This is an extremely simple ontology - part of the Stratigraphic Units profile - whos purpose is only to provide a Semantic Web view of the data contained within the Australian Stratigraphic Units Database. Data from that database is also available according to a number of other profiles which, in some cases, this ontology specialises.
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.
Classifiers described in chapter 5 Landform, by J.G. Speight, in Australian soil and land survey field handbook (3rd edn).
In this technique for describing landforms, the whole land surface is viewed as a mosaic of tiles of odd shapes and sizes. The scheme is intended to produce a record of observations rather than inferences.
Classifiers described in chapter 9 Substrate, by R.C. McDonald and R.F. Isbell, in Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook (3rd edn)
This vocabulary deals with materials and masses of earth or rock that do not show pedological development. They are not soils, but typically underlie them.
Classifiers described in chapter 7 Land Surface, by R.C. McDonald, R.F. Isbell and J.G. Speight, in Australian soil and land survey field handbook (3rd edn).
Land surface is concerned mainly with surface phenomena affecting land use and soil development that have traditionally been noted at the point of soil observation.
Classifiers described in chapter 6 Vegetation, by R.J. Hnatiuk, R. Thackway and J. Walker in Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook (3rd edn).
The data was converted from the print representation to this linked-data form by Simon J D Cox
Discoverable at Research Vocabularies Australia
Maintained at https://github.com/ANZSoilData/def-au-asls-veg
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
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.
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.
Classifiers described in chapter 8 Soil Profile, by R.C. McDonald and R.F. Isbell, in Australian soil and land survey field handbook (3rd edn).
A soil profile is a vertical section of a soil from the soil surface through all its horizons to parent material, other consolidated substrate material or selected depth in unconsolidated material.
