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The IPBES Ontology

Prepared by Maral Dadvar and Aidin Niamir

Contributors: Dave Thau, Benedict Omare and Renske Gudde

For any inquires please contact [email protected]

Version: 04 Last Updated: September 23rd, 2024

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10404413

Abstract

The ontology developed for representing intergovernmental reports and the broad topics and information that they cover.

Table of content

  1. Introduction
  2. Namespace Declarations
  3. The IPBES Ontology Description
  4. Classes and Attributes
  5. References

1. Introduction

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.

2. Namespace Declarations

This is the list of the namesspaces used in this ontology.

namespace prefix namespace URI
ipbes https://ontology.ipbes.net/report/
foaf http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
skos http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#

3. The IPBES Ontology Description

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 is 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 attributes.

4. Classes and Attributes

Classes
Report Chapter SubChapter KeyMessage BackgroundMessage SubMessage Illustration Reference KnowledgeGap

Report

Class
ipbes.Report http://ontology.ipbes.net/report
Properties
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

Chapter

Class
ipbes.Chapter http://ontology.ipbes.net/data/ch/
Properties
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

Sub-chapter

Class
ipbes.SubChapter http://ontology.ipbes.net/report/sch/
Properties
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

Key message

Class
ipbes.KeyMessage http://ontology.ipbes.net/report/key/
Properties
ipbes:BackgroundMessage Link to the class BackgroundMessage 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

Background message

Class
ipbes.BackgroundMessage http://ontology.ipbes.net/report/bgm/
Properties
ipbes:SubMessage Link to the sub-messages used in each background message
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

Sub-message

Class
ipbes.SubMessage http://ontology.ipbes.net/report/subm/
Properties
ipbes:identifier The identifier of the chapter or sub-chapter or key message in the report
ipbes:hasDescription The text that further describes the content
ipbes:SubChapter Link to class SubChapter. Use for subchapters mentioned in the sub-message
ipbes:Illustration Link to class Illustration. Used for mentioned tables, figures or boxes in the sub-message
ipbes:hasEstablishedIncomplete Level of confidence
ipbes:hasWellestablished Level of confidence
ipbes:hasUnresolved Level of confidence
ipbes:hasInconclusive Level of confidence

Illustration

Class
ipbes.Illustration http://ontology.ipbes.net/report/il/
Properties
ipbes:identifier The identifier of the chapter or sub-chapter or key message in the report
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:hasDoi The DOI number
owl:sameAs Link to other resources such as the zotero repository of the reference

Reference

Class
ipbes.Reference http://ontology.ipbes.net/report/ref/
Properties
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
owl:sameAs Link to other resources such as the zotero repository of the reference
ipbes:hasDescription The text that further describes the content
ipbes:hasDoi The DOI number

KnowledgeGap

Class
ipbes.KnowledgeGap http://ontology.ipbes.net/report/kg/
Properties
ipbes:Report Link to the class Report
ipbes:SubChapter Link to the class SubChapter in which the knowledge gap was described
ipbes:hasDescription The text that further describes each knowledge gap that is related to the subchapters mentioned in the text
ipbes:identifier The identifier of the sub-chapter or illustration mentioned in description

Person

Class
foaf.Person http://ontology.ipbes.net/report/person/
Properties
foaf:firstName First name of the person
foaf:lastName Family name of the person
ipbes:Chapter Link to the class Chapter in which the person has a role
ipbes:Report Link to the class Report
skos:prefLabel The label that is preferred to be used for a chapter, sub-chapter, report or person
owl:sameAs Link to other resources about the person, such as ORCID
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

5. References

https://www.w3.org/2009/08/skos-reference/skos.html

http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/