Work on the Survey Ontology and Coney (https://survey.actionproject.eu/coney/) was partially supported by the ACTION project (grant agreement number 824603), co-funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme.
Damiano Scandolari
Gloria Re Calegari
Irene Celino
Mario Scrocca
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Survey, Question, Answer, Variable
The Survey Ontology
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https://w3id.org/survey-ontology#
Ontology for surveys based on the Coney data model.
Survey Ontology
V 1.1, Release 2021
Property linking a completed question to a survey dataset.
Property linking a completed survey with the completed questions defined in the survey completion task by the participant.
Property linking a completed survey to the completed questions composing it.
Property linking a completed survey to the survey completion task generating it.
Property linking a survey research object to the resources composing it (e.g. survey dataset, survey procedure, etc.)
Property linking a survey completion task to the participant performing it.
Property linking a completed survey and/or a completed question to the participant performing the survey completion task.
Property defining for a completed question the survey completion task, performed by a survey participant, collecting this output.
answered in
Property associating a survey completion to the survey target for that completion.
completed for
Property linking a completed question to the question element of the survey that is answered by the participant.
completes question
Property linking a survey completion task to the survey procedure describing it.
Property linking a completed question to the answer element of the survey that is selected by the participant.
has answer
Property linking a survey question to the latent variable measured by the question.
has latent variable
Property linking a survey question to the observable variable measured by the question.
has observable variable
Property linking a survey question to the visualisation expected for the question.
has visualization
Property linking a survey element to the survey procedure it belongs to.
in survey procedure
Property describing the flow between different survey elements.
leads to
Property identifying the first survey element for a survey procedure.
starts with
Timestamp at which a survey completion task is ended.
Timestamp at which a survey completion task is started.
Property linking a completed question to the textual answer provided by the user.
has answer text
Timestamp at which a survey question is completed by the participant.
has completion timestamp
Link associated to a talk survey element.
has link
Order for a closed answer among the available answers for a question.
has order number
Points associated to an answer.
has points
Status of a survey procedure.
has status
Textual description for a survey element.
has text
Title for a survey procedure.
has title
Value for a survey answer.
has value
Identifier for a participant.
participant id
Identifier for a survey completion task.
session id
An available answer for a survey question.
Answer
A question having a limited set of potential answers and allowing the participant to select more than one answer.
Checkbox Question
An available closed answer for a survey question.
Closed Answer
A question in a survey with a defined set of available answers.
Closed Question
Answer provided by a participant in completing a survey for a specific question.
Completed Question
A survey completed by a participant following a survey procedure.
Completed Survey
A latent variable represents a variable that is measured indirectly through different observable variables.
Latent Variable
A question having a limited set of potential answers and allowing the participant to select only one answer.
Multiple Choice Question
An open-ended answer allowing multiple inputs from the participant.
Multiple Input Question
A variable that is directly measured collecting data about it.
Observable Variable
An open answer for a survey open-ended question.
Open Answer
An open-ended question in a survey.
Open Question
A participant to a survey study.
Participant
A question requiring an input from the participant in a survey.
Question
A visualisation method for a multiple choice question.
Question Visualization
An open-ended answer expecting a single input from the participant.
Single Input Question
A research object aggregating resources for a survey research study.
Survey
Execution of a survey procedure by a participant.
Survey Completion Task
Set of data collected for a survey considering the completions performed by participants.
Survey Dataset
An element of a survey procedure.
Survey Element
Procedure describing the structure of the survey as an ordered graph of connected survey elements.
Survey Procedure
Entity representing the target of a survey completion. The same survey can be completed by the same participant considering different survey targets.
Survey Target
A survey element to be provided to the participant within a survey procedure (e.g. text, link, image, etc.).
Talk
Visualisation of the available textual answers of a question using a dropdown menu.
Dropdown
Visualisation of the available answers of a question using a set of emojis representing their values.
Emoji
Visualisation of the available textual answers of a question listing them as different options.
Option
Visualisation of the available answers as a scale of values (e.g. using stars).
Scale
Visualisation of the available answers of a question using a slider that allows the user to select the answer between the minimum and maximum values available.
Slider