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mediate (2xx) and advanced (3xx) levels of learning; they are complemented here
by additional operator individuals (operator codes 4xx) that are expected to be more
adequate for expressing certain competencies that are typically attributed to expert
personnel.
The operand specifier σ 3 may be taken from a taxonomy of materials modelling
topics (subclasses of otras:mm_topic) that are included in OTRAS. The first hierarchy level (and part of the second level) of this taxonomy is shown in Fig. 3.7. This
is widely used within VIMMP beyond the specification of competencies, e.g. to sort
and retrieve documents by identifying the addressed topics and to indicate relevant
areas of interest and fields of knowledge to be used to matchmaking by the translation router [14] app of the VIMMP marketplace platform. OTRAS also permits
the specification of topics via CCS, a taxonomy developed by the Association for
Computing Machinery [37], and PhySH, developed by the American Physical Society [38]. Syllabi can be associated with learning outcomes by means of the relation
otras:aims_to ccso:aimsToLO. If a competency is asserted as such, irrespective
of how it has been acquired, σ 1 can be absent, in particular, wherever the relation
vico:has_competency from VICO, see below, is used to characterize the background
of an evmpo:expert.
The VIMMP Communication Ontology (VICO) covers metadata on messages
exchanged at the digital marketplace platform and participants that interact at an
EVMF-interoperable platform [14]. Through the LCC ontology, VICO incorporates the ISO 3166 standard for referring to countries and regions [39]. Types of
interlocutors (subclasses of vico:interlocutor) are referred to—in accordance with
the usual EMMC nomenclature—as consultants, data providers, end users, manufacturers, model providers, software owners, training providers, translators and
guests.
13 The concept vico:interlocutor_group is instantiated by individuals associated with each of these groups, e.g. vico:software_owner individuals belong to the
vico:interlocutor_group individual vico:IG_SOFTWARE_OWNER. The communication branch of the class hierarchy is visualized in Fig. 3.8.
Selected concepts from OTRAS and VICO:
• vico:academic_title: a titular rank that corresponds to an academic degree.
• otras:focus: a studied object, topic, training objective or an aspect or constitutive part thereof. Subclasses include otras:learning_outcome, otras:operator_level,
otras:specifier and otras:topic.
• vico:interlocutor_tag: a descriptor that specifies properties of an interlocutor which
may co-determine ability/suitability for trading with certain partners at a digital marketplace—indicating the country of residence/registration, whether the
described interlocutor is engaged in military or nuclear research, etc.
• vico:message: a stand-alone communication (rather than an appendix).
• otras:mm_topic (materials modelling topic): a topic related to the subject area of
materials modelling, understood broadly.
13 VICO: https://purl.vimmp.eu/semantics/vico/vico.ttl (non-resolvable IRI),
mirrored at http://www.molmod.info/semantics/vico.ttl (resolvable URL).
3 Marketplace-Level Domain Ontologies
mediate (2xx) and advanced (3xx) levels of learning; they are complemented here
by additional operator individuals (operator codes 4xx) that are expected to be more
adequate for expressing certain competencies that are typically attributed to expert
personnel.
The operand specifier σ 3 may be taken from a taxonomy of materials modelling
topics (subclasses of otras:mm_topic) that are included in OTRAS. The first hierarchy level (and part of the second level) of this taxonomy is shown in Fig. 3.7. This
is widely used within VIMMP beyond the specification of competencies, e.g. to sort
and retrieve documents by identifying the addressed topics and to indicate relevant
areas of interest and fields of knowledge to be used to matchmaking by the translation router [14] app of the VIMMP marketplace platform. OTRAS also permits
the specification of topics via CCS, a taxonomy developed by the Association for
Computing Machinery [37], and PhySH, developed by the American Physical Society [38]. Syllabi can be associated with learning outcomes by means of the relation
otras:aims_to ccso:aimsToLO. If a competency is asserted as such, irrespective
of how it has been acquired, σ 1 can be absent, in particular, wherever the relation
vico:has_competency from VICO, see below, is used to characterize the background
of an evmpo:expert.
The VIMMP Communication Ontology (VICO) covers metadata on messages
exchanged at the digital marketplace platform and participants that interact at an
EVMF-interoperable platform [14]. Through the LCC ontology, VICO incorporates the ISO 3166 standard for referring to countries and regions [39]. Types of
interlocutors (subclasses of vico:interlocutor) are referred to—in accordance with
the usual EMMC nomenclature—as consultants, data providers, end users, manufacturers, model providers, software owners, training providers, translators and
guests.
13 The concept vico:interlocutor_group is instantiated by individuals associated with each of these groups, e.g. vico:software_owner individuals belong to the
vico:interlocutor_group individual vico:IG_SOFTWARE_OWNER. The communication branch of the class hierarchy is visualized in Fig. 3.8.
Selected concepts from OTRAS and VICO:
• vico:academic_title: a titular rank that corresponds to an academic degree.
• otras:focus: a studied object, topic, training objective or an aspect or constitutive part thereof. Subclasses include otras:learning_outcome, otras:operator_level,
otras:specifier and otras:topic.
• vico:interlocutor_tag: a descriptor that specifies properties of an interlocutor which
may co-determine ability/suitability for trading with certain partners at a digital marketplace—indicating the country of residence/registration, whether the
described interlocutor is engaged in military or nuclear research, etc.
• vico:message: a stand-alone communication (rather than an appendix).
• otras:mm_topic (materials modelling topic): a topic related to the subject area of
materials modelling, understood broadly.
13 VICO: https://purl.vimmp.eu/semantics/vico/vico.ttl (non-resolvable IRI),
mirrored at http://www.molmod.info/semantics/vico.ttl (resolvable URL).