An ontology for describing software components, including their metadata (attribution, licensing, usage instructions, how to get support) and their inputs, outputs and variables. The ontology extends schema.org and codemeta vocabularies and is based on OntoSoft, which proposed a vocabulary for describing software by asking scientists questions.

Prefix

okn.sd

Keywords

computer science nfdi4ing

Links

Homepage

Contact

Missing Contact

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Missing LUI pattern

Example Local Unique Identifier

CatalogIdentifier   Resolve

Example CURIE

okn.sd:CatalogIdentifier

A summary of the relations in the Bioregistry schema can be found here.

In Collection

NFDI4Ing Ontologies

The metaregistry provides mappings between the Bioregistry and other registries. There are 1 mappings to external registries for this resource with 1 unique external prefixes.

A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).

The local unique identifier CatalogIdentifier is used to demonstrate the providers available for The Software Description Ontology. Some providers may use a different example, which is displayed in the table below. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.