OLOUD: Ontology for Linked Open University Data
The objectives of the OLOUD ontology is to support the development and publishing of Linked Open University Datasets and the applications built on the top of these Open Datasets. OLOUD contains classes and properties to describe Curriculum, Subjects, Courses, University events and their temporal and spatial description. The ontology is divided into two connected modules: 1. OLOUD is the main module describing all the university related concepts and uses the prefix oloud, 2. OLOUD-TIME module provides the time related features and uses the prefix otime.
course subject
This property connects the spesific course with its subject .
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course teacher
This property connects the specific course with its teacher.
course term
This property shows the course term when the specific course is hold.
course time
This property links a specific course to a temporal sequence of individual course events.
has Temporal Sequence
This property links a recurring event to a temporal sequence of individual events.
course type
This property connects the specific course with its course type.
located at
This property shows the location of the event or the course.
degree
This property shows the academic degree of the subject or the curriculum.
study programme
This property shows the Study Programme that the certain Subject or Curriculum belongs to.
attendance pattern
This property shows the Attendance Pattern of the subject or curriculum.
specialization
This property shows the Specialization that a specific Curriculum has or the Specialization of a Subject.
curriculum
This property shows the Curriculum where the Subject belongs to.
subject requires
This property shows the prerequisite of a Subject.
start date
This property shows the time when a curriculum comes into force.
end date
This property shows the time when a curriculum becomes void.
subject credit
Subject credit is a unit that gives weight to the value, level or time requirements of the subject taken at the university.
subject lab number
The number of Laboratory units that a given Subject contains per week.
subject lecture number
The number of Lecture units that a given Subject contains per week.
subject practise number
The number of Practice units that a given Subject contains per week.
This property shows the name of the subject which completion is necessary in order to start a course of the certain subject.
Curriculum
After enrolling to the university each student is assigned to a Curriculum, which is a set of Subjects and their relations (i.e. dependencies among the subjects) that a student has to accomplish.
Degree
An academic degree is the state of recognized completion of studies at a college or university. The most common degrees awarded today are bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.
Attendance Pattern
Type of the training, which can be full-time, part-time (at the evenings) or correspondence (at the weekends).
Specialization
The specialization can be acquired as part of the Study Programme, providing special expertise in training, which is indicated on the proof of successful completion of the university diploma.
Course term
Course term is a portion of the academic year, the time during which an educational institution holds classes.
Course type
Course type represents the different formats (e.g. lecture, seminar, laboratory or practice) of courses at universities.
Course time
Course time represents the temporal sequence when a specific course is hold.