SAREF4ENVI: an extension of SAREF for the Environment domain
2024-10-25
s4envi
Information about changes compared to version 1.1.1:
- Updated namespaces for compatibility with SAREF v3.
This ontology extends the SAREF ontology for the environment domain, specifically for the light pollution domain, including concepts like photometers, light, etc.
2024-10-31
v2.1.1
Information about changes compared to version 1.1.2:
- See https://saref.etsi.org/sources/saref4envi/-/milestones/1
https://saref.etsi.org/saref4envi/
2025-04-11
2024-03-06
Waste processing function
Represents the functionality of processing (pre-treating, treating, disposing of) waste.
Soil emission kind
Category of soil emission.
Landfill with recovery
Device that performs the task of landfill with energy recovery.
Waste kind
Category of waste.
Incinerator with recovery
Device that performs the task of incineration with energy recovery.
Incinerator without recovery
Device that performs the task of incineration without energy recovery.
Emission
Unwanted substance released into the air, water or soil.
Waste treatment function
Represents the functionality of treating waste.
Road segment
Route taken by a waste collection vehicle between (1) its depot and the first collection point on its round, (2) collection point n and collection point n+1 on its round, or (3) the last collection point on its round and a waste processing site.
House
Building designed as one dwelling (source: ISO 6707-1:2020, clause 3.1.4.5).
Residential building
Building for residential use.
Waste pre-treatment device
Device that pre-treats waste before the waste undergoes treatment or disposal.
Shared residential building
Building containing more than one dwelling.
Waste processing device
Device that processes waste.
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Journey
Trip that has been made by a waste collection vehicle in reality, following an itinerary, to collect waste from collection points and take it to a waste processing site.
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Waste processing task
Single step or a combination of multiple steps in which waste is handled via mechanical, chemical, thermal or biological processes with the aim of recovering material or energetic value and/or reducing the volume and environmental impact of the waste (source: ISO 24161:2022, clause 3.1.3.19).
Digital representation
A digital representation encapsulates a physical object accessible via Web services
Light property
An aspect of light that can be observable by a sensor.
Itinerary
Set of road segments that make up the route taken by a waste collection vehicle, from its depot to the collection points on its round and finally to a waste processing site.
Non-residential building
Building for any use other than residential.
Compost bin
Device that performs the task of composting via cold composting.
Device that performs the task of composting via vermicomposting.
Vermicompost bin
Neighbourhood
Any spatial subpart of a city.
Collection of buildings
Multiple buildings, not necessarily grouped spatially and not necessarily sharing any characteristics.
Waste producer
Person or organisation which produces waste from their own activities (source: ISO 24161:2022, clause 3.2.1.6).
Waste processing site
Licensed plant in which waste is treated in accordance with the local laws (source: ISO 24161:2022, clause 3.1.3.20).
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Container
Vessel or receptacle used for the temporary holding of waste (source: ISO 24161:2022, clause 3.2.3.5).
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Waste treatment task
Represents the task of treating waste.
Lamppost
A lampost with a shield.
Communication protocol
A protocol is an agreement between the communicating parties on how communication is to proceed. (Definition taken from "Tanenbaum, A. S. (2003). Computer networks, 4-th edition. ed: Prentice Hall.")
Primary raw resource
Natural resource or energy that is used as a resource for the first time as input in a process or for creating a solution (source: ISO 59004:2024, clause 3.3.2).
Resource
Useful substances and objects.
Waste disposal task
Putting waste in an appropriate facility without the intention of recovery (source: ISO 24161:2022, clause 3.1.3.3).
Windrow
Device that performs the task of composting via windrow composting.
Depot
Site where waste collection vehicles are parked when not in use.
Waste treatment device
Device that treats waste.
Perimeter
Spatial extent considered as containing (1) the attributee or attributees of a container, or (2) the generator or generators of a waste flux.
Waste processing organisation
Organisation in the waste processing industry that has waste processing sites.
Resource kind
Category of resource.
Waste disposal function
Represents the functionality of disposing of waste.
Communication interface
An interface defines which primitive operations and services the lower layer makes available to the upper one, when referring to network layers. (Definition adapted from "Tanenbaum, A. S. (2003). Computer networks, 4-th edition. ed: Prentice Hall.")
City
Inhabited and urbanised place.
Final waste
State of waste that has been processed by a waste disposal device.
Lamppost
A tall pole with a light at the top.
Light
A light source, which may be a lantern, a street light, a floodlight, a signal lamp or any other device whose primary purpose is the generation of light. (Definition taken from http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Key:light_source#Description)
light projection direction
The direction in which a light is projected.
light projection height
The height from which a light is projected.
Height
An individual representing the property height.
Geometry
The shape of a light emission. It may be described by individuals like "spherical", "cylindrical", etc. even though it is open to more complex representation of geometries using other vocabularies.
Color
Color of the emitted light. It might be indicated by named colors or using other type of color values like hexadecimal for RGB, color temperature, etc.
Light point
An spatial point from where a light is projected. It might belong to a lamppost.
Emission kind
Category of emission.
Anaerobic digester
Device that performs the task of methanisation.
Composter
Device that performs the task of composting.
Waste collection vehicle kind
Category of waste collection vehicle.
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Primary raw resource kind
Category of primary raw resource.
Secondary raw resource kind
Category of secondary raw resource.
Collection point
Point where waste is collected by refuse collection vehicle (source: ISO 24161:2022, clause 3.2.3.19).
Substances or objects which are discarded, are intended to be discarded or are required to be discarded in accordance with national laws. Waste is a potential resource or commodity that could be turned into a useful product, recycled or recovered (source: ISO 24161:2022).
Waste
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Waste disposal device
Device that disposes of waste.
Waste pre-treatment function
Represents the functionality of pre-treating waste.
Landfill without recovery
Device that performs the task of landfill without energy recovery.
Building
Construction works that has the provision of shelter for its occupants or contents as one of its main purposes, usually partially or totally enclosed and designed to stand permanently in one place (source: ISO 6707-1:2020, clause 3.1.1.3).
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Air emission kind
Category of air emission.
Disassembler
Device that performs the task of disassembly.
Container kind
Category of container.
Waste pre-treatment task
Represents the task of pre-treating waste: preparing waste for treatment or disposal.
Waste collection vehicle
Purpose-built vehicle for the collection and transport of waste, whereby the refuse is transferred by differential air pressure, a lifting device, mechanical means or hand (source: ISO 24161:2022, clause 3.2.2.6). In the case of human-powered waste collection vehicles, they are not necessarily purpose-built for the collection and transport of waste.
Sorter
Device that performs the task of sorting.
Water emission kind
Category of water emission.
Secondary raw resource
Resource that is obtained from one that has already been processed or used (source: ISO 59004:2024, clause 3.3.5).
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has light point
A relation between a lamppost and its light points
A waste processing device directly emits one or more emissions.
directly emits
A container can be assigned a collection point.
has collection point
A container, waste processing device, waste processing site or waste collection vehicle kind is intended to accept one or more waste kinds. A waste collection vehicle kind is intended to accept one or more container kinds.
accepts
A waste collection vehicle is assigned one depot.
has depot
A waste processing device indirectly emits one or more emissions.
indirectly emits
Waste is deposited at a waste processing site.
is deposited at
Waste becomes either a secondary raw resource, or final waste.
becomes
A journey follows a defined itinerary.
follows itinerary
Waste is processed by at least one waste processing device.
is processed by
A collection point can be assigned one or more collection days.
has collection day
A waste processing device indirectly consumes one or more primary or secondary raw resources.
indirectly consumes
Waste is deposited in one container.
is deposited in
uses communication interface
A relation between a device and the communication interface it uses.
projects light
A relation between a lamppost or a light point and the light (or lights) they might project.
A journey is made by one waste collection vehicle.
is made by
A waste processing device produces one or more secondary raw resources and/or final waste.
produces
A waste processing device directly consumes one or more primary or secondary raw resources.
directly consumes
uses communication protocol
A relation between a device and the communication protocol it uses.
Waste is produced by a waste producer. A waste kind is produced by a given waste producer at a given waste generation rate.
is produced by
Waste is collected during a journey.
is collected during
A container is intended to serve one perimeter.
serves
Waste begins being processed on a given date.
processing begins on
Waste has one collection date, the date on which it was initially collected.
has collection date
A journey is made on a given date.
is made on
has tag
A relationship stating the tags that can be assigned to an entity (e.g., a digital representation).
Waste ends beging processed on a given date.
processing ends on
Final waste and secondary raw resources have a creation date that corresponds to the date on which their creation was completed.
has creation date
is accessible through
The relation between a digital representation and the service which it is accessible through.
encapsulates
A relation between a digital representation and the physical objects it represents.
has digital representation
A relation between a physical object and the digital representation in which it is encapsulated.
Disassembly function
Function of disassembling.
Volume capacity
Maximal capacity of a container in terms of volume.
Cargo bicycle
Human-powered vehicle in the form of a bicycle (mechanical or electrical) featuring a storage area for transporting loads.
Duration
Duration in time of a journey.
Diesel
Hydrocarbon fuel, or blend thereof, that is liquid at atmospheric pressure and is used in compression-ignition engines (source: ISO 10088:2022, clause 3.7).
Maximum speed
Highest speed at which a waste collection vehicle can go.
Sorting
Separating into different categories.
TESS (Telescope Encoder and Sky Sensor)
The Telescope Encoder and Sky Sensor (TESS) is a Sky Brightness and Cloud detector developed as a device for a remote observatory. A TESS can observe the light magnitude and other properties as ambient temperature and sky temperature.
Fluorescence
An individual representing the light property fluorescence.
Scattering of light
An individual representing the light property scattering of light.
Light absorption
An individual representing the light property light absorption.
Reflection of light
An individual representing the light property reflection of light.
Luminescence
An individual representing the light property luminescence.
Photometer
Illuminance
An individual representing the light property illuminance.
A photometer, generally, is an instrument that measures light intensity or optical properties of solutions or surfaces.
Phosphorescence
An individual representing the light property phosphorescence.
Light magnitude
An individual representing the light property light magnitude.
Irradiance
An individual representing the light property irradiance.
Pesticide
Substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or reducing any pest or weeds (source: ISO 27065:2017, clause 3.9).
Compost
Material obtained by decomposition of a mixture consisting principally of various vegetable residues, occasionally with organic materials of animal origin, and having a limited mineral content (source: ISO 8157:2022, clause 3.2.8.6).
Individual house container
Individual container attributed to a house.
Incineration
Thermal destruction of waste by a process of controlled high-temperature combustion with or without energy recovery (source: ISO 24161:2022, clause 3.1.3.6). Energy recovery is the process of treating waste products by thermal, chemical or biological processes to recover energy or products for energy production (source: ISO 24161:2022, clause 3.1.3.5).
observation frequency
The frequency at which a sensor makes observations.
Frequency
An individual representing the property frequency.
Composting
Aerobic process designed to produce compost (source: ISO 18606:2013, clause 3.2).
Voluntary drop-off container
Container not attributed to a building but rather located in a public area. Relies on the user voluntarily making the trip to the container to dispose of their waste.
transmission period
The period of information transmission by a device.
Period
An individual representing the property period.
Collections per reference period
To be used in conjunction with s4envi:CollectionReferencePeriod to describe the frequency at which waste is collected from a collection point. Waste is collected from a collection point X times every Y [time unit], where X is the unitless value of s4envi:CollectionsPerReferencePeriod, Y is the value of s4envi:CollectionReferencePeriod and [time unit] is the unit of measurement of Y. For example, waste that is collected from a collection point 3 times every 2 weeks would have X = 3, Y = 2 and a [time unit] of 'week'.
Hydrocarbon
Chemical compound consisting of hydrogen and carbon (source: ISO 5149-1:2014, clause 3.7.5).
Paper and cardboard waste
Waste from discarded products and materials made of paper and carboard.
Waste generation rate
Rate at which waste is generated by a waste producer.
Waste processing capacity
Maximal capacity of a waste processing site in terms of volume or mass of waste processed per unit of time.
Household waste
Waste, but not hazardous waste, that arises from the domestic use of a private dwelling (source: ISO 6707-1:2020, clause 3.8.17).
Electric, gas-powered or internal-combustion engine vehicle featuring a rear storage area for transporting loads.
Lorry
Average speed limit
Mean speed limit for a road segment or an itinerary.
Textile waste
Waste from discarded products and materials made of textile.
Incineration function
Function of incinerating.
Non-residential building container
Container attributed to a non-residential building.
Flashing Light
A light source that has flash.
Length
Length in distance of a journey or an itinerary.
Landfill
Deposition of waste into or onto the land as a means of disposal (source: ISO 18400-204:2017, clause 3.10).
Yield
Ratio of input waste to output resource.
Mass
An individual representing the property mass.
Landfill function
Function of landfilling.
Heavy metal
Heavy metals are elements that are toxic to human health, animals and plants. Cadmium, mercury and lead are examples of heavy metals.
Shared residential building container
Shared container attributed to a residential building.
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.
Mass capacity
Maximal capacity of a container in terms of mass.
Volume
An individual representing the property volume.
Collection reference period
To be used in conjunction with s4envi:CollectionsPerReferencePeriod to describe the frequency at which waste is collected from a collection point. Waste is collected from a collection point X times every Y [time unit], where X is the unitless value of s4envi:CollectionsPerReferencePeriod, Y is the value of s4envi:CollectionReferencePeriod and [time unit] is the unit of measurement of Y. For example, waste that is collected from a collection point 3 times every 2 weeks would have X = 3, Y = 2 and a [time unit] of 'week'.
Methanisation
Process of controlled decomposition of biodegradable materials under managed conditions where free oxygen is absent, at temperatures suitable for naturally occurring mesophilic or thermophilic anaerobic and facultative bacteria species, that convert the inputs to a methane rich biogas and digestate (source: ISO 18606:2013, clause 3.10).
Plastic waste
Discarded material which contains as an essential ingredient a high polymer (source: ISO 24161:2022, clause 3.1.2.28).
Disassembly
Taking apart of an assembled product into constituent materials and/or components (source: ISO 8887-1:2017, clause 3.1.3).
Methanisation function
Function of methanising.
Glass waste
Waste from discarded products and materials made of glass.
Population
Total number of people living within a perimeter.
Sorting function
Function of sorting.
Optical sorting function
Function of sorting carried out by using optical sensors.
Mechanical sorting function
Function of sorting carried out by using mechanical forces.
Human sorting function
Function of sorting carrired out by a human.
Construction waste
Waste which arises from construction, renovation or demolition activities (source: ISO 24161:2022, clause 3.1.2.4).
Wood construction waste
Waste from discarded products and materials made of wood, including pallets, crates, boxes, furniture and planks (source: ISO 24161:2022, clause 3.1.2.33) and which arises from construction, renovation or demolition activities (source: ISO 24161:2022, clause 3.1.2.4).
Wood waste
Waste from discarded products and materials made of wood, including pallets, crates, boxes, furniture and planks (source: ISO 24161:2022, clause 3.1.2.33).
Concrete construction waste
Waste from discarded products and materials made of concrete, and which arises from construction, renovation or demolition activities (source: ISO 24161:2022, clause 3.1.2.4).
Composting function
Function of composting.
Windrow composting function
Function of windrow composting.
Vermicomposting function
Function of vermicomposting.
Cold composting function
Function of cold composting.
Biodegradable waste
Waste that is biodegradable, such as food waste or waste from green spaces.
Garden and park waste
Tree trunks and branches, plant parts and trimmings generated during the maintenance and pruning of trees and plants (source: ISO 24161:2022).
Food waste
Food that is discarded along the food chain (source: ISO 24161:2022, clause 3.1.2.7).
Secondary energy
Energy recovered from a previous use or from waste (source: ISO 21928-2:2023, clause 3.36).
Secondary heat
Heat recovered from a previous use or from waste.
Secondary electricity
Electricity recovered from a previous use or from waste.
Energy
A primary raw resource that can take the form of heat or electricity.
Heat
Energy in the form of heat.
Electricity
Energy in the form of electricity.