PlantPhenologyOntology
workinggroup
FundedbyNEONandUSGS
FortCollins,Colorado,January12-16
PEPwasinvitedtoparAcpate
Theover-archinggoalistopreparefor
dataintegraAonandallowfor
machine-to-machinedataexchange
withoutloosinginformaAon.
Ifthissucceeds,itwillaffectdatabase
managementwithmetadatastandards
andcodingupacolumnwithanPlant
PhenologyOntologyID-number.
PlantPhenologyOntologyworkinggroup
•  OpportuniAesforphenologydatabases
–  Neededforlarge-scalemodelling
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Ecosystemprocesses
AgricultureandForestry
Biodiversity
Climate
–  Neededforoutreachproducts
•  Health,Tourism
•  Demandsonphenologydata(bases)
–  Access
–  Homology
–  CalibraAon
Phenologydata:access
Distributedphenologydata:homology
Belgium
Austria
CroaAa
…
PEP
database
Typesofphenologydata:calibra7on
CiAzenScience
monitoring
Professional
phenology
monitoring
Satellite
phenology
products
Integrated
phenology
data
(product)
Repeatedimage
(webcamera
etc)phenology
prducts
Herbarium
phenology
PlantPhenologyOntologyworkinggroup
Thechallenge/vision:
Homologywithoutloosinginforma7on
Proposal:
Tobeabletomergedatasetsfromdifferentsourcesandofdifferenttypesin
anautomated(machine-to-machine)waywithoutloosingtheunique
informa2onfromeachdatasourcerequiresanontology,sothatdatacanbe
queriedanddeliveredfromtheiroriginaldatabaseswithoutloosing
informaAon.
•  anontology:a’language’forinformaAcs.
•  ontology=isaformalnaminganddefini7onoftypes,proper7es,and
interrela7onshipsforaparAculardomain
–  Tome:alogicalandhierarchicallystructuredlanguageformachine-tomachinecommunicaAon
–  Or:NextstepfortheCOST725
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Wholeplantstages
plant structure development stag
PO:0009012
is_a
whole plant development stage
PO:0007033
is_a
gametophyte development stage
PO:0028003
is_a
plant spore stage
PO:0025375
part_of
is_a
is_a
life of whole plant
PO0025337
part_of
is_a
is_a
is_a
is_a
sporophyte development stage
PO:0028002
gametophyte senescent stage
PO:0025343
plant zygote stage
PO:0028002
is_a
is_a
is_a
gametophyte vegetative stage
PO:0025340
is_a
sporophyte senescent stage
PO:0007017
is_a
gametophyte dormant stage
PO:0025342
gametophyte reproductive stage
PO:0025341
sporophyte vegetative stage
PO:0007134
sporophyte dormant stage
PO:0007132
is_a
plant embryo development stage
PO:0007631
sporophyte reproductive stage
PO:0007130
Quicklybecomescomplex
…
butbasicallyboilsdowntoa
hierarchicalstructureofthese
interrelaAons.
Whereisthisheading?
Access,use,research,products,services
Ifwesucceed,whatwillbeyourresponsibility?
ü Metadata-standards
ü Codingupyourdatabasewithaninterna7onallyagreedPhenologyOntology
PPO
PlantPhenologyOntology
workinggroup
SpecialthankstoRamonaWallswho
co-organizedtheworkshopandhelped
mepreparethispresentaAon.
PPOgithub:
h`ps://github.com/
PlantPhenoOntology/PPO