SeaDataNet Ontology (sdn)

This repository contains the SeaDataNet Ontology, designed to define concepts and properties used within the SeaDataNet marine data infrastructure.

📄 Ontology File

The ontology is defined in the ontology.ttl file.

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions to improve and expand the ontology:

• Issues: Please submit any bugs, feature requests, or suggestions via GitHub Issues.
• Pull Requests: To propose changes, fork the repository and submit a pull request with your modifications.

🛠 Generating Documentation

To generate the ontology documentation pages, run the following script:

generate_site.cmd

This script utilizes WIDOCO to produce comprehensive HTML documentation for the ontology.

✅ Requirements

• Operating System: Windows (Script made to work with IIS)
• Java Development Kit: JDK 11

Ensure that the JAVA11_HOME environment variable is set to the path of your JDK 11 installation.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). You are free to share and adapt the material for any purpose, even commercially, with appropriate credit.

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For more information, visit the SeaDataNet website.