Subsets

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What are subsets?

ENVO is quite a large ontology, and many users don't want or need to work with the whole thing. We thus create 'subsets' or extracts of the ontology which contain only those terms that a user group asks for. We can export these subsets in OWL, but exporting in other formats (e.g. CSV, OBO, GraphML) is possible on request.

You can find our current, released subsets here

Can I request a subset for my project?

Yes! We'd be happy to engineer an export for your purposes. Please create an issue on our tracker (you'll need a GitHub account) and we'll prepare the file for you. You can also tweet your request to us @envoTweets or e-mail our publicly archived mailing list.

Which subsets exist?

You can see the current subsets here The primary ones are described below.

Subset Description
EnvO-Lite-GSC.owl An export used by the Genomics Standards Consortium to tag 'omic data into broad categories.
EnvO-Lite-GSC.obo Just like EnvO-Lite-GSC.owl, but in the simpler, OBO format
environmental_hazards.owl An export used by the Sustainable Development Goals Interface Ontology and related projects to handle classes which correspond to natural disasters like earthquakes, flooding, etc.
wwfBiome.owl A subset to address #196
nlcd2011.owl A subset to address #458
envoPolar.owl A subset for polar projects such as the FRAM programme
envoEmpo.owl A subset to accommodate categories found to be informative in the Earth Microbiome Project
envoCesab.owl An export tuned to the needs of CESAB's working groups.
envoOmics.owl A successor to EnvO-Lite-GSC.owl tuned to the quickly developing needs of the 'omics community.

Which subsets are in the pipeline?

Subset label Description
envoAgronomy An export that feeds the Agronomy Ontology with terms related to agronomic environments
envoGeOMe An export which is being composed for the GeOMe project. Progress is tracked in issue #548

Key terms in subsets

NLCD 2011

Label PURL
area of barren land http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000752
area of cropland http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000892
area of deciduous forest http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000816
area of developed open space http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000883
area of developed space with high usage intensity http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000886
area of developed space with low usage intensity http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000884
area of developed space with medium usage intensity http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000885
area of dwarf scrub http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000861
area of emergent herbaceous wetland http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000894
area of evergreen forest http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000843
area of gramanoid or herbaceous vegetation http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000888
area of lichen-dominated vegetation http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000889
area of mixed forest http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000855
area of moss-dominated vegetation http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000890
area of open water http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000666
area of pastureland or hayfields http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000891
area of perennial ice or snow http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000746
area of perennial snow http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000745
area of perennial water ice http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000740
area of scrub http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000869
area of sedge- and forb-dominated herbaceious vegetation http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000887
area of woody wetland http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000893