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idorg-ontology

The Identifiers.org Ontology Terms

Below you will find an overview of the terms created for the identifiers.org ontology. Formal definitions of these can be found at the idorg-ontology.ttl file. Aside from these terms, these files also uses terms from RDF Schema, VoID, DCAT, and Dublin Core.

Tip

The namespace for the identifiers.org ontology terms is http://identifiers.org/idot/.

The suggested prefix is idot.

Classes

idot:Registry

This class is destined to the registry itself.

idot:Namespace

Class for namespace entries in the identifiers.org registry. Namespaces are identified by curie prefixes. Each namespace references a set of identifiers that can be a full or part of a online database.

idot:Resource

Class for resource entries in the identifiers.org registry. These are web resources that serve data for objects under the associated namespace. A namespace can have multiple resources for the same objects, but a resource only serves one namespace.

Properties

idot:prefix

CURIE prefix associated with namespace. Is unique among all namespaces. See https://docs.identifiers.org/pages/identification_scheme.html.

idot:providerCode

String that identifies the provider of a resource among the resources of the same namespace. See https://docs.identifiers.org/pages/identification_scheme.html.

idot:luiPattern

Regex pattern that describes the format of IDs under the namespace.

idot:mirid

Legacy MIR ID for identifiers.org entries.

idot:sampleID

A sample identifier for an entry.

idot:urlPattern

URL pattern used to resolve provider URLs for curies. These alwasy include the substring {$id}. On resolution, this substring is replaced with the local identifier part of the CURIE.

idot:countryCode

ISO 3166 Alpha-2 country code where the associated resource is hosted.

idot:isNamespaceOf

Namespace that a resource serves data for.

idot:isOfficial

Indicates whether a resource is an Official/primary provider for its namespace.

idot:homepage

Homepage of associate resource.

idot:isResourceOf

Indicates the namespace that a resource serves data for.

idot:isDeprecated

Flag that indicates whether an entry is deprecated or not.

idot:deprecationDate

Date where the regitry marked the entry as deprecated.

idot:deprecationOfflineDate

Approximated date where the resource or namespace become became offline.

idot:deprecationStatement

Short explanation on what cause the resource to become deprecated.

idot:successor

Other namespace that took over data from deprecated namespace.

idot:hasProtectedUrls

Flag that indicates that URLs for entry require authentication.

idot:authHelpDescription

Brief description on how to acquire credentials and authorization to access protected URLs.

idot:authHelpUrl

URL where to find more information on how to acquire credentials and authorization to access protected URLs.