Marlène VILLANOVA-OLIVER
2019-05-24
tsn
1.1
Jérôme GENSEL
Camille BERNARD
Territorial Statistical Nomenclature Ontology
2017-01-31
This ontology allows describing any Territorial Statistical Nomenclature (TSN) i.e., partition of the territory (electoral, administrative, statistical, etc.) used as a support to the collection and restitution of statistical data (e.g., describing a territory in terms of population, unemployement rate, transport access, etc.).
This 1.1 version of the ontology redefines the predicates that express the territorial hierarchies (has division, has member , etc.)
Hy DAO
hasGeometry
Indicates a Geometry of a spatial resource (i.e., TSNFeature (TerritoryVersion, LevelVersion or UnitVersion) resource)
geosparql:hasGeometry
A spatial representation for a given feature.
A spatial representation for a given feature.
Indicates the Name of a TSNComponent.
hasName
belongsToLevelVersion
property is now preferred. Indicates the LevelVersion the described UnitVersion resource belongs to.]]>
hasUnit
property is now preferred. Indicates a UnitVersion that belongs to the described LevelVersion.]]>
The Level concept describes a level of observation of the Territory defined within the Nomenclature. Several levels of observation may be defined (e.g., region or district levels)
Level
Indicates an unambiguous reference to a TSNComponent, throughout the TSN versions. This attribut holds the identity of the TSNComponent i.e., if this identifier changes then the TSNComponent ceases to exist.
dcterms:identifier
Recommended best practice is to identify the resource by means of a string conforming to a formal identification system.
2008-01-14
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context.
2008-01-14
hasIdentifier
Indicates the TSNFeature that is immediately above the described TSNFeature.
hasSuperFeature
hasSuperUnit
property is now preferred. Indicates a UnitVersion that is contained (spatially or not, as, for instance, an administrative hierarchy may be based on other criteria than spatial criteria) in the described UnitVersion.]]>
hasSubUnit
property is now preferred.]]>
hasDescription
Indicates a Description of a TSNComponent. It may include but is not limited to: an abstract, a table of contents, a graphical representation, or a free-text account of the TSNComponent.
An account of the resource.
Description may include but is not limited to: an abstract, a table of contents, a graphical representation, or a free-text account of the resource.
2008-01-14
dcterms:description
2008-01-14
versionRights
Information about rights held in and over the resource.
2008-01-14
dcterms:rights
Typically, rights information includes a statement about various property rights associated with the resource, including intellectual property rights.
2008-01-14
Information about rights held in and over the resource. Typically, rights information includes a statement about various property rights associated with the resource, including intellectual property rights.
Indicates an Acronym of a TSNComponent (e.g., EU27 is the prefered acronym used to designate the European Union made of 27 members).
hasAcronym
The Territory concept describes an abstract representation of a portion of geographic space that is claimed or occupied by a person or group of persons or by an institution (source http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199874002/obo-9780199874002-0076.xml). For instance, the European Union is a territory, the Grenoble metropole is a territory, etc.
Territory
belongsToNomenclatureVersion
isDivisionOf
Indicates the NomenclatureVersion which a LevelVersion resource divides.
property is now preferred.]]>
hasLevel
property is now preferred.]]>
The Nomenclature concept describes an abstract representation of the subdivisions of a territory into Levels and Territorial Units (i.e. also called 'Structure'). A Nomenclature can be seen as a hierarchy of sets of Units with at least one Level. It is designed to answer administrative, electoral and especially statistical needs.
Nomenclature
The Unit concept describes a piece of geographic space that belongs to one Level of a Nomenclature, and may in turn contain sub-units (or not, if the unit belongs to the lowest level of the nomenclature). Statistical observation are made on Unit.
Unit
A continuant is an entity that persists, endures, or continues to exist through time while maintaining its identity (SNAP) (Grenon and Smith definition).
bfo:Continuant
A continuant is an entity that persists, endures, or continues to exist through time while maintaining its identity (SNAP) (Grenon and Smith definition).
nomenclatureVersionSource
A related resource from which the described resource is derived. Example: European Commission - http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/nuts/codelist_en.cfm?list=nuts
2008-01-14
A related resource from which the described resource is derived.
This term is intended to be used with non-literal values as defined in the DCMI Abstract Model (http://dublincore.org/documents/abstract-model/). As of December 2007, the DCMI Usage Board is seeking a way to express this intention with a formal range declaration.
The described resource may be derived from the related resource in whole or in part. Recommended best practice is to identify the related resource by means of a string conforming to a formal identification system.
dcterms:source
2008-01-14
and ) to which a Version resource is stable and considered as the official one.]]>
referencePeriod
isCoveredBy
Indicates a NomenclatureVersion that covers a TerritoryVersion i.e., the TerritoryVersion is the spatial applicability of the NomenclatureVersion.
Indicates a TerritoryVersion covered by a NomenclatureVersion i.e., the TerritoryVersion is the spatial applicability of the NomenclatureVersion.
covers
The TSNComponent concept is the super class of any concepts of the TSN ontology.
TSNComponent
Indicates the LevelVersion the described UnitVersion resource belongs to.
Indicates a UnitVersion that belongs to the described LevelVersion.
hasMember
isMemberOf
isVersionOf
Indicates a TSNComponent of which the described resource is a version, edition, or adaptation.
hasVersion
Indicates a resource is a Version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource.
pav:hasVersion
pav:hasVersion ; pav:hasVersion . If one of the versions has somewhat the equivalent content to this resource (e.g. can be used as a permalink for this resource), then it should instead be indicated with the subproperty pav:hasCurrentVersion: pav:hasCurrentVersion . To order the versions, use pav:previousVersion: pav:previousVersion . pav:previousVersion . Note that it might be confusing to also indicate pav:previousVersion from a resource that has pav:hasVersion relations, as such a resource is intended to be a long-living 'unversioned' resource. The PAV ontology does however not formally restrict this, to cater for more complex scenarios with multiple abstraction levels. pav:hasVersion is a subproperty of dcterms:hasVersion to more strongly define this hierarchical pattern. It is therefore also a subproperty of pav:generalizationOf (inverse of prov:specializationOf). To indicate the existence of other, non-hierarchical kind of editions and adaptations of this resource that are not versioned snapshots (e.g. Powerpoint slides has a video recording version), use instead dcterms:hasVersion or prov:alternateOf.]]>
This class represents the top-level feature type. This class is equivalent to GFI_Feature defined in ISO 19156:2011, and it is superclass of all feature types.
geosparql:Feature
This class represents the top-level feature type. This class is equivalent to GFI_Feature defined in ISO 19156:2011, and it is superclass of all feature types.
The TSNFeature concept is the super class of features of a TSN (i.e., a geographic resource). The features of a TSN may be TerritoryVersion, LevelVersion and UnitVersion resources. The TSNFeature concept is a sub class of the geosparql:Feature concept of the OGC Geosparql ontology (please consult http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#Feature for a definition of this concept)
TSNFeature
TerritoryVersion
The TerritoryVersion concept describes a unique representation of a Territory at a specified period of time. As the boundaries of a territory may vary (e.g., fusion with another territory), it results succesives versions of it. A territory may have as many versions as it underwent modifications. For instance, the European Union of 27 and the European Union of 28 member states are two versions of the European Union territory.
property is now preferred.]]>
hasLowerLevel
property is now preferred.]]>
hasUpperLevel
hasSubFeature
Indicates the TSNFeature that is immediately below the described TSNFeature.
A related resource of which the described resource is a version, edition, or adaptation.
Changes in version imply substantive changes in content rather than differences in format.
dcterms:isVersionOf
2000-07-11
This term is intended to be used with non-literal values as defined in the DCMI Abstract Model (http://dublincore.org/documents abstract-model/). As of December 2007, the DCMI Usage Board is seeking a way to express this intention with a formal range declaration.
2008-01-14
Indicates a division (LevelVersion) in the NomenclatureVersion hierarchy.
hasDivision
The UnitVersion concept describes a unique representation of a Unit, stable for a period of time. This period of time is inherited from the reference period of the NomenclatureVersion the UnitVersion belongs to.
UnitVersion
Version
The Version concept describes one Version of a TSNComponent, valid for a period of time. A Version resource hold all the attributs of a TSNComponent that may vary, i.e., all attributs except those that hold the identity of the resource (i.e. Identifier of the TSNComponent). The Version concept is closed to the TimeSlice concept of ontologies of fluent.
An occurrent is an entity that unfolds itself in time or it is the instantaneous boundary of such an entity (for example a beginning or an ending) or it is a temporal or spatiotemporal region which such an entity occupies_temporal_region or occupies_spatiotemporal_region (SPAN) (Grenon and Smith definition).
bfo:Occurrent
An occurrent is an entity that unfolds itself in time or it is the instantaneous boundary of such an entity (for example a beginning or an ending) or it is a temporal or spatiotemporal region which such an entity occupies_temporal_region or occupies_spatiotemporal_region (SPAN) (Grenon and Smith definition).
The NomenclatureVersion concept describes a unique representation of a Nomenclature, stable for a period of time. Stability ensures that statistical data refer to the same territorial units for a certain period of time (source http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/nuts/history) (i.e., the reference period of the NomenclatureVersion).
NomenclatureVersion
The LevelVersion concept describes a unique representation of a Level, stable for a period of time. This period of time is inherited from the reference period of the NomenclatureVersion the LevelVersion belongs to.
LevelVersion