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Introduction

PPP Ontology was developed under the European Commission's ISA Programme. This is the namespace document, generated from the associated RDF schema. Full documentation is provided in the specification document itself. This includes background information, use cases, the conceptual model and full definitions for all terms used.

The PPP ontology is complemented by a set of controlled vocabularies represented using SKOS.

The plant protection production ontology is available here

Namespace

The URI for this vocabulary is

http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/

When abbreviating terms the suggested prefix is

ppp

Each class or property in the vocabulary has a URI constructed by appending a term name to the vocabulary URI. For example:

http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/Product

Conceptual model

This section lists the classes, properties, and relationships contained in the ADMS Conceptual model. The following sections indicate how these are represented in the RDF Schema.

Classes:
Properties:

Vocabulary at glance

The figure below provides an overview of the RDF Schema.

Ontology structure overview

Classes

This section provides the formal definition of each class in the vocabulary.

Product

Type of Term Class
QName ppp:Product
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/Product
Subclass of http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#Product_Entity  http://schema.org/Product 
Definition Models a plant protection product.

Formulation

Type of Term Class
QName ppp:Formulation
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/Formulation
Subclass of http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#Pharmaceutical_Formulation 
Definition The formulation of a plant protection product.

Substance

Type of Term Class
QName ppp:Substance
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/Substance
Subclass of http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#Substance 
Definition A material with particular features.

Application

Type of Term Class
QName ppp:Application
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/Application
Subclass of http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#Application_Form 
Definition A written request for authorisation to roll out a plant protection product.

Decision

Type of Term Class
QName ppp:Decision
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/Decision
Subclass of http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#Decision 
Definition The type of action of the product.

Classification Labelling

Type of Term Class
QName ppp:ClassificationLabelling
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/ClassificationLabelling
Definition The classification of a plant protection product.

Crop

Type of Term Class
QName ppp:Crop
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/Crop
Definition The crops to which a plant protection product can be applied.

Pest

Type of Term Class
QName ppp:Pest
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/Pest
Subclass of http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#Pest 
Definition The pest to which a plant protection product can be applied.

Company

Type of Term Class
QName rov:RegisteredOrganization
URI http://www.w3.org/ns/regorg#RegisteredOrganization
Definition The rov:RegisteredOrganization class represents the ppp class 'Company', denoting a company that is producing plant protection products.

Identifier

Type of Term Class
QName adms:Identifier
URI http://www.w3.org/ns/adms#Identifier
Definition This class is based on the UN/CEFACT Identifier complex type defined in See Section 5.8 of Core Components Data Type Catalogue Version 3.1 The various properties can be fulfilled as follows: use skos:notation to provide the actual identifier (the Identifier class is effectively meaningless without this property and conceptually it is mandatory); use dcterms:type to provide an identifier for the type of identifier issued (the identifier scheme); use adms:schemeVersion to identify the version of the identifier scheme; use adms:schemeAgency to provide the name of the agency that created the identifier (as an rdfs:Literal). use dcterms:creator to link to a URI of an Agent class describing the issuing Agency; use dcterms:created to provide the date on which the identifier was issued.

Document

Type of Term Class
QName foaf:Document
URI http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Document
Definition The foaf:Document class fully represents different types of ppp documents.

Location

Type of Term Class
QName dcterms:Location
URI http://purl.org/dc/terms/Location
Definition The dcterms:Location class fully represents the geographic coverage of an application.

Properties

function type

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:function
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/function
Definition The type of action of the product. It is recommended that types of actions are encoded using skos:Concept.

formulation

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:function
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/formulation
Definition Links to the formulation of a plant protection product.

has substance

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:hasSubstance
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/hasSubstance
Definition Links to the substances used in the plant protection product.

has company

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:hasCompany
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/hasCompany
Definition Links to the company(-ies) applying for the the plant protection product.

has application

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:hasApplication
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/hasApplication
Definition Links to the application(s) made by a particular company.

has decision

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:hasDecision
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/hasDecision
Definition Links to the decision(s) made for a particular product.

has producer

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:hasProducer
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/hasProducer
Definition Links to the company that produces a particular plant protection product.

variant

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:variant
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/variant
Definition Links a substance to its variant(s). The variant is displayed as the CIPAC number of variant. This list must be constantly updated (www.cipac.org).The range should be skos:Concept.

application level

Type of Term Property
QName dcterms:spatial
URI http://purl.org/dc/terms/spatial
Definition The dcterms:spatial property fully represents the administrative level at which the company intends to apply the use of a product. Note that the range is dcterms:Location.

has applying Member State

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:hasApplyingMemberState
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/hasApplyingMemberState
Definition The Member State of the application.

has Rapporteur Member State

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:hasRmsMemberState
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/hasRmsMemberState
Definition The Rapporteur Member State.

has original authorisation

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:originalAuthorisation
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/originalAuthorisation
Definition The original (initial) authorisation granted..

validity check date

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:validityCheckDate
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/validityCheckDate
Definition The validity check date of an application.

equivalence check date

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:equivalenceCheckDate
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/equivalenceCheckDate
Definition The equivalence check date of an application.

assessment date

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:assessmentDate
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/assessmentDate
Definition The assessment date of an application.

draft report date

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:draftReportDate
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/draftReportDate
Definition The draft report date of an application.

comparative assessment report

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:reportComparativeAssessment
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/reportComparativeAssessment
Definition The link to the report on comparative assessment. Only for the 'new authorisation' or the 'amendment of an authorisation' or 'renewal of authorisation'.

statement of identical document

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:hasStatementIdenticalDocument
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/hasStatementIdenticalDocument
Definition The link to the statement of identical document. Only for the 'mutual recognition'.

instruction/amended label document

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:hasLabelInstructionMinorUse
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/hasLabelInstructionMinorUse
Definition The link to the instruction/amended label document. Only for the 'minor uses'.

originating MS

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:hasOriginatingMSLabel
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/hasOriginatingMSLabel
Definition The link to the MS of origin document. Only for the 'parallel trade'.

originating MS

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:hasIntroducingMSLabel
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/hasIntroducingMSLabel
Definition The link to the MS of introduction document. (Only for the 'parallel trade')

has documents

Type of Term Property
QName adms:relatedDocumentation
URI http://www.w3.org/ns/adms#relatedDocumentation
Definition Links to documentation that contains information related to the application. The range of adms:relatedDocumentation is foaf:Document

authorising MS

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:hasAuthorisingMS
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/hasAuthorisingMS
Definition The Member State that gives the authorisation for a product.

last renewal modified

Type of Term Property
QName dcterms:modified
URI http://purl.org/dc/terms/modified
Definition The last renewal date of the authorisation. Normally, 13 months after the expiration date of the substance.

has classification labelling

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:hasClassificationLabelling
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/hasClassificationLabelling
Definition The classification and labelling.

has product use

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:hasProductUse
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/hasProductUse
Definition The uses of the product.

classification

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:classification
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/classification
Definition The classification. Only the new classification must be used for the new application (old classification expires on 2015).

GHS pictograms

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:ghsPictograms
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/ghsPictograms
Definition The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) pictograms. The list of values can be found in the Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008.

signal

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:signal
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/signal
Definition The signal of the labelling.

hazard statement

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:hazardStatement
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/hazardStatement
Definition The list of values for hazard statement can be found in the Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (See Annex III part 1) and the Regulation (EC) No 547/2011 (See Annex II).

precautionary statement

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:precautionaryStatement
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/precautionaryStatement
Definition Types of precautionary statements. The list of values can be found in the Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (See Annex IV part 1) and the Regulation (EC) No 547/2011 (See Annex III).

crops

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:crops
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/crops
Definition The codes for crops should be taken from the EPPO database (http://eppt.eppo.org).

growing corps

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:growingCrops
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/growingCrops
Definition Expresses whether the crop is grown in the field or in protected culture.

pests and harmful organisms

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:pests
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/pests
Definition Types of pests and harmful organisms. The codes for pests should be taken from the EPPO database (http://eppt.eppo.org).

company type

Type of Term Property
QName rov:companyType
URI http://www.w3.org/ns/regorg#companyType
Definition The type of the company.

representative

Type of Term Property
QName rov:hasMember
URI http://www.w3.org/ns/regorg#hasMember
Definition The representative person of the company.

label or (trade) name

Type of Term Property
QName rdfs:label
URI http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Definition The rdfs:label property fully represents the ppp properties of name, trade name and label.

type

Type of Term Property
QName dcterms:type
URI http://purl.org/dc/terms/type
Definition The dcterms:type property is used for denoting the type of a resource (e.g. category of substance, application type, decision type, formulation type). The range of dcterms:type is rdfs:Class.

Measurement unit

Type of Term Property
QName msr:unit
URI http://www.telegraphis.net/ontology/measurement/measurement#unit
Definition The content of pure substance or variant unit(to be expressed as measurement:Measurement).

identifier

Type of Term Property
QName dcterms:identifier
URI http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier
Definition Can be used for linking an object to an identifier, e.g. to the CAS number, the application number, the EC number. The range should be adms:Identifier

date created

Type of Term Property
QName dcterms:created
URI http://purl.org/dc/terms/created
Definition The dcterms:created property fully represents the application/decision/document creation date.

status

Type of Term Property
QName adms:status
URI http://www.w3.org/ns/adms#status
Definition The status of the application or the decision. The range should be skos:Concept

additional information

Type of Term Property
QName rdfs:comment
URI http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#comment
Definition Any additional information about a resource.

(re)start date

Type of Term Property
QName schema:startDate
URI http://schema.org/startDate
Definition The schema:startDate fully represents the date from which the decision applies or the restart clock date. One stop clock date must be filled in each time the status of the application is 'request for new data'.

expiration/stop clock date

Type of Term Property
QName schema:endDate
URI http://schema.org/endDate
Definition The schema:endDate fully represents the expiration date of a decision/stop clock date of application.

content value

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:contentValue
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/contentValue
Definition The content value of a pure substance or a variant.

has test study report

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:hasTestStudyReport
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/hasTestStudyReport
Definition The link to the list of test and study reports Only for the 'new authorisation' or the 'amendment of an authorisation' or 'renewal of authorisation'.

has label document

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:hasLabelDocument
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/hasLabelDocument
Definition The link to the label document. Only for the 'new authorisation' or the 'amendment of an authorisation' or 'renewal of authorisation'.

has authorisation certificate

Type of Term Property
QName ppp:hasAuthorisationCertificate
URI http://ec.europa.eu/open-data/planthealth/ppp/hasAuthorisationCertificate
Definition The authorisation certificate or the refusal.

Conformance Statement

A conformant implementation of this vocabulary MUST understand all vocabulary terms defined in this document.