Class ID,Preferred Label,Synonyms,Definitions,Obsolete,CUI,Semantic Types,Parents,acts on property,has feature of interest,has result,has sample,has simple result,hosts,http://data.bioontology.org/metadata/prefixIRI,http://purl.org/dc/terms/created,http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator,http://purl.org/dc/terms/description,http://purl.org/dc/terms/license,http://purl.org/dc/terms/rights,http://purl.org/dc/terms/title,http://purl.org/vocab/vann/preferredNamespacePrefix,http://purl.org/vocab/vann/preferredNamespaceUri,http://schema.org/domainIncludes,http://schema.org/rangeIncludes,http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#definition,http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#example,http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#note,http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/name,is acted on by,is feature of interest of,is hosted by,is observed by,is result of,is sample of,made actuation,made by actuator,made by sampler,made by sensor,made observation,made sampling,observed property,observes,phenomenon time,result time,used procedure
http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Agent,Agent,,,false,,,http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing,,,,,,,foaf:Agent,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
http://purl.org/vocommons/voaf#Vocabulary,Vocabulary,,,false,,,http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing,,,,,,,voaf:Vocabulary,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/Platform,Platform,,"A Platform is an entity that hosts other entities, particularly Sensors, Actuators, Samplers, and other Platforms.",false,,,http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing,,,,,,,Platform,,,,,,,,,,,"A Platform is an entity that hosts other entities, particularly Sensors, Actuators, Samplers, and other Platforms.","A post, buoy, vehicle, ship, aircraft, satellite, cell-phone, human or animal may act as platforms for (technical or biological) sensors or actuators.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/Sampler,Sampler,,"A device that is used by, or implements, a Sampling Procedure to create or transform one or more samples.",false,,,http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing,,,,,,,Sampler,,,,,,,,,,,"A device that is used by, or implements, a Sampling Procedure to create or transform one or more samples.","A ball mill, diamond drill, hammer, hypodermic syringe and needle, image Sensor or a soil auger can all act as sampling devices (i.e., be Samplers). However, sometimes the distinction between the Sampler and the Sensor is not evident, as they are packaged as a unit. A Sampler need not be a physical device.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/ActuatableProperty,Actuatable Property,,"An actuatable quality (property, characteristic) of a FeatureOfInterest.",false,,,http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing,,,,,,,ActuatableProperty,,,,,,,,,,,"An actuatable quality (property, characteristic) of a FeatureOfInterest.",A window actuator acts by changing the state between a frame and a window. The ability of the window to be opened and closed is its ActuatableProperty.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#TemporalEntity,TemporalEntity,,,false,,,http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing,,,,,,,time:TemporalEntity,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/Actuator,Actuator,,"A device that is used by, or implements, an (Actuation) Procedure that changes the state of the world.",false,,,http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing,,,,,,,Actuator,,,,,,,,,,,"A device that is used by, or implements, an (Actuation) Procedure that changes the state of the world.","A window actuator for automatic window control, i.e., opening or closing the window.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/Actuation,Actuation,,An Actuation carries out an (Actuation) Procedure to change the state of the world using an Actuator.,false,,,http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing,,,,,,,Actuation,,,,,,,,,,,An Actuation carries out an (Actuation) Procedure to change the state of the world using an Actuator.,"The activity of automatically closing a window if the temperature in a room drops below 20 degree Celsius. The activity is the Actuation and the device that closes the window is the Actuator. The Procedure is the rule, plan, or specification that defines the conditions that triggers the Actuation, here a drop in temperature. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/Result,Result,,"The Result of an Observation, Actuation, or act of Sampling. To store an observation's simple result value one can use the hasSimpleResult property.",false,,,http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing,,,,,,,Result,,,,,,,,,,,"The Result of an Observation, Actuation, or act of Sampling. To store an observation's simple result value one can use the hasSimpleResult property.","The value 20 as the height of a certain tree together with the unit, e.g., Meter.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/Sampling,Sampling,,An act of Sampling carries out a sampling Procedure to create or transform one or more samples.,false,,,http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing,,,,,,,Sampling,,,,,,,,,,,An act of Sampling carries out a sampling Procedure to create or transform one or more samples.,Sieving a powder to separate the subset finer than 100-mesh.|Crushing a rock sample in a ball mill.|Taking a diamond-drill core from a rock outcrop.|Establishing a station for environmental monitoring.|Dividing a field site into quadrants.|Selecting a subset of a population.|Splitting a piece of drill-core to create two new samples.|Drawing blood from a patient.|Digging a pit through a soil sequence.|Registering an image of the landscape.|Drilling an observation well.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/Observation,Observation,,"Act of carrying out an (Observation) Procedure to estimate or calculate a value of a property of a FeatureOfInterest. Links to a Sensor to describe what made the Observation and how; links to an ObservableProperty to describe what the result is an estimate of, and to a FeatureOfInterest to detail what that property was associated with.",false,,,http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing,,,,,,,Observation,,,,,,,,,,,"Act of carrying out an (Observation) Procedure to estimate or calculate a value of a property of a FeatureOfInterest. Links to a Sensor to describe what made the Observation and how; links to an ObservableProperty to describe what the result is an estimate of, and to a FeatureOfInterest to detail what that property was associated with.","The activity of estimating the intensity of an Earthquake using the Mercalli intensity scale is an Observation as is measuring the moment magnitude, i.e., the energy released by said earthquake.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/Sample,Sample,,Feature which is intended to be representative of a FeatureOfInterest on which Observations may be made.,false,,,http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing,,,,,,,Sample,,,,,,,,,,,Feature which is intended to be representative of a FeatureOfInterest on which Observations may be made.,"A statistical sample is often designed to be characteristic of an entire population, so that observations can be made regarding the sample that provide a good estimate of the properties of the population.|A 'station' is essentially an identifiable locality where a sensor system or Procedure may be deployed and an observation made. In the context of the observation model, it connotes the 'world in the vicinity of the station', so the observed properties relate to the physical medium at the station, and not to any physical artifact such as a mooring, buoy, benchmark, monument, well, etc.","A transient sample, such as a ships-track or flight-line, might be identified and described, but is unlikely to be revisited exactly.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/Procedure,Procedure,,"A workflow, protocol, plan, algorithm, or computational method specifying how to make an Observation, create a Sample, or make a change to the state of the world (via an Actuator). A Procedure is re-usable, and might be involved in many Observations, Samplings, or Actuations. It explains the steps to be carried out to arrive at reproducible results.",false,,,http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing,,,,,,,Procedure,,,,,,,,,,,"A workflow, protocol, plan, algorithm, or computational method specifying how to make an Observation, create a Sample, or make a change to the state of the world (via an Actuator). A Procedure is re-usable, and might be involved in many Observations, Samplings, or Actuations. It explains the steps to be carried out to arrive at reproducible results.","The measured wind speed differs depending on the height of the sensor above the surface, e.g., due to friction. Consequently, procedures for measuring wind speed define a standard height for anemometers above ground, typically 10m for meteorological measures and 2m in Agrometeorology. This definition of height, sensor placement, and so forth are defined by the Procedure.","Many observations may be created via the same Procedure, the same way as many tables are assembled using the same instructions (as information objects, not their concrete realization).",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/FeatureOfInterest,Feature Of Interest,,"The thing whose property is being estimated or calculated in the course of an Observation to arrive at a Result or whose property is being manipulated by an Actuator, or which is being sampled or transformed in an act of Sampling.",false,,,http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing,,,,,,,FeatureOfInterest,,,,,,,,,,,"The thing whose property is being estimated or calculated in the course of an Observation to arrive at a Result or whose property is being manipulated by an Actuator, or which is being sampled or transformed in an act of Sampling.","When measuring the height of a tree, the height is the observed ObservableProperty, 20m may be the Result of the Observation, and the tree is the FeatureOfInterest. A window is a FeatureOfInterest for an automatic window control Actuator.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/Sensor,Sensor,,"Device, agent (including humans), or software (simulation) involved in, or implementing, a Procedure. Sensors respond to a stimulus, e.g., a change in the environment, or input data composed from the results of prior Observations, and generate a Result. Sensors can be hosted by Platforms.",false,,,http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing,,,,,,,Sensor,,,,,,,,,,,"Device, agent (including humans), or software (simulation) involved in, or implementing, a Procedure. Sensors respond to a stimulus, e.g., a change in the environment, or input data composed from the results of prior Observations, and generate a Result. Sensors can be hosted by Platforms.","Accelerometers, gyroscopes, barometers, magnetometers, and so forth are Sensors that are typically mounted on a modern smart phone (which acts as Platform). Other examples of sensors include the human eyes.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/ObservableProperty,Observable Property,,"An observable quality (property, characteristic) of a FeatureOfInterest.",false,,,http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing,,,,,,,ObservableProperty,,,,,,,,,,,"An observable quality (property, characteristic) of a FeatureOfInterest.","The height of a tree, the depth of a water body, or the temperature of a surface are examples of observable properties, while the value of a classic car is not (directly) observable but asserted.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
