PRovenance Information in MAterials science (PRIMA)

The PRovenance Information in MAterials science (PRIMA) ontology is designed to capture provenance information in the materials science domain [1]. It provides a structured vocabulary for describing research activities and the associated agents, equipment, software, techniques, settings, datasets, and other entities involved in materials science workflows [1].

PRIMA supports the semantic description of experimental and computational research workflows, helping to improve traceability, interoperability, and reuse of materials science data [1]. Its provenance-oriented approach complements broader efforts within the PRIMA initiative to provide consistent terminology and metadata for materials science and engineering [2]. Starting from PRIMA v3, the ontology is further aligned with BFO and PMDco to improve interoperability with other materials science ontology resources [1].

Example Usage: Annotate a materials science dataset with PRIMA terms to describe the research activity, involved users, equipment, software, techniques, experimental or computational steps, data acquisition and analysis activities, and resulting data products, thereby preserving provenance information needed for traceability and reuse [1].

Metrics & Statistics

Graph Statistics

Total Nodes

444

Total Edges

1073

Root Nodes

18

Leaf Nodes

135

Knowledge Coverage Statistics

Classes

67

Individuals

0

Properties

67

Hierarchical Metrics

Maximum Depth

14

Minimum Depth

0

Average Depth

4.39

Depth Variance

16.39

Breadth Metrics

Maximum Breadth

27

Minimum Breadth

2

Average Breadth

7.80

Breadth Variance

48.56

LLMs4OL Dataset Statistics

Term Types

0

Taxonomic Relations

186

Non-taxonomic Relations

1

Average Terms per Type

0.00

Usage Example

Use the following code to import this ontology programmatically:

from ontolearner.ontology import PRIMA

ontology = PRIMA()
ontology.load("path/to/PRIMA-ontology.ttl")

# Extract datasets
data = ontology.extract()

# Access specific relations
term_types = data.term_typings
taxonomic_relations = data.type_taxonomies
non_taxonomic_relations = data.type_non_taxonomic_relations

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