Site Location

Input

Source: AUSPLOTS_RANGELANDS.SITE_LOCATION

Interpretation in TERN Plot Ontology

Encoding each row in RDF requires:

  • A plot:Site individual

  • An ssn-ext:ObservationCollection with the observation group encoded with dct:type todo .

Mapping Table

Source Column

Destination RDF Predicate

Comments

Source Column

Destination RDF Predicate

Comments

site_location_id

dct:identifier, rdfs:label

Encoded in the URIs of the plot:Site instance, displayed in the rdfs:label, and also encoded as dct:identifier for querying purposes.

site_location_name

rdfs:label

Domain: plot:Site

Range: xsd:string

established_date

dct:created

Domain: ssn-ext:ObservationCollection

Range: time:Instant

description

dct:description

Domain: plot:Site

Range: xsd:string

bioregion_name

ssn-ext:hasUltimateFeatureOfInterest

Domain: plot:Site, plot:Location

Range: a concept in the concept scheme Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia v. 7 (IBRA) matching on the skos:notation.

The AusPlots Rangelands IBRA bioregion codes are compliant with v. 7 IBRA.

NOTE: This, and other UFoI are taken from UFoI-API using SW coordinates.

property

 

Not captured by TERN Plot Ontology. review required

Value is a string.

Tina: What station is it on? National Park? Name of the property. X Y Z Station. Would not make as observation because it may occur in other datasets too.

Suggested addition to the Plot Ontology Extension - add the property plot-x:property or plot-x:propertyType to the plot:Site class. Range is xsd:string.

paddock

 

Not captured by TERN Plot Ontology.

Value is a string.

Tina: Don’t capture. Not useful.

plot_is_permanently_marked

ss-next:hasMember, sosa:hasResult

Member of ssn-ext:ObservationCollection with dct:type

TERN: Location

Ausplots: Site and location

Tina: Keep. Add as an observation. Metal picket markers are left in place for repeated visits.

plot_is_aligned_to_grid

 

Member of ssn-ext:ObservationCollection with dct:type

TERN: Location

Ausplots: Site and location

Plot is oriented N/S, E/W in line with the map grid. If the plot is skewed, then the value of plot_is_aligned_to_grid will be false, else true.

plot_is_100m_by_100m

 

Not captured by TERN Plot Ontology. review required

Value is a boolean.

Skip. Duplicate of plot_dimensions.

landform_pattern

ssn-ext:hasMember, sosa:hasResult

Member of ssn-ext:ObservationCollection with dct:type Site and location

TERN: Landform

Ausplots: Landform DOES NOT EXISTS IN AUSPLOTS YET

landform_element

ssn-ext:hasMember, sosa:hasResult

Member of ssn-ext:ObservationCollection with dct:type Site and location

TERN: Landform

Ausplots: Landform DOES NOT EXISTS IN AUSPLOTS YET

site_slope

ssn-ext:hasMember, sosa:hasResult

Member of ssn-ext:ObservationCollection with dct:type

TERN: Land Surface

Ausplots: Land Surface

Definition: degrees from horizontal

site_aspect

ssn-ext:hasMember, sosa:hasResult

Member of ssn-ext:ObservationCollection with dct:type

TERN: Land Surface

Ausplots: Land Surface

Definition: (degrees from North) N=360, no slope=0

plot_dimensions

ssn_ext:hasMember, sosa:hasResult

Member of ssn-ext:ObservationCollection with dct:type

TERN: Location

Ausplots: Site and location

review required - Either make as controlled vocabulary or a property value at the site level.

comments

rdfs:comment

xsd:string

app_lat, app_long

geosparql:hasGeometry

Domain: plot:Location

Range:

  • rdf:type: geo:Point

  • geo:lat: app_lat

  • geo:long: app_long

This is usually the latitude and longitude of the south-west corner of the plot site.

AUSPLOTS ANSWER: Ignore the APP Lat Long- Do not use it to give you the site coordinates. It is really just a backup if everything else turns to bad.

outcrop_lithology

ssn_ext:hasMember, sosa:hasResult

Member of ssn-ext:ObservationCollection with dct:type

TERN: Substrate

AUSPLOTS: Substrate DOES NOT EXISTS IN AUSPLOTS YET

other_outcrop_lithology

ssn_ext:hasMember, sosa:hasResult

Member of ssn-ext:ObservationCollection with dct:type

TERN: Substrate

AUSPLOTS: Substrate DOES NOT EXISTS IN AUSPLOTS YET

surface_strew_size

 

Member of ssn-ext:ObservationCollection with dct:type

TERN: Substrate

AUSPLOTS: Substrate DOES NOT EXISTS IN AUSPLOTS YET

  • sosa:observedProperty: Size of Coarse Fragments

  • sosa:usedProcedure: done Plot Description Method

  • sosa:hasResult: A narrower concept of concept Surface Strew Size, matching on the skos:notation.

  • TS - I don't think Size of Coarse Fragments is a narrower concept of Surface Strew Size, where does this information come from?

  • TS update - Surface Strew Size is the same as Size of (Surface) Coarse Fragments so no need for a narrower concept. Will add alt Label ' surface strew' to obs properties,

Value is an integer or null.

Custodian comment: Value is a foreign key to a look-up table called lut_surface_strew_size.csv. Look-up table was not included in the schema or released with the data. Unit of measure is in millimetres (mm). Look-up table is a classification (codes).

Attached look-up table as CSV:

 

surface_strew_lithology

 

Member of ssn-ext:ObservationCollection with dct:type

TERN: Substrate

AUSPLOTS: Substrate DOES NOT EXISTS IN AUSPLOTS YET

  • sosa:observedProperty: Surface Strew Lithology

  • sosa:usedProcedure: done Plot Description Method

  • sosa:hasResult: A concept in the collection Lithology of coarse fragments, matching on the skos:notation.

    • If not found, search for a concept narrower to Outcrop Lithology, matching on the skos:notation.

  • TS - not sure if these relationships are correct, need to review

  • TS update - Surface Strew Lithology is the same as Lithology of (Surface) Coarse Fragments so no need for a narrower concept. Will add alt Label ' surface strew' to obs properties,

Value is a string and appears to be code, but is not a foreign key to a look-up table.

Custodian comment: Value is a foreign key to a look-up table called lut_lithology. Schema was not correct, so the relationship was not there. Unlike surface_strew_size, the look-up table is part of the data as lut_lithology.

Example Row

SITE_LOCATION_ID

SITE_LOCATION_NAME

ESTABLISHED_DATE

DESCRIPTION

BIOREGION_NAME

PROPERTY

PADDOCK

PLOT_IS_PERMANENTLY_MARKED

PLOT_IS_ALIGNED_TO_GRID

PLOT_IS_100M_BY_100M

LANDFORM_PATTERN

SITE_LOCATION_ID

SITE_LOCATION_NAME

ESTABLISHED_DATE

DESCRIPTION

BIOREGION_NAME

PROPERTY

PADDOCK

PLOT_IS_PERMANENTLY_MARKED

PLOT_IS_ALIGNED_TO_GRID

PLOT_IS_100M_BY_100M

LANDFORM_PATTERN

59890

QDAEIU0003

2013-07-03 00:00:00

Blackbraes National Park. 18kms northwest of home stead. 180km north of Hughenden.

EIU

Blackbraes National Park

Not Collected

TRUE

TRUE

TRUE

LOW

LANDFORM_ELEMENT

SITE_SLOPE

SITE_ASPECT

PLOT_DIMENSIONS

COMMENTS

APP_LAT

APP_LONG

OUTCROP_LITHOLOGY

OTHER_OUTCROP_LITHOLOGY

SURFACE_STREW_SIZE

SURFACE_STREW_LITHOLOGY

LANDFORM_ELEMENT

SITE_SLOPE

SITE_ASPECT

PLOT_DIMENSIONS

COMMENTS

APP_LAT

APP_LONG

OUTCROP_LITHOLOGY

OTHER_OUTCROP_LITHOLOGY

SURFACE_STREW_SIZE

SURFACE_STREW_LITHOLOGY

HSL

3

null

100m x 100m.

Eucalyptus crebra mid open woodland with a tussock grass understratum dominated by Heteropogon contortus with Themeda triandra and Heteropogon triticeus.

No Location Data

No Location Data

ME

ME

3

ME

RDF Example

@prefix ausplots: <http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/ausplots/> . @prefix ausplots-cv: <http://linked.data.gov.au/def/ausplots-cv/> . @prefix biod: <http://linked.data.gov.au/def/biodiversity/> . @prefix bioreg: <http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/bioregion/> . @prefix data: <http://linked.data.gov.au/def/datatype/> . @prefix dct: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> . @prefix dwct: <http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/> . @prefix epsg-crs: <http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/epsg/0/> . @prefix geo: <http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#> . @prefix geosparql: <http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#> . @prefix geosparql-ext: <http://linked.data.gov.au/def/geox#> . @prefix ldp: <http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#> . @prefix locn: <http://www.w3.org/ns/locn#> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix plot: <http://linked.data.gov.au/def/plot/> . @prefix plot-x: <http://linked.data.gov.au/def/plot/x/> . @prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> . @prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix reg: <http://purl.org/linked-data/registry/> . @prefix sdo: <http://schema.org/> . @prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> . @prefix sosa: <http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/> . @prefix ssn: <http://www.w3.org/ns/ssn/> . @prefix ssn-ext: <http://www.w3.org/ns/ssn/ext/> . @prefix time: <http://www.w3.org/2006/time#> . @prefix ui: <http://purl.org/linked-data/registry-ui#> . @prefix unit: <http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/> . @prefix void: <http://rdfs.org/ns/void#> . @prefix xml: <http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . ausplots:site-59890 a plot:Site ; rdfs:label "Ausplots Rangelands Site: '59890', Site Name: 'QDAEIU0003'" ; dct:description "Blackbraes National Park. 18kms northwest of home stead. 180km north of Hughenden." ; dct:identifier 59890 ; rdfs:comment "Eucalyptus crebra mid open woodland with a tussock grass understratum dominated by Heteropogon contortus with Themeda triandra and Heteropogon triticeus." ; ssn-ext:hasUltimateFeatureOfInterest <http://linked.data.gov.au/def/ausplots-cv/88ce6051-0039-4346-b833-008af590d231> . ausplots:sl-oc-53471 a ssn-ext:ObservationCollection ; rdfs:label "AUSPLOTS Rangelands 'Site and Location' Observation Collection for SiteVisit: '53471'" ; plot:wasSubActivityOf ausplots:sv-53471 ; dct:created [ a time:Instant ; time:inXSDDateTime "2013-07-03T00:00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ] ; dct:identifier 53471 ; dct:type <http://linked.data.gov.au/def/ausplots-cv/41ebcc66-d337-4e23-b310-7b2747391f47> ; ssn-ext:hasMember ausplots:sl-59890-o-1, ausplots:sl-59890-o-10, ausplots:sl-59890-o-2, ausplots:sl-59890-o-3, ausplots:sl-59890-o-4, ausplots:sl-59890-o-5, ausplots:sl-59890-o-6, ausplots:sl-59890-o-7, ausplots:sl-59890-o-8, ausplots:sl-59890-o-9 . ausplots:sl-59890-o-1 a sosa:Observation ; rdfs:label "Site Location: '59890' | Observation 1 (PLOT_IS_PERMANENTLY_MARKED)" ; sosa:hasResult [ a data:Boolean ; data:value true ] ; sosa:observedProperty <http://linked.data.gov.au/def/ausplots-cv/07567eb5-c0b4-4df7-b4cf-43d5433e526a> ; sosa:usedProcedure ausplots-cv:f8d621cd-7123-4e12-b57f-319a868c540b . ausplots:sl-59890-o-10 a sosa:Observation ; rdfs:label "Site Location: '59890' | Observation 10 (SURFACE_STREW_LITHOLOGY)" ; sosa:hasResult ausplots-cv:b3e42513-5fbf-43f3-93ef-806b2938a96b ; sosa:observedProperty ausplots-cv:cd4a139b-d652-4d81-9029-421ee2eb77b0 ; sosa:usedProcedure ausplots-cv:cd3ceed2-a820-472b-aace-6a52469cc9cb . ausplots:sl-59890-o-2 a sosa:Observation ; rdfs:label "Site Location: '59890' | Observation 2 (PLOT_IS_ALIGNED_TO_GRID)" ; sosa:hasResult [ a data:Boolean ; data:value true ] ; sosa:observedProperty <http://linked.data.gov.au/def/ausplots-cv/336913eb-7bf6-4d23-8b43-e54d4a1607c7> ; sosa:usedProcedure ausplots-cv:f8d621cd-7123-4e12-b57f-319a868c540b . ausplots:sl-59890-o-3 a sosa:Observation ; rdfs:label "Site Location: '59890' | Observation 3 (PLOT_DIMENSIONS)" ; sosa:hasResult [ a data:Text ; data:value "100m x 100m." ] ; sosa:observedProperty ausplots-cv:d4441106-7388-45ec-9208-8295e2afbf2d ; sosa:usedProcedure ausplots-cv:f8d621cd-7123-4e12-b57f-319a868c540b . ausplots:sl-59890-o-4 a sosa:Observation ; rdfs:label "Site Location: '59890' | Observation 4 (LANDFORM_PATTERN)" ; sosa:hasResult <http://linked.data.gov.au/def/ausplots-cv/9e622852-dd1f-44ea-9e73-81be0b2a0a3d> ; sosa:observedProperty <http://linked.data.gov.au/def/ausplots-cv/406963dd-d788-4d7b-9d95-6714d0090f58> ; sosa:usedProcedure ausplots-cv:cd3ceed2-a820-472b-aace-6a52469cc9cb . ausplots:sl-59890-o-5 a sosa:Observation ; rdfs:label "Site Location: '59890' | Observation 5 (LANDFORM_ELEMENT)" ; sosa:hasResult ausplots-cv:dc15db51-5248-44c7-8243-96d77bf5db12 ; sosa:observedProperty ausplots-cv:ce5eb3fe-2977-4bee-9152-f7855c77b51a ; sosa:usedProcedure ausplots-cv:cd3ceed2-a820-472b-aace-6a52469cc9cb . ausplots:sl-59890-o-6 a sosa:Observation ; rdfs:label "Site Location: '59890' | Observation 6 (SITE_SLOPE)" ; sosa:hasResult [ a data:QuantitativeMeasure ; data:standard unit:DEG ; data:value 3 ] ; sosa:observedProperty <http://linked.data.gov.au/def/ausplots-cv/8ad3966c-9f23-4df9-9c37-5b8cee679356> ; sosa:usedProcedure <http://linked.data.gov.au/def/ausplots-cv/0b5cba7d-3587-4194-8b3f-76cbe3c64fec> . ausplots:sl-59890-o-7 a sosa:Observation ; rdfs:label "Site Location: '59890' | Observation 7 (OUTCROP_LITHOLOGY)" ; sosa:hasResult ausplots-cv:b3e42513-5fbf-43f3-93ef-806b2938a96b ; sosa:observedProperty <http://linked.data.gov.au/def/ausplots-cv/9baf5169-5737-4add-a8f1-fda7d2563418> ; sosa:usedProcedure ausplots-cv:cd3ceed2-a820-472b-aace-6a52469cc9cb . ausplots:sl-59890-o-8 a sosa:Observation ; rdfs:label "Site Location: '59890' | Observation 8 (OTHER_OUTCROP_LITHOLOGY)" ; sosa:hasResult ausplots-cv:b3e42513-5fbf-43f3-93ef-806b2938a96b ; sosa:observedProperty <http://linked.data.gov.au/def/ausplots-cv/9baf5169-5737-4add-a8f1-fda7d2563418> ; sosa:usedProcedure ausplots-cv:cd3ceed2-a820-472b-aace-6a52469cc9cb . ausplots:sl-59890-o-9 a sosa:Observation ; rdfs:label "Site Location: '59890' | Observation 9 (SURFACE_STREW_SIZE)" ; sosa:hasResult ausplots-cv:cfb8ac93-18ce-46ce-a3b0-3e5722fb9890 ; sosa:observedProperty ausplots-cv:ea8abf51-5d2c-4406-9387-56b041031924 ; sosa:usedProcedure ausplots-cv:cd3ceed2-a820-472b-aace-6a52469cc9cb .