Registry Software Functions Ontology

This ontology defines a taxonomy of software functions based on the work of the NSF-funded EarthCube Resource Registry working group. The functions are generally organized by their role in the research process.

Prefix

earthcube.sfo

Keywords

software software function

Links

Homepage Repository RDF Request Discussion

Contact

Ruth Duerr 0000-0003-4808-4736 rduerr

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in Software Functions Ontology should match this regular expression:
^\d{7}$

Example Local Unique Identifier

0000001 Resolve

Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from Software Functions Ontology should match this regular expression:
^earthcube\.sfo:\d{7}$

Example CURIE

earthcube.sfo:0000001

Contributors

submitter Charles Tapley Hoyt 0000-0003-4423-4370 cthoyt

Providers

Suggest

A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).

The local unique identifier 0000001 is used to demonstrate the providers available for Software Functions Ontology. Some providers may use a different example, which is displayed in the table below. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.

Name	Metaprefix	URI
Software Functions Ontology	`earthcube.sfo`	http://cor.esipfed.org/ont/earthcube/SFO_0000001
Bioregistry	`bioregistry`	https://bioregistry.io/earthcube.sfo:0000001

This name annotation was originally annotated in Bioregistry and is redistributed under the CC0 license.

Get the name:

>>> import bioregistry as br
>>> br.get_name("earthcube.sfo")
'Software Functions Ontology'

Get the homepage:

>>> import bioregistry as br
>>> br.get_homepage("earthcube.sfo")
'http://cor.esipfed.org/ont/earthcube/sfo'

Get the repository:

>>> import bioregistry as br
>>> br.get_repository("earthcube.sfo")
'https://github.com/earthcubearchitecture-ecresourcereg/sfo'

Get the RDF download link:

>>> import bioregistry as br
>>> br.get_rdf_download("earthcube.sfo")
'https://github.com/earthcubearchitecture-ecresourcereg/sfo/raw/refs/heads/master/sfo.ttl'

Get the contact's name:

>>> import bioregistry as br
>>> br.get_contact_name("earthcube.sfo")
'Ruth Duerr'

Get the contact's email:

>>> import bioregistry as br
>>> br.get_contact_email("earthcube.sfo")
'ruth.duerr3@gmail.com'

Get the contact's GitHub handle:

>>> import bioregistry as br
>>> br.get_contact_github("earthcube.sfo")
'rduerr'

Get the contact's ORCiD identifier:

>>> import bioregistry as br
>>> br.get_contact_orcid("earthcube.sfo")
'0000-0003-4808-4736'