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fine-tuned text on answer to "what does the RDF look like?"
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...although some semantic purists might question whether the Dublin Core property "Creator" can be used in this way as an RDF predicate, since it is not semantically defined-- would its rdfs:label be "creatorOf" or "hasCreator"?. Regardless of the formal semantic well-formedness of this Triple, however, one can see the expressive power of the RDF data model, and the value of derefenceable URIs.

A better solution would be to use the semantically defined term from SIO (the Semantic Science Integrated Ontology) <http://semanticscience.org/resource/SIO_000364> as the predicate, with an rdfs:Label *"has creator"*
A better solution would be to use the semantically defined term from SIO (the Semantic Science Integrated Ontology) <http://semanticscience.org/resource/SIO_000364> as the predicate, with an rdfs:label *"has creator"*

<http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C20461> <http://semanticscience.org/resource/SIO_000364> <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1279-3709> .

or conversely, one could use <http://semanticscience.org/resource/SIO_000365> as the predicate, that has rdfs:Label *"is creator of"*
...that would translate as (based on content of the rdfs:label):

<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1279-3709> <http://semanticscience.org/resource/SIO_000365> <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C20461>.
*World Wide Web*(Subject) *has creator*(Predicate) *Tim Berners Lee*(Object)

or inversely, one could use <http://semanticscience.org/resource/SIO_000365> as the predicate, that has rdfs:Label *"is creator of"*

*Tim Berners Lee*(Subject) *is creator of*(Predicate) *World Wide Web*(Object)

<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1279-3709> <http://semanticscience.org/resource/SIO_000365> <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C20461>.

Within the SIO ontology, SIO_000364 and SIO_000365 are defined as inverses of one another. This enables one to ask both questions-- "who created the Web?" (A: Tim Berners Lee), and "what did Tim Berners Lee create" (A: the Web).

Finally, it is worth noting that one's choice of which Ontologies to use is important. Within the Ecological and Environmental sciences, there are several highly-recommende vocabularies, including those from the OBO Foundry (e.g. ChEBI, EnvO), as well as SIO.
Finally, it is worth noting that one's choice of which Ontologies to use is important. Within the Ecological and Environmental sciences, there are several highly-recommended vocabularies, including those from the OBO Foundry (e.g. ChEBI, EnvO), as well as SIO. Specifically for annotating scientific *measurements*, the Arctic Data Center and DataONE are developing an Ontology for Ecosystem Measurements, ECSO.

**Q:** Are there tools are available to help data managers select subjects, predicates, and objects to annotate with?

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