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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions ssn/chapters/Common.html
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Expand Up @@ -1724,7 +1724,7 @@ <h6><dfn>sosa:resultTime</dfn></h6>
<p><strong>an OWL Datatype Property</strong></p>
<p>
<em>result time</em> &mdash;
instant of time when the Execution was completed
instant of time when the Execution result became available
</p>
<p>
The value would usually be encoded using
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<p><strong>an OWL Object Property</strong></p>
<p>
<em>used procedure</em> &mdash;
relation from an Execution or ExecutionCollection to a Procedure used to make it
relation from an Execution or ExecutionCollection to the Procedure used
</p>
<dl>
<dt>Domain Includes</dt>
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78 changes: 77 additions & 1 deletion ssn/chapters/OMS.html
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Expand Up @@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ <h4>New terms</h4>
<a>sosa-oms:PreparationStep</a>,
<a>sosa-oms:hasPreparationStep</a>,
<a>sosa-oms:madeOnPlatform</a>,
<a>sosa-oms:observationCollection</a>,
<a>sosa-oms:metadata</a>,
<a>sosa-oms:observationType</a>,
<a>sosa-oms:preparedSample</a>,
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<dd>
<a>sosa-oms:PreparationStep</a>
</dd>
<dt>Inverse property of</dt>
<dd>
<a>sosa-oms:preparedSample</a>
</dd>
<dt>is Defined By</dt>
<dd>
<a href="http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/oms/">http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/oms/</a>
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</p>
<p>
<em>made on platform</em> &mdash;
relation from an Observation to the Platform that the Sensor was attached to at the time it was made
Relation from an Observation to the associated Platform.
</p>
<dl>
<dt>Domain Includes</dt>
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<dd>
<a>sosa:Platform</a>
</dd>
<dt>Inverse property of</dt>
<dd>
<a>sosa-oms:observationCollection</a>
</dd>
<dt class="ssn">Super property of chain</dt>
<dd class="ssn">
<a>sosa:hosts</a> <b>o</b>
<a>sosa:madeSamplingHasResult</a> <b>o</b>
<a>sosa:isFeatureOfInterestOf</a>
</dd>
<dt>is Defined By</dt>
<dd>
<a href="http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/oms/">http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/oms/</a>
</dd>
</dl>


<div class="buttonpanel">
<span class="back">[<a href="#OMS">Back to module overview</a>]</span>
<span class="back">[<a href="#Overview">Back to top</a>]</span>
</div>
</section>

<section class="informative specterm" id="OMSobservationCollection">
<h5><dfn>sosa-oms:observationCollection</dfn></h5>
<p class="crossreference">
<strong>IRI:</strong> http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/omsobservationCollection
</p>
<p>
<strong>an OWL Object Property</strong>
</p>
<p>
<em>observation collection</em> &mdash;
Observations stemming from this Platform.
</p>
<p class="note">
In order to indicate potential Observations at a Platform, an empty ObservationCollection can be
provided. This mimics the semantics of the OMS ObservingCapability class.
</p>
<dl>
<dt>Domain Includes</dt>
<dd>
<a>sosa:Platform</a>
</dd>
<dt>Range Includes</dt>
<dd>
<a>sosa:Observation</a>,
<a>sosa:ObservationCollection</a>
</dd>
<dt>Inverse property of</dt>
<dd>
<a>sosa-oms:madeOnPlatform</a>
</dd>
<dt class="ssn">Super property of chain</dt>
<dd class="ssn">
<a>sosa:hasFeatureOfInterest</a> <b>o</b>
<a>sosa:isResultOfMadeBySampler</a> <b>o</b>
<a>sosa:isHostedBy</a>
</dd>
<dt>is Defined By</dt>
<dd>
<a href="http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/oms/">http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/oms/</a>
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<dd>
<a>sosa:Sample</a>
</dd>
<dt>Inverse property of</dt>
<dd>
<a>sosa-oms:hasPreparationStep</a>
</dd>
<dt>is Defined By</dt>
<dd>
<a href="http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/oms/">http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/oms/</a>
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<dd>
<a>sosa-oms:PreparationProcedure</a>
</dd>
<dt>Inverse property of</dt>
<dd>
<a>sosa-oms:samplePreparationStep</a>
</dd>
<dt>is Defined By</dt>
<dd>
<a href="http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/oms/">http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/oms/</a>
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -454,6 +526,10 @@ <h5><dfn>sosa-oms:samplePreparationStep</dfn></h5>
<dd>
<a>sosa-oms:PreparationStep</a>
</dd>
<dt>Inverse property of</dt>
<dd>
<a>sosa-oms:processingDetails</a>
</dd>
<dt>is Defined By</dt>
<dd>
<a href="http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/oms/">http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/oms/</a>
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Expand Up @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ <h5><dfn>sosa:ObservationCollection</dfn></h5>
</p>
<p>
<em>Observation Collection</em> &mdash;
set of one or more Observations or ObservationCollections; collections may be nested
set of Observations or ObservationCollections; collections may be nested
</p>
<p class="note">
An instance of <a href="#SOSAObservationCollection">ObservationCollection</a> represents a container for a
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ <h5><dfn>sosa:madeBySensor</dfn></h5>
</p>
<p>
<em>made by Sensor</em> &mdash;
relation from an Observation or ObservationCollection to the Sensor that made it
relation from an Observation or ObservationCollection to the Sensor involved
</p>
<dl>
<dt>Subproperty of</dt>
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ <h5><dfn>sosa:observedProperty</dfn></h5>
</p>
<p>
<em>observed property</em> &mdash;
relation from an Observation or ObservationCollection to the property that was observed
relation from an Observation or ObservationCollection to the property observed
</p>
<p class="note">
'observed property' covers the concepts referred to in [[VIM]] as 'measurand' (quantitative values) and
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion ssn/rdf/ontology/core/sosa-common.ttl
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a owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:label "used procedure"@en ;
skos:definition """
relation from an Execution or ExecutionCollection to a Procedure used to make it
relation from an Execution or ExecutionCollection to the Procedure used
"""@en ;
schema:domainIncludes sosa:Execution ;
schema:domainIncludes sosa:ExecutionCollection ;
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions ssn/rdf/ontology/core/sosa-observation.ttl
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rdfs:subClassOf sosa:ExecutionCollection ;
rdfs:label "Observation Collection"@en ;
skos:definition """
set of one or more Observations or ObservationCollections; collections may be nested
set of Observations or ObservationCollections; collections may be nested

All Observation properties may appear in an Observation Collection, including:
hasFeatureOfInterest , hasUltimateFeatureOfInterest , usedProcedure , madeBySensor , observedProperty , phenomenonTime , startTime, resultTime , hasResult , hasSimpleResult :
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rdfs:subPropertyOf sosa:madeBySystem ;
rdfs:label "made by sensor or observer"@en ;
skos:definition """
relation from an Observation or ObservationCollection to the Sensor that made it
relation from an Observation or ObservationCollection to the Sensor involved
"""@en ;
schema:domainIncludes sosa:Observation ;
schema:domainIncludes sosa:ObservationCollection ;
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a owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:label "observed property"@en ;
skos:definition """
relation from an Observation or ObservationCollection to the property that was observed
relation from an Observation or ObservationCollection to the property observed
"""@en ;
skos:note """
'observed property' covers the concepts referred to in [VIM] as 'measurand' (quantitative values) and 'examinand' (categorical and nominal values — [VIM4]), as well as complex and structured properties whose values may be represented as lists, vectors, arrays, rasters, geometries, etc. More specific terms are used in other contexts for related concepts, such as 'analyte' (chemistry) and 'determinand' (water quality).
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20 changes: 19 additions & 1 deletion ssn/rdf/ontology/extensions/sosa-oms.ttl
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Expand Up @@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ sosa-oms:hasPreparationStep
skos:definition "Link to a preparation step used to prepare the sample"@en ;
schema:domainIncludes sosa:Sample ;
schema:rangeIncludes sosa-oms:PreparationStep ;
owl:inverseOf sosa-oms:preparedSample ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy sosa-oms: .

sosa:SpatialSample
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a owl:ObjectProperty ;
ogc-ms:implements <http://www.opengis.net/spec/om/3.0/req/obs-cpt/Observation/host-sem> ;
rdfs:label "made on platform"@en ;
skos:definition "Relation between an Observation and the Platform the Sensor was attached to at the time the observation was made."@en ;
skos:definition "Relation from an Observation to the associated Platform."@en ;
schema:domainIncludes sosa:Observation ;
schema:domainIncludes sosa:ObservationCollection ;
schema:rangeIncludes sosa:Platform ;
owl:inverseOf sosa-oms:observationCollection ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy sosa-oms: .

sosa-oms:observationCollection
a owl:ObjectProperty ;
rdfs:label "observation collection"@en ;
skos:definition "Observations stemming from this Platform."@en ;
skos:note """
In order to indicate potential Observations at a Platform, an empty ObservationCollection can be provided. This mimics the semantics of the OMS ObservingCapability class.
"""@en ;
schema:domainIncludes sosa:Platform ;
schema:rangeIncludes sosa:Observation ;
schema:rangeIncludes sosa:ObservationCollection ;
owl:inverseOf sosa-oms:madeOnPlatform ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy sosa-oms: .

sosa:Sampling ogc-ms:implements <http://www.opengis.net/spec/om/3.0/req/sam-cpt/Sampling> ;
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skos:definition "The Sample on which the PreparationProcedure is performed."@en ;
schema:domainIncludes sosa-oms:PreparationStep ;
schema:rangeIncludes sosa:Sample ;
owl:inverseOf sosa-oms:hasPreparationStep ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy sosa-oms: .

sosa-oms:processingDetails
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skos:definition "The PreparationProcedure used by the PreparationStep."@en ;
schema:domainIncludes sosa-oms:PreparationStep ;
schema:rangeIncludes sosa-oms:PreparationProcedure ;
owl:inverseOf sosa-oms:samplePreparationStep ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy sosa-oms: .

sosa-oms:samplePreparationStep
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skos:definition "A PreparationStep that uses the PreparationProcedure."@en ;
schema:domainIncludes sosa-oms:PreparationProcedure ;
schema:rangeIncludes sosa-oms:PreparationStep ;
owl:inverseOf sosa-oms:processingDetails ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy sosa-oms: .


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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions ssn/rdf/ontology/extensions/ssn-oms.ttl
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sosa:Sample
rdfs:subClassOf [ a owl:Restriction ; owl:onProperty sosa-oms:hasPreparationStep ; owl:allValuesFrom sosa-oms:PreparationStep ] ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy sosa-sam: .

sosa-oms:madeOnPlatform
owl:propertyChainAxiom ( sosa:hosts sosa:madeSamplingHasResult sosa:isFeatureOfInterestOf ) ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy sosa-oms: .

sosa-oms:observationCollection
owl:propertyChainAxiom ( sosa:hasFeatureOfInterest sosa:isResultOfMadeBySampler sosa:isHostedBy ) ;
rdfs:isDefinedBy sosa-oms: .