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SemanticTextAnnotation DRAFT Profile

Version: 0.2-DRAFT-2020_12_03 (07 December 2020)

Bioschemas profile, based on Biotea model, describing a semantic annotation associated to a piece of text in a ScholarlyArticle in Life Sciences.


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Key to specification table

CD = Cardinality

Property Expected Type Description CD Controlled Vocabulary Example
Marginality: Minimum.
@context URL Used to provide the context (namespaces) for the JSON-LD file.
Not needed in other serialisations.
ONE
@type Text Schema.org/Bioschemas class for the resource declared using JSON-LD syntax. For other serialisations please use the appropriate mechanism.
While it is permissible to provide multiple types, it is preferred to use a single type.
MANY Schema.org, Bioschemas
@id IRI Used to distinguish the resource being described in JSON-LD. For other serialisations use the appropriate approach. ONE
dct:conformsTo IRI Used to state the Bioschemas profile that the markup relates to. The versioned URL of the profile must be used.
Note that we use a CURIE in the table here but the full URL for Dublin Core terms must be used in the markup (http://purl.org/dc/terms/conformsTo), see example.
ONE Bioschemas profile versioned URL
mainEntity DefinedTerm
Schema:

Indicates the primary entity described in some page or other CreativeWork. Inverse property: mainEntityOfPage.


Bioschemas:

Ontology terms associated to this annotation. On the DefinedTerm, use additionalType to link to a Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) semantic type (TUI) or group, and sameAs to link to the corresponding concept unique identifier (CUI), if available. Note: Bioschemas recommends using DefinedTerm rather than Thing (as specified in schema.org)

MANY
text Text
Schema:

The textual content of this CreativeWork.


Bioschemas:

Expression found in the text corresponding to this annotation.

MANY
Marginality: Recommended.
subjectOf CreativeWork
Event
Schema:

A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing. Inverse property: about


Bioschemas:

ScholarlyArticle where this annotation is located. It is also possible to link from the ScholarlyArticle to the SemanticTextAnnotation via about Note: For the Bioschemas case, the preferred property range is ScholarlyArticle

ONE
Marginality: Optional.
commentCount Integer
Schema:

The number of comments this CreativeWork (e.g. Article, Question or Answer) has received. This is most applicable to works published in Web sites with commenting system; additional comments may exist elsewhere.


Bioschemas:

Number of times this annotation is found in the associated scholarly article.

ONE
creator Organization
Person
Schema:

The creator/author of this CreativeWork. This is the same as the Author property for CreativeWork.


MANY
dateCreated Date
DateTime
Schema:

The date on which the CreativeWork was created or the item was added to a DataFeed.


ONE
dateModified Date
DateTime
Schema:

The date on which the CreativeWork was most recently modified or when the item’s entry was modified within a DataFeed.


ONE
datePublished Date
Schema:

Date of first broadcast/publication.


ONE
identifier PropertyValue
Text
URL
Schema:

The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of Thing, such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See background notes for more details.


Bioschemas:

If available.

ONE
inLanguage Language
Text
Schema:

The language of the content or performance or used in an action. Please use one of the language codes from the IETF BCP 47 standard. See also availableLanguage. Supersedes language.


ONE
isPartOf CreativeWork
Trip
Journal
PublicationVolume
PublicationIssue
Schema:

Indicates an item or CreativeWork that this item, or CreativeWork (in some sense), is part of. Inverse property: hasPart.


Bioschemas:

Dataset or collection aggregating this annotation

MANY
position Integer
Text
Schema:

The position of an item in a series or sequence of items.


MANY