See full specification: Schatzki-Site-Ontology Specification
This ontology provides a basic standardized vocabulary, (also known as "schema") that is an attempt to formalise Ted Schatzki's social theory of "site ontology". The purpose of this ontology is to structure empirical data generated by research on social practices, using the OWL language and general knowledge modeling principles.
The idea is to advance a shared conceptualisation of Schatzki's site ontology which can be used in a variety of applications. The use of semantic web technology (OWL and RDF databases) allows researchers to link their data to other sources on the web, while maintaining interoperability between them. By translating empirical reseach on social practices into RDF and sharing it in this way, we unlock the possiblities for representing, analysing and re-using the data.
Some examples of how this ontology can be used include, the creation of graph visualizations representing the large scale practice-order meshes; structuring high volumes of data from social media channels into practice-order meshes; facilitating data collection for researchers adopting schatzki's theory of practice and demarcating the field of arrangements; analysing the data contained in such large-scale practice-order meshes by querying for specific patterns against a database of empirical observations.
Please note, I am not the original author of the philosophical concepts and descriptions contained in this document. This ontology has been created as part of ongoing PhD research project by Edan Weis at the University of Melbourne. All resource descriptions (rdfs:comment) contained in this ontology have been adapted from Theodore R. Schatzki, the original author of, The site of the social. A philosophical account of the constitution of social life and change. 2002 University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press.
The Schatzki Site Ontology is made available under the Public Domain Dedication and License v1.0 whose full text can be found at: http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/.
This license applies to the Schatzki Site Ontology Specification and accompanying documentation in RDF. Regarding underlying technology, Schatzki Site Ontology uses W3C's RDF technology, an open Web standard that can be freely used by anyone.
