Standard vocabularies and ontologies

Understand the use of standard vocabularies, and particularly ontologies, for interoperability of datasets.

2 hours

Session videos

• YouTube

  
  

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Session documents

• Shared document
• Slides

Details of content

Introduction

• Introduction to standard vocabularies and ontologies
  • What are ontologies?
  • Ontologies vs vocabularies
  • How are they used and how can they help?
  • Choosing to build your own ontology versus using existing ontologies

Demonstration

• Demonstration of the Phytolith Ontology and uses

Exercise

• Discussion about the Phytolith Ontology - getting input from community
• Using phytolith ontology in a platform to explore its use