External Ontologies

GMEOW links to external ontologies and vocabularies by reference. This catalog explains what each target is, why it appears in the docs, its license, and where to inspect the upstream vocabulary.

Target Kind License Website / Namespace Description
ATOMIC (atomic) concept_scheme CC-BY-4.0 https://allenai.org/data/atomic Commonsense if-then event and social-reasoning knowledge graph often paired with ConceptNet.
Audio Feature Ontology (afo) schema Unknown https://w3id.org/afo/onto/1.1# Audio Feature Ontology for music information retrieval — signal features, their extraction, and feature provenance.
Audio Feature Vocabulary (afv) concept_scheme Unknown https://w3id.org/afo/vocab/1.1# Audio Feature Vocabulary enumerating named MIR audio features (timbre, rhythm, and harmony descriptors).
BBC News Ontology (bbc) schema REFERENCE_ONLY http://www.bbc.co.uk/ontologies/news/ News-domain vocabulary for articles, stories, topics, and metadata.
BFO (bfo) upper CC-BY-4.0 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo.owl Basic Formal Ontology 2020, the OBO upper-ontology spine used by GMEOW for by-reference bridges from gUFO categories into the BFO world.
BIBFRAME (bibframe) schema CC0-1.0 http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/ Library of Congress bibliographic model for works, instances, items, agents, identifiers, and publication description.
BIBO (bibo) schema CC-BY-3.0 http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/ Bibliographic ontology for citations, documents, and identifiers.
BIO vocabulary (bio) schema CC-BY-3.0 http://purl.org/vocab/bio/0.1/ Biographical events vocabulary for births, deaths, and relationships.
BOT (Building Topology Ontology) (bot) schema BSD-3-Clause https://w3id.org/bot# Building topology vocabulary for sites, buildings, spaces, and zones.
Brick (brick) schema BSD-3-Clause https://brickschema.org/schema/Brick# Built-environment schema for equipment, points, systems, and sensors.
CC REL (cc) schema CC-BY-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/ns# Creative Commons rights vocabulary for licenses and reuse conditions.
CIDOC CRM (crm) schema CC-BY-4.0 http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/ CIDOC CRM cultural-heritage ontology; used for events, observation, attribution, inscription, and relationship alignments.
CodeMeta (codemeta) schema Apache-2.0 https://codemeta.github.io/terms/# Software metadata vocabulary for packages and repositories.
Common Core Ontologies (cco) upper BSD-3-Clause https://www.commoncoreontologies.org/ Common Core Ontologies; used for objective/specification-style alignment targets.
ConceptNet (conceptnet) concept_scheme CC-BY-SA-4.0 https://conceptnet.io/ Commonsense knowledge graph used as a linkage target for lexical and conceptual opposition.
CRMarchaeo (crmarc) schema REFERENCE_ONLY http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crmarchaeo/ CIDOC CRM archaeological extension for excavation and stratigraphy.
CRMdig (crmdig) schema CC-BY-4.0 http://www.ics.forth.gr/isl/CRMdig/ CIDOC CRM digital extension for digitization and digital provenance.
CRMinf (crminf) schema CC-BY-4.0 http://www.ics.forth.gr/isl/CRMinf/ CIDOC CRM extension for argumentation, inference, belief, and standpoint-like claims.
CRMsci (crmsci) schema CC-BY-4.0 http://www.cidoc-crm.org/extensions/crmsci/ CIDOC CRM scientific extension for observations, samples, and measures.
DCMI Metadata Terms (dcterms) schema CC0-1.0 http://purl.org/dc/terms/ Dublin Core terms for title, creator, date, rights, and license.
Discogs (discogs) schema REFERENCE_ONLY https://www.discogs.com/ Discogs music database; the style namespace is bridged by reference for music-genre alignment.
DOAP (doap) schema Public-Domain http://usefulinc.com/ns/doap# Description of a Project vocabulary for software project metadata.
DOLCE/DUL (dolce) upper LGPL http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/DUL.owl# DOLCE+DnS Ultralite upper ontology for objects, events, and qualities.
FaBiO (fabio) schema CC-BY-3.0 http://purl.org/spar/fabio/ FRBR-aligned ontology for scholarly works and publication types.
FALDO (faldo) schema Unknown http://biohackathon.org/resource/faldo# Ontology for biological sequence locations, regions, and strands.
FIBO AccountingEquity (fibo-fnd-acc-ae) schema MIT https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/Accounting/AccountingEquity/ FIBO accounting and equity foundations for ownership concepts.
FIBO CurrencyAmount (fibo-fnd-acc-cur) schema MIT https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/Accounting/CurrencyAmount/ FIBO model for monetary amounts, currencies, and quantities.
FIBO FinancialInstruments (fibo-fbc-fi-fi) schema MIT https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FBC/FinancialInstruments/FinancialInstruments/ FIBO model for financial instruments and securities.
FIBO FinancialProductsAndServices (fibo-fbc-pas-fpas) schema MIT https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FBC/ProductsAndServices/FinancialProductsAndServices/ FIBO model for financial products, services, and offerings.
FIBO ISO4217 Currency Codes (fibo-iso4217) schema MIT https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/Accounting/ISO4217-CurrencyCodes/ FIBO vocabulary for ISO 4217 currency codes.
FIBO ProductsAndServices (fibo-fnd-pas-ps) schema MIT https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/ProductsAndServices/ProductsAndServices/ FIBO foundations module for products and services; used in teleology/procedure-adjacent alignment notes.
FOAF (foaf) schema CC-BY-1.0 http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/ Friend-of-a-Friend vocabulary for people, agents, and social links.
ForgeFed (forgefed) schema CC0-1.0 https://forgefed.org/ns# Federated forge vocabulary for repos, issues, and merge requests.
FRBRcore (frbr) schema CC-BY-3.0 http://purl.org/vocab/frbr/core# Bibliographic model for work, expression, manifestation, and item.
GEDCOM X (gedcomx) schema Apache-2.0 http://gedcomx.org/ GEDCOM X model for genealogical persons, facts, sources, and evidence.
Gender, Sex, and Sexual Orientation Ontology (gsso) concept_scheme CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_ Ontology for gender, sex, and sexual-orientation concepts.
GeoNames (geonames) concept_scheme CC-BY-4.0 http://www.geonames.org/ontology# Gazetteer vocabulary for place identifiers and feature codes.
GeoSPARQL (geo) schema OGC http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql# OGC GeoSPARQL vocabulary for features, geometries, and spatial relations.
Getty TGN (tgn) concept_scheme ODC-BY-1.0 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/ Getty place authority vocabulary for historical and named places.
Getty Vocabulary Program (gvp) concept_scheme ODC-BY-1.0 http://vocab.getty.edu/ontology# Getty Vocabulary Program ontology for authority-vocabulary structure.
Glottolog (glottolog) concept_scheme CC-BY-4.0 https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/ Language-family and languoid catalog for language identifiers.
GTFS (gtfs) schema CC-BY-3.0 http://vocab.gtfs.org/terms# Transit feed vocabulary for routes, stops, trips, and schedules.
gUFO (gufo) upper MIT http://purl.org/nemo/gufo# Foundational UFO-derived upper ontology used for identity, relators, events, qualities, modes, and type taxonomy.
HL7 FHIR (fhir) schema CC0-1.0 http://hl7.org/fhir/ HL7 healthcare model for clinical and administrative interoperability.
Homosaurus (homosaurus) concept_scheme CC-BY-4.0 https://homosaurus.org/v4/ Controlled vocabulary for LGBTQ+ concepts and community terms.
IAO (iao) schema CC-BY-4.0 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_ OBO Information Artifact Ontology; used as a BFO-world counterpart for objectives, specifications, and information artifacts.
ifcOWL (IFC4) (ifc) schema Proprietary http://www.buildingsmart-tech.org/ifcOWL/IFC4# ifcOWL representation of Industry Foundation Classes building models.
IIIF Presentation API (iiif) schema CC-BY http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3# IIIF vocabulary for canvases, manifests, and presentation metadata.
IPTC NewsML-G2 (iptc) schema REFERENCE_ONLY http://iptc.org/std/NewsML-G2/ IPTC NewsML-G2 vocabulary for news, subjects, rights, and metadata.
IVOA (ivoa) schema CC0-1.0 http://www.ivoa.net/rdf/ International Virtual Observatory vocabulary for astronomy concepts.
IVOA ObsCore (obscore) schema CC0-1.0 http://www.ivoa.net/rdf/ObsCore# IVOA Observation Core model for astronomical observation datasets.
JAMS Annotation Vocabulary (jams) schema Unknown http://w3id.org/polifonia/ontology/jams/ JAMS annotation vocabulary for music analysis observations and segment labels.
Lexvo (lexvo) concept_scheme CC-BY-SA-3.0 http://lexvo.org/id/ Language identifier vocabulary used for language and script references.
Lexvo Ontology (lvont) schema CC-BY-SA-3.0 http://lexvo.org/ontology# Lexvo ontology for languages, scripts, codes, and identifiers.
LIME (lime) schema W3C-Document http://www.w3.org/ns/lemon/lime# Linguistic Metadata vocabulary for lexicons and lexical datasets.
LOINC (loinc) schema REFERENCE_ONLY http://loinc.org/rdf/ Clinical laboratory and observation code system for measurements.
LRMoo (lrmoo) schema CC-BY-3.0 http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmoo/ Object-oriented library model for bibliography and cultural heritage.
MOAT (moat) schema Unknown http://moat-project.org/ns# Meaning Of A Tag vocabulary for tag semantics and tag-to-concept links.
Music Ontology (mo) schema Unknown http://purl.org/ontology/mo/ Music Ontology for artists, recordings, performances, releases, and tracks.
MusicBrainz (mbz) schema CC0-1.0 https://musicbrainz.org/ MusicBrainz open music encyclopedia; the genre namespace is bridged by reference for music-genre alignment.
Nepomuk Message Ontology (nmo) schema Unknown http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/2007/03/22/nmo# Nepomuk Message Ontology for email messages, folders, and recipients.
ODRL 2.2 (odrl) schema W3C-Document http://www.w3.org/ns/odrl/2/ W3C Open Digital Rights Language for policies, parties, and duties.
OGC Moving Features (mf) schema OGC http://www.opengis.net/ont/movingfeatures# OGC Moving Features vocabulary for trajectories and moving objects.
OMRAS2 Chord Ontology (chord) schema Unknown http://purl.org/ontology/chord/ OMRAS2 chord ontology for harmonic structures and chord symbols.
OntoLex-Lemon (ontolex) schema W3C-Document http://www.w3.org/ns/lemon/ontolex# OntoLex-Lemon model for lexical entries, senses, forms, and lexicons.
Ontology for Media Resources (ma) schema W3C-Document http://www.w3.org/ns/ma-ont# W3C Media Ontology for media resources, fragments, and metadata.
ORG (org) schema PDDL-1.0 http://www.w3.org/ns/org# W3C Organization ontology for memberships, posts, sites, and orgs.
OWL-Time (time) schema CC-BY-4.0 http://www.w3.org/2006/time# W3C OWL-Time ontology for instants, intervals, and durations.
P-Plan (pplan) schema Unknown http://purl.org/net/p-plan# Plan pattern vocabulary for plans, steps, variables, inputs, outputs, and step precedence.
Polifonia Ontology Network (pon) schema Unknown https://w3id.org/polifonia/ontology/ Polifonia Ontology Network for music heritage, works, and annotations.
PREMIS 3 (premis) schema CC-BY-4.0 http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v3/ Preservation metadata for digital objects, events, rights, and fixity.
PROV-O (prov) schema W3C-Document http://www.w3.org/ns/prov# W3C provenance ontology for activities, entities, agents, derivation, attribution, and plans.
QUDT (qudt) schema CC-BY-4.0 http://qudt.org/schema/qudt/ Quantities, Units, Dimensions and Types vocabulary for measurement.
RDF Data Cube (qb) schema W3C-Document http://purl.org/linked-data/cube# W3C RDF Data Cube vocabulary for statistical observations and datasets.
REL (Relationship) (rel) schema CC-BY-1.0 http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/ Relationship vocabulary for interpersonal and kinship predicates.
RightsStatements.org (rstmt) concept_scheme CC0-1.0 https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/ RightsStatements.org statements for rights and reuse status.
Schema.org (schema) schema CC-BY-SA-3.0 https://schema.org/ Schema.org web schema for broadly consumed structured data projections.
Sequence Ontology (so) concept_scheme CC-BY-SA-4.0 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SO_ Sequence Ontology vocabulary for genomic features and annotations.
SIOC (sioc) schema W3C-Document http://rdfs.org/sioc/ns# Vocabulary for posts, forums, containers, accounts, and communities.
SKOS (skos) concept_scheme W3C-Document http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core# W3C vocabulary for concept schemes, labels, and mapping relations.
SNOMED CT (snomed) concept_scheme REFERENCE_ONLY http://snomed.info/id/ Clinical terminology for health, anatomy, procedures, and findings.
SPDX (spdx) schema CC-BY-3.0 http://spdx.org/rdf/terms# SPDX RDF vocabulary for package, file, copyright, and license data.
SPDX License List (spdxlic) concept_scheme CC0-1.0 http://spdx.org/licenses/ SPDX License List identifiers for licenses and exceptions.
SUMO (sumo) upper GPL https://www.ontologyportal.org/SUMO.owl Suggested Upper Merged Ontology; used as a broad external target for goals, desires, intentions, and normative concepts.
Tag Ontology (tags) schema Unknown http://www.holygoat.co.uk/owl/redwood/0.1/tags/ Tag ontology for tagging acts, tagged resources, tags, and tag metadata.
UMBEL (umbel) upper CC-BY-3.0 http://umbel.org/umbel# Upper mapping vocabulary for broad entity categories and web hubs.
vCard (vcard) schema W3C-Document http://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns# W3C vCard RDF vocabulary for contacts, addresses, names, and phones.
W3C DQV (dqv) schema W3C-Document http://www.w3.org/ns/dqv# W3C Data Quality Vocabulary for metrics and dataset quality measures.
W3C EXIF (exif) schema W3C-Document http://www.w3.org/2003/12/exif/ns# W3C EXIF vocabulary for camera, orientation, and image metadata.
W3C GEDCOM (gedcom) schema W3C-Document http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/pim/gedcom# Legacy W3C RDF vocabulary for genealogical records and families.
WGS84 Geo Positioning (wgs84) schema W3C-Document http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos# W3C WGS84 vocabulary for latitude, longitude, and altitude.
Wikidata (wikidata) concept_scheme CC0-1.0 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/ Wikidata entity and property space used as a concept-link hub.
WOT Schema (wot) schema Unknown http://xmlns.com/wot/0.1/ Web of Trust vocabulary for keys, signatures, and certificates.