PoolParty Reference and Glossary

This glossary contains PoolParty specific terms.

Core Ontology (Predefined ontology)

It is a standard ontology and they are predefined. You can't edit them. In this they differ from a custom ontology. A core ontology has a set of classes, relations and attributes for a specific domain. You can use them on their own or as part of a new custom ontology.

Custom Ontology (ontology)

A custom ontology is the conceptual representation of the concepts, their attributes and the relations between them in PoolParty. It also defines the underlying data model for a PoolParty project. This is where to organise your data, to improve the search and to integrate this data. To apply this data model to a PoolParty thesaurus, you need to create a custom scheme based on your custom ontology or a predefined ontology and synchronize it.

Custom scheme (scheme)

A custom scheme is a container that holds one custom ontology or a predefined ontology. A custom scheme can have elements from different ontologies where these ontology elements can be brought together and applied to your PoolParty data.

Domain and Range ()

It represents the subject and the data type of a triple.

Group (PoolParty)

It is a set of users who share a common purpose.

Ontology (Custom ontology, scheme, custom scheme)

It is where you refine your existing data model using the OWL (Web Ontology Language).

Project (Taxonomy, Thesaurus)

It is a PoolParty container that could have taxonomies, thesauri, ontologies and any other project related information.