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Veterinary Epidemiology Metadata Ontology
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February 11, 2026
| Acronym | VEMO |
| Visibility | Public |
| Description | VEMO (Veterinary Epidemiology Metadata Ontology) is a metadata ontology for describing veterinary epidemiological datasets. It provides a structured framework for documenting dataset metadata, including general information (title, creators, format), data description (spatial/temporal scope, resolution, subject unit), and data quality metrics. VEMO extends established vocabularies (DCAT, PROV-O, DQV, FOAF, SKOS) via rdfs:subClassOf relationships, ensuring full interoperability with existing Linked Open Data standards. Developed to support the DECIDE project, VEMO enables researchers to assess dataset fitness-for-purpose in animal health surveillance and disease monitoring contexts., A lightweight application ontology that aligns a veterinary epidemiology metadata template to existing vocabularies (DCAT, DCTERMS, SKOS, OBO/OBI). Version 0.2 includes full DQV integration with proper Dimensions, Metrics, and Quality Measurements. Complete coverage of Appendix 1-3 metadata requirements. , and Quality Measurements. Complete coverage of Appendix 1-3 metadata requirements. |
| Status | Alpha |
| Format | OWL |
| Bibliographic reference |
https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-9050779/v1
https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-9050779/v1
https://github.com/Bovi-analytics/Veterinary-Epidemiology-Metadata-Ontology
https://github.com/Bovi-analytics/Veterinary-Epidemiology-Metadata-Ontology
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| Creation date | February 11, 2026
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| Deprecated |
false
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| Documentation |
https://github.com/Bovi-analytics/Veterinary-Epidemiology-Metadata-Ontology
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| Homepage |
https://github.com/Bovi-analytics/Veterinary-Epidemiology-Metadata-Ontology
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| Imports |
http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core
http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core
http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat
http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat
http://www.w3.org/ns/prov-o#
http://www.w3.org/ns/prov-o#
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| Modification date | January 7, 2025
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| Notes |
This version properly integrates with W3C Data Quality Vocabulary (DQV) and covers all metadata items from Appendix 1 (General Information), Appendix 2 (General Data Description), and Appendix 3 (Specific Data Description).
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| Object creation date property |
http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/created
http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/created
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| Object modification date property |
http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/modified
http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/modified
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| Submission date | February 11, 2026
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| Version information |
0.2
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| Missingimports |
http://www.w3.org/ns/prov
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| uri |
https://w3id.org/vemo/0.2
https://w3id.org/vemo/0.2
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| Classes | 136 |
| Individuals | 147 |
| Properties | 254 |
| Maximum depth | 2 |
| Maximum number of children | 61 |
| Average number of children | 3 |
| Classes with a single child | 20 |
| Classes with more than 25 children | 1 |
| Classes with no definition | 35 |