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EducOnto: an Ontology for Education

Release 23/04/2022

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http://purl.org/educonto/1.0.0
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Authors:
Nicolas Hubert, ERPI, LORIA, University of Lorraine, France
Contributors:
Armelle Brun, LORIA, University of Lorraine, France
Davy Monticolo, ERPI, University of Lorraine, France
Pierre Monnin, Orange, France
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Ontology Specification

Abstract

An ontology for modelling higher education curricula and students' profiles

Introduction back to ToC

This is a place holder text for the introduction. The introduction should briefly describe the ontology, its motivation, state of the art and goals.

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EducOnto: an Ontology for Education: Overview back to ToC

This ontology has the following classes and properties.

Classes

Object Properties

EducOnto: an Ontology for Education: Description back to ToC

This is a placeholder text for the description of your ontology. The description should include an explanation and a diagram explaining how the classes are related, examples of usage, etc.

Cross-reference for EducOnto: an Ontology for Education classes, object properties and data properties back to ToC

This section provides details for each class and property defined by EducOnto: an Ontology for Education.

Classes

Academic Skillc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/AcademicSkill

Skills that a student possesses
has super-classes
thing c
is in range of
has skill op

Advanced Technician Certificatec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/AdvancedTechnicianCertificate

has super-classes
Short Studies c
has sub-classes
agriculture agronomy environment atc c, art audiovisual design atc c, automation construction mechanic atc c, biology chemistry atc c, business economy management atc c, catering hospitality tourism atc c, computer science atc c, engineering atc c, paramedical social atc c

agriculture agronomy environment atcc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/AgricultureAgronomyEnvironmentAtc

has super-classes
Advanced Technician Certificate c

agriculture agronomy environment vocationalc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/AgricultureAgronomyEnvironmentVocational

has super-classes
Vocational Bachelor's Degree c

art audiovisual design atcc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/ArtAudiovisualDesignAtc

has super-classes
Advanced Technician Certificate c

art audiovisual design general bachelorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/ArtAudiovisualDesignGeneralBachelor

has super-classes
General Bachelor's Degree c

art audiovisual design schoolc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/ArtAudiovisualDesignSchool

has super-classes
Higher Education School c

art audiovisual design vocationalc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/ArtAudiovisualDesignVocational

has super-classes
Vocational Bachelor's Degree c

automation construction mechanic atcc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/AutomationConstructionMechanicAtc

has super-classes
Advanced Technician Certificate c

automation construction mechanic vocationalc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/AutomationConstructionMechanicVocational

has super-classes
Vocational Bachelor's Degree c

Bachelor's Degreec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/Bachelor

has super-classes
Long Studies c
has sub-classes
Dual Bachelor's Degree c, General Bachelor's Degree c, Technological Bachelor's Degree c

biology chemistry atcc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/BiologyChemistryAtc

has super-classes
Advanced Technician Certificate c

biology chemistry technological bachelorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/BiologyChemistryTechnologicalBachelor

has super-classes
industry c

biology chemistry vocationalc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/BiologyChemistryVocational

has super-classes
Vocational Bachelor's Degree c

business economy management atcc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/BusinessEconomyManagementAtc

has super-classes
Advanced Technician Certificate c

business economy management cpgec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/BusinessEconomyManagementCpge

has super-classes
Higher School Preparatory Classes c

business economy management general bachelorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/BusinessEconomyManagementGeneralBachelor

has super-classes
General Bachelor's Degree c

business economy management schoolc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/BusinessEconomyManagementSchool

has super-classes
Higher Education School c

business economy management technological bachelorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/BusinessEconomyManagementTechnologicalBachelor

has super-classes
tertiary c

business economy management vocationalc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/BusinessEconomyManagementVocational

has super-classes
Vocational Bachelor's Degree c

catering hospitality tourism atcc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/CateringHospitalityTourismAtc

has super-classes
Advanced Technician Certificate c

catering hospitality tourism vocationalc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/CateringHospitalityTourismVocational

has super-classes
Vocational Bachelor's Degree c

computer science atcc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/ComputerScienceAtc

has super-classes
Advanced Technician Certificate c

computer science mathematics general bachelorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/ComputerScienceMathematicsGeneralBachelor

has super-classes
sciences general bachelor c

computer science technological bachelorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/ComputerScienceTechnologicalBachelor

has super-classes
industry c

computer science vocationalc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/ComputerScienceVocational

has super-classes
Vocational Bachelor's Degree c

Dual Bachelor's Degreec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/DualBachelor

has super-classes
Bachelor's Degree c

engineering atcc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/EngineeringAtc

has super-classes
Advanced Technician Certificate c

engineering general bachelorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/EngineeringGeneralBachelor

has super-classes
sciences general bachelor c

engineering science cpgec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/EngineeringScienceCpge

has super-classes
Higher School Preparatory Classes c

engineering science schoolc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/EngineeringScienceSchool

has super-classes
Higher Education School c

engineering technological bachelorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/EngineeringTechnologicalBachelor

has super-classes
industry c

engineering vocationalc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/EngineeringVocational

has super-classes
Vocational Bachelor's Degree c

Field of Studyc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/FieldOfStudy

has super-classes
thing c
is in range of
belongs to field of study op, keyword relates to field of study op, major relates to field of study op, specialty relates to field of study op, subject relates to field of study op

General Bachelor's Degreec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/GeneralBachelor

has super-classes
Bachelor's Degree c
has sub-classes
art audiovisual design general bachelor c, business economy management general bachelor c, humanities general bachelor c, law politics general bachelor c, sciences general bachelor c

General Majorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/GeneralMajor

Chosen major for general high school seniors. Can be either of the following options: a broad subject area (economics, literature or sciences), or a combination of two high school specialty among thirteen possibilities
has super-classes
High school Major c
is in domain of
specialty pair contains op
is in range of
picked general major op

health general bachelorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/HealthGeneralBachelor

has super-classes
sciences general bachelor c

High school Majorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/HighSchoolMajor

Chosen major in high school
has super-classes
thing c
has sub-classes
General Major c, Technological Major c
is in domain of
has main topic op, major relates to field of study op, major relates to keyword op
is in range of
recommends high school major op, requires high school major op

High School Seniorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/HighSchoolSenior

Student in last year of high school
has super-classes
Person c

High school Specialtyc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/HighSchoolSpecialty

has super-classes
thing c
is in domain of
specialty relates to field of study op, specialty relates to keyword op
is in range of
disliked high school specialty op, liked high school specialty op, recommends high school specialty op, requires high school specialty op, specialty pair contains op

Higher Education Schoolc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/School

Higher education schools that are not part of university. Mainly includes private institutions
has super-classes
Long Studies c
has sub-classes
art audiovisual design school c, business economy management school c, engineering science school c, information communication school c, paramedical school c

Higher School Preparatory Classesc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/Cpge

has super-classes
Preparatory Classes c
has sub-classes
business economy management cpge c, engineering science cpge c, humanities cpge c, technology cpge c

humanities cpgec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/HumanitiesCpge

has super-classes
Higher School Preparatory Classes c

humanities general bachelorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/HumanitiesGeneralBachelor

has super-classes
General Bachelor's Degree c

humanities vocationalc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/HumanitiesVocational

has super-classes
Vocational Bachelor's Degree c

industryc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/Industry

has super-classes
Technological Bachelor's Degree c
has sub-classes
biology chemistry technological bachelor c, computer science technological bachelor c, engineering technological bachelor c

information communication schoolc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/InformationCommunicationSchool

has super-classes
Higher Education School c

Integrated Preparatory Classesc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/IntegratedPreparatoryClass

has super-classes
Preparatory Classes c

Keywordc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/Keyword

Can be linked to student and seen as a center of interest. Can be linked to university curricula and high school majors and be seen as a descriptive feature
has super-classes
thing c
is in domain of
keyword relates to field of study op, keyword relates to subject op
is in range of
curriculum relates to keyword op, is interested in keyword op, major relates to keyword op, specialty relates to keyword op, subject relates to keyword op

law politics general bachelorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/LawPoliticsGeneralBachelor

has super-classes
General Bachelor's Degree c

law politics technological bachelorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/LawPoliticsTechnologicalBachelor

has super-classes
tertiary c

law politics vocationalc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/LawPoliticsVocational

has super-classes
Vocational Bachelor's Degree c

Long Studiesc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/LongStudies

Includes university curricula leading to long-term studies
has super-classes
University Curriculum c
has sub-classes
Bachelor's Degree c, Higher Education School c, Preparatory Classes c

natural science general bachelorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/NaturalScienceGeneralBachelor

has super-classes
sciences general bachelor c

paramedical schoolc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/ParamedicalSchool

has super-classes
Higher Education School c

paramedical social atcc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/ParamedicalSocialAtc

has super-classes
Advanced Technician Certificate c

paramedical social vocationalc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/ParamedicalSocialVocational

has super-classes
Vocational Bachelor's Degree c

paramedical technological bachelorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/ParamedicalTechnologicalBachelor

has super-classes
tertiary c

Personality Traitc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/PersonalityTrait

Personality trait a student possesses
has super-classes
thing c
is in range of
has personality trait op

Preparatory Classesc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/PreparatoryClass

has super-classes
Long Studies c
has sub-classes
Higher School Preparatory Classes c, Integrated Preparatory Classes c

School Subjectc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/SchoolSubject

School subject taught at school
has super-classes
thing c
is in domain of
subject relates to field of study op, subject relates to keyword op
is in range of
has favorite school subject op, has main topic op, keyword relates to subject op

sciences general bachelorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/SciencesGeneralBachelor

has super-classes
General Bachelor's Degree c
has sub-classes
computer science mathematics general bachelor c, engineering general bachelor c, health general bachelor c, natural science general bachelor c

Short Studiesc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/ShortStudies

Includes university curricula leading to short-term studies
has super-classes
University Curriculum c
has sub-classes
Advanced Technician Certificate c, Vocational Bachelor's Degree c

Technological Bachelor's Degreec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/TechnologicalBachelor

has super-classes
Bachelor's Degree c
has sub-classes
industry c, tertiary c

Technological Majorc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/TechnologicalMajor

has super-classes
High school Major c
is in range of
disliked technological major op, liked technological major op

technology cpgec back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/TechnologyCpge

has super-classes
Higher School Preparatory Classes c

tertiaryc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/Tertiary

has super-classes
Technological Bachelor's Degree c
has sub-classes
business economy management technological bachelor c, law politics technological bachelor c, paramedical technological bachelor c

Undergraduate Studentc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/UndergraduateStudent

has super-classes
Person c
is in domain of
disliked curriculum op, followed curriculum op, liked curriculum op

University Curriculumc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/Curriculum

has super-classes
thing c
has sub-classes
Long Studies c, Short Studies c
is in domain of
belongs to field of study op, curriculum relates to keyword op, recommends high school major op, recommends high school specialty op, requires high school major op, requires high school specialty op
is in range of
disliked curriculum op, followed curriculum op, liked curriculum op, mentioned curriculum op

Object Properties

belongs to field of studyop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/belongsToFieldOfStudy

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
University Curriculum c
has range
Field of Study c

curriculum relates to keywordop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/curriculumRelatesToKeyword

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
University Curriculum c
has range
Keyword c

disliked curriculumop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/dislikedCurriculum

has super-properties
followed curriculum op
has domain
Undergraduate Student c
has range
University Curriculum c

disliked high school specialtyop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/dislikedHighSchoolSpecialty

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
Person c
has range
High school Specialty c

disliked technological majorop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/dislikedTechnologicalMajor

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
Person c
has range
Technological Major c

followed curriculumop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/followedCurriculum

University curriculum a student is following or has followed recently
has super-properties
mentioned curriculum op
has sub-properties
disliked curriculum op, liked curriculum op
has domain
Undergraduate Student c
has range
University Curriculum c

has favorite school subjectop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/hasFavoriteSchoolSubject

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
Person c
has range
School Subject c

has main topicop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/hasMainTopic

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
High school Major c
has range
School Subject c

has personality traitop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/hasPersonalityTrait

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
Person c
has range
Personality Trait c

has skillop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/hasSkill

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
Person c
has range
Academic Skill c

is interested in keywordop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/isInterestedInKeyword

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
Person c
has range
Keyword c

keyword relates to field of studyop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/keywordRelatesToFieldOfStudy

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
Keyword c
has range
Field of Study c

keyword relates to subjectop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/keywordRelatesToSubject

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
Keyword c
has range
School Subject c
is inverse of
subject relates to keyword op

liked curriculumop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/likedCurriculum

has super-properties
followed curriculum op
has domain
Undergraduate Student c
has range
University Curriculum c

liked high school specialtyop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/likedHighSchoolSpecialty

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
Person c
has range
High school Specialty c

liked technological majorop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/likedTechnologicalMajor

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
Person c
has range
Technological Major c

major relates to field of studyop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/majorRelatesToFieldOfStudy

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
High school Major c
has range
Field of Study c

major relates to keywordop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/majorRelatesToKeyword

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
High school Major c
has range
Keyword c

mentioned curriculumop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/mentionedCurriculum

Curriculum mentioned by a student as an alternative or as a possible choice for future studies
has super-properties
top object property
has sub-properties
followed curriculum op
has domain
Person c
has range
University Curriculum c

picked general majorop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/pickedGeneralMajor

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
Person c
has range
General Major c

recommends high school majorop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/recommendsHighSchoolMajor

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
University Curriculum c
has range
High school Major c

recommends high school specialtyop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/recommendsHighSchoolSpecialty

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
University Curriculum c
has range
High school Specialty c

requires high school majorop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/requiresHighSchoolMajor

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
University Curriculum c
has range
High school Major c

requires high school specialtyop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/requiresHighSchoolSpecialty

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
University Curriculum c
has range
High school Specialty c

specialty pair containsop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/specialtyPairContains

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
General Major c
has range
High school Specialty c

specialty relates to field of studyop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/specialtyRelatesToFieldOfStudy

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
High school Specialty c
has range
Field of Study c

specialty relates to keywordop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/specialtyRelatesToKeyword

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
High school Specialty c
has range
Keyword c

subject relates to field of studyop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/subjectRelatesToFieldOfStudy

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
School Subject c
has range
Field of Study c

subject relates to keywordop back to ToC or Object Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/educonto/subjectRelatesToKeyword

has super-properties
top object property
has domain
School Subject c
has range
Keyword c
is inverse of
keyword relates to subject op

Legend back to ToC

c: Classes
op: Object Properties

References back to ToC

Add your references here. It is recommended to have them as a list.

Acknowledgments back to ToC

The authors would like to thank Silvio Peroni for developing LODE, a Live OWL Documentation Environment, which is used for representing the Cross Referencing Section of this document and Daniel Garijo for developing Widoco, the program used to create the template used in this documentation.