PMD Core Ontology (PMDco)

Welcome to the Platform MaterialDigital Core Ontology (PMDco), your gateway to advancing the digital transformation of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)! As the field evolves, managing complex workflows, integrating diverse datasets, and achieving interoperability are more critical than ever. PMDco provides a standardized framework to address these challenges, enabling seamless data modeling, enhanced collaboration, and reproducibility across the MSE domain.

This documentation is designed to guide you through the ontology's structure, features, and applications, making it easier to incorporate PMDco into your workflows. Whether you're a researcher, developer, or industry professional, we're excited to support your journey toward smarter, more efficient materials science practices.

Prefix and namespace

• Namespace: https://w3id.org/pmd/co
• Prefix: pmdco

Important links

• The latest version of the ontology can always be found at: pmdco.owl
• Beginers Guide Miro Board
• Widoco generated List of Classes and Properties
• Patterns and Active Development Miro Board (Playground)

Citation

Please cite the ontology as follows:

PMDco: Platform Material Digital Ontology. Version 3.0.0, https://w3id.org/pmd/co/

When referring the PMDco 3.0.0 in publications, please also consider to cite the following publication about version 2.0.8, which provides comprehensive details and the foundational rationale behind the development of this ontology:

B. Bayerlein, M. Schilling, H. Birkholz, M. Jung, J. Waitelonis, L. Mädler, H. Sack, Materials & Design 2024, 237 112603.

Bibtex:

@article{PMDco2024,
  title = {{PMD} {C}ore {O}ntology: {A}chieving semantic interoperability in materials science},
  journal = {Materials \& Design},
  volume = {237},
  pages = {112603},
  year = {2024},
  issn = {0264-1275},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2023.112603},
  author = {Bayerlein, Bernd and Schilling, Markus and Birkholz, Henk and Jung, Matthias and Waitelonis, J{\"o}rg and M{\"a}dler, Lutz and Sack, Harald}
}

available at: Materials & Design.