MDMC-NEP-top-level-ontology

This repository collects the ongoing work towards the development of the top-level ontology based on common terms defined for the Joint Lab "Integrated Model and Data Driven Materials Characterization" (MDMC) and for the "Nanoscience Foundries and Fine Analysis Europe Pilot" (NEP). The top-level glossary defining the terms is available (as a living document which can be constantly updated) on the NEP website: https://www.nffa.eu/apply/data-policy/glossary

Aim

The aim of this joint activity is to develop an ontology of top-level terms which can be initially adopted by MDMC and NEP. In future, it might also be adopted by other Materials Science projects. This will have the huge advantage of having a common description of concepts and relationships in the domain of Materials Science. This will offer a set of metadata which, in turn, will increase the interoperability and the reuse of data.

Future extensions

The top-level ontology is planned to be extended thanks to the adoption of fine-grained ontologies already existing, e.g. the Material Science Lab Equipment (MSLE) Ontology.

Use Cases

• Materials science/nanoscience case study on Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) images from Use Case 1 of the EOSC-Pillar project.

Acknowledgements

• This work has been supported by the Joint Lab “Integrated Model and Data Driven Materials Characterization” (MDMC), Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC) within the Hub Information at the Forschungszentrum Jülich, the research programs “Engineering Digital Futures” and “Materials System Engineering” of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers, NFFA-Europe Pilot (NEP) Joint Activities and the Use case 1 of EOSC-Pillar (EOSC-Pillar) project.