cl
Coordinating lead authors in the stated chapter and report
ipbes:fl
Fellows in the stated chapter and report
ipbes:cs
Co-chairs in the stated chapter and report
ipbes:la
Lead authors in the stated chapter and report
ipbes:re
Review editors in the stated chapter and report