TERN Ontology for ecological data

[dagendresen]

TERN Ontology

The TERN Ontology can be seen as an extension of Darwin Core and Humbolt Core for ecological survey data exchange. It consists of key concepts related to the surveyed sites, site visits, features, sampling methods, observations, and results.

News item 2022-03-02 https://www.tern.org.au/news-ecological-data-exchange-standard/

The standard’s core classes:

• Site (with related attributes such as site name, site type, site description, latitude, longitude, site polygon, location)
• Site visit (start date, end date)
• Site features
  • Feature type (controlled vocabulary e.g., plant individual, plant occurrence, soil profile, soil samples etc.)
  • Feature ID
  • Attributes related to features
• Site observations
• Observable properties (controlled vocabulary e.g., vegetation density, basal area, frequency, soil colour, soil horizon, pH etc.)
• Units of measurement
• Procedure (e.g., TERN’s AusPlots Methodology)
• Result (outcome of the observation)
• Observation time

[rukayaj]

Ooh! Could this possibly be used for NiN data?