FAIRsharing record for: Stuff Ontology

This FAIRsharing record describes: Multiple domain ontologies have various representations of types of stuff--also called matter, mass, or substance--such as milk, alcohol, and mud. This is modelled in a range of different ways that are not quite compatible with each other as they do not adhere to a single structured approach, at times not even within an ontology itself. The Stuff Ontology is a 'bridging' core ontology describing categories of stuff and formalised in OWL for purposes of implementability. It stands on its own, but there are also versions that link to the DOLCE and BFO foundational ontologies, and one with examples to illustrate classification of stuffs (among others, mayonnaise and gold). This then also resolves the main type of interoperability issues with stuffs in domain ontologies, thereby also contributing to better ontology quality.

本FAIRsharing记录描述如下：各类领域本体对物质（stuff，亦称质料、质量或实体）的类型存在多样化表征，例如牛奶、酒精与泥土。这些表征以多种不同路径进行建模，彼此间兼容性欠佳，原因在于它们未遵循统一的结构化方法论，有时甚至在单个本体内部也未达成一致。物质本体（Stuff Ontology）是一款作为“桥梁”的核心本体，用于描述物质的类别，并以OWL（Web本体语言）进行形式化以保障可实现性。该本体可独立使用，同时也存在与DOLCE及BFO基础本体相衔接的版本，另有一个版本包含用于演示物质分类的示例（例如蛋黄酱与金等）。此举解决了领域本体中与物质相关的主要互操作性问题，进而助力提升本体的整体质量。