Linked Science Vocabulary Specification Linked Science Core Vocabulary Specification Document that defines the Linked Science Core Vocabulary Linked Science Core Vocabulary namespace 2011-11-29T11:30:00Z 2011-11-29T11:30:00Z Tomi Kauppinen Carsten Keßler LSC, the Linked Science Core Vocabulary, is a lightweight vocabulary providing terms to enable publishers and researchers to relate things in science to time, space, and themes. More precisely, LSC is designed for describing scientific resources including elements of research, their context, and for interconnecting them. We introduce LSC as an example of building blocks for Linked Science to communicate the linkage between scientific resources in a machine-understandable way. The “core” in the name refers to the fact that LSC only defines the basic terms for science. We argue that the success of Linked Science—or Linked Data in general—lies in interconnected, yet distributed vocabularies that minimize ontological commitments. More specific terms needed by different scientific communities can therefore be introduced as extensions of LSC. LSC is hosted at LinkedScience.org; please check also other available vocabularies at LinkedScience.org/vocabularies. This documents specifies the classes and properties introduced by the Linked Science Core Vocabulary. Publication Any kind of publication eg. scientific paper, book, journal publication. Research Any kind of research. Researcher A researcher that conducts research. Method A method used in a scientific research. Hypothesis Any kind of hypothesis. Prediction Prediction made by a hypothesis. Conclusion Conclusion is made by research. Data Any kind of data. reportedIn Abstract property to relate a research to the publications it is reported in. isAboutTime Abstract property to relate a research to the time period it refers. weeklyHours Abstract property to define the region a research refers to. grading Abstract property to report the research of a publication. isSupportedBy Abstract property to express the relation between the hypothesis and the evidence of a research. room Describes the relation between a research and the data produced in it. reportTemplate Describes the relation between a research and the data used to conduct it. room Abstract property to relate a publication to the time it was accepted. room Abstract property to relate a publication to the time it was revised. room Abstract property to relate a publication to the time it was submitted. room A researcher participates in some research. room A hypothesis makes a prediction. room A research tests a hypothesis. room A research falsifies a hypothesis. room A research confirms a hypothesis. room A research produces a conclusion. room A method used in a research.