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Abstract

The ontology structures observatories across three main hierarchical levels: Regional Facilities – large-scale marine areas under long-term observation, Sites – specific geographic locations within a Regional Facility where observations take place, Platforms – physical structures (e.g., cabled observatories, moorings, landers) deployed at a site to carry scientific instruments. Two additional levels are planned for future development: Measured Parameters – describing the observed phenomena (e.g., temperature, pressure, biogeochemical indicators), Datasets and PIDs – linking observations and parameters to their corresponding published datasets (with persistent identifiers such as DOI). See more...

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OSO (Observatories of Seas Ontology) provides a semantic framework for describing subsea and deep-sea observatories, with a particular focus on those operated within the EMSO-ERIC (European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory) which is an European Research Infrastructure Consortium., Descriptive ontology for open seas observatories (including all EMSO observatories for European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatories), Ontology describing coastal and open seas observatories, including all EMSO observatories as part of the European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatories infrastructure., Ontología que describe los observatorios marinos costeros y de alta mar, incluyendo todos los observatorios EMSO en el marco de la infraestructura europea multidisciplinar para el fondo marino y la columna de agua., Ontologie décrivant les observatoires marins côtiers et hauturiers, incluant l’ensemble des observatoires EMSO, dans le cadre de l'infrastructure européenne multidisciplinaire dédiée aux fonds marins et à la colonne d’eau., Ontologie care descrie observatoarele marine de coastă și de larg, inclusiv toate observatoarele EMSO, ca parte a infrastructurii europene multidisciplinare a fundului mării și a coloanei de apă., Ontologia que descreve os observatórios costeiros e de mar aberto, incluindo todos os observatórios EMSO no âmbito da infraestrutura europeia multidisciplinar dos fundos marinhos e da coluna de água., Ontologia che descrive gli osservatori marini costieri e d'altura, compresi tutti gli osservatori EMSO, nell'ambito dell'infrastruttura europea multidisciplinare dei fondali marini e della colonna d'acqua., Ontologi som beskriver kyst- og dyphavsobservatorier, inkludert alle EMSO-observatorier, som del av den europeiske tverrfaglige infrastrukturen for havbunn og vannsøyle., Οντολογία που περιγράφει τα παράκτια και ανοιχτά θαλάσσια παρατηρητήρια, συμπεριλαμβανομένων όλων των παρατηρητηρίων EMSO, στο πλαίσιο της ευρωπαϊκής πολυκλαδικής υποδομής για τον πυθμένα και τη στήλη του νερού., including all EMSO observatories... See more...

Initial created on April 8, 2026. For additional information, contact Aljaz Maslo (aljaz.maslo@emso-eu.org) and Steven Piel (steven.piel@ifremer.fr) and Enoc Martinez (enoc.martinez@upc.edu).

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