Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Note: This changelog is no longer maintained. Please see https://github.com/ternaustralia/ontology_tern/releases changelog details.

[0.4.0] - 2022-02-01

Added

Import of ssn extension
tern:ObservationCollection
tern-org:Organization as one of the value types of prov:wasAttributedTo on tern:Sampling and tern:Observation
sosa:madeBySensor to tern:Observation
sosa:madeBySampler to tern:Sampling
tern:observationType to tern:Observation
tern:samplingType to tern:Sampling
tern:Distribution
tern:Dataset
Add description
- void:inDataset
- tern:attribute
- tern:hasSimpleValue
- tern:hasValue
- tern:isAttributeOf
tern:Integer
tern:Float
tern:System
- Add new property called tern:systemType
- Added property tern:systemType and dcterms:type
tern:Sampler
- SHACL constraints added

Changed

prov:wasAttributedTo on activities (Observation, Sampling) change to prov:wasAssociatedWith
All classes may have dcterms:type. There should be no cardinality here.
tern:Observation
- sosa:hasResult sh:class is an AND between tern:Value and tern:Result.
tern:Result no longer a subclass of tern:Value

Removed

Import of datatype vocabulary
tern:isAttributeOf a sub-property of ssn:isPropertyOf because the TopBraid Composer diagram view is inferring that the range of values is sosa:FeatureOfInterest.
Some OWL restrictions as it doubles up in the diagram view in TopBraid Composer with the SHACL constraints.
Slowly remove OWL restrictions as they are unused besides expressing the OWL side of the model. More in favour of SHACL now.
void:inDataset
- Remove sh:minCount = 1 and sh:maxCount = 1
tern:Count
tern:QuantitativeRange
tern:Percent
tern:PercentRange
tern:QuantitativeMeasure
tern:Plot
tern:Instrument
tern:Concept

[0.3.2] - 2021-09-22

Added

sosa:isSampleOf is now a transitive property
Classes ManagedFeature, Plot, Quadrat, Transect, RDFDataset, Value
Properties hasSimpleValue, hasValue
tern:Taxon class

Removed

tern:siteType
References to Site directly on Sampling and Observation
Duplicate properties in subclasses (they already exist in parent classes)

[0.3.1] - 2021-07-29

Added

sh:NodeShape and sh:PropertyShape are now directly on the owl:Class instead of in a separate file.
tern:Transect class and node shape
tern:Attribute, tern:hasAttribute and tern:isAttributeOf are now subclasses and subproperties of SSN
inverse properties to tern:isSiteOf and tern:isSiteVisitOf to tern:hasSite and tern:hasSiteVisit

[0.3.0] - 2021-07-16

Removed

Specialised classes of tern:Site
Removed dependency on the Datatype vocabulary and redefined the datatype classes in this ontology with a few minor tweaks
Removed other unused classes such as AutomaticWeatherStation, SAR, SoilProfile, PropertyValue, etc

[0.2.3] - 2021-05-17

Added

tern:Method OWL restrictions for tern:hasParameter, tern:hasCategoricalCollection, schema:timeRequired and skos:note

Changed

tern:equipment expected datatype changed from xsd:string to skos:Concept
tern:instructions expected datatype changed from xsd:string to rdf:Seq

[0.2.2] - 2021-04-20

Added

tern:AusPlotsRangelandsSite
tern:AusPlotsForestsSite

[0.2.1] - 2021-03-18

Added

tern:purpose to tern:FluxTower
dcterms:type to tern:Instrument
schema:serialNumber to tern:Method

[0.2.0] - 2021-02-19

Added

tern:domain
tern:FeatureOfInterest

Changed

Ontology description
Ontology organisation metadata - use schema.org's https for pylode generation
tern:hadSubActivity -> tern:hasSubActivity
tern:wasSubActivityOf -> tern:isSubActivityOf
Label of tern:Site from "Site" to "Ecological Site"

[0.1.3] - 2021-01-06

Added

tern:methodType added to tern:Procedure
tern:SoilProfile and tern:SoilHorizon class with new properties tern:soilClassification and tern:soilHorizon

[0.1.2] - 2020-12-07

Added

tern:DigitalCamera rdfs:subClassOf tern:Sampler
tern:Sampler rdfs:subClassOff tern:Instrument
tern:Instrument
tern:PhenologyCamera
tern:RadiationSensor
tern:Radiometer
tern:SAR
tern:Sensor
tern:Spectroradiometer

Changed

tern:Method definition - added "in water or in space".

[0.1.1] - 2020-11-23

Added

tern:CosmOzStation

[0.1.0] - 2020-11-03

Changed

Moved almost all classes and properties from the plot: namespace to tern:

Added

tern:DerivedObservation
tern:TERNDerivedObservation

[0.0.6] - 2020-07-06

Added

plot:globalVocabulary

[0.0.5] - 2020-07-01

Removed

plot:upperParameter
plot:datasetParameter

Added

plot:globalValue

[0.0.4] - 2020-06-16

Added

plot:weight
plot:SamplingPoint subclass of tern-loc:Point

[0.0.3] - 2020-05-27

Removed

plot:Site restrictions for plot:mapScale, plot:mapsheetName and plot:mapsheetNumber

Added

plot:PropertyValue
plot:Site restriction on schema:additionalProperty
plot:area and plot:dimension
plot:width and plot:length
plot:Dimension
plot:siteDescription and plot:locationDescription
plot:Transect
plot:SamplingPoint
plot:transectDirection
plot:transectStart
plot:transectEnd
plot:hasSamplingPoint
plot:isSamplingPointOf

[0.0.2] - 2020-05-18

Changed

plot:Site label from "Site and location" to "Site"
plot: label from "The PLOT ontology" to The Plot Ontology"

Added

class restrictions for plot:Site
class restrictions for plot:SiteVisit
class restrictions for sosa:Observation
class restrictions for sosa:ObservableProperty
class restrictions for sosa:Procedure
class restrictions for ssn:Input
class restrictions for sosa:Result
class restrictions for data:Boolean
class restrictions for data:Count
class restrictions for data:QuantitativeMeasure
class restrictions for data:QuantitativeRange
class restrictions for data:Text
class restrictions for data:Percent
class restrictions for data:PercentRange
class restrictions for sosa:ObservationCollection
class restrictions for sosa:Sample
class restrictions for sosa:Sampling
class restrictions for plot:SiteStratum
class restrictions for plot:SiteTaxon
class restrictions for plot:SiteStratumTaxon
plot:datasetParameter
plot:upperParameter

[0.0.1] - 2019-06-19

Added

Initial release - created by Simon Cox