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 1.

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 2.

Table 17 provides a guide for translating Organizational types to assertions in the Organization Ontology.

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 3
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 ORG_1000001 - vivo 1 ontology reference 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.

See Table 10.

Table 10 VIVO 1 Cross Reference¶
VIVO 1 Term URI	See ontology term
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ERO_0000034	ORG_0000031 - manufacturing disposition
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ERO_0000565	ORG_0000013 - technology transfer disposition
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ERO_0000787	ORG_2000016 - has organizational employee
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#AcademicDepartment	ORG_0000086 - academic department disposition
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#Association	ORG_0000008 - association disposition
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#Campus	ORG_0000041 - campus
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#ClinicalOrganization	ORG_0000016 - health care service provider disposition
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#ClinicalOrganization	ORG_0000017 - hospital service provider disposition
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#College	ORG_0000087 - academic college disposition
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#Committee	ORG_0000088 - committee disposition
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#Company	ORG_0000003 - company
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#Consortium	ORG_0000009 - consortium disposition
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#Continent	ORG_0000047 - continent
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#CoreLaboratory	ORG_0000011 - laboratory disposition
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#ExtensionUnit	ORG_0000012 - extension provider disposition
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#Foundation	ORG_0000014 - philanthropy disposition
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#FundingOrganization	ORG_0000015 - funding disposition
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#GeographicRegion	ORG_0000045 - geographic region
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#GovernmentAgency	ORG_0000002 - government organization
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#Hospital	ORG_0000017 - hospital service provider disposition
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#Laboratory	ORG_0000011 - laboratory disposition
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#LeaderRole	ORG_2000020 - has organizational head
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#PopulatedPlace	ORG_0000050 - populated place
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#Position	ORG_0000068 - organizational position
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#PrivateCompany	ORG_0000003 - company
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#Publisher	ORG_0000021 - publishing disposition
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#ResearchOrganization	ORG_0000022 - research disposition
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#Room	ORG_0000044 - room
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#ServiceProvidingLaboratory	ORG_0000011 - laboratory disposition
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#StudentOrganization	ORG_0000063 - student led organization quality
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#Team	ORG_0000032 - project team disposition
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#University	ORG_0000007 - university disposition
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#affiliatedOrganization	ORG_2000011 - affiliated with
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#dateTimeValue	ORG_2000003 - has time instant
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#hasPredecessorOrganization	ORG_2000007 - has successor organization
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#hasResearchArea	ORG_2000004 - has organizational interest
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#hasSuccessorOrganization	ORG_2000008 - successor organization of
http://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns#OrganizationName	ORG_3000007 - has organization name
http://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns#URL	ORG_0000057 - web site
http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Organization	ORG_0000001 - organization

Footnotes

1: 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.
2: 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.
3: 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.