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This is a glossary of terms that we commonly use within the FAIR-DI team.
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Conceptual Model
Definition
A conceptual model is an abstract representation of a system and comprises well-defined concepts, their qualities or attributes, and their relationships to other concepts. A system is a group of interacting or interrelated elements that act according to a set of rules to form a unified whole. The conceptual model can be materialised in a graphical representation facilitating knowledge elicitation, organisation and interaction with domain experts. This is relevant because interactions and discussions within a Working groups are often driven by a graphical representation.
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They encode or indicate a representation format, attend a need or specific purpose, and address a clear concern. In the Health-RI context, we acknowledge, but not limited to, the following list of artefacts:
Persistent URIs
A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a compact sequence of characters that identifies an abstract or physical resource.
RDF and OWL 2 representation
SHACL representation
Pictures/Diagrams
UML representation
JSON-LD representation (JSON and schema)
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Data mapping
schema alignment
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