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General description

Elements

The LinnaeanTaxonomy Content OP locally defines the following ontology elements:

hasDirectHigherRank (owl:ObjectProperty) This property relates two taxa, where the first is more specific then the second and there is no other taxon that is both more general than the first and more specific than the second.

hasDirectHigherRank page

hasDirectLowerRank (owl:ObjectProperty) This property relates two taxa, where the first is less specific then the second and there is no other taxon that is both more specific than the first and more general than the second.

hasDirectLowerRank page

hasHigherRank (owl:ObjectProperty) This property relates two taxa, where the first is more specific than the second.

hasHigherRank page

hasLowerRank (owl:ObjectProperty) This property relates two taxa, where the first is less specific than the second.

hasLowerRank page

Class (owl:Class) Class is the third highest traditional taxon. E.g., in the case of humans the class is 'Mammalia'.

Class page

Family (owl:Class) Family is the fifth highest traditional taxon. E.g., in the case of humans the family is 'Hominidae'.

Family page

Genus (owl:Class) Genus is the sixth highest traditional taxon. E.g., in the case of humans the genus is 'Homo'.

Genus page

Kingdom (owl:Class) Kingdom is the highest traditional taxon. E.g., in the case of humans the kingdom is 'Animalia'.

Kingdom page

Order (owl:Class) Order is the fourth highest traditional taxon. E.g., in the case of humans the phylum is 'Primates'.

Order page

Phylum (owl:Class) Phylum is the second highest traditional taxon. E.g., in the case of humans the phylum is 'Chordata'.

Phylum page

Species (owl:Class) Species is the lowest traditional taxon. E.g., in the case of humans the species is 'Homo sapiens'.

Species page

Taxon (owl:Class) A taxon is a concept denoting a type of organism or of a group of organisms.

Taxon page

Scenarios

Reviews

Modeling issues

The linnaean taxonomy content ontology design pattern represents the layered classification invented by Linneus in the XVIII century. It is created by reengineering Wikipedia articles about taxa, taxonomic ranks, and linnaean taxonomy.