{"id":39,"date":"2023-07-04T15:37:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T15:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholarlyontology.aueb.gr\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2023-07-06T08:11:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T08:11:05","slug":"activity-types","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scholarlyontology.aueb.gr\/?page_id=39","title":{"rendered":"Activity Types"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;4%||4%||true|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><span>Activity Types<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span>Rationale<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Scholarly Ontology allows the indirect linking of concepts through the various Type classes. Especially in the case of ActivityType the hierarchically organized lexical terms serve multiple purposes: (1) they denote the nature of activities; (2) they provide context for other SO relations (e.g. employs, usesTool, etc.) and function as semantic bridge between various perspectives; (3) they provide a retrieval index; (4) they function as a \u201cgateway\u201d through which other taxonomic structures (along with the resources annotated by them) can be imported\/mapped (e.g. TaDIRAH, Oxford ICT, etc.).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/scholarlyontology.aueb.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ActivityTypes.svg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;ActivityTypes&#8221; align=&#8221;right&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;100px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; transform_styles__hover_enabled=&#8221;on|hover&#8221; transform_scale__hover_enabled=&#8221;on|hover&#8221; transform_translate__hover_enabled=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; transform_rotate__hover_enabled=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; transform_skew__hover_enabled=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; transform_origin__hover_enabled=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; transform_scale__hover=&#8221;120%|120%&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#3D005B&#8221; divider_position=&#8221;center&#8221; divider_weight=&#8221;2px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;20%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;4%||4%||true|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#0a0a0a&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"lead\">Semantic Levels<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">In Scholarly Ontology (SO) the classes\u00a0<em>Activity <\/em>and\u00a0<em>Method <\/em>capture the distinction between describing how a deliberate act was actually carried out and describing a preconceived way for carrying out this type of activity. More generally, the<span> <\/span><em>\u2018how\u2019<\/em><span> <\/span>and\u00a0<em>\u2018why\u2019<\/em><span> <\/span>aspects of scholarly domain, as captured by the <em>Method<\/em>, <em>ResearchQuestion<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>and<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Goal<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>concepts, can be considered to represent a<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong><em>\u2018methodological level\u2019<\/em><\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>concerning non-factual entities that prescribe how or explain why things are done. Conversely, the\u00a0<em>\u2018what\u2019 <\/em>and\u00a0<em>\u2018who\u2019 <\/em>aspects, as captured by concepts such as:\u00a0 <em>Activity<\/em>,\u00a0 <em>InformationResource<\/em>,\u00a0 <em>Tool<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>and<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Actor<\/em>, represent factual entities of the scholarly domain and thus arguably belong to a<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong><em>\u2018factual level\u2019<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Type<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>on the other hand, comprising the various kinds of controlled vocabularies employed for classification purposes, such as <em>ActivityType, InformationResourceType, MediaType, TopicKeyword<\/em>, can be regarded as a semantic bridge between the methodological and factual levels. 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