Publication
RoBivaL FDO Network (RFN)
Christian Backe; Veit Briken
8/2025.
Abstract
The RoBivaL FDO Network (RFN) serves as a best practise example for the application of the Experimental Research Ontology (ERO), and for semantic-web-based and FDO-compliant research data modeling and distribution.
In accordance with the FDO specification, RFN is subdivided into FDO profiles and FDO records. Records are implemented as regular RDF graphs, while profiles are implemented as RDF-SHACL shape graphs.
Three FDO Profiles were implemented:
- A fundamental profile for profiles: FundamentalProfile
- A prototypical, minimally restrictive profile for records: TrivialProfile
- A prototypical, maximally restrictive profile for records: travelTimeProfile
Nine prototypical FDO records were implemented, clustered into four thematic groups, organized on two semantic layers:
- Specification layer
- Hardware: Artemis, Bonirob, NaioOz, Sherpatt
- Experiment parameter: AvailableRobot, observedRobot, travelTime
- Experiment type: ObstacleAvoidanceDemo
- Payload layer
- Experiment run: RunObstacleAvoidanceDemo
All FDO records conform to the TrivialProfile. Additionally, the travelTime record conforms to the travelTimeProfile. All FDO records are aligned with ERO. The hardware specification entities are further aligned with the CORA ontology (IEEE 1872-2015) and with the ISO 8373 terminology.
Projects
- RoBivaL - Roboter Bodeninteraktionsevaluierung in der Landwirtschaft
- FDO Connect - Development of a service architecture for data exchange with FAIR Digital Objects