The Discourse Elements Ontology
(DEO)

IRI:
http://purl.org/spar/deo
Version IRI:
http://purl.org/spar/pso/2015-07-03
Date :
03/07/2015
Current version :
1.1
Previous version :
https://svn.code.sf.net/p/sempublishing/code/DEO/2011-05-05-deo-1_0.owl (visualise it with LODE )
Authors :
David Shotton
Silvio Peroni
Other visualisation :
Ontology source - WebVowl
This work is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Abstract

The Discourse Elements Ontology (DEO) is an ontology that provides a structured vocabulary for rhetorical elements within documents (e.g., Introduction, Discussion, Acknowledgements, Reference List, Figures, Appendix). **URL:** http://purl.org/spar/deo **Creators**: [David Shotton](http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5506-523X), [Silvio Peroni](http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0530-4305) **License:** [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode) **Website:** http://www.sparontologies.net/ontologies/deo **Cite as:** Constantin, A., Peroni, S., Pettifer, S., Shotton, D., Vitali, F. (2016). The Document Components Ontology (DoCO). In Semantic Web, 7 (2): 167-181. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/SW-150177

Table of Content

  1. Introduction
  2. Classes
  3. Object Properties
  4. Annotation Properties
  5. Namespace Declarations

Introduction

DEO, The Discourse Elements Ontology, is an ontology written in OWL 2 DL that provides a structured vocabulary for rhetorical elements within documents (e.g. Introduction, Discussion, Acknowledgements, Reference List, Figures, Appendix), enabling these to be described in RDF. It uses some of the rhetorical block elements from the SALT Rhetorical Ontology and the Ontology of Rhetorical Blocks.

Classes

backgroundc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/spar/deo/Background

Presentation of information that is essential for understanding the situation or problem that is the subject of the publication. In a journal article, the background is usually part of the Introduction, but may be present as separated section.
has super-classes
discourse elementc

captionc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/spar/deo/Caption

Text accompanying another item, such as a picture.
has super-classes
discourse elementc

conclusionc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/spar/deo/Conclusion

A reflection on the preceding text, summarizing the evidence, arguments or premises presented in the document and their logical outcomes. Conclusions are a fundamental feature in academic research publications, and may be included in the Discussion section.
has super-classes
discourse elementc

contributionc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/spar/deo/Contribution

A description of the part that this publication plays in the overall field.
has super-classes
discourse elementc

datac back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/spar/deo/Data

A textual description of data used or produced in the work which the document describes, or the data themselves.
has super-classes
discourse elementc

discourse elementc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/spar/deo/DiscourseElement

An element of a document that carries out a rhetorical function.
has super-classes
thingc
has sub-classes
backgroundc, captionc, conclusionc, contributionc, datac, discussionc, evaluationc, future workc, introductionc, materialsc, methodsc, modelc, motivationc, problem statementc, referencec, related workc, resultsc

discussionc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/spar/deo/Discussion

An interpretation and discussion of the results obtained and an analysis of their significance, in support of conclusions. These conclusions may be part of this discussion or may be included in a separate section of the document.
has super-classes
discourse elementc

evaluationc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/spar/deo/Evaluation

A consideration of the value, meaning and significance of the results obtained.
has super-classes
discourse elementc

future workc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/spar/deo/FutureWork

A proposal for new investigation to be undertaken in order to continue and advance the work described in the publication.
has super-classes
discourse elementc

introductionc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/spar/deo/Introduction

An initial description which states the purpose and goals of the following writing, and, in the case of journal articles, typically includes background information on the research topic and a review of related work in the area.
has super-classes
discourse elementc

materialsc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/spar/deo/Materials

A description in a research paper documenting the specialized materials used in the work described. This description is often combined with a description of the methods used, in a section entitled 'Methods and Materials', 'Experimental' or a related term.
has super-classes
discourse elementc

methodsc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/spar/deo/Methods

A description in a research paper documenting the specialized methods used in the work described. This description is often combined with a description of the materials used, in a section entitled 'Methods and Materials', 'Experimental' or a related term.
has super-classes
discourse elementc

modelc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/spar/deo/Model

A description of a model used or produced by the work described in the publication.
has super-classes
discourse elementc

motivationc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/spar/deo/Motivation

A description of the justification for undertaking the work described in the publication.
has super-classes
discourse elementc

problem statementc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/spar/deo/ProblemStatement

has super-classes
discourse elementc
A concise description of the issues that needed to be addressed by a work described in the document.

referencec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/spar/deo/Reference

A reference to a specific part of the document, or to another publication.
has super-classes
discourse elementc

related workc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/spar/deo/RelatedWork

The authors' critical review of current knowledge by specific reference to others' work, both in terms of substantive findings and theoretical and methodological contributions to a particular topic. This description is often included within the introduction section.
has super-classes
discourse elementc

resultsc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/spar/deo/Results

The report of the specific findings of an investigation, given without discussion or conclusion being drawn.
has super-classes
discourse elementc

Object Properties

has partop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasPart

A related resource that is included either physically or logically in the described resource.

has characteristics : transitive

has super-properties
has relationop
is inverse of
is part ofop

has relationop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation

A related resource.

has characteristics : symmetric

has super-properties
top object propertyop
has sub-properties
has partop, is part ofop

is part ofop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/isPartOf

A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.

has characteristics : transitive

has super-properties
has relationop
is inverse of
has partop

Annotation Properties

commentap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#comment

creatorap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/creator

dateap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date

descriptionap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/description

labelap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

IRI: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label

rightsap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/rights

titleap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/title

Namespace Declarations back to ToC

default namespace
http://purl.org/spar/deo#
dc
http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
deo
https://svn.code.sf.net/p/sempublishing/code/DEO/
owl
http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#
pso
http://purl.org/spar/pso/
rdf
http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
rdfs
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
spar
http://purl.org/spar/
terms
http://purl.org/dc/terms/
xsd
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#

This HTML document was obtained by processing the OWL ontology source code through LODE, Live OWL Documentation Environment, developed by Silvio Peroni .