Translating from VIVO to the Organization Ontology ======================================================= For those familiar with representing organizations using the VIVO Ontology, we provide a guide for translating assertions in the VIVO Ontology to assertions in the Organization Ontology [#]_. Translating Types ----------------- The VIVO Ontology organization types are presented in `Table 17`_ with instructions for translating each. The Organization Ontology separates the concept of what the organization "is" (company, organization part, etc) from what the organization "does" (hospital, library, etc). In many cases, the VIVO Ontology combined these and information about one or the other ("is", "does") is missing. For example, consider vivo:Museum. This assertion of type is actually an assertion of purpose. The type of organization (organization part, nonprofit) is missing. We can assert the museum is an organization, and has a disposition of museum. We may be able to bring additional information to bear and assert a a specific type [#]_. `Table 17`_ provides a guide for translating Organizational types to assertions in the Organization Ontology. .. _Table 17: .. table:: Table 17 Translating VIVO types to Organizational Ontology assertions ========================== ================================ VIVO Type Organization Ontology Assertions ========================== ================================ Association Unknown type. Assert Organization only. Type is often nonprofit. Disposition is association. Center Unknown type. Assert organization only. Type is often an organization part. Unknown dispositions. Often research. College Unknown type. Assert organization only. At a US university, an organizational part. At a US university, dispositions of education, service, research Company Type is Company Disposition is often commerce Consortium Unknown type. Assert Organization only. Type is often nonprofit Disposition is often association CoreLaboratory Type is organization part Dispositions are laboratory and service provider Department Type is organizational part Unknown dispositions Division Type is organizational part Unknown dispositions ExtensionUnit Type is organizational part Disposition is agricultural extension ERO_00000565 Type is organizational part Disposition is technology transfer Foundation Type may be nonprofit Type may be organizational part May be affiliated with another organization Disposition is philanthropy Disposition may be funder FundingOrganization Unknown type. Assert organization only. Disposition is funder GovernmentAgency Type is government organization or organizational part Disposition is unknown Hospital Unknown type. Assert organization only. Disposition is hospital. Institute Unknown type. Assert organization only. Disposition is unknown. Often research. Laboratory Unknown type. Assert organization only. Disposition is laboratory. Library Unknown type. Assert organization only. Disposition is library. Museum Unknown type. Assert organization only. Disposition is library. Program Type is organizational part. Disposition is unknown. Publisher Type is unknown. Assert organization only. Often type is company. But all others possible. Disposition is publisher. ResearchOrganization Unknown type. Assert organization only. Disposition is research. School Type is unknown. Assert organization only. At US university, an organizational part. Disposition is often education. ServiceProvidingLaboratory Type is unknown. Assert organization only. Dispositions are laboratory and service provider. StudentOrganization Type is organizational part Disposition is unknown Quality is student led. Team Type is unknown. Assert organization only. Disposition is unknown [#]_ University Type is unknown. Assert organization only. Disposition is university Dispositions are typically education, research, service ========================== ================================ A Cross Index ------------- `Table 10`_ provides a complete cross-reference for all terms in the VIVO 1 Ontology to terms in the Organization Ontology. This is **not** a translation table. The cross indicates which terms in the Organization Ontology have been linked via annotation property :doc:`doc-ORG_1000001` with one or more terms in the VIVO 1 Ontology. This "linking" indicates only that the terms are similar in their meaning and/or usage. Some VIVO 1 terms map to multiple Organization Ontology terms. For example, a ServiceProvidingLaboratory in VIVO 1 is an organizaition with a service providing disposition and a laboratory disposition in the Organization Ontology. .. include:: tab-vivoxref.txt .. rubric:: Footnotes .. [#] We intend to provide SPARQL CONSTRUCT queries for automatica translation of VIVO Ontology organization assertions to Organization Ontology assertions in the future. Consider this guide as advice to the adventurous, or to collaborators who would like to draft, test, and contribute such queries. .. [#] Note that additional information is needed. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is a nonprofit organization. The Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, Florida, is an organizational part of the University of Florida. In the VIVO Ontology, both would be asserted to be type vivo:Museum. In the Organization Ontology, the first would be asserted to be nonprofit, the second organization part. Both would be asserted to have disposition museum. .. [#] Team may mean "sports team" or "project team" or other. A sports team may be formal, such as Manchester United Football Club, or informal as in "my weekly bowling team." A project team may be considered part of an organization, or informally organized to move work forward.