GESIS Knowledge Graph Ontology
type: Ontology
comment: The GESIS Knowledge Graph Ontology models scholarly metadata in the social science domain, emphasizing the links between scientific resources and their origin.
version info: 2.0.0

advisoryInstitution
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Dataset
range: Organization
comment: This relation specifies the advisory institution of a dataset.

associatedTask
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Tutorial
domain: SoftwareSourceCode
range: Task
comment: This property specifies a relation between a tutorial or software source code to an associated task.

constructs
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Instrument
range: DefinedTerm
comment: This relation specifies the constructs of a survey instrument.

duplicate
type: ObjectProperty
domain: CreativeWork
range: DuplicateMetadata
comment: This property is used to specify a duplicate resource of the resource in the domain.

editingInstitute
type: ObjectProperty
domain: CreativeWork
range: Organization
comment: This property indicates that for a creative work there is an institution or organization in a editing role.

hasSoftwareSourceCode
type: ObjectProperty
domain: CreativeWork
range: SoftwareSourceCode
comment: This property links from a tutorial to a corresponding software source code.

hasTutorial
type: ObjectProperty
domain: CreativeWork
range: Tutorial
comment: This property links a software source code to its corresponding tutorial.

libraryLocation
type: ObjectProperty
domain: CreativeWork
range: Place
comment: This property indicates the location of the library where this creative work is located at.

reference
type: ObjectProperty
domain: CreativeWork
range: Reference
comment: This relation indicates that the resource in the domain holds a reference to another resource.

referenceMetadata
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Reference
range: LinkMetadata
comment: This property indicates a relation between a reference class and a metadata class which provides more information about the reference.

relatedDataset
type: ObjectProperty
domain: CreativeWork
range: Dataset
comment: This property specifies a link to one or more related datasets.

relatedPublication
type: ObjectProperty
domain: CreativeWork
range: ScholarlyArticle
comment: This property specifies a link to one or more related publications.

relatedVariable
type: ObjectProperty
domain: CreativeWork
range: Variable
comment: This property specifies a link to one or more related variables.

system
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Dataset
range: SoftwareApplication
comment: This property is used to specify in which technical system, software, or format a dataset is available.

usedIn
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Instrument
range: Dataset
comment: This relation indicates that an instrument has been used in a dataset.

about
type: ObjectProperty
domain: CreativeWork
range: Thing
comment: The subject matter of the content.

author
type: ObjectProperty
domain: CreativeWork
range: Organization
range: Person
comment: The author of this content.

citation
type: ObjectProperty
domain: CreativeWork
range: CreativeWork
comment: A citation or reference to another creative work, such as another publication, web page, scholarly article, etc.

contributor
type: ObjectProperty
domain: CreativeWork
range: Organization
range: Person
comment: A secondary contributor to the CreativeWork or Event.

editor
type: ObjectProperty
domain: CreativeWork
range: Person
comment: Specifies the Person who edited the CreativeWork.

hasPart
type: ObjectProperty
domain: CreativeWork
range: CreativeWork
comment: Indicates an item or CreativeWork that this item, or CreativeWork (in some sense), is part of.

isPartOf
type: ObjectProperty
domain: CreativeWork
range: CreativeWork
comment: Indicates an item or CreativeWork that is part of this item, or CreativeWork (in some sense).

mainEntity
type: ObjectProperty
domain: CreativeWork
range: Thing
comment: Indicates the primary entity described in some page or other CreativeWork.

provider
type: ObjectProperty
domain: CreativeWork
range: Organization
range: Person
comment: The service provider, service operator, or service performer; the goods producer.

publisher
type: ObjectProperty
domain: CreativeWork
range: Organization
range: Person
comment: The publisher of the creative work.

variableName
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Variable
comment: This property specifies the name of a variable.

abstractiveSummary
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property specifies the tldr extreme summary generated out of the abstract of a creative work.

altId
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: identifier
comment: This property specifies any alternative ID not fitting to the other identifier properties.

analysisUnit
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Dataset
comment: This property specifies the analysis unit of a dataset, e.g., an individual, a household, a family, etc.

category
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property specifies categories of a topic classification to which a creative work is assigned.

citationString
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property holds the citation string of a creative work.

citeIdentifier
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property holds an abbreviation of a citation reference for a creative work, e.g. in the pattern Author Year.

commonWords
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Reference
comment: This property specifies the identified common words within an identifed sentence of a variable reference.

criteria
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Instrument
comment: This property holds a description of the quality criteria of a survey instrument.

currentVersion
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property specifies the version number of the most current version of a creative work and the corresponding date.

dataCollection
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Dataset
comment: This property describes the data collection method, e.g., oral survey, mail survey, face-to-face interview, etc.

dataCollector
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Dataset
comment: This property specifies the agent carrying out the data collection. This can be an institute, an individual person, a research group, etc.

dataSource
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property specifies the source of a dataset cited in a publication.

datasetDatatype
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Dataset
comment: This property specifies the datatype of data in a dataset, e.g. numerical data, textual data, etc.

datasetType
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Dataset
comment: This property specifies the type of a dataset, e.g, SPSS or Stata.

dateEmbargoEnd
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property allows the specification of an end date for a publication embargo of a creative work.

dateVersion
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property describes the date of the (current) version of a creative work.

development
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Instrument
comment: This property specifies a description of the development of a survey instrument.

doi
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: identifier
comment: This property specifies a DOI.

eprint
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property indicates a direct link to a pdf file of a creative work.

extractiveSummary
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property specifies the most comprehensive sentence of abstract sentences from a creative work.

fromPage
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property indicates the first page of a publication if it is part of a creative work series.

gitReference
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: identifier
comment: This property specifies the ID of a GitHub repository.

groupDescription
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Dataset
comment: The property allows to describe the group who created or maintains a dataset, e.g., a research data centre.

groupNumber
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Dataset
comment: This property indicates an internal ID of the group who created or maintains a dataset.

hasFulltext
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
range: boolean
comment: This property specifies whether a fulltext of the creative work is available or not, e.g., values are true or false.

hasSocialSurveyItems
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Instrument
range: boolean
comment: This property specifies a boolean value whether a survey instrument has social survey items included or not.

initsFirst
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Person
comment: This property indicates the initials of the first name of a person.

levelOfDifficulty
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Tutorial
comment: This property indicates the level of difficulty of a tutorial, e.g., beginner or intermediate.

license
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property captures free text information about the license of a creative work.

linkContext
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: ReferenceMetadata
comment: This property specifies the context, e.g. a text snippet or annotation indicating the reason or evidence for the detected link.

linkScore
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: ReferenceMetadata
comment: This property specifies computed confidence score assigned to an automatically generated link.

linkSource
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: ReferenceMetadata
comment: This property specifies information about the source of a link, e.g., naming the pipeline by which a link has been generated or the project in which a manual link has been identified.

linkType
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: ReferenceMetadata
comment: This property specifies the nature of the relationship such as a citation or the methodological use of a dataset.

linkingMethod
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: ReferenceMetadata
comment: This property describes whether a link has been manually curated, automatically generated, or identified as a search link.

linksCodebook
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Dataset
comment: This property specifies the link to the codebook of a dataset.

linksDOI
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property specifies the full http resolvable DOI link of a resource if available in the metadata.

linksDataset
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property provides links to the actual physical or raw dataset.

linksDocumentation
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property specifies one or more links to a documentation.

linksGroup
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Dataset
comment: This property specifies a link to the group which created or maintains a dataset, e.g., a research data centre.

linksGuide
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property specifies a link to a guide, guideline, or best practice document related to a creative work.

linksLabel
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property specifies a label to a given link in the url property.

linksOtherdocs
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property specifies links to further documents related to a creative work.

linksProjectReport
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property specifies a link to a project report related to a creative work.

linksQuestionnaire
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Dataset
comment: This property specifies the link to the questionnaire of a dataset.

linksRdc
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property specifies a link to the website of the corresponding research data centre.

linksRemarks
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property specifies links to further remarks corresponding to a creative work.

linksResponseSheet
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Instrument
comment: This property specifies a link to the response sheet of a survey instrument.

linksURN
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property specifies the full http resolvable URN link of a resource.

linksVariable
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Variable
comment: This property specifies a link to an informative resource describing a variable in more detail.

locationsFree
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property specifies the countries in which the access to the creative work is free.

locationsId
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property specifies the ISO code of a location.

mentionID
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Organization
domain: Person
comment: This property specifies an ID for authors, contributors, editors, etc. for a person mention

methodology
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Reference
comment: This property specifies the applied methodology within a reference.

multilingual
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Instrument
comment: This property describes the multilingual availability of a survey instrument.

numberOfItems
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Instrument
comment: Specifies the number of social survey items.

numberOfUnits
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Dataset
comment: This property describes the number of units of a dataset.

numberOfVariables
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Dataset
comment: This property specifies the number of variables used in a dataset.

orcid
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: identifier
domain: Person
comment: This property specifies an ORCID.

portalUrl
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property specifies the URL in the corresponding web portal.

principalInvestigator
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property specifies the principal investigators of a creative work.

quality
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Instrument
comment: This property describes the investigated quality criteria of the instrument.

report
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Instrument
comment: This property specifies the report about a survey instrument.

reviewedWork
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property specifies the title of the creative work which is reviewed within a creative work.

selectionMethod
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Dataset
comment: This property describes the method underlying a data selection.

sentence
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Reference
comment: This property specifies the identified sentence within a variable reference.

sentenceID
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Reference
comment: This property specifies the associated sentence ID within a variable reference.

sourceCollection
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property describes the collection of which the creative work is part of.

sourceInfo
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property specifies the source data collection from which a resource is originating from.

studyComponent
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property specifies a study component of the detected study which has been cited.

studyGroup
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property specifies the study group of the detected study which has been cited, e.g., a survey programme.

studyNumber
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: identifier
comment: This property specifies the GESIS study number.

studyPublications
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Dataset
comment: This property captures publications about a dataset which are not available as separate resources.

tags
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property captures annotated tags for a creative work.

thematicClassification
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Variable
comment: This property specifies items of a thematic classification or taxonomy for a survey variable.

theory
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Instrument
comment: This property contains a description of the theory of a survey instrument.

toPage
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: CreativeWork
comment: This property indicates the last page of a publication if it is part of a creative work series.

urn
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: identifier
comment: This property specifies an URN.

validity
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Instrument
comment: This property provides information on the validity of a survey instrument.

variableInterviewInstructions
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Variable
comment: This property specifies instructions to interviewers for specific survey variables.

variableLabel
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Variable
comment: This property specifies the label of a variable.

variableType
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Variable
comment: This property specifies the type of a variable, e.g., cross-sectional, panel, yearly, etc.

Instrument
type: Class
subclass of: CreativeWork
comment: A survey instrument or scale.

Variable
type: Class
subclass of: CreativeWork
comment: A survey variable.

DatasetReference
type: Class
subclass of: Reference
comment: This class describes a reference from a creative work to a dataset.

DuplicateMetadata
type: Class
subclass of: ReferenceMetadata
comment: Metadata related to a link or reference between two duplicate creative works.

LinkMetadata
type: Class
subclass of: ReferenceMetadata
comment: Metadata related to a link or reference between two creative works from the same or different type.

PublicationReference
type: Class
subclass of: Reference
comment: This class describes a reference from a creative work to a publication.

Reference
type: Class
subclass of: CreativeWork
comment: This class is used to describe a reference from a creative work to another creative work.

ReferenceMetadata
type: Class
subclass of: CreativeWork
comment: This class captures metadata about a reference between two creative works.

Task
type: Class
subclass of: CreativeWork
comment: This class is used to describe a task which is, e.g., addressed by a computational method or software source code.

Tutorial
type: Class
subclass of: CreativeWork
comment: A tutorial is a written, recorded and/or interactive introduction to a workflow, tool, or one or more methods. It is documented in a code repository, e.g., as a Jupyter Notebook or Quarto document.

VariableReference
type: Class
subclass of: Reference
comment: This class describes a reference from a creative work to a variable.

Collection
type: Class
subclass of: CreativeWork
comment: A collection of items, e.g. creative works or products.

CreativeWork
type: Class
comment: The most generic kind of creative work, including books, movies, photographs, software programs, etc.

CreativeWorkSeries
type: Class
subclass of: CreativeWork
comment: A CreativeWorkSeries in schema.org is a group of related items, typically but not necessarily of the same kind.

DataCatalog
type: Class
subclass of: CreativeWorkSeries
comment: A collection or group of datasets.

Dataset
type: Class
subclass of: CreativeWork
comment: A body of structured information describing some topic(s) of interest.

DefinedTerm
type: Class
comment: A word, name, acronym, phrase, etc. with a formal definition. Often used in the context of category or subject classification, glossaries or dictionaries, product or creative work types, etc.

Organization
type: Class
comment: An organization such as a school, NGO, corporation, club, etc.

Periodical
type: Class
subclass of: CreativeWorkSeries
comment: A publication in any medium issued in successive parts bearing numerical or chronological designations and intended to continue indefinitely, such as a magazine, scholarly journal, or newspaper.

Person
type: Class
comment: A person (alive, dead, undead, or fictional).

Place
type: Class
comment: Entities that have a somewhat fixed, physical extension.

ScholarlyArticle
type: Class
subclass of: CreativeWork
comment: A scholarly article.

SoftwareApplication
type: Class
subclass of: CreativeWork
comment: A software application.

SoftwareSourceCode
type: Class
subclass of: CreativeWork
comment: Computer programming source code. Example: Full (compile ready) solutions, code snippet samples, scripts, templates.