TDWG Taxon Concept LSID Ontology Roger Hyam TDWG Biodiversity Information Standards 2006-11-27 $Date: 2007-06-26 11:36:21 +0200 (Tue, 26 Jun 2007) $ Ontology describing the metadata returned for LSIDs that are used for Taxon Concepts. 0.2 - [SVN $Rev: 1211 $] This is not a full rendering of TaxonConcept as presented in the Taxon Concept Schema 1.0. Not all the possible concept-concept relationships have been modelled just the basic set theory and taxonomic hierarchy relationships. RelationshipAssertions have not been included. These omissions will be addressed in collaboration with the first data provider/consumer pairs who need to make use them. FIXME: Wonder Web OWL Ontology Validator Taxon Concept Representation of a TaxonConcept. Equivalent to TCS /DataSet/TaxonConcepts/TaxonConcept Name String A string representation of the TaxonName for this concept. Equivalent to TCS /DataSet/TaxonConcepts/TaxonConcept/Name/TaxonName/Simple Has Name The TaxonName for this concept. Equivalent to TCS /DataSet/TaxonConcepts/TaxonConcept/Name According To String A string representation of the according to for this concept. Equivalent to TCS /DataSet/TaxonConcepts/TaxonConcept/AccordingTo/Simple accordingTo Information about the authorship of this concept which uses the Name in their sense (i.e. secundum, sensu). Could be an institution or collection or team of individuals. Equivalent to TCS /DataSet/TaxonConcepts/TaxonConcept/AccordingTo/AccordingToDetailed Described By A description that delimits this taxon. Equivalent to TCS /DataSet/TaxonConcepts/TaxonConcept/CharacterCircumscription Circumscribed By A specimen that forms part of the circumscription of this taxon. Equivalent to TCS /DataSet/TaxonConcepts/TaxonConcept/SpecimenCircumscription hasRelationship A relationship to another TaxonConcept Rank *Deprecated* The taxonomic rank of this concept. This is a link to an instance of TaxonomicRank. Compare with the rankString property. Equivalent to TCS /DataSet/TaxonConcepts/TaxonConcept/Rank. After discussions between a number of parties this property is considered to be deprecated. The rank of a TaxonConcept should be indicated by including a TaxonName of the appropriate rank in the hasName property even if the name object is empty apart from the rank. Rank String *Deprecated* The taxonomic rank of this concept as a string. A string representation of the rank of this concept. It is highly recommended that the rank property be used along with this one unless the correct rank is not available in the rank vocabulary. No direct equivalent in TCS but is string version of /DataSet/TaxonConcepts/TaxonConcept/Rank. Requested by data suppliers. After discussions between a number of parties this property is considered to be deprecated. The rank of a TaxonConcept should be indicated by including a TaxonName of the appropriate rank in the hasName property even if the name object is empty apart from the rank. Primary If primary='true' the concept is the first level response to a query. If 'false' the concept may be a secondary concept linked directly or indirectly to the definition of a primary concept. Has Information A piece of information about this TaxonConcept. Relationship A typed link to with another taxon. /DataSet/TaxonConcepts/TaxonConcept/Relationships/Relationship toTaxon The target taxon in this relationship. /DataSet/TaxonConcepts/TaxonConcept/Relationships/Relationship/ToTaxonConcept fromTaxon The host taxon in this relationship. /DataSet/TaxonConcepts/TaxonConcept/Relationships/Relationship/FromTaxonConcept relationshipCategory The kind of relationship this is. /DataSet/TaxonConcepts/TaxonConcept/Relationships/Relationship/@type Taxon Relationship Term The class for constructing a controlled vocabulary for TaxonConcept to TaxonConcept relationship categories. Is Congruent To Is Congruent To Set Relationship: The extent of Concept 1 is (essentially) identical to Concept 2 /RelationshipType/is congruent to Is Not Congruent To Is Not Congruent To Set Relationship: The extent of Concept 1 is not identical to Concept 2 /RelationshipType/is not congruent to Includes Includes Set Relationship: Concept 2 is a subset of Concept 1 /RelationshipType/includes Does Not Include Does Not Include Set Relationship: Concept 2 is not a subset of Concept 1 /RelationshipType/does not include Excludes Excludes Set Relationship: Concept 1 does not overlap or include Concept 2 /RelationshipType/excludes Is Included In Is Included In Set Relationship: Concept 1 is a subset of Concept 2 /RelationshipType/is included in Is Not Included In Is Not Included In Set Relationship: Concept 1 is not a subset of Concept 2 /RelationshipType/is not included in Overlaps Overlaps Set Relationship: Concepts 1 and 2 share members/children in common /RelationshipType/overlaps Does Not Overlap Does Not Overlap Set Relationship: Concepts 1 and 2 have no members/children in common /RelationshipType/does not overlap Is Child Taxon Of Is Child Taxon Of Hierarchical Relationship: Concept 1 is a member of lower taxonomic rank of Concept 2 /RelationshipType/is child taxon of Is Parent Taxon Of Is Parent Taxon Of Hierarchical Relationship: Taxon Concept 1 includes Concept 2 as a lower-ranked member. /RelationshipType/is parent taxon of Is Anamorph Of Is Anamorph Of Concept 1 is the asexual or mitotic reproductive stage in a pleomorphic life cycle in which Concept 2 is the teleomorph or meiotic reproductive stage . /RelationshipType/is anamorph of Is Teleomorph Of Is Teleomorph Of Concept 1 is the teleomorph or meiotic reproductive stage in a pleomorphic life cycle in which Concept 2 is the asexual or mitotic reproductive stage. /RelationshipType/is teleomorph of Is Second Parent Of Is Second Parent Of Hybrid Relationship: Concept 1 is genetic parent (2) of Concept 2. /RelationshipType/is second parent of Is Female Parent Of Is Female Parent Of Hybrid Relationship: Concept 1 is genetic mother of Concept 2 /RelationshipType/is female parent of Is First Parent Of Is First Parent Of Hybrid Relationship: Concept 1 is genetic parent (1) of Concept 2 /RelationshipType/is first parent of Is Male Parent Of Is Male Parent Of Hybrid Relationship: Concept 1 is genetic father of Concept 2 /RelationshipType/is male parent of Is Hybrid Parent Of Is Hybrid Parent Of Hybrid Relationship: Concept 1 is genetic parent of Concept 2 /RelationshipType/is hybrid parent of Is Hybrid Child Of Is Hybrid Child Of Hybrid Relationship: Concept 2 is a genetic parent of Concept 1 /RelationshipType/is hybrid child of Is Ambiregnal Of Is Ambiregnal Of The two concepts are considered to represent the same taxon (i.e. they are congruent) but their names governed by different nomenclatural codes. /RelationshipType/is ambiregnal of (The definition is somewhat different as TaxonConcepts are permitted to have multiple names in the RDF version of TCS) Is Vernacular For Is Vernacular For The current concept is used as a vernacular concept, at least in part, for the target concept. This kind of relationship should not be used to express any form of set relationship (e.g. overlaps, is congruent with, includes). Consider using vernacular type relationships along with set type relationships to avoid any ambiguity. /RelationshipType/is vernacular for Has Vernacular Has Vernacular The target concept is used as a vernacular concept, at least in part, for the current concept. This kind of relationship should not be used to express any form of set relationship (e.g. overlaps, is congruent with, includes). Consider using vernacular type relationships along with set type relationships to avoid any ambiguity. /RelationshipType/has vernacular Has Synonym Has Synonym The target concept is considered a synonym of the current concept. This is an ambiguous relationship. It can mean: 1) a nomenclatural relationship where all that is implied is that the type of the target concept is included in the current circumscription. This is more precisely expressed as a specimen circumscription (for heterotypic synonyms) or as TaxonName basionym relationships (for homotypic synonyms) 2) a concept relationship where some part of (or all of) the target concept is included in the current circumscription. This is more precisely expressed using the set relationships such as 'is congruent to'. The HasSynonym term is principally intended for handling legacy data. /RelationshipType/has synonym Is Synonym For Is Synonym For The current concept is considered a synonym of the target concept. This is an ambiguous relationship. It can mean: 1) a nomenclatural relationship where all that is implied is that the type of the current concept is included in the target circumscription. This is more precisely expressed as a specimen circumscription (for heterotypic synonyms) or as TaxonName basionym relationships (for homotypic synonyms) 2) a concept relationship where some part of (or all of) the current concept is included in the target circumscription. This is more precisely expressed using the set relationships such as 'is congruent to'. The IsSynonymFor term is principally intended for handling legacy data. No direct equivalent