Ontology for the Australian National Soil Information System (ANSIS)

Submitted by mr.wong on Tue, 19/03/2024 - 09:31

A domain-model for Australian soil data, including observations and sampling.

This domain model was developed in 2022 for the Australian National Soil Information System (ANSIS). It is based primarily on the elements described in the Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook (ASLS). The value space of most properties are encoded as controlled vocabularies hosted, which are currently available from Research Vocabularies Australia.

The model is formalized as an OWL Ontology. Cardinalities and property value-spaces are encoded as owl:Restrictions.

ASLS Location classifiers

Submitted by mr.wong on Tue, 19/03/2024 - 09:07

Classifiers described in chapter 3 Location, by L.J. Gregory, R.C. McDonald and R.F. Isbell in Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook (3rd edn)

The data was converted from the print representation to this linked-data form by Linda Gregory and Simon J D Cox

Discoverable through Research Vocabularies Australia 

Maintained at https://github.com/ANZSoilData/def-au-asls-location

Soil Physical Measurements

Submitted by mr.wong on Tue, 19/03/2024 - 09:04

This vocabulary is for Concept Schemes relating to soil phyical measurements. It is intended that more Concept Schemes can be added to this vocabulary, with a focus on applicability across Australasia. At the time of creation of this vocabulary it contained a representation of Soil Physical Measurements and Interpretation for Land Evaluation Neil McKenzie, Kep Coughlan and Hamish Cresswell, CSIRO Publishing 2022. 

Soil Chemical Methods

Submitted by mr.wong on Tue, 19/03/2024 - 09:02

This vocabulary contains of two Concept Schemes of soil chemical testing methods based on the publications   Australian Laboratory Handbook of Soil and Water Chemical Methods  (1992), Rayment, G.E and Higginson, F.R. and   Soil Chemical Methods Australasia  (2011), George E Rayment and David J Lyons. The vocabulary is designed to be expandable to contain other Concept Schemes of soil chemical methods.

Soil Vocabularies coordinated through Federation University

Submitted by mr.wong on Tue, 19/03/2024 - 08:54

A machine representation of concepts used in describing soil data and information. These concepts fall outside of the Australian Land and Soil Survey Handbook Series. Implemented by Federation University, Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation (CeRDI). Published with descriptions provided by data custodians. Implemented data services, including the Soil CRC Visualising Australasia's Soils (VAS) and Catchment Management Authority Soil Health Knowledge Bases.